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10 Best Movies Like Lying to Mom

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

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#1
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#2
Moonrise

Moonrise

1948★ 6.2

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

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police c...

#3
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#4
My Life Without Me

My Life Without Me

2003★ 6.1

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

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness....

#5
Maborosi

Maborosi

1995★ 7.4

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

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world....

#6
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

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

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

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