Movies like Mother Knows Best
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Mother Knows Best (1997)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a killer to kill her son-in-law.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, crime drama, black comedy
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, family conflict, manipulation, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, betrayal, deception, mature, family secret, scheming, female antagonist, protective parent, character study, ethical dilemma, revenge, jealousy, suburban life, moral ambiguity, mother, dark humor, conspiracy, small town, cat and mouse ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Mother Knows Best
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspense, tense and dark films with plots about cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, manipulation, revenge, betrayal, deception and obsession mostly in Thriller, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Mother Knows Best: Devious Deeds (2023), Pretty Poison (1996), Mommy Meanest (2024), The Nightman (1992), Double Cross (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mariela arrives from Venezuela to the United States to care for the Collins' young daughter, Abbey. But behind this family's seemingly perfect facade hides a sinister secret.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, twisted ...
Plot:
au pair, nanny, deception, family secret, danger, psychological manipulation, manipulation, isolation, paranoia, intimate, moral ambiguity, mistrust ...
Place:
usa, venezuela
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
cheerleader, manipulation, deception, teen romance, moral ambiguity, coming of age, impostor, emotional manipulation, psychological manipulation, betrayal, high school, mistrust ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A concerned mother tries to protect her teenage daughter when she starts to receive a barrage of degrading texts. When the messages become more threatening, she starts to wonder if the tormentor is someone closer than she ever could have imagined.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, dark, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cyberbullying, mother daughter relationship, domestic drama, revenge, family secret, stalker, protective parent, isolation, female protagonist, paranoia, confrontation, privacy invasion ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, southern gothic, sinister ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, love triangle, family secret, trauma, betrayal, domestic drama, stalker, manipulation, hotel, revenge, guilt ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two women jokingly agree to kill each others' husbands. Then one really does and blackmails the other into killing her own.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, blackmail, conspiracy, female assassin, murder mystery, threat to kill, killing, murderer, emotional blackmail, relationships, women, blackmailer ...
Similarity:
34%
245
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Twin brothers are separated at birth after their parents are killed in a car accident. One grows up to have a good and successful life, and the other to be a disturbed young man who now plans to achieve the perfect life by stealing his ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
twins, dual role, identical twins, jealousy, body swapping, identity crisis, deception, betrayal, obsession, family secret, identity theft, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Traci Di Carlo who was accused of plotting the murder of her obsessively domineering mother. Traci's boyfriend was arrested for the killing.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, murder, manipulation, psychological manipulation, false accusation, betrayal, deception, emotional abuse, domineering mother, trial, mother daughter conflict, courtroom drama ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
deception, estranged daughter, jealousy, manipulation, house, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, father daughter relationship, estrangement ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A jealous dance mom takes extreme measures to ensure her daughter wins a scholarship to an exclusive dance academy. But the victim's mother will do whatever necessary to protect her own daughter from the rival mom's evil scheme.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, teen, crime drama ...
Plot:
kidnapping, jealousy, protective mother, blackmail, ambition, manipulation, family conflict, domestic drama, female antagonist, dance contest, revenge, betrayal ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Heather and Suzanne were childhood friends, both singers, who have always been competing against each other. The insecure Suzanne, who usually lost all the competitions, grows emotionally disturbed and hyper-competitive and carrying a grudge against ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense
Plot:
college, stalker, campus, obsession, rivalry, deception, friendship, jealousy, female rivalry, female friendship, betrayal, revenge ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An award-winning performer trio and a sophisticated story characterize the thrilling TV thriller "The Missing Woman". From the naive betrayed to the tough revenge angel Corinna Harfouch turns into the lead role. At her side, Ulrich Matthes ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, bleak, tense, grim ...
Plot:
betrayal, deception, manipulation, insurance fraud, revenge, female protagonist, fraud, moral ambiguity, psychological manipulation, hitman, corruption, survival ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, without the patient's consent.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
doctor, revenge, pregnancy, medical, surgery, female protagonist, obsession, stalker, hospital, betrayal, anger, medical malpractice ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Joyce thought she had made the dream marriage. Her husband, Stan, is a successful, handsome dentist, and Joyce, who grew up in poverty, cannot believe her good fortune. But her charismatic husband has a dark side that is about to engulf and destroy ...
