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10 Best Movies Like Just Mom

If you loved Just Mom, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Longshots

The Longshots

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mom for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history....

#2
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mom for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...

#3
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mom for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!...

#4
Rip Girls

Rip Girls

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mom for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds f...

#5
Claudine

Claudine

1974★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white communit...

#6
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Just Mom for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

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