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Movies like La mujer del puerto (1949)

The best movies like La mujer del puerto (1949) are What Maisie Knew (2013), Hotel Coppelia (2021) and The Chosen Ones (2015). If La mujer del puerto hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. What Maisie Knew (2013)

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. Hotel Coppelia (2021)

    1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes when the US army supresses the revolution and takes the brothel as a military base: the girls will have to face the dilemma of either sleeping with the enemy or protecting their dignity at all costs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. The Chosen Ones (2015)

    Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Until the End of the World (2026)

    Manuel's life is upended when Esmeralda, his lost love from 15 years ago, calls unexpectedly. Despite being set to marry another, he rediscovers Esmeralda, and they realize their love transcends time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)

    Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. Devil Between the Legs (2019)

    Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a codependency and, at least for her, she would not conceive of her life any other way: by dint of feeling humiliated, she feels desired and desirable.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. Pimp (2018)

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. The Heiresses (2018)

    After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. El Chicano (2019)

    A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Hungry Hearts (2015)

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Carne (1968)

    A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. Prayers for the Stolen (2021)

    Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2010)

    Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status and money. She leaves her boyfriend Albeira and becomes a prostitute for drug dealers. In this way she will enjoy all the luxuries that she lacks. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend Albeira and her mother Hilda begin a relationship behind her back.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Kamchatka (2002)

    In 1976, Argentina fell into the hands of a de facto government. Thousands of citizens are persecuted and kidnapped. This is the case of the parents of two children, who, knowing they are wanted, decide to hide.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Adú (2020)

    In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. Not only do you have to fight against poaching, but you will also have to meet the problems of your newly arrived daughter from Spain. Thousands of kilometers to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards prepare to face the furious crowd of sub-Saharan people who have begun the assault on the fence. Three stories linked by a central theme, in which none of its protagonists know that their destinies are doomed to cross and that their lives will no longer be the same.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Out in the Open (2019)

    A boy escaped from home, listening, crouched in the depths of his hiding place, the cries of the men who seek him. When the game passes, what remains before him is an infinite and arid plain that he must cross if he wants to get away definitively from what has made him flee. His steps will intersect with those of a pastor and, from that moment, nothing will be the same for either of them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Chinas (2023)

    In Madrid, Spain, Lucía and Xiang, two nine-year-old Chinese girls, meet at the beginning of the school year.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Alex of Venice (2015)

    After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  19. Alanis (2017)

    A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Come Sunday (2018)

    Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  21. Rudo & Cursi (2008)

    Tato and Beto are poor stepbrothers living on a banana plantation in Mexico. Both are talented soccer players, but their dreams lay elsewhere: tone-deaf Tato wants to be a singer, while Beto is content to remain on the plantation. One day, a sports agent sees the two young men playing soccer and offers to take one of them to Mexico City for a chance at sports stardom.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  22. The Zone (2007)

    Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  23. Impossible Things (2021)

    After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  24. El recuerdo de aquella noche (1945)

    Mexican movie

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  25. The Black Sheep (1949)

    The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  26. No desearás la mujer de tu hijo (1950)

    An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  27. Pepe El Toro (1953)

    The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Los tres huastecos (1948)

    This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  29. Over the Waves (1950)

    The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  30. You the Rich (1948)

    Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like La mujer del puerto?

The closest matches to La mujer del puerto are What Maisie Knew (2013), Hotel Coppelia (2021) and The Chosen Ones (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after La mujer del puerto?

Start with What Maisie Knew (2013), the closest match to La mujer del puerto.

What is the highest-rated movie like La mujer del puerto?

Impossible Things (2021), rated 8.5/10 by 453 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like La mujer del puerto?

Until the End of the World (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like La mujer del puerto?

Yes: Hotel Coppelia (2021), The Chosen Ones (2015) and Until the End of the World (2026).

How are movies similar to La mujer del puerto chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside La mujer del puerto, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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