Mother son relationship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mother son relationship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional and melancholic films and TV shows about / with mother son relationship, family relations, coming of age, family drama, parents and children, boy, kiss, female nudity, family problems and teenage boy plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mother son relationship: Mein eigen Fleisch und Blut (2010), Grand Jeté (2022), My Mother (2004), