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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
The Stray

The Stray

2017★ 6.1

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

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightnin...

#2
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

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

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#3
Hoovey

Hoovey

2015★ 6.5

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

The true and inspiring story of the Elliott family, who refused to surrender, instead turning to one another and their faith in the worst of circumstances, to rebuild their lives, ...

#4
Departure

Departure

2016★ 6.4

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

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexua...

#5
Rip Girls

Rip Girls

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mother 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...

#6
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mother 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...

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