Movies Like Mothers' Instinct (2024)

Mothers' Instinct is a 2024 drama, thriller film from Benoît Delhomme with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with No One Will Save You and Bugonia.

Drama Thriller

No One Will Save You

2023

A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.

6.7

MagicScore

Bugonia

2025

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

7.4

MagicScore

Prayers for Bobby

2009

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

8.1

MagicScore

Let Him Go

2020

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

6.8

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Handling the Undead

2024

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?

5.9

MagicScore

Hamnet

2025

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

7.7

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Ordinary People

1980

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

7.5

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A Haunting in Venice

2023

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

6.6

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The Ritual

2017

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

The Hunger Games

2012

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Antichrist

2009

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

Perfect Blue

1998

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

8.3

MagicScore

#14

I'm Still Here

2024

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

8.0

MagicScore

#15

Mass

2021

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Till

2022

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

The Revenant

2015

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Beautiful Boy

2011

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Papillon

2017

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Birth/Rebirth

2023

A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Mothers' Instinct?

The top films similar to Mothers' Instinct by MovieMagicScore are No One Will Save You (6.7), Bugonia (7.4), Prayers for Bobby (8.1). Each shares drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Mothers' Instinct worth watching?

Mothers' Instinct holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 678 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Mothers' Instinct?

Mothers' Instinct (2024) is a drama, thriller film directed by Benoît Delhomme, starring Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Anders Danielsen Lie.

Where can I find more recommendations like Mothers' Instinct?

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About movies like Mothers' Instinct

This ranked list pairs Mothers' Instinct (2024), a drama and thriller film from Benoît Delhomme, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Anne Hathaway take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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