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10 Best Movies Like The Second Mother

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

#1
Don't Call Me Son

Don't Call Me Son

2016★ 6.3

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

Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his fa...

#2
Tim Maia

Tim Maia

2014★ 7.2

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

Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is...

#3
Aquarius

Aquarius

2016★ 7.5

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

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury h...

#4
Tattoo

Tattoo

2013★ 7.6

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

Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must de...

#5
The First Grader

The First Grader

2010★ 7.1

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

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never affo...

#6
Any Stray Cat 2

Any Stray Cat 2

2015★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Second Mother for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tati and Conrado travel to Cancún, where he's attending a conference to launch his new book. But for Tati, the trip has an extra purpose: she plans to propose to him. During this s...