Abandoned by mother movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant abandoned by mother movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sincere, captivating and emotional films and TV shows about / with abandoned by mother, family relations, coming of age, youth, father son relationship, parents and children, friendship, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship and society plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abandoned by mother: Trucker (2008), Two Is a Family (2016), I Could Go on Singing (1963), I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009), The Miracle (1991), Wildlife (2018), Jonathan (2018), Ricki and the Flash (2015), Evelyn (2002), No and Me (2010).

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 6.6
 4K
Trucker (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Loner Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan) is a truck driver with an 11-year-old son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett), whom she never sees, and that's fine with her. But, when Peter's father, Len (Benjamin Bratt), falls ill, he asks Diane to take care of ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, emotional, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: truck, truck driver, one night stand, female protagonist, married man, on the road, working mom, strong female presence, lifestyle, single parent, family relations, family problems ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Two Is a Family (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.
Style: feel good, touching, funny, inspirational, sad ...
Plot: single father, parenting, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, terminal illness, child care, responsibility, childhood, abandoned by mother, absent mother, parents, single parent ...
Time: year 2016
Place: africa, france, london
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I Could Go on Singing (1963)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental
Plot: singer, adoption, family relations, parent child relationship, showbiz, custody, lovers reunited, parents and children, couples, love and romance, single parent, musician's life ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: england, london, big ben london
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I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This finely acted, delicate and provocative new film by one of France’s most impressive filmmakers—working here with his son, Nathan—depicts the troubled life of an adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a ...
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, toddlers
Plot: mother son reunion, youth, foster child, disorder, haunted by the past, parents and children, adoption, family relations, family problems, mischievous children, dysfunctional family, siblings relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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 6.5
 785
The Miracle (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mother son incest, friendship, abandoned by mother, unrequited love, obsession, couples, love and romance, youth, destructive relationship, coming of age, human nature, betrayal ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: ireland, europe
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 6.8
 31K
Wildlife (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry—a housewife and a golf pro—in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job—and his sense of ...
Style: melancholic, suspenseful, indie film, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: unemployment, coming of age, teenage boy, infidelity, parents and children, cheerleader, fired from the job, marital separation, family relations, family drama, father son relationship, unemployed ...
Time: 60s, 90s, year 1960
Place: montana, sarajevo, idaho, portland oregon, washington state
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 5.9
 7K
Jonathan (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
Style: disturbing, neurotic, futuristic, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lookalikes, double life, rivalry, conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, society, memory, virtual reality, brotherhood, teenager, secret relationship, bare chested male ...
Place: new york
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Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with ...
Style: romantic, sweet, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: divorce, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, ex husband ex wife relationship, female musician, family relations, singer, rock star, mother daughter relationship, kids and family, aging, character study ...
Time: 21st century
Place: illinois, usa, chicago, indianapolis indiana
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 7.0
 7K
Evelyn (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ireland, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, feel good, intense ...
Plot: children, court, lawyer, mercy, family problems, unemployment, against the odds, parents and children, fighting the system, courtroom drama, 007, single father ...
Time: 50s, year 2002, 1950s, 20th century, year 1953
Place: ireland, sydney australia, scotland, europe, dublin ireland
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 6.6
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No and Me (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: At thirteen-years-old, with an unusually high IQ and a knack for observing things about other people, Lou Bertignac is not only the youngest in her class at school; she is also the most unusual. Painfully shy, she has few friends, save for Lucas, ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, teen, feel good
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: homelessness, depression, high school, human spirit, teenage life, social differences, teen drinking, youth, best friend, society, life is a bitch, gain trust ...
Time: year 2010
Place: france, europe, paris france
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The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: foster home, foster child, bully, birth mother, social services, friendship, brother sister relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, name calling, social worker, transformation ...
Place: maryland
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Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Ohana is sent off to live with her grandmother, who owns the hot spring inn. Upon arriving, she is put to work at the inn. Thrust into a life where the customers always come first, she struggles to find her place and fit in with her fellow coworkers.
Style: anime, seinen, captivating, funny, dramatic ...
Plot: countryside, slice of life, coming of age, friendship, adolescent girl, abandoned by mother, dream, love, girl, hotel, japanese girl, grandmother ...
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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Abandoned by her mother, young Ichiko leaves her life in the city to live off the land in Komori, a small town nestled among the mountains in rural Japan. Despite the void left by her mother’s disappearance, Ichiko comes to enjoy her independence ...
Style: psychological, visually appealing, thought provoking, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot: food, japanese girl, farmer, solitude, mother issues, nature, village life, slice of life, countryside, provincial life, japanese culture, agriculture ...
Place: japan
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Instructions Not Included (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
Style: feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, parenting, single father, life philosophy, single parent, life & death, family drama, parenthood, child care, character change, grownups, eccentric family ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, california, los angeles, usa
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Kiss at Pine Lake (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A boy and a girl fall in love during summer camp and promise to stay in touch, but they don't. Fifteen years later they meet again in the same camp under very different circumstances. What will happen to the camp and will they try again?
