Movies Like Mamma Roma (1962)

Mamma Roma is a 1962 drama film from Pier Paolo Pasolini with a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Discovery of Heaven and My Own Private Idaho.

Drama

The Discovery of Heaven

2001

Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. To this end an angel is sent out to affect the personal lives of three humans so an appropriate child may be conceived.

6.3

MagicScore

My Own Private Idaho

1991

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

7.1

MagicScore

Accattone

1961

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

7.7

MagicScore

Paprika

1991

Mimma starts working in Madame Colette’s brothel to help her boyfriend financially. There she is rechristened “Paprika,” and falls in love with her first client, naval officer Franco. Despite this attraction, she begins her climb through the sex trade, residing in Italy’s most illustrious brothels.

7.1

MagicScore

Two Women

1960

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

7.8

MagicScore

Breaking the Waves

1996

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

7.5

MagicScore

Sweet Land

2005

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

6.3

MagicScore

Italian for Beginners

2000

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

6.4

MagicScore

Forrest Gump

1994

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

8.5

MagicScore

#10

The Florida Project

2017

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

A Taste of Honey

1961

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Europe '51

1952

A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Indiscretion of an American Wife

1953

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?

5.9

MagicScore

#14

I Killed My Mother

2009

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Notes on a True Story

1953

On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the village of Primavalle. A brief and poetic account of the events and their impact on an impoverished community. A handful of wild flowers and a painful catch in the voices.

5.7

MagicScore

#16

Popular Music

2004

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Evening

2007

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Wild Side

2004

A transgender woman returns – with her two male lovers – to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

The Wedding Banquet

1993

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

Kinatay

2009

A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Mamma Roma?

The top films similar to Mamma Roma by MovieMagicScore are The Discovery of Heaven (6.3), My Own Private Idaho (7.1), Accattone (7.7). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Mamma Roma worth watching?

Mamma Roma holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10 from 421 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Mamma Roma?

Mamma Roma (1962) is a drama film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti.

Where can I find more recommendations like Mamma Roma?

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 Mamma Roma

This ranked list pairs Mamma Roma (1962), a drama film from Pier Paolo Pasolini, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Anna Magnani 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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