Movies Like Suffocation (2018)

Suffocation is a 2018 drama film from Kenya Marquez with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Place Close to Heaven and Close-Knit.

Drama

A Place Close to Heaven

1952

On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.

8.2

MagicScore

Close-Knit

2017

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.

7.1

MagicScore

Mother's Day

2016

Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

6.0

MagicScore

Prevenge

2017

A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.

5.5

MagicScore

Barbie

2023

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

6.9

MagicScore

Umma

2022

Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

5.3

MagicScore

Sherrybaby

2006

After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.

6.1

MagicScore

I, Tonya

2017

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

7.5

MagicScore

Rosetta

1999

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

All We Had

2016

A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.

5.5

MagicScore

#11

Testament of Youth

2015

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Pinky

1949

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Red Dawn

1990

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

8.1

MagicScore

#14

The Young and the Damned

1950

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

8.0

MagicScore

#15

Perro callejero

1980

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

7.9

MagicScore

#16

Dance of the Forty One

2020

Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.

7.8

MagicScore

#17

Roma

2018

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

7.6

MagicScore

#18

Amores Perros

2000

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

Güeros

2014

Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

Man on Fire

2004

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Suffocation?

The top films similar to Suffocation by MovieMagicScore are A Place Close to Heaven (8.2), Close-Knit (7.1), Mother's Day (6.0). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Suffocation worth watching?

Suffocation holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 20 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Suffocation?

Suffocation (2018) is a drama film directed by Kenya Marquez, starring Johana Fragoso Blendl, Enrique Arreola, Mónica del Carmen.

Where can I find more recommendations like Suffocation?

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 Suffocation

This ranked list pairs Suffocation (2018), a drama film from Kenya Marquez, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Johana Fragoso Blendl 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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