Superbad
2007USA★ 7.34 pt match
What ties these together is belonging, longing, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and poverty. The feel is the same: warm and episodic.
All About My Mother
Todo sobre mi madre
1999SpainLanguage: esDirected by Pedro Almodóvar★ 7.6
Available in English: subtitled
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicwarmhopefulhaunting
Pacing
slow burnepisodic
Story
journeyreunionunraveling
Emotion
griefloss of innocencefiguring out who you arebelongingthe family you choosesacrificelonging
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsfamily dutycaught between worldsreligion and faithpoverty
Feel
catharticemotionally wreckingquietly hauntingdiscussion starter
Violence
suggestiveWhere to watch
Hollywood films like All About My Mother
If All About My Mother hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987USA★ 7.34 pt match
What ties these together is belonging, the family you choose, and grief. They share the same lens on family duty. Same energy: warm, melancholic, and episodic.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017USA★ 8.13 pt match
Both films sit with grief. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and poverty. The feel is the same: haunting, melancholic, and slow burn.