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10 Best Movies Like The Perfect Mother

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

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#1
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

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

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#2
Normal

Normal

2003★ 6.7

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

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

#3
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#4
American Son

American Son

2019★ 6.1

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

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son....

#5
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

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

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#6
Heaven

Heaven

2019★ 6.2

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

Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers...

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