Movies Like Best: His Mother's Son
If you liked Best: His Mother's Son (2009), a comedy and drama movie directed by Colin Barr, 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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The Confirmation (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedyA divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaWhen a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
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Death of a Salesman (1985)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movieWilly Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
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Young Adult (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaA divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
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Clear History (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and tv movieNathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaA 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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Big Time Adolescence (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaA seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares…
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Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaMadea's back - hallelujer! And she's not putting up with any nonsense as family drama erupts at her great-grandson's college graduation celebration.
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Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movieA showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each…
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A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movieAlmost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a…
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaIn a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.
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August: Osage County (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaAn intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother…
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Dom Hemingway (2013)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaAfter spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.
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Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and tv movieRicky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and tv movieAn acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role…
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The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and dramaA happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her…
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Roll Bounce (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaIn the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.
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Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaA burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaAn estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
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Nothing in Common (1986)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyA successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.