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10 Best Movies Like Mother and Son

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

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#1
My Little Loves

My Little Loves

1974★ 6.8

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

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception ...

#2
The Public Woman

The Public Woman

1984★ 5.9

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

An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and i...

#3
My Little Princess

My Little Princess

2011★ 6.5

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

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer ...

#4
I Killed My Mother

I Killed My Mother

2009★ 7.4

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

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episode...

#5
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961★ 7.0

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

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

#6
The Passengers of the Night

The Passengers of the Night

2022★ 6.9

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

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and s...

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