Mother movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mother movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, captivating, touching, entertaining, disturbing and sincere films and TV shows about / with mother, family relations, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, women, death, husband wife relationship, teenager and mother son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mother: Savage Grace (2007), Vuelve (2013), Mother (2016), A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019), Daisy Diamond (2007), Monolith (2016), Forrest Gump (1994), Tully (2018), Because I Said So (2007), I Am Mother (2019).
Best films
List of mother movies
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, erotic, controversial, emotional ...
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, gay, mother son relationship, adultery, murder, dysfunctional family, older woman younger man, sexual relations, love triangle, socialite, father son relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
europe, new york, london, spain, england ...
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305
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A visual incursion into the troubles psyche of a young boy whose unstable and manipulative mother committed suicide in front of him.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, psychological, surreal, erotic
Plot:
suicide, boy, mother son relationship, mother, monk, mother son incest, death, masturbation, electric shock, ghost, mentally unstable, suspense ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
A child being scolded rescued by her teacher after falsifying her death
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, sentimental
Plot:
mother, school, child abuse, secret, police, husband wife relationship, physical abuse, escape, new identity, teacher, prison, violence ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
mother, revenge, vengeance, murder, suspense, single mother, female masturbation, children, home invasion, drugs, crime solving, murder investigation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has something else in store for her. Though she struggles to give her 4 month old daughter a good ...
Style:
disturbing, erotic, cynical, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
strong sexual content, mother, baby, lesbian sex, casting, movie business, sex scene, female protagonist, audition, swedish, director, actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen, europe, denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
Style:
ambiguous ending, stylized, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
son, mother, suspense, trapped, family relations, relationships, parents, desert, canyon, female protagonist, child in peril, car accident ...
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2.1M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, love, life & death, life philosophy, philosophy, life, vietnam war, destiny, human spirit, rise to the top, journey, selflessness ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., vietnam, alabama, los angeles ...
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61K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
motherhood, baby, family relations, depression, female protagonist, mother, nanny, plot twist, marriage, parents and children, autism, newborn baby ...
Time:
50s, year 1977, 80s, 2010s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
Style:
feel good, light, romantic, sweet, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
matchmaking, fall in love, love and romance, family relations, mother daughter relationship, women, mother, looking for love, teenager, love, female protagonist, sisters ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, surprise ending, cerebral, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, post apocalypse, mission, end of the world, apocalypse, bunker, mother, human versus robot, technology, suspense, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, Francis Cabrel playing on loop, Scrabble games and precious motherly advice on how to behave at the ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
mother, single mother, widow, divorce, mother daughter relationship, unemployment, job seeking, lack of money, lovers, unemployed, getting home, family life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
family relations, mother daughter relationship, mother, redemption, couples, autobiography, adaptation, family problems, love, youth, teenage girl, mother daughter conflict ...
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, family relations, femme fatale, mother, parents and children, homecoming, family life, small town, terminal illness, traumatic childhood, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Style:
touching, captivating, sincere, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, mother daughter conflict, daughter, mother, holiday, mother and daughter, money problems, pregnant woman, estrangement, pregnancy, paternity revealed, rock band ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Book editor Max Normane can perfect anyone’s story apart from her own. Highly successful but highly single, she comes up with a novel plan: a publication in exchange for a sperm donation. But will she get her happy ending?
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love, mother, single parent, couples, looking for love, family relations, workplace situations, couple relations, lifestyle, workplace, love and romance, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, venice california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspenseful, apocalyptic, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, suspense, alien, deaf, silence, survival, monster, survival horror, alien creature, deafness, creature, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, america
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67K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological, twist ending, intense ...
Plot:
investigation, suspense, murder, twists and turns, revenge, family relations, parents and children, determination, amateur detective, uncover truth, mother, mentally challenged ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea, tokyo
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542K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, monster, suspense, survival, sign language, survival horror, fear, silence, pregnancy, alien, creature feature ...
Time:
near future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot:
mother, drugs, mother daughter relationship, heroin, recovering drug addict, drug addict, rehabilitation, family relations, parents and children, family problems, mother and daughter, dysfunctional family ...
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129K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
Style:
funny, feel good, entertaining, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
women, motherhood, female friendship, party, infidelity, mother daughter relationship, caught masturbating, female nudity, friendship, single father, single mother, drunken woman ...
Place:
chicago illinois, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, starting over, small town, friendship, coming of age, teenage pregnancy, single parent, women, love and romance, youth, family relations, power of love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, tennessee, california, usa, maine ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Plot:
first love, lesbian, mother, winter, love letter, female female relationship, love interest, secret, teenager, sexuality, women, lgbtq ...
Place:
south korea, japan, hokkaido, korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, touching, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mother, love, immigration, mother love, career, french, couples, love and romance, mother son relationship, suspense, women, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Following the passing of his father, Aaron Hammond returns to his hometown to help his devastated mother and to confront his past demons. Sifting through his father’s belongings, Aaron comes upon a mysterious item that is far more than it seems.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, rough, scary
Plot:
death of father, mother, ancient mystery, artifact, curse, death, demon, suspense, family relations, evil, haunted house, good versus evil ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A comedy about a gang leader ( Chico ) who gets into a fight and is seriously injured, after which he is transferred to the hospital in a critical condition where he needs a heart transplant. At the same time, the mother of another young man ( ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
mother, heart transplant, gang leader, lifestyle, mafioso, transplant, gangsters, changing lives, lifestyle change, mob boss, satire, bandit ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
honeymoon, mother, mother son relationship, son, mother love, family relations, domineering mother, overprotective mother, mother and son, relationship problems, relationships, family problems ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Five moms in a competitive grade school community keep their enemies close, and one another closer, as envy and secrets tangle and unravel their lives.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
friendship, motherhood, mother, personal growth, club, lifestyle change, parenthood, changing lives, sorority, society, mother child relationship, women ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Sarah’s perfect life as a GP, wife and mother is shattered when she discovers her husband is having an affair. Then her best friend is found murdered and Sarah’s husband, Anton, is arrested. She finds unlikely sisterhood and support in a ragtag ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining
Plot:
mother, woman, relationship vs career, life, family relations, lifestyle change, women, lifestyle, female protagonist, strong female lead, problem solving, bad mother ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A dying mother's life lessons to the husband and sons she left behind. Based on the best-selling novel by St John (Singe) Greene, the film is the story of Singe and Kate, a couple from North Somerset, whose lives were turned upside down when ...
Style:
touching, sincere, psychological, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot:
last wish, cancer, mother, death, children, family relations, parents and children, illness, wife, husband, breast cancer, death of wife ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, parody, queer cinema
Plot:
mother, motherhood, parent child relationship, female protagonist, death, illness, anxiety, family feud, family problems, family relations, parents and children, mother child relationship ...
Place:
the philippines
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