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10 Best Movies Like Maternal

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

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#1
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009★ 6.6

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

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopte...

#2
Little Man

Little Man

2006★ 5.9

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

After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a jewelry store for the mobster Walken. They are chased by...

#3
Babes

Babes

2024★ 5.8

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

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond....

#4
Philomena

Philomena

2013★ 7.3

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

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent....

#5
Baby Mama

Baby Mama

2008★ 6.0

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

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate....

#6
Juno

Juno

2007★ 7.1

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

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child....

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