10 Movies Like A Thousand And One To Watch

• Rating: 6.8/10
• Genre: Drama, Romance and Western
• Cast Members: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Genevieve Lemon
• Duration: 2 hours and 6 minutes
• Where to watch: Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock TV, HBO Max and Apple TV

The movie The Power of the Dog is a Western psychological drama movie which is based on Thomas Savage's 1967 novel of a similar title. The movie shows how the son can protect his mother despite his weakness. 

The movie starts where two wealthy ranch-owning brothers Phil and George, meet a widow named Rose during a cattle drive. Meanwhile, Rose is an inn owner and a mother of a son. George falls in love with Rose. 

But Phil dislikes her as he believes that Rose was only after George's wealth. As such, he also treats lightly to her son, Peter. When both move into George's house, Peter goes to attend medical school. 

During their party's piano recital, Phil's belittlement of Rose makes her unable to play the piano. Humiliated by the event, she starts to drink. By the time Peter reached home, he finds his mother addicted to alcohol. 

• Rating: 6.8/10
• Genre: Comedy and Drama
• Cast Members: Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow and Madisen Beaty
• Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
• Where to watch: Netflix, Hoopla, Vudu, Apple TV and Amazon Videos

Other People is an American comedy-drama movie that is a semi-autobiography of Chris Kelly. The movie was also written and directed by Chris and this movie is her directorial debut in the film industry. 

The movie follows the story of David who has been struggling to be a competent comedian writer. But he has to go to his home to take care of his mother Joanne, who has been confirmed with a cancer diagnosis. 

When he returns home, he meets his father, Norman and his two younger sisters. Other than his mother, his relationship with both his father and sisters is distant and strained. 

Though he is not in a relationship anymore, to not upset his mother, he tells her that he is still together with his boyfriend.

While his mother hated her chemotherapy, she finally decided to quit it when she found it ineffective. 

• Rating: 7.1/10
• Genre: Drama
• Cast Members: Matthew Modine, Adina Porter, Vanessa Williams, Uzo Aduba and Samantha Sloyan
• Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes
• Where to watch:  Vudu, Amazon Videos, Tubi TV, BET and DirecTV

Miss Virginia is an American movie that shows the struggle of a mother who sacrifices everything to give her son a proper education so that he can escape the dump of the community she is staying in. 

The movie is based on a true story where the movie shows the pain of a struggling mother who is about to lose her son, who is only fifteen years to the rough streets of Washington, DC. 

She has seen the struggles around the streets and is very clear about the situation. So, not wanting her son to drop out of his school and start dealing drugs, she places him in a private school.

But she can't afford to put him in such an expensive school. 

She launches a move to change the system destroying thousands of children like hers due to improper education.

Her voice reached the deepest and highest level of the government despite receiving many threats for her and her son's safety.  

• Rating: 5.3/10
• Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance 
• Cast Members: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci and Tyler Posey
• Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
• Where to watch: Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, Netflix, HBO and Prime Video

The movie made in 2002, Maid in Manhattan is an American film filled with comedy-drama with romance included. The movie shows how the son helps her single mother find another love for to be happy. 

Marisa is a single mother raising her son Ty who is bright and smart. To feed the family of two, Marisa works as a maid at the Beresford Hotel.

While Ty is not busy with the school program, he spends time with Marisa's fellow workers. 

Marisa and her co-worker were cleaning up a room of a socialite when her friend convinced her to try the clothes over there.

Meanwhile, Ty is friendly and befriends hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher. 

Having a similar interest in Richard Nixon, Ty wants to walk with Chris. So, he goes to ask his mother for permission. When Chris meets Marisa in Caroline's dress, he is smitten, and the trio spends time together in a park. 

• Rating: 5.9/10
• Genre: Comedy and Drama
• Cast Members: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey and Susan Coyne
• Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes
• Where to watch: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu, Redbox and DirecTV

French Exit is a grim comedy movie that has been based on a novel of the same name written by Patrick deWitt. The movie entails the detail of a Manhattan heiress who moves out to Paris with her son as they become poor.

In the movie, Frances lives grandly with her son Malcolm in her magnificent mansion and the riches left by her husband. But later she receives a bank's notice stating that the property will be seized by the bank. 

Her lawyer later informs her that the bank has taken all of her husband's property and they are now penniless. So, he gives her a suggestion to sell everything in the house, such as jewelry, art and books, in private and take the cash. 

Frances confident in her, doesn't consider her lawyer's suggestion. And eventually, when the money ran out, she was struck with the crisis. Now, she her friend Joan supports her with her vacant apartment in Paris. 

