Movies like Queen Mom
If you like "Queen Mom" you are looking for emotional, melancholic and tense movies about / with motherhood, family drama, immigration, resilience, poverty, single mother and urban themes of Comedy and Drama genre shot in France or Belgium.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Queen Mom (2024)
102
Original name: Reine Mère
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amel and her family learn that their landlord wants to get his apartment back in a few months. While Mouna, her eldest daughter, begins to have visions of Charles Martel, and their request for new social housing drags on, Amel has no choice but to reinvent herself.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense
Plot:
motherhood, family drama, immigration, resilience, poverty, single mother, urban, working class, bureaucracy, adaptation, identity, eviction, hopes, intimate, domestic drama, neighborhood, community, waiting, coming of age, social services, a vision, racial tension, historical figure, magic realism
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
france
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Queen Mom
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and independent film films with plots about identity, intimate, family drama, resilience, slice of life, coming of age and urban mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Queen Mom: Mother and Son (2022), Bright Women (2022), 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu (2024), Autonomous Women (2022), Twelve Thousand (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, coming of age, immigrant, single mother, brother brother relationship, immigration, identity, family drama, brothers, family relations, mother and son, mother ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, africa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to protect herself and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense
Plot:
moral dilemma, motherhood, female protagonist, parent child relationship, empathy, social realism, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, single mother, capitalism, housekeeper, working class ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A young mother faces challenges when her son fails to secure passing marks in mathematics, inciting events that test the family's resilience and unity.
Style:
realistic, emotional, heartfelt, dramatic, tense
Plot:
family drama, parenting, education, motherhood, female protagonist, parent child relationship, family conflict, empathy, resilience, struggle, mishap, school ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality.
Style:
anthology, reflective, emotional, contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
character study, introspection, identity, intimate, slice of life, relationships, modern life, gender roles, social realism, bittersweet, domestic drama, motherhood ...
Similarity:
69%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While he loses his clandestine work, and because he believes that Maroussia and him will no longer be able to love each other as well, Frank leaves to earn as much as she: twelve thousand, just what it takes to have a year before them. No more no ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
employment, working life, poverty, working class, realism, urban, slice of life, intimate, resilience, character study, social realism, sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At 19, passionate about street art, Naëlle (Najaa Bensaid) is forced to follow a reintegration project with other young people, her last chance to avoid being separated from her loved ones. Touched by the young girl, Hélène (Agnès Jaoui), the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, inspirational
Plot:
street art, self discovery, female protagonist, teacher student relationship, life, lifestyle, changing lives, teacher, coming of age, youth, training, second chance ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
60%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Angela's deafness raises concerns during her pregnancy regarding connecting with her daughter. Post-delivery, partner Héctor supports her as she learns to mother in a society lacking adequate accommodations for the hearing-impaired.
Style:
heartfelt, melancholic, tense
Plot:
motherhood, deafness, parenting, female protagonist, sign language, domestic drama, pregnancy, family relations, resilience, intimate, social realism, adaptation ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than ...
Style:
emotional, tension, melancholic, independent film, tragic
Plot:
poverty, family drama, dysfunctional family, small town, survival, love triangle, domestic drama, trailer park, motherhood, resilience, working class, character study ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
maine
Similarity:
56%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Family is an institution. Sometimes, you gotta break out. This is the story of how 17-year-old Candy finds the courage to walk away from everything she's ever known with the hope of discovering a better tomorrow.
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, period piece
Plot:
hopes, teenager, coming of age, family conflict, grownups, family drama, personal growth, female protagonist, self discovery, resilience, working class, optimism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, USA, Monaco
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows Georgian ex-wrestler’s journey to Brooklyn, New York. His aim is to get his son out of a gambling debt. He meets people who help him and people who ignore him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, intercultural ...
Plot:
father son relationship, gambling debt, immigrant, family drama, life is a bitch, gambler, financial problem, debt, needing money, father and son, money problems, family problems ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
54%
741
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Farid, a young 26-year-old Frenchman, must travel to Algeria to save his father's house. While discovering this country in which he had never before set foot, he succumbs to the charms of a host of astonishing characters whose humour and ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, reflective ...
Plot:
self discovery, fish out of water, immigrant, win over, society, disorder, personal growth, homeland, identity, culture clash, diaspora, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
france, africa, algeria
Similarity:
53%
936
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
road trip, nostalgia, family relations, satire, family drama, adolescence, coming of age, hopes, bittersweet, siblings, tenderness, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
52%
194
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: South Korea, France, Canada, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to support her family and earn enough money to get her husband out of jail, a woman with an unusual crying style becomes a professional mourner.
