Movies like My Mother's Best Friend 3 (2011)
The best movies like My Mother's Best Friend 3 (2011) are Henry & June (1990), True Romance (1993) and The Hot Spot (1990). If My Mother's Best Friend 3 hooked you with its romance, these 23 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,246 votes
- NewestMannerists (2026)Released 2026
Henry & June (1990)
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
An ambitious director sets out to revive a faded slasher franchise, but her meeting with the film’s reclusive original star spirals into a terrifying maze of obsession, fear, and blood-soaked delusion.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sandwich (2000)
A couple's last moments: their meetings, separations and a sandwich.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
5 Centimeters per Second (2025)
After transferring to the same elementary school, Takaki and Akari become fast friends, bonding over the constant upheaval of moving from town to town. Just as their feelings for each other start to blossom, their shared happiness comes to an end when both of their families are forced to relocate. As the seasons change, Takaki and Akari begin to wonder if they will ever be able to see each other again, and share their secret feelings.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Where's the Love? (2014)
Married couple Ryan and Sebastian are professional love and relationship therapists, and the stars of the hit television series 'Where Is The Love.' Unfortunately, their love didn't last and they have separated. However, in fear of losing their clients and damaging their reputations, they decide to keep their split a secret and operate as though they are a happily married couple.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Last Ten Hours with You (2007)
The final night of Mark and Jeremy's relationship, they wait it out, trying to find the way to say goodbye.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Husbands and Wives (1992)
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMannerists (2026)
In an empty space, two hands meet and try to get closer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
8 New Dates (2014)
Vera and Nikita have been married for 3 years. In the midst of another joyful quarrel they exchange views on what should be a "normal man" and "a good wife." And the next morning ... everyone wakes up with a "perfect half." Nikita has a blonde wife blonde, which is a good cook; Vera has a caring husband, a businessman, he buys her favorite breakfast croissants. With whom is life better? Be careful with your dreams - sometimes they come true!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A Time Apart (2024)
Alyssa (Lana Boy) follows her artistic aspirations to Los Angeles, leaving behind her husband Luka (Emmanuel Berthelot), who promises to join her later. The pandemic-induced lockdowns force them apart, straining their relationship until the couple decides it’s best to separate. Upon returning to Paris to finalize her divorce, Alyssa finds herself engulfed in her past life with Luka and old friends, all of which have moved on. She starts to question whether she was selfish to leave her past life behind in pursuit of career goals. Should she have been happy with the “little life” she left behind? Could she have been?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Zhalin (2026)
A female university student arrives late at night at her dormitory and finds herself locked out. She is forced to make her way across the city to her aunt's house, where she encounters a mysterious man along the way.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Once a Year (1965)
A young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war. This movie is not a colorfull. About 5 years later, this movie was shot again wtih same actors and actresses (except for Selda Alkor).
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Last Summer (2013)
Luke and Jonah, two high school sweethearts, spend their final days together over the course of a long, quiet summer in the rural US South, contemplating their uncertain future and the uncertain future of the United States.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisVehemence (2010)
A guy starts seeing the new office temp who is also the object of affection of her psychotic friend. The psycho embarks on terror campaign with dreadful consequences for the couple and the people closest to them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Who Gets the Dog? (2016)
Six years after saying "I do," Olive and Clay call it quits. Although they split amicably, both want custody of their beloved dog Wesley and they end up in court. With everything at stake, can man's best friend find a way to reunite the couple?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisCarol (2015)
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTake Me Home (2020)
Same-sex couple Eun-soo and Ye-won are living together happily. One day, a terrible traffic accident occurs and Eun-soo is seriously injured and her sister Eunhae dies. Eun-soo is disabled and Eunhae's daughter Soo-min became an orphan. Now Eun-soo and Ye-won are in a position to take charge of Soo-min.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Page Turner (2006)
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHappiness (1998)
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like My Mother's Best Friend 3?
The closest matches to My Mother's Best Friend 3 are Henry & June (1990), True Romance (1993) and The Hot Spot (1990). Below are 20 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after My Mother's Best Friend 3?
Start with Henry & June (1990), the closest match to My Mother's Best Friend 3.
What is the highest-rated movie like My Mother's Best Friend 3?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like My Mother's Best Friend 3?
Mannerists (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like My Mother's Best Friend 3?
Yes: Henry & June (1990), True Romance (1993) and The Hot Spot (1990).
How are movies similar to My Mother's Best Friend 3 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside My Mother's Best Friend 3, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.