Movies Like One-Handed
If you liked One-Handed (2017), a movie directed by C.B. Liffer and Elle McLemore, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Doing Life (2026)
★ 7.8/10A single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.
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Bad Moms (2016)
★ 6.5/10When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
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Thirteen (2003)
★ 6.7/10When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins…
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Jerry Maguire (1996)
★ 7/10Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has…
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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
★ 6.6/10A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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The Dirt (2019)
★ 7.4/10The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
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Erin Brockovich (2000)
★ 7.4/10A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…
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Wasp (2003)
★ 7.2/10Zoë is a single mother who lives with her four children in Dartford. She is poor and can't afford to buy food. One day her old flame drives by and asks her to go on a date with him. Scared that he doesn't want to go…
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What We Hide (2025)
★ 6.4/10After their mother dies of an overdose, two sisters hide her body to avoid being separated by the foster system, but as their secret threatens to unravel, they must confront the consequences of their desperate choice.
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Babes (2024)
★ 6/10After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
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Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
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It Feeds (2025)
★ 6.7/10A clairvoyant therapist confronts her own personal demons while trying to save a young girl who believes a malevolent entity is feeding on her.
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Lazareth (2024)
★ 6/10Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence.
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Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017)
★ 6.6/10Maggie, a single mom has to balance between her career and her son, Jordan. Jordan finds a tutor named Casey to help him at school, and Casey becomes like a father figure. Will the three of them find happiness and love…
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Losing Isaiah (1995)
★ 6.5/10Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted…
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The Souvenir (2019)
★ 6.1/10A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
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Ballistic (2026)
★ 5.8/10When a soldier's mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was made at the factory where she works, she sets out on a path of revenge against those responsible.
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Gia (1998)
★ 7.1/10Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
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Four Good Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
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The Crush (1993)
★ 6.7/10A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.