Movies Like Pretty Baby (1978)

Pretty Baby is a 1978 drama film from Louis Malle with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids and Marley & Me.

Drama

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

2004

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.

6.8

MagicScore

Marley & Me

2008

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

7.2

MagicScore

Summer's Blood

2009

A demented handyman comes to the rescue of a young woman, then imprisons her in his basement.

5.5

MagicScore

Shutter

2008

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

5.6

MagicScore

37 Seconds

2019

23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at the same time discovering love and forgiveness.

7.2

MagicScore

The Vicious Kind

2009

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

6.2

MagicScore

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

7.7

MagicScore

Roger Dodger

2002

A smooth-talking ad executive attributes his remarkable success with women to his ability to manipulate their emotions from the moment he first meets them. When his teenage nephew drops in for a visit, he soon learns that his approach isn't as foolproof as he thought when he attempts to teach the boy how to pick up women.

6.1

MagicScore

The Insect Woman

1963

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Redeeming Love

2022

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

7.9

MagicScore

#11

Cougars, Inc.

2011

When Sam learns his mother cannot afford to send him to another school after he is kicked out, he and his friends start their own escort service for mature women to pay for his tuition.

4.8

MagicScore

#12

Mardaani

2014

A Mumbai police officer's search for a missing teenage girl leads her to the depraved world of child trafficking. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between the officer and a ruthless mafia kingpin.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

I Am Greta

2020

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.

5.8

MagicScore

#14

Diary of a Lost Girl

1929

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

The Woman in the Rumor

1954

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Reba McEntire's The Hammer

2023

After a judge passes away under suspicious circumstances, Kim Wheeler, an attorney who is appointed as a judge for Nevada's 5th district after the former judge's death, finds herself covering a circuit that stretches between Las Vegas and Reno — a rugged, often desolate area where anything and everything can happen. As the investigation into the death intensifies, Kim's sister Kris, who runs the local brothel, becomes the prime suspect.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

House of Boys

2009

It is 1984. Frank is a determined English teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative gay lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the "House of Boys", a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates, Jake. The first intimations of what is described as 'the gay cancer', casts a long shadow over Frank's tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank, his perseverance, along with support from a willing doctor, will carry him through.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

The House

2022

Emma, a French novelist aged 27, decide to go to Berlin and join a brothel to uncover the prostitution world, the subject of her new book. Such as gonzo journalism, Emma become a prostitute and her experience, which was supposed to last a few weeks, will last two years. Was writing her book an excuse for Emma to live a shameful fantasy?

6.0

MagicScore

#20

East of Eden

1955

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Pretty Baby?

The top films similar to Pretty Baby by MovieMagicScore are Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (6.8), Marley & Me (7.2), Summer's Blood (5.5). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Pretty Baby worth watching?

Pretty Baby holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 392 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Pretty Baby?

Pretty Baby (1978) is a drama film directed by Louis Malle, starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon.

Where can I find more recommendations like Pretty Baby?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Pretty Baby

This ranked list pairs Pretty Baby (1978), a drama film from Louis Malle, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Brooke Shields take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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