Movies Like The Rest of Us
If you liked The Rest of Us (2020), a drama movie directed by Aisling Chin-Yee, 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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Love You to Death (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaInspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.
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'night, Mother (1986)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.
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Mr. Church (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
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Steve Jobs (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaSet backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at…
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My Zoe (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaIsabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle…
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Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaYears after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
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White Oleander (2002)
★ 7/10Also dramaA teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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The Eternal Daughter (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAn artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.
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Heart of Champions (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaDuring their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.
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Mildred Pierce (1945)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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Aftersun (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with…
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaTwo teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
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A Taste of Honey (1961)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaWhile out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her…
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The Glass Castle (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind…
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Interiors (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaWhen Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment…
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Here (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAn odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also dramaA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
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The Shack (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
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I Believe in Unicorns (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaFeeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.