Domineering mother movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant domineering mother movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, independent film, suspenseful and touching films and TV shows about / with domineering mother, family relations, parents and children, mother son relationship, female nudity, coming of age, obsession, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family and mother plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as domineering mother: My Son (2006), Club Sandwich (2013), The Box Collector (2008), Close-Ups (2014), Unthinkable (2007), The Piano Teacher (2001), Borderline Normal (2001), Bates Motel (2013), The Seagull's Laughter (2001), Under One Roof (2002).
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Julien and his mum care for each other very much. But Julien has committed a deadly sin: he is growing into a teenager! Worse, he has found himself a girlfriend of his age. "Mummy" is not going to tolerate such an ignominy. Julien is HER ...
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
mother son relationship, domineering mother, psychological abuse, overprotective mother, puberty, incestuous desire, incest overtones, dysfunctional family, teenage life, parents and children, teenage boy, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
While vacationing at a beachside resort, a single mother faces inevitable separation anxiety when her 15-year-old son — who is also her best friend — discovers magical chemistry with a girl his own age.
Style:
minimal cast, semi serious, sincere, humorous, light ...
Plot:
coming of age, beach, domineering mother, teenage boy, swimming pool, holiday, hotel, teenager, teen romance, teenage son, adolescence, resort ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An overprotective mother tries to stop her son's budding relationship with a flirtatious young divorce.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
mother son conflict, destructive relationship, family relations, parents and children, fall in love, obsession, mentally unstable, single mother, domineering mother, small town, performer's life, mother ...
Time:
21st century
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226
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
37-year-old Marta gets married and wants to have a baby. But her toxic relationship with overbearing mother complicates her life in many ways.
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
mother in law son in law relationship, domineering mother, absent father, marital argument, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, sculptor, pregnancy, jealousy, desperation, family relations, overprotective mother ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Overdomineering female police detective Jamie McDowell still tries to run her 19-year old only son Peter's life although he is a builder who lives alone. She strongly opposes his engagement to Kelly Shaw, who he doesn't know very long, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
domineering mother, burned alive, uncover truth, police detective, police investigation, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, single parent, murder, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family goes through a divorce.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, family drama, domineering mother, sibling rivalry, brother brother relationship, group therapy, teenage life, divorced parents, female nudity, female orgasm, bare butt ...
Place:
detroit
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125K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, motel, mental disorder, obsession, hotel, insanity, murder, family problems, half brother, dysfunctional family, small town, incestuous desire ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa, hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, humorous, dark comedy
Plot:
domineering mother, social differences, love affair, family relations, couples, culture clash, fish out of water, homecoming, parents and children, misfit, society, feminism ...
Time:
50s
Place:
iceland, europe
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
It's Sex and the City meets The Wedding Banquet for young San Franciscan Daniel Chang, living at home with his clueless, traditional mother. Desperate for a grandchild, she's eager to see him married and spends much of her time planning ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, gay relationship, family relations, opposites attract, lifestyle, love and romance, couples, parents and children, social differences, lgbt, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake.
Style:
serious, suspense, touching, captivating
Plot:
drug addict, domineering mother, teenage boy, ice hockey, death of friend, hockey, mother son estrangement, troubled youth, criminality, trouble, melancholy, drug overdose ...
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116
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Junior, as he’s known, since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. He shares cheap lodgings with another fellow and earns money doing strenuous night shifts at a warehouse. It’s no surprise that he ...
Style:
touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sexy ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, bossy woman, teenager, pregnancy, jealousy, domineering mother, football, pregnant woman, football player, teenage protagonist, teenage boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's ...
Style:
period piece, road movie, funny, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rock and roll, virginity, heavy metal, coming of age, youth, friendship, high school, road trip, domineering mother, telephone call, runaway, music ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
michigan, detroit, ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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15K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection ...
Style:
scary, emotional, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, illicit affair, domineering mother, female nudity, oedipus complex, borderline personality disorder, parents and children, family problems, pregnant wife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
kentucky, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, controversial, sexual, cult classic ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
abusive mother, social worker, dysfunctional family, cattle prod, brother sister sex, birthday party, domineering mother, mental retardation, punishment, incest, sex with sister, exploitation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, compassionate, factual, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, rich and poor, mother daughter relationship, hollywood, insanity, biopic, actor's life, women, lobotomy, courtroom, domineering mother, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her ...
