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10 Best Movies Like Don't Cry, Mommy

If you loved Don't Cry, Mommy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, Mommy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance he...

#2
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 Don't Cry, Mommy 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 ...

#3
Blood and Ties

Blood and Ties

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, Mommy for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young woman's happy life with her father takes a downward turn when she begins to suspect that he's a kidnapper....

#4
Zero Day

Zero Day

2003★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, Mommy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school....

#5
2037

2037

2022★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, Mommy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a civil servant, is framed as a murderer and imprisoned in a women's prison....

#6
Boy A

Boy A

2008★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, Mommy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the r...

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