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10 Best Movies Like A Mother

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

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#1
White Oleander

White Oleander

2002‱★ 7.0

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

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion....

#2
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019‱★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#3
Room

Room

2015‱★ 8.0

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

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time....

#4
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993‱★ 6.9

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

In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all...

#5
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003‱★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#6
Losing Isaiah

Losing Isaiah

1995‱★ 6.5

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

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the ba...

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