
Movies that feel likeMother (2009)
If you loved Mother, the closest films we have are Brick (2006), 12 (2007) and The White Ribbon (2009). All three share Mother's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is After Dark, My Sweet (1990).
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If Mother hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: murder

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

Drama with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Gritty crime, and it commits to that
The difference: Sits closer to documentary than Mother does

Both lean on stillness more than on mystery
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Twisty crime in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: small town life
The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Drama built on grit, twice over

Different title, same corner of the shelf

Crime with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The drama is handled with the same confidence
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