If you loved Moonlight, try I Killed My Mother

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. I Killed My Mother has roughly 6.5× fewer votes than Moonlight — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Moonlight

2016 · dir. Barry Jenkins

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I Killed My Mother

2009 · dir. Xavier Dolan

What they share

Theysit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Moonlight, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What I Killed My Mother is

Montreal, autumn, a riverbank. A teenage son and his mother clash, their love and anger tangled. Dolan debuts with a portrait of fractured family bonds.

If you loved Moonlight, try I Killed My Mother

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I Killed My Mother

What they share

What I Killed My Mother is

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