Style:
sexual, touching, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, brother sister incest, brother sister relationship, incestuous sex, caught having sex, older woman younger man sex, incestuous relationship, sex with sister, dysfunctional family, shame, sex ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Agnese and Stefano are profoundly different. She is only seventeen, lives with her mother – a harsh and devoted woman – is a regular church-goer and is about to take a vow of chastity to last until marriage. He is twenty-five, has a violent ...
Style:
realistic, romantic, christian film
Plot:
defloration, domineering mother, young lovers, coming of age, first love, complex characters, against the rules, mother daughter relationship, church, chastity, parents and children, conflict ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The real-life case based on the horrific crimes of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the mother and son duo who specialized in theft, fraud and murder.
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
domineering mother, criminal, landlady, mother son relationship, female psychopath, murder, mentally unstable, childhood trauma, obsession, bandit, family relations, parents and children ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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2K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Style:
psychological, sad, touching, heartbreaking, disturbing ...
Plot:
dissociative identity disorder, mental illness, psychology, mental disorder, child abuse, physical abuse, abuse, abusive parent, children, mental health, domineering mother, patient ...
Place:
nova scotia
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187
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Idol is a 1966 British drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, Jennifer Hilary and Guy Doleman. A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous ...
Style:
intense, independent film, period drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, domineering mother, affair, infidelity, seduction, mother son relationship, romantic rivalry, sexual jealousy, betrayal, manipulation, moral ambiguity, scandal ...
Time:
60s, year 1966
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love.
Plot:
secret love, jealousy, friendship, fall in love, couples, domineering mother, mother daughter relationship, flirting, fraud, monkey, love story, hurricane ...
Place:
venice, iceland, italy, jamaica
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A small child is trapped in a tug-of-war battle between his frivolous, but loving mother and an emotionally abusive neurotic grandmother, who wants to "shelter" her beloved grandson at all cost.
Style:
emotional, depressing, rough, heartbreaking, serious ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, child abuse, power relations, funeral, dysfunctional relationship, grandmother, poverty, money, doctor, sick, domineering mother, birthday ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Remake of J.R. Bookwalter's 1991 shot-on-video opus.
Style:
atmospheric, creepy, psychological horror, independent film, gothic ...
Plot:
vampire, oedipus complex, domineering mother, bloodlust, mother son relationship, gory, slow burn, overprotective mother, nightshift, sexual tension, respect, love triangle ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Take Carmen Vega downtown and book her! Carmen (Sonia Braga) is guilty as charged of scheming with her two best friends, Marisol and Valeria (Rose Abdoo and Saundra Santiago) to stick her nose in everything in her two adult daughter’s lives. From ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, marriage, dinner, ritual, party, male bonding, in laws, mother, domineering mother, couple relations, mother and daughter, overprotective mother ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, parents and children, life, family problems, confronting the past, father son relationship, family relations, relationship problems, revelation, dealing with the past, relationships, guilty conscience ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, satirical, feel good, period piece, romantic comedy
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
pop music, domineering mother, music industry, pop star, aspiring musician, mother son relationship, ambition, showbiz, light comedy, competition, satire, underdog ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jacques Perrin was awarded Best Actor at the 1966 Venice Film Festival for his gripping portrayal of a young writer's descent into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Perrin retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and ...
Style:
art film, art house, melancholic, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
alienation, psychoanalysis, neurosis, mental illness, existentialism, guilt, family conflict, mental breakdown, identity crisis, isolation, domineering mother, electroshock therapy ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Traci Di Carlo who was accused of plotting the murder of her obsessively domineering mother. Traci's boyfriend was arrested for the killing.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, murder, manipulation, psychological manipulation, false accusation, betrayal, deception, emotional abuse, domineering mother, trial, mother daughter conflict, courtroom drama ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A meek young man allows a stripper to stay in his house while his domineering mother is hospitalized.
Style:
independent film, offbeat, dark comedy, neo noir
Plot:
character study, domineering mother, mother son relationship, small town, loneliness, switching roles, seduction, bittersweet, isolation, working class, grief, contamination ...
Place:
british columbia
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