Movies like Maybe It's True What They Say About Us

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   Staring at Strangers

   Strong story similarity

   2022 · 107 min · Drama · Thriller

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   Carpenter Sergio runs away and hides in a closet after his boss fired him. When the closet arrives at its buyer's house, he decides to stay there, hiding in his new home living with an unknown family.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Identifying Features

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 95 min · Drama · Thriller

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   Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Pacto de Fuga

   Similar atmosphere

   2020 · 138 min · Drama · Thriller

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   During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: Storyboard Media

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   Ferocious Wolf

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 105 min · Drama · Thriller

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   A detective on trail of a suspected child killer, was arrested for the crime, but was allowed to walk free after a clerical error. The detective enlists the mother of the murdered child to exact a justice the legal system can't provide.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Can't Live Without You

   Strong story similarity

   2022 · 90 min · Drama · Thriller

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   A gay gym teacher wants to be a father and when his boyfriend's sister, a former addict, comes back on the scene there is now a possible solution.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Woman in the Line

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 105 min · Drama

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   Andrea visits her incarcerated son for the first time. Initially eyed with suspicion by other women in line, she gradually gains their trust — and emerges as a powerful advocate for justice reform.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Veronica

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 81 min · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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   A female Psychologist who has stopped practicing medicine, decides to take the case of Veronica de la Serna, a young woman whose previous therapist has mysteriously disappeared.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Chile '76

   Shared cast

   2022 · 96 min · Drama

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   Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   Suffocation

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 88 min · Drama

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   After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, a hypochondriac compulsively obsessed with avoiding sudden death. Their relationship moves through suspicion, fear and compassion to tenderness and love.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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    Mirage

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 129 min · Drama · Fantasy · Mystery · Thriller

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    During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap

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