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10 Best Movies Like Mother Dearest

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

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#1
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#2
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#3
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#4
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.6

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

#5
O.G.

O.G.

2018★ 5.9

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

Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Be...

#6
Herself

Herself

2020★ 6.7

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

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws...

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