Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Motherhood

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

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#1
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#2
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#3
Trafficking

Trafficking

2023★ 6.1

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

Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from tr...

#4
The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Motherhood for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account...

#5
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Motherhood for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

#6
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Motherhood for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in....

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