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10 Best Movies Like The Mother

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

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#1
Live Flesh

Live Flesh

1997★ 7.0

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

When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desi...

#2
Veronica

Veronica

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mother for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment....

#3
Tótem

Tótem

2023★ 6.8

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

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other rela...

#4
Cria!

Cria!

1976★ 7.5

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

Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother....

#5
Escobar: Paradise Lost

Escobar: Paradise Lost

2014★ 6.3

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

For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the fami...

#6
Lucca's World

Lucca's World

2025★ 7.3

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

Determined to help her son, who has cerebral palsy, Bárbara takes her family to India for an experimental treatment....

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