Death of mother movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant death of mother movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, captivating, serious, realistic, independent film and psychological films and TV shows about / with death of mother, family relations, coming of age, flashback, loss of mother, teenager, father son relationship, bare chested male, friendship and death plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as death of mother: Summer 1993 (2017), The Outcast (2015), Elle (2016), Wild (2014), L.I.E. (2001), Hellion (2014), Marrowbone (2017), The O'Briens (2013), Dean (2016), Godless (2015).
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
Style:
semi autobiographical, sincere, touching, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, toddlers
Plot:
summer, death of mother, orphan, loss, childhood trauma, little girl, loss of mother, childhood, mother daughter relationship, farmhouse, uncle, giant ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
mediterranean sea, spain, barcelona, catalonia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 179 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in post-war Britain, ten year-old Lewis Aldridge is grief-stricken as he struggles to cope with the death of his beloved mother. Left under the care of his emotionally distant father Gilbert, whom he barely knows and who quickly remarries, Lewis ...
Style:
touching, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, family problems, youth, death of mother, life is a bitch, estrangement, love, father son relationship, parent child relationship, death in the family, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, post world war two
Place:
england
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71K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and ...
Style:
disturbing, art house, erotic, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, strong female character, cat, death of mother, bare breasts, revenge, female protagonist, masturbation, perversion, video game ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france
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138K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, uplifting, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, female protagonist, starting over, human spirit, death of mother, cheating on husband, traveler ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, usa, mojave desert, oregon ...
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10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, controversial, brutal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, coming of age, lgbt teen, sexual abuse, pedophile, juvenile delinquent, pedophilia, gay cruising, mentor, youth, boy ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
long island, new york
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
motocross, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, social worker, death of mother, family relations, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, scary, tense, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, sibling relationship, abandoned house, murder, death of mother, split personality, schizophrenic, loss of mother, attic ...
Time:
60s, year 2017, year 1969
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two years after the death of his beloved wife, Pat O'Brien (Tommy O’Neil) summons his children back to their homestead in the west of Ireland. Fionn (Liam McMahon) travels from New York, Gareth (Emmett Hughes) from London, and daughter Una ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
family relations, family gatherings, family secret, scandal, love triangle, death of mother, family reunited, rejection, father son relationship, secret, family home, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
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3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A freelance illustrator in New York suffers a quarter-life crisis and leaves his home for the west coast.
Style:
humorous, disturbing, romantic, independent film, semi autobiographical
Plot:
death of mother, death of wife, drawing, breakup, death, grief, friend, father son relationship, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, jealousy, wedding ...
Place:
new york, los angeles, brooklyn new york city
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537
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two brothers reconnect after the death of their parents.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, controversial, queer cinema ...
Plot:
male male relationship, death of mother, loss of father, loss of mother, brother brother relationship, gay interest, nudity, lgbt, gay, death of father, male pubic hair, gay sex ...
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14K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, romantic, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
beautiful scenery, wedding, secrets, mother, haunted by the past, power of love, writers, dying, summer, death of mother, bittersweet, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 50s, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ale, a deeply disturbed young man subject to seizures, benignly decides to murder members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
Style:
art house, psychological thriller, disturbing, atmospheric, black and white ...
Plot:
epilepsy, brother sister relationship, catholicism, death of mother, matricide, blindness, prostitute, dysfunctional family, suicidal tendency, death, reckless driving, alienation ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Officer Arnaud raises his daughter as a love letter to his late Mom.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, judge, police, lawyer, school, divorce, family relations, friendship, child custody, love and romance, couples, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa, austin texas, texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, France, Denmark, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return ...
Style:
rough, melancholic, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, grief, death of wife, single father, depression, sibling relationship, death of mother, flashback, absent mother, parent child relationship, father son reunion, car accident ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
iraq, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Finland, Canada
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
An anxious man learns of the death of his mother under mysterious circumstances and upon traveling home makes an alarming discovery about his past. During his journey, he runs into various crazy supernatural threats.
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, psychological horror, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, paranoia, fear, anxiety, therapist, death of mother, domineering mother, psychosis, shame, guilt, mental illness, entrepreneur ...
Time:
2020s
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230K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style:
historical drama, touching, semi autobiographical, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
rock music, career, male protagonist, legend, singer, fame, music, musician, singing, manager, christmas, famous singer ...
Time:
year 1977, 20th century, 1950s, 2020s, year 1968 ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada, memphis, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
Style:
touching, inspirational, educational, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, teacher, teaching, dedicated teacher, mentor, education, teenager, coming of age, teacher student relationship, new teacher, cockney, gym teacher ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
england, east end london, europe, london, united kingdom
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146K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style:
fairy tale, light, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, ghost, halloween, haunted house, supernatural, single father, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, mischievous children, life & death, family bonds ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
maine, new england, usa
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158K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, macabre, murder, female protagonist, psychopath, betrayal, brother sister incest, estate, ghost story ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2015, 1900s, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, america, europe, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style:
psychedelic, art house, philosophical, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, afterlife, trippy, stripper, hallucination, drug trip, life after death, lsd, male nudity, youth, incest, abortion ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Japan, China, Croatia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
Style:
feel good, sincere, scenic, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, dancing, friendship, boyfriend, greek island, holiday, dating, death of mother, grandmother, singing, pregnancy, island ...
Time:
year 1979, 2010s, 70s
Place:
greece, stockholm sweden, paris france, mediterranean sea, new york ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Twenty-year-old David lives in the moment. He juggles a variety of different odd jobs and continues to put off – just for a while longer – the time to make more serious decisions. This solitary daydreamer succumbs to the charm of Lena, a newly ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating, social
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
taxi, death of sister, rabbit, terrorist attack, death of mother, little girl, miniature golf, child, bicycle, uncle niece relationship, cigarette smoking, custody ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015
Place:
paris france, france, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year-old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, tense, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage girl, crime family, aunt niece relationship, mafia, death of mother, lgbt, child in peril, female protagonist, family relations, gangster, family business, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boy, music, music school, choir, boarding school, boys' choir, teachers and students, dedicated educator, orphan, classical music, troubled teen, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high schooler Tooru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Souma ...
Style:
shoujo, anime, sentimental, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school life, zodiac, love, friendship, supernatural, turned into an animal, high school, death of mother, dysfunctional family, slice of life, family secret, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Style:
slasher, parody, horror comedy, humorous, scary ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, virginity, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, camp counselor, teenager, summer camp, camp, scream queen, characters murdered one by one, characters killed one by one, murder ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1986, 1950s, year 1987 ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the shocking murder of her mother, a girl helps a police detective by searching her home for clues that they hope will lead to the perpetrator.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, small town, investigation, death of mother, law enforcement, dishonesty, teenage life, murder suspect, murder case, teenager, father, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Martha (Katie Boland), 18, sees the world as animated and fun. She has a form of autism that means she is a mathematical genuis whilst incapable of looking after herself. Living in a dull routinewith her cousin Nicole (Brooke Burns), and mother ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
autism, murder of mother, death of mother, investigation, prodigy, cold case, forensics, murder, teamwork, genius, crime solving, murder investigation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, sensual, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, age difference, incest, lolita, first love, incestuous relationship, girl man relationship, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, seduction, sex with a minor, older man younger woman relationship, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, Denmark, UK, Sweden, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
Style:
sad, psychological, atmospheric, rough, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
teenage girl, escape from reality, imagination, giant, school, death of mother, cancer, illness, psychologist, girl, fantasy world, bully ...
Time:
2010s
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