Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mother

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

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#1
Mothers' Instinct

Mothers' Instinct

2024★ 6.9

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

Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paran...

#2
The Forge

The Forge

2024★ 8.2

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

19 year old Isaiah Wright lives for basketball and video games. A year out of high school, he has no job, no plans, and no idea how to be a man. At odds with his single mother Cynt...

#3
Tuesday

Tuesday

2024★ 6.8

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

A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird....

#4
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.6

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

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#5
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#6
A Mouthful of Air

A Mouthful of Air

2021★ 6.5

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

Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum dep...

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