Style:
psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, deception, murder mystery, betrayal, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, cat and mouse, manipulation, cold case, investigation, moral ambiguity, infiltration ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A home health care worker in her 20's gets hired to care for a elderly man who had molested her when she was a child. She plans her revenge during a weekend when his family is out of town.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, character study, psychological manipulation, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, slow burn, isolated house, ethical dilemma, cat and mouse, stroke, child molestation ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Julie Bottomley discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian by faking her own death ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
faked death, infidelity, deception, revenge, adultery, marital infidelity, british, betrayal, lie, female protagonist, presumed dead, scheming ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When young art gallery owner and mother Kayla Anderson finds herself drowning in work and in need of help planning her daughter Kerry's big upcoming Sweet Sixteen bash, she hires pretty, spirited party planner Lindy Shores to help out, having ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, murderer, problem, women, relationships, family relations, murder mystery, family problems, threat, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, manipulation ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, dark past, secret, male female relationship, family problems, parents and children, relationship problems, secret identity, female protagonist, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Nurse Lena Simon seems to have found the perfect man in savvy businessman Scotty Sharpe, but when she suspects him of seeing someone else she takes the unusual advice of her best friend Toni and does a voodoo spell on him.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
voodoo, witchcraft, witch, stalker, relationship problems, curse, suspicion, family problems, unfaithful husband, curses spells and rituals, suspicion of adultery, infidelity ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five years ago, Christine went after the baby she gave up for adoption, claiming he'd been stolen, and wound up killing Alex Williams' wife and the baby the Williams' had adopted. Now, Alex has remarried to a woman with a young son ...
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological horror, noir
Plot:
revenge, adoption, escaped mental patient, mental illness, murder, stalker, female antagonist, trauma, protective parent, cat and mouse, domestic violence, home invasion ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
brother in law, hostage, murder, psychological manipulation, manipulation, brother brother relationship, vengeance, brothers, family relations, danger, youth, psycho ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Isabelle Wagner takes the plunge to attend her twenty-year high school reunion with her daughter, Sierra, she comes face to face with her past when she is reunited with her former classmate rival, Andrea Turner. When a seemingly changed Andrea ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, problem, manipulation, revenge, high school reunion, female rivalry, lifestyle change, couple relations, relationships, changing lives, male female relationship, reunited friends ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Claire has always loved her son Jim and her granddaughter Sydney, but struggles to connect with her daughter-in-law, Allison. When Allison announces a big job promotion that will relocate them far away, Claire's motherly instincts are pushed to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, family problems, overprotective mother, overprotective parent, dysfunctional family, mother in law daughter in law relationship, domestic drama, murderer, life is a bitch, family relations, husband wife relationship, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A famous inventor marries a beautiful but much younger woman. His son becomes romantically involved with her.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, crime drama, erotic, twist ending ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, deception, psychological manipulation, betrayal of trust, family secret, father son estrangement, seduction, obsession, jealousy, conspiracy, domestic drama ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, twisted, noir ...
Plot:
infidelity, murder, adultery, manipulation, planned murder, greed, scheming, deception, betrayal, cover up, love triangle, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman tries to prove her husband is having an affair so she can initiate a divorce. She soon finds herself romantically involved with the other woman's husband, unaware that her own husband and his mistress are plotting to kill them.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, noir
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, domestic drama, assassination plot, jealousy, female protagonist, divorce, secrets, investigation, power struggle, betrayal, deception ...
Similarity:
21%
501
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fredrik is a director for a company that has developed a camera that can be operated from a distance to inspect pipes. He is so obsessed about his girlfriend Ingrid that he arranges his own fake suicide so that he can check that she mourns his death ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, art house
Plot:
obsession, jealousy, manipulation, surveillance, obsessive love, deception, psychological abuse, stalking, emotional manipulation, character study, moral ambiguity, morality ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, intense, suspense
Plot:
female sociopath, jealousy, murder, sister, obsession, romantic obsession, obsessive love, toxic relationship, marriage, emotional manipulation, possession, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tanveer, an aspiring actor, moves to the city after leaving a detention center. He meets Disha, his therapist, for mandatory counseling but hides dark secrets, posing a threat.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental health, urban, character study, mature, cat and mouse, suspicion, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, city life, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On her wedding night, twenty-year-old Darcy Palmer empties her fiancé's bank account and flees to New York City. Along the way, she tries robbing Brianne Dwyer, who's heading to a New England college for her freshman year, and ends up ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, woman seduces a man, psychopath, college, identity theft, female serial killer, deception, double life, poisoning, college campus, cat and mouse, female rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new england, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes when Olivia and Harry Davis’ newborn baby doesn’t survive the birth. 6 months later the young couple have come to terms with their loss and are rebuilding their lives, they may even be ready to try again for a family soon. But ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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