Movies like Mom (2017)
The best movies like Mom (2017) are Mardaani (2014), Ugly (2013) and Badlapur (2015). If Mom hooked you with its crime and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)8.3/10 from 18,816 votes
- NewestKartavya (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiMardaani (2014)Also in Hindi
Mardaani (2014)
A Mumbai police officer's search for a missing teenage girl leads her to the depraved world of child trafficking. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between the officer and a ruthless mafia kingpin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUgly (2013)
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBadlapur (2015)
After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNH10 (2015)
Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSection 375 (2019)
A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHaider (2014)
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGurgaon (2017)
A real estate baron Kehri Singh manages 'Preet Real Estate' which he runs in his daughter's name whom he consider's to be his lucky mascot. A sidelined and insulted Nikki Singh is ignored by his father and is considered to be insolent, useless and unlucky. In order to pay off a huge debt to a local criminal, Nikki sets off a chilling event that forces his father to revisit his dark past and confront a brutal truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Posham Pa (2019)
Gundeep and Nikhat are making a documentary on the government-based project of psycho women who killed several kids with her daughters. Prajakta Deshpande was a psycho woman who would sleep with men and kill them after robbing their valuables this bought a very bad upbringing for her daughter Rega who also lost mental imbalance as she was badly abused by Prajakta. Prajakta then married military officer Deshpande and had a daughter Shikha and things were going fine but old habits die soon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Bhoomi (2017)
A shoe-smith Arun Sachdeva is shattered when he discovers that his daughter, Bhoomi has been raped by Dhauli and his gang of three. The father and daughter grieve for a bit before planning revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ittefaq (2017)
Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaman Raghav 2.0 (2016)
A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKarla (2006)
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNo One Killed Jessica (2011)
The true story of model Jessica Lall who was shot dead in a restaurant and the campaign to bring her killer to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrisoners (2013)
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDrishyam (2015)
When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMs .45 (1981)
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMemories of Murder (2003)
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSector 36 (2024)
When several children disappear at the hands of a serial killer in Sector 36, a corrupt cop is forced to pursue the chilling case at all costs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAjji (2017)
After her 10-year-old granddaughter Manda is brutally raped by a serial sex offender, the young girl's Ajji sets out to seek revenge, after custodians of law refuse to bring the rapist to book, thanks to his influential political background.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Article 15 (2019)
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMadaari (2016)
A common man kidnaps the son of the Home Minister of India to get answers about the loss of his own son, caused by the illegal acts committed by corrupt government officials.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBhakshak (2024)
A struggling local journalist begins a dogged investigation into harrowing cases of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKaabil (2017)
Rohan is a kind, happy young man who has been blind since birth and works as a voice-over artist for a living. Through friends, he meets Supriya, a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two start liking each other and get married. Rohan toughest journey starts in his quest of vengeance for Supriya's indirect murderers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisM.F.A. (2017)
After the accidental death of her rapist, an art student becomes an unlikely vigilante, set out to avenge college girls whose rapists were not charged.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJaane Jaan (2023)
When a single mother her teenage daughter becomes ensnared in a deadly crime, find an unexpected ally in their neighbor, a simple, doting but genius teacher math teacher comes to aid, while a tenacious cop digs into the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRustom (2016)
A naval officer is devastated to learn about his wife's extramarital affair with a rich businessman while he was away. He pays him a visit and shoots him to death, following which he surrenders himself but claims to be "not guilty" in the court, much to the surprise of the businessman's sister and the officers dealing with his case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSoni (2019)
Soni, a young policewoman in Delhi, and her superintendent, Kalpana, have collectively taken on a growing crisis of violent crimes against women. However, their alliance suffers a major setback when Soni is transferred out for alleged misconduct on duty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKartavya (2026)
With his family's safety at stake and menacing threats closing in, a police officer must decide how far he'll go to uphold his duty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Welcome Home (2020)
Welcome Home is being touted as a psychological drama with lots of thrills. The movie follows a pregnant woman living in a house. She is visited by a few other ladies presumably some officials and ask her about her lifestyle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mom?
The closest matches to Mom are Mardaani (2014), Ugly (2013) and Badlapur (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mom?
People who watched Mom most often go on to Mardaani (2014), Ugly (2013) and Badlapur (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like Mom?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), rated 8.3/10 by 18,816 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Mom?
Kartavya (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Mom?
Yes: Mardaani (2014), Ugly (2013) and Badlapur (2015).
How are movies similar to Mom chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mom, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.