

Movies Like The Second Mother
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Don't Call Me Son

Donnie Darko

Breaking the Waves

Mifune

Something's Gotta Give

The White Masai

My Life Without Me

To Take A Wife

Aloft

Week-ends

Durval Discos

The Best Mother in the World

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
How Good Is The Second Mother?
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