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10 Best Movies Like Mother, I Need You

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

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#1
Outrage

Outrage

1950★ 6.6

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

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work....

#2
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998★ 7.2

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

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). ...

#3
Double Mommy

Double Mommy

2016★ 7.4

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

After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a...

#4
The Poker House

The Poker House

2008★ 6.2

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

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns....

#5
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

2009★ 7.3

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

In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, an...

#6
Call Jane

Call Jane

2022★ 6.5

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

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help....

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