Style:
melancholic, bleak, realistic, crying, tragic
Plot:
mourning, female protagonist, family drama, prison, grief, desperation, working class, survival, poverty, character study, ritual, social commentary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
china
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Worker Agostino, one day returning to his apartment in the suburb of a big city, after the First Communion of his child, finds the house occupied by another family. Thus begins his personal battle to get it back together with his grandfather, his ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, semi serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
eviction, working class, satire, life turned upside down, family relations, forced into action, family life, society, family problems, righting the wronged, hopes, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, scenic, melancholic
Plot:
education, village, teacher, children, elementary school, small town, friendship, community, fish out of water, provincial life, intimate, relocation ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
51%
142
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David conceals a dark secret which caused the family to leave England ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, dramatic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, family secret, secrets, small town, friendship, outsider, isolation, motherhood, betrayal, racism, intimate, identity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Katia, a 35-year-old researcher in a documentary production company, has a chaotic way of navigating her relationship with Fred, her boyfriend. When she takes part in a new project, she finally puts her difference into words – and this revelation ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, tension, melancholic
Plot:
relationships, self acceptance, female protagonist, acceptance, identity, self discovery, modern life, communication, intimate, introspection, identity crisis, conflict ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
mourning, family secret, grief, family drama, funeral, mature, flashback, road trip, intimate, regret, siblings, small town ...
Similarity:
47%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the western part of the French Alps:
After the drunk driving death of his father, 18-year-old Totone must look after his younger sister. He pursues a €30k Comté cheese award he has no hope of winning. Good thing Marie-Lise takes a liking for ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, loving
Plot:
male nudity, coming of age, theft, brother sister relationship, nudity, bare chested male, sibling relationship, family drama, personal growth, small town, working class, youth culture ...
Place:
alps, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a fun-loving, middle-aged single mom accidentally gets pregnant, her prim teenage daughter is scandalized. But mother and daughter slowly reverse roles as the pregnancy progresses.
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, feel good, emotional ...
Plot:
single mother, mother daughter relationship, pregnancy, mother, unplanned pregnancy, motherhood, family drama, eccentric family, lifestyle, life philosophy, unlikely couple, teenage life ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, melancholic, islamic, black comedy
Plot:
poverty, iranian, persian culture, motherhood, hospitality, compassion, female protagonist, community, intimate, social realism, empathy, iraq iran war ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Ma Chenggang, a wealthy man in Xihong City, worries that his eldest son is too spoiled to succeed him. Determined to raise a capable successor, he takes an unconventional approach. They conceal their wealth, moving the family to a dilapidated ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, dramatic
Plot:
parenting, perseverance, family drama, work ethic, determination, responsibility, father son relationship, hardship, social class, resilience, domestic drama, hopes ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An alienated, Americanized teenager of East Indian heritage is sent back to India where he discovers not only his roots but a lot about himself.
Style:
independent film, intercultural, emotional, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
cultural conflict, self discovery, coming of age, identity, personal growth, introspection, homecoming, diaspora, family drama, identity crisis, family values, alienation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
Movie in collections
1K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Toni has spent her entire life putting other people’s needs before her own. When she was 20 years old, she was pushed by her mother to join a TV singing competition, becoming a national star. Twenty years and five children later, she is a ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, female protagonist, parenthood, motherhood, family drama, singing, self discovery, women, identity crisis, slice of life, nostalgia, female empowerment ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
Similarity:
44%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Follows Dasthakeer and Sulekha, a married couple that moves to Dubai with their three children for a better living.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tension
Plot:
family drama, family relations, children, married couple, slice of life, social realism, social commentary, empathy, intimate, family conflict, parenting, aspiration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
dubai
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
The story of Parava revolves around pigeon race, a game, which is prominent in Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala.
Style:
emotional, feel good
Plot:
friendship, adolescence, youth, coming of age, family drama, slice of life, realism, competition, neighborhood, father son relationship, tradition, community ...
Similarity:
44%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A middle-class family battles financial hurdles and personal setbacks while pursuing their dream of owning a home in the bustling city.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
middle class, family drama, aspiration, city life, family bonds, city, slice of life, working class, sacrifice, social issues, perseverance, hopes ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
TV show
Story:
When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, single mother, slum, mother and daughter, female protagonist, poverty, social realism, family drama, city life, money problems, financial problem, social problems ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
42%
34
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Dominican Republic, USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The coming of age journey of Samuel, a young Haitian boy whose life takes a tragic turn when his father is kidnapped, and he then decides to travel to the United States and Canada to find his mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, intercultural, road movie ...
Plot:
journey, coming of age, immigration, exile, family drama, social issues, survival, child protagonist, identity, grief, resilience, childhood trauma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
haiti, north america, canada, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
February 2002. An Argentinian mother and her daughter visit Amsterdam during the wedding of prince Willem-Alexander and princess Máxima. She is looking for a miracle, the reappearing of her husband Alejandro, who got lost during the regime. She ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense, independent film, political drama
Plot:
missing person, royal wedding, grief, trauma, missing child, mother daughter relationship, loss, family drama, eviction, secret past, identity, desperation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam, argentina
Similarity:
42%
Related movie lists
