Movies like Sofía
If Sofía's mix of princess, spain and greece stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Sofía's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Elisa & Marcela
2019 · Directed by Isabel Coixet · 118 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Jorge Suquet · Shares: spain · Also a Spanish-language drama · From the same decade (2010s)
The film tells the true story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women in 1901 Spain who fell deeply in love. To overcome societal and legal barriers to their relationship, Elisa assumes a male…
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Crown for Christmas
2015 · Directed by Alex Zamm · 84 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: princess, royalty · From the same decade (2010s)
Allie Foster, a struggling New York artist, reluctantly accepts to act as a governess to a rebellious Princess Theodora of Winshire. When Allie forms an unlikely bond with the princess, she attracts the attention of…
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The Flower of My Secret
1995 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: spain · Also a Spanish-language drama
Middle-aged romance author Leo writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally.
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Before Midnight
2013 · Directed by Richard Linklater · 109 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: greece · Also romance and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of…
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The Illusionist
2006 · Directed by Neil Burger · 110 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: princess · Also drama and romance
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince.
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The Last Sunrise
2026 · Directed by Carlson Young · 107 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: spain · Also romance and drama
Ry, a college student with a chronic illness, escapes to Mallorca for the summer with her mother, where she unexpectedly falls for a local and begins to embrace living in the moment.
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Love Hurts
2002 · Directed by Fernando Sariñana · 104 min8.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student.
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The Spirit of the Beehive
1973 · Directed by Víctor Erice · 98 min7.6
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that…
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Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Directed by Alfonso Arau · 105 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through…
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Broken Embraces
2009 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 127 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
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Live Flesh
1997 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 103 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body...
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The Endless Trench
2019 · Directed by Aitor Arregi · 148 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out.