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10 Best Movies Like Waiting for Mum

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

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#1
Bride of Re-Animator

Bride of Re-Animator

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for Mum for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to creat...

#2
Star!

Star!

1968★ 6.9

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

Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness....

#3
Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees

1994★ 7.4

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

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman ...

#4
In Desert and Wilderness

In Desert and Wilderness

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for Mum for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Fourteen year old Polish boy Stas Tarkowski and eight year old Nel Rawlison from England are kidnapped as the hostages by Arabic fanatics and taken to their religion leader. Then t...

#5
Small Country: An African Childhood

Small Country: An African Childhood

2020★ 7.1

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

Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and li...

#6
The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

2002★ 7.4

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

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets...