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10 Best Movies Like Mother

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

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#1
Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

1987★ 6.2

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

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock cl...

#2
Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997★ 7.3

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

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result....

#3
Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet

2024★ 6.1

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

At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices....

#4
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

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

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

#5
Not Another Happy Ending

Not Another Happy Ending

2013★ 5.8

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

When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and ...

#6
You Hurt My Feelings

You Hurt My Feelings

2023★ 6.3

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

A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book....

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