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Movies Like Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many

If you liked Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many (1993), a drama movie directed by Jorge Montesi, 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. 1My Sister's Keeper

    My Sister's Keeper (2009)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby…

  2. 2When the Bough Breaks

    When the Bough Breaks (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

  3. 3The Great Lie

    The Great Lie (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

  4. 4Fifteen and Pregnant

    Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina…

  5. 5Philomena

    Philomena (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

  6. 6Gracie's Choice

    Gracie's Choice (2004)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives…

  7. 7Losing Isaiah

    Losing Isaiah (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Khaila 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…

  8. 8Double Mommy

    Double Mommy (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that…

  9. 9Short Term 12

    Short Term 12 (2013)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

  10. 10Call Jane

    Call Jane (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

  11. 11Any Day Now

    Any Day Now (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the…

  12. 12The Judge

    The Judge (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

  13. 13Mommie Dearest

    Mommie Dearest (1981)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.

  14. 14Custody

    Custody (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned to represent her case before Judge Martha…

  15. 15Nowhere Special

    Nowhere Special (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he…

  16. 16Lifemark

    Lifemark (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.

  17. 17The Sugarland Express

    The Sugarland Express (1974)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his…

  18. 18Evil Angels

    Evil Angels (1988)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never…

  19. 19Agnes of God

    Agnes of God (1985)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex…

  20. 20Gimme Shelter

    Gimme Shelter (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

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