Movies Like Magallanes (2015)

Magallanes is a 2015 drama film from Salvador del Solar with a MovieMagicScore of 7.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Violation and Hate Story 2.

Drama

Violation

2020

A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.

5.4

MagicScore

Hate Story 2

2014

A young photographer from Mumbai uses her mind to play games with a prominent Hindu rightist leader.

4.4

MagicScore

Savage Island

1985

Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.

3.5

MagicScore

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.

6.8

MagicScore

Descent

2007

Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the prey, and the prey has set her sights on revenge.

4.2

MagicScore

Sudden Impact

1983

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.

6.5

MagicScore

Hell High

1989

A teacher still haunted by the death of two teens that she accidentally caused as a young girl goes berserk when four teens start harassing her and then attack her in her home.

4.8

MagicScore

Apocalypse Now

1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

8.3

MagicScore

Inglourious Basterds

2009

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

8.2

MagicScore

#10

Innocent Voices

2005

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.

8.2

MagicScore

#11

Beasts of No Nation

2015

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.

7.6

MagicScore

#12

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Lion Of The Desert

1981

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

The Breath

2009

A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

State of Siege

1972

Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Leal

2018

Former Colonel Fernandez is appointed Minister of the National Anti-Drug Agency (SENAD) and purges the special forces to fight the first of many battles against drug trafficking on the border of Paraguay and Argentina.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

Salvador

1986

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

El compadre Mendoza

1934

In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Bandit Queen

1994

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Red Dawn

1984

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Magallanes?

The top films similar to Magallanes by MovieMagicScore are Violation (5.4), Hate Story 2 (4.4), Savage Island (3.5). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Magallanes worth watching?

Magallanes holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.6/10 from 22 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Magallanes?

Magallanes (2015) is a drama film directed by Salvador del Solar, starring Damián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Federico Luppi.

Where can I find more recommendations like Magallanes?

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 Magallanes

This ranked list pairs Magallanes (2015), a drama film from Salvador del Solar, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Damián Alcázar 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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