15 Movies Like Buddy's Mom
Loved Buddy's Mom? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Fifty Shades Freed
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Buddy's Mom.

Parasite
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Obsessed
A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Humint
A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

A Tale of Legendary Libido
A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

The King's Warden
In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, humble headman Heung-do hears a rumor that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity to his impoverished community, he eagerly submits a petition to host one—unaware that his guest is none other than the fallen monarch, deposed boy-king Danjong.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Hope
After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Japanese Mom
"Innocent face, D-cup breasts and perfect intercourse skills! Son, this is not your girlfriend anymore but your mother!" Ki-ho brings Yuki from Japan to marry her. However, he starts cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend in Korea. Min-cheol comforted Yuki and thought of her as his daughter-in-law, but one day he realizes he is looking at her as a woman. In the end, Yuki and Min-cheol have intercourse without Ki-ho knowing...
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Buddy's Mom.

Memories of Murder
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's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

The Treacherous
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Love Lesson
Korea's most popular song writer Hee-soo runs into a nineteen-year-old boy in the elevator. Hee-soo is inspired by a new song watching him shake at her figure. She starts to tell him about women under the excuse that she's teaching him music. They fall for each other but things get complicated when her life teacher, Joon-ho who taught her about life and music comes back.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

Scarlet Innocence
A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.

20th Century Girl
In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Buddy's Mom.