Mother daughter relationship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mother daughter relationship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, serious, psychological, crying and sentimental films and TV shows about / with mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, family relations, teenager, parents and children, women, coming of age, female protagonist, sex scene and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
mother daughter relationship
TOP 10 movies tagged as mother daughter relationship: Ava (2017), My Little Princess (2011), The Piano Teacher (2001), Jack of the Red Hearts (2015), The Tale (2018), Gilmore Girls (2000), Lolita (1997), Lead Us Not Into Temptation (2011), She's Too Young (2004), Daughter of Mine (2018).
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3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight
sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend
their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her ...
Style:
captivating, art house, touching, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, first love, summer vacation, beach, female pubic hair, underage sex, nudism, female protagonist, coming of age, teenage sexuality, coping ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her ...
Style:
serious, sad, captivating, sincere, spooky ...
Plot:
traumatic childhood, mother daughter relationship, pedophilia, innocence lost, mother daughter conflict, art, eccentric family, nymphet, female photographer, psychology, bad mother, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
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:
sexual, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, teacher, mother daughter relationship, sexual relations, desire, rape, masochism, fetish, sex, perversion ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, france, austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.
Style:
touching, compassionate, thought provoking, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, disability, brother sister relationship, mother son relationship, marriage, autism, mental illness, understanding, unlikely friendships, compassion, husband wife relationship, small town ...
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20K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thought provoking, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood sexual abuse, mother daughter relationship, investigation, pedophile, first sexual experience, sexual abuse, loss of virginity, forced sex, child rape, 13 year old, woman, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s
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147K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style:
feel good, realistic, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, teenager, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend, friends, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, looking for love, single mother, first love, everyday life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
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66K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.
Style:
erotic, psychological, sexual, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
obsession, older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, lolita, age difference, lust, sexuality, older man young girl relationship, pedophilia, incest, virginity, girl man relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1947, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
cannes, new england
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenager girl intrudes a quite couple's life.
Style:
erotic, twist ending, sexy, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
older man younger woman romance, unfaithful husband, mother daughter relationship, seduction, secret, jealous wife, jealousy, multiple perspectives, adultery, husband wife relationship, drinking, eavesdropping ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 370 min.
TV show
Story:
Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.
Style:
humorous, talky, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, dating, thirtysomething life, family relations, single mother, mother and daughter, three generations, parents and children, family life, everyday life, love, female friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother (Marcia Gay Harden) discovers that her "good girl" daughter (Alexis Dziena) is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners. Such activity ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, sexually transmitted disease, teenage sexuality, teenage life, parents and children, high school life, society, lifestyle, suburban life, kids in trouble, teen social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A daughter torn between two mothers, one who raised her with love and her biological mother, who instinctively claims her back.
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, captivating, sentimental
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female objectification, child, mother daughter conflict, conflict, money problems, husband wife relationship, church, family relations, friendship, secret, stepmother ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
sardinia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, sad, teen ...
Plot:
mental illness, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, self harm, psychiatrist, bullying, physical abuse, female friendship, depression, trouble, problem ...
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95K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Style:
scary, suspense, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
overprotective parent, mother daughter relationship, bad mother, kidnapping, revenge, teenage girl, single mother, disability, lie, teenage life, woman in a wheelchair, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
seattle, washington state
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1971, Carole and Delphine meet and fall in love in Paris. When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm in Limousin, the two find lesbianism and feminism are not as easy in the countryside.
Style:
sincere, sexy, sweet, aesthetic, eros ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, mother daughter relationship, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lesbian love, feminism, female nudity, farmer, nudity, sisterhood ...
Time:
year 1971, year 1976, year 2015, 70s
Place:
indiana, paris france, france, europe
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205K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style:
tense, gothic, intense, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
prank, bullying, vengeance, telekinesis, cruelty, rage, prom, female protagonist, revenge, abusive mother, high school, social misfits ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s, future, year 1979 ...
Place:
maine, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Style:
intense, touching, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, bad mother, loneliness, dysfunctional family, women's prison, teenage life, murder, mother daughter estrangement, mental illness, teenager, borderline personality disorder ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, mother, teen angst, love, family drama, single mother, teenager, bittersweet, small town, daughter ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 463 min.
TV show
Story:
The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in ...
Style:
suspense, social, captivating, psychological, novela ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, strong female character, female protagonist, conflict, racial tension, parents and children, female artist, family relations, teenage sexuality, social differences, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding ...
Style:
teen, melancholic, stylized, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, small town, dysfunctional family, family problems, teenager, parents and children, rebellious daughter, confession, justice, generation gap, family relations, uncontrollable ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
idaho, usa, san francisco, salt lake city utah
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97K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, teen, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, drug addiction, teenager, peer pressure, friendship, addiction, dysfunctional family, teenage protagonist, underage drinking, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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34K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, sentimental, art house, thought provoking ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, childhood, mother daughter estrangement, loneliness, depression, sex, death of husband, female nudity, guilt, family drama, psychology, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, switzerland, madrid, portugal
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sexy, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, mother daughter relationship, self discovery, teenage life, unfaithfulness, runaway, love and romance, youth, dysfunctional family, visceral, solitude ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends secretly binges and purges.
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eating disorder, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, teenage daughter, bulimia, family relations, family life, parent child relationship, starvation, obsession, physical appearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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58K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, ...
Style:
romantic, light, feel good, teen, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teen romance, teenage life, teenage love, high school life, youth, love and romance, high school, mother daughter relationship, high school romance, coming of age, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, chicago
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The ...
Style:
sad, touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, family drama, terminal illness, sisters, lawyer, parenthood, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, leukemia, family relations, family life ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa, montana, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.
Style:
touching, realistic, romantic, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
bittersweet, mother daughter relationship, love story, love, suburban life, teenager, depression, neighbor, self discovery, believe in yourself, homecoming, passion ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california, detroit, michigan, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Style:
touching, melancholic, independent film, stylized, depressing ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, suicide, cancer, family secret, mother daughter relationship, incestuous relationship, family in crisis, drug addiction, pills, addiction, funeral, brother sister incest ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, peru, midwest, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, couple relations, coming of age, married man, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, couples, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, seattle
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, psychopath, mother daughter relationship, murder, family in danger, woods, daughter, mother, survival, woman in danger, brutality, forest ...
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95K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia, France, New Zealand
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man ...
Style:
period piece, psychological, sexual, scenic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
piano, desire, sexual relations, adultery, infidelity, couple relations, love affair, love triangle, human nature, mother daughter relationship, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, 90s, 1800s ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania
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