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Movies Like My Mother the Working Girl

If you liked My Mother the Working Girl (2023), a movie directed by Ricky Greenwood, 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.

  1. 1Wicked Minds

    Wicked Minds (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Holden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and charisma of his step mother. A passionate…

  2. 2Spanglish

    Spanglish (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her…

  3. 3Big Bad Wolf

    Big Bad Wolf (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10

    In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in…

  4. 4Away We Go

    Away We Go (2009)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and…

  5. 5No One Gets Out Alive

    No One Gets Out Alive (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10

    An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.

  6. 6Cape Fear

    Cape Fear (1991)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…

  7. 7Imaginary

    Imaginary (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with…

  8. 8Georgia Rule

    Georgia Rule (2007)

    ★ 6/10

    Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family…

  9. 9Life Itself

    Life Itself (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10

    As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

  10. 10Hop

    Hop (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10

    E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

  11. 11To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    ★ 8/10

    Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their…

  12. 12Nanny McPhee

    Nanny McPhee (2005)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill…

  13. 13Daddy's Home

    Daddy's Home (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10

    The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to…

  14. 14The War with Grandpa

    The War with Grandpa (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back…

  15. 15Addams Family Values

    Addams Family Values (1993)

    ★ 7/10

    Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky…

  16. 16My Stepmother Is an Alien

    My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young…

  17. 17The Addams Family

    The Addams Family (1991)

    ★ 7.1/10

    When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to…

  18. 18Cinderfella

    Cinderfella (1960)

    ★ 6.2/10

    When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a…

  19. 19The Place Beyond the Pines

    The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

    ★ 7/10

    A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

  20. 20EverAfter

    EverAfter (1998)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and…

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