Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like My Son

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

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#1
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

2004★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be s...

#2
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is ...

#3
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#4
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead....

#5
Après moi le bonheur

Après moi le bonheur

2016★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dying woman is fighting to choose a new family to keep her four children together, after she's gone....

#6
The Good Witch

The Good Witch

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Son for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady"....

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