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Movies Like Red Mother-in-law

If you liked Red Mother-in-law (2021), a drama movie directed by Maeng Jin-sa, 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. 1Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting

    Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Film producer Na-eun and director Yeong-tae are on the verge of shelving out cash for an adult film production. They're too busy blaming each other for the messed-up filming. Before another filming begins, Na-eun…

  2. 2High Society

    High Society (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The story of the journey of married couple up the social latter. The husband is professor at Seoul National University who is running for the National Assembly, and his wife is a painter.

  3. 3Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

    Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young…

  4. 4The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  5. 5Sunflower

    Sunflower (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former…

  6. 6The Good Neighbor

    The Good Neighbor (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…

  7. 7Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  8. 8Above the Rim

    Above the Rim (1994)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

  9. 9My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

  10. 10The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

    The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans – a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simultaneously involved with.

  11. 11A Better Tomorrow

    A Better Tomorrow (2010)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    An idealistic policeman must bring down his estranged older brother, now a powerful gangster in a South Korean port city.

  12. 12Goodbye June

    Goodbye June (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

  13. 13TalhotBlond

    TalhotBlond (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

  14. 14The Visit

    The Visit (1964)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays…

  15. 15Suburbia

    Suburbia (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them…

  16. 16The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  17. 17A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season (1989)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

  18. 18Home Run

    Home Run (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team

  19. 19The Girl in the Book

    The Girl in the Book (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

  20. 20Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

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