• Rating: 6.7/10
• Genre: Drama
• Cast Members: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton and Rachel Bay Jones
• Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
• Where to watch: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu, Redbox and DirecTV

The American drama movie Ben Is Back follows the story of a mother who is doing her best to help her addicted son after he comes back from the rehab center after being reformed. 

The movie shows Holly, who is just returning from church on Christmas Eve when she sees her son Ben in her driveway.

She is happy to see him as he was sent to rehab for prescription drug addiction for several months. 

Though his sponsor sent him home for a good time during the festive season, Holly is still wary and happy for her son. So, she agrees to let him stay for 24 hours if he does not leave her sight. 

While shopping, Holly runs to her son's old doctor, who is suffering from dementia. She blames him for getting her son addicted to painkillers when he was younger. 

• Rating: 7.3/10
• Genre: Comedy and Drama
• Cast Members: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and Lucas Jade Zumann
• Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes
• Where to watch: Apple TV, Vudu, Redbox, Netflix, Hulu and DirecTV

20th Century Women is an American movie made in 2016 that was directed and written by Mike Mills. The movie sets in 1979 in Southern California and part of the story is inspired by Mill's childhood memories. 

The story follows Jamie, who lives with his single mother, Dorothea and two other tenants Abbie, a photographer and William, a carpenter and mechanic.

He is also best friend with Julie who often spends the night with him but has no physical relationship. 

Dorothea finds trouble connecting to her son as there is only minimal conversation between them. So, she asks for the opinion of Abbie and Julie. But Jamie responds by running to Los Angeles to attend a rock concert with his friends. 

When Jamie comes back, Julie says she had an unprotected physical relationship and was worried she was pregnant.

Meanwhile, he also goes with Abbie for a doctor's appointment, where she learns she is cancer-free. 

• Rating: 8/10
• Genre: Biography and Drama
• Cast Members: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar and Abhishek Bharate
• Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes
• Where to watch: Netflix, Apple TV, Rakuten TV and Vudu

Lion is an Australian biographical drama movie that is based on the 2013 non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. The movie tells the true story of how Brierley, after being separated for 25 years, finds his biological family back in India. 

Five-year-old Saroo lives with his brother Guddu, his mother, and his baby sister in India. As stricken with poverty, Guddu, and Saroo steals coal from freight trains for milk and food. 

During such a heist, Saroo falls asleep, but after waking up, he cannot find his brother. He searches empty trains only to fall asleep. But waking up, he finds the train running and when he cannot open the door of the train. 

Arriving at the new place and having no idea what people are speaking, he is in a great plight. He spends the night in the street but is forced to flee when a group of men chases to kidnap them. 

• Rating: 8.1/10
• Genre: Drama and Thriller 
• Cast Members: Brie Larson,  Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson and Matt Gordon
• Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes
• Where to watch: Kanopy, HBO Max, Vudu, Prime Video and Apple TV

Room is a thriller drama movie which is based on the book of the same name in 2010. The movie story is about a young woman who has been in captivity for seven years and has a son born in captivity. 

The story revolves around Joy and her five-year-old son Jack who lives in a shed called Room. Both mother and son share a toilet, bed, bathtub and kitchen with a single window for a skylight. 

The pair were held captive by a man named Old Nick and is the father of Jack. Jack abducted Joy seven years ago and violated her continuously. Though she stays optimistic for her son, she herself is suffering. 

Old Nick tells her that he lost his job and will not be able to afford supplies. She lets her son fake fever and Old Nick only bring antibiotics. To set her son free, she makes him fake his death. 

• Rating: 7.4/10
• Genre: Drama 
• Cast Members: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert and Janelle Monae
• Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes
• Where to watch: Kanopy, Paramount Plus, Vudu, Prime Video and Apple TV

Moonlight is an American drama based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play. The movie presented three stages of the life of the main character: his childhood, adolescence, and early adult life. 

The movie follows the story of Chiron, who is found by drug dealer Juan who was hiding in a crackhouse to escape from his bullies.

So, Juan and his girlfriend let him stay for the night before returning him to his mother. 

Slowly spending time with Juan, Chiron begins to learn the basics of life from Juan. Juan encounters Chiron's mother, Paula smoking crack with one of his customers. Angry, he berates her, but instead, she rebukes him. 

Chiron hates his mother as she abuses him and berates him with bad words. When he asks Juan if he sells drugs and his mother does drugs, Juan answers correctly and Chiron leaves from there.