Movies like The Single Moms Club: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Single Moms Club (2014) — a drama and comedy film directed by Tyler Perry — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Single Moms Club most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like journalist, support group and private school. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Driving Lessons 2006★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tumbleweeds 1999★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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20th Century Women 2016★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Mother 1996★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Throw Momma from the Train 1987★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Boy's Life 1993★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Storytelling 2001★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Pastoral 2016★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Bad Moms 2016★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
Stream in India on Zee5
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Fish Tank 2009★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Players Club 1998★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wildflower 2023★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rushmore 1998★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Where the Truth Lies 2005★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cracks 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Luckiest Girl Alive 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Thing with Feathers 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Where the Heart Is 1990★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Best Man 1999★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Comedy
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now