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10 Best Movies Like Mother's Day

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

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#1
Labor Day

Labor Day

2013★ 7.0

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

Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story....

#2
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

1995★ 6.2

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

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants ...

#3
My Girl

My Girl

1991★ 7.4

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

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the su...

#4
One Fine Day

One Fine Day

1996★ 6.5

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

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is lef...

#5
The Meddler

The Meddler

2016★ 6.0

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

With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Lo...

#6
Enough Said

Enough Said

2013★ 6.7

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

Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-a...

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