Movies Like Maternal instinct
If you liked Maternal instinct (2025), a drama and romance movie directed by Oleksandr Budionnyi, 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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Nine Lives (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceCaptives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
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Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romanceA 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Nobody Has to Know (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceAfter a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.
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Ali and Nino (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceMuslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately…
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I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceMiles Montego has it all - cars, boats, good looks, mansion, money, women, but more importantly, he has a past.
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Really Love (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaA rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
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Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaClare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceA failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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Racing with the Moon (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceIn a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be…
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Love Everlasting (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and dramaBridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
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The Lost Husband (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTrying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
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The Golden Bowl (2000)
★ 6/10Also romance and dramaWealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The…
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Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and dramaAn aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
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The Shepherd (2023)
★ 7/10Also dramaOn Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
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John and Mary (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceJohn and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
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The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romancePregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
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The History of Love (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceThe story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.
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Forever First Love (2020)
★ 7/10Also drama and romancePaul travels the world to capture the perfect photographic moment. Amid the colour and chaos of a crowded Filipino market, destiny intervenes when Paul’s first love, Anna appears in his lens. The travellers spend the…