Style: romantic, light, entertaining, captivating
Plot: abandoned by mother, businessman, financial problem, camp, society, in love, fall in love, social activist, social relations, relationships, love affair, couple relations ...
Place: seattle
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 6.5
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Topless (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The ever-lively and upbeat Natsuko tries to mend a broken heart by carrying on with a string of short-lived affairs after her break-up with Tomomi. But when Tomomi announces her plans to marry - a man - Natsuko becomes inconsolable. While all this ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, asian lgbt, gay, heartache, unrequited love, lesbian relationship, relationship problems, gay slur, social issues, search for mother, lesbian friend ...
Place: japan
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God's Own Country (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style: homoerotic, lgbt cinema, sexy, erotic, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay romance, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, gay love, gay couple, migrant worker, gay lead character, sheep, homosexual ...
Time: year 2017, 90s, 2000s, 2010s
Place: yorkshire, northern england, indiana, romania, britain ...
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 7.5
 1K
Homecoming (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When their mother disappears, a group of siblings are forced to fend for themselves, and make their way on their own. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in. Based on the novel by Cynthia Voigt.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: youth, siblings, homeless, adoption, poverty, grandmother, estrangement, family relations, family problems, misfit, hopes, family life ...
Time: 90s
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 32K
The Dry (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: murder, haunted by the past, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police, small town, suicide attempt, violence, family relations, male female relationship, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne
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 6.1
 2K
Low Down (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, aesthetic ...
Plot: jazz, asthma, music, addiction, heroin, pianist, coming of age, artists and showbiz, daughter, parents and children, family relations, biopic ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2014, 60s, year 1988 ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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 7.0
 3K
The Devil (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 125 min.
Story: During the Prussian army's invasion to Poland in 1793, a young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from the imprisonment by a stranger who wants in return to obtain a list of Jakub's fellow conspirators. Following his mysterious saviour across ...
Style: slasher, atmospheric, creepy, cult classic, gothic horror ...
Plot: mate swapping, serial killer, surrealism, nun, female nudity, winter, female psychopath, sex crime, mental disorder, sisters, psychedelia, undead ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: eastern europe, poland, prussia, europe
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Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.
Style: melancholic, realistic, serious, teen, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: island, coming of age, children, tropical island, teenage pregnancy, love affair, teenage sex, sexual awakening, teenage girl, bare chested male, female nudity, survival ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, victorian era, 19th century
Place: fictional island, pacific ocean
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 7.0
 3K
Breathing (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A 19-year-old is coming out of prison and trying to build a new life but he can't deal with his guilt.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot: teenage boy, prison life, guilt, youth, going straight, self discovery, starting over, redemption, haunted by the past, human nature, juvenile delinquency, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria, europe
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It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Léon is ten years old, has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. Of course, there is mom and dad who are always fighting, and those annoying neighbors who get to spend the summer at the beach. And then, there's Léa, the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous, biting ...
Plot: coming of age, children, unrequited love, youth, childhood, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, prank, parents and children, eccentric family, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: canada, quebec
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 7.4
 60K
Ida (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style: black and white, art house, emotional, melancholic, visually stunning ...
Plot: nun, world war two, faith, family secret, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, character study, orphan, suicide, self discovery ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2013, year 2016 ...
Place: poland, israel, eastern europe, europe, denmark
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Them That Follow (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: teenage girl, snake, religion, pastor, father daughter relationship, friendship, guilt, fiance fiancee relationship, secret, lie, escapades, danger ...
Place: appalachia
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 6.6
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Elementary (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she encounters young Sacha, a child with problems, she will do everything she can to help him, even to the point of neglecting her own children, her own life, and of questioning her ...
Plot: teacher, school, rabbit, dog, inspiration, woman, disciple, obstacle, girl, children, saleswoman, abandoned by mother ...
Time: year 2016
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Polar Bears: Ice Bear (2013)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Duration: 51 min.
Story: An enthralling look at the Arctic's biggest predator on ice, capturing rarely-seen behavior, and featuring breathtaking cinematography shot over 12 months in the Canadian Arctic.
Plot: bear cub, abandoned, abandonment, family abandonment, abandoned baby, abandoned by mother, bear, polar bear, arctic, killing an animal
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The Outsiders (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the book written by author Pai Hsien-yung and first published in 1983 in Taiwan. A-Qing, a young student is discovered during sex by a night watchman, young A-Qing is beaten and expelled from home by his violent abusive father. In a public ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay subtext, missing mother, teenage boy, flashback, prostitute, waiter, husband wife relationship, rain, drinking, brother brother relationship, police ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, taiwan, china, taipei
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North Sea Texas (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, lgbt cinema, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay love, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, lgbt child, boys love, gays and lesbians, love and romance ...
Time: 2000s, 60s, 20th century
Place: belgium, france, idaho, europe, flanders
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