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10 Best Movies Like Mother and Me

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

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#1
Mother

Mother

1996★ 6.8

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

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems....

#2
Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mother and Me for fans of Thriller. 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...

#3
Not Another Happy Ending

Not Another Happy Ending

2013★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mother and Me for fans of 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 ...

#4
Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet

2024★ 6.1

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

#5
Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mother and Me for fans of 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....

#6
Shirley

Shirley

2020★ 6.1

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

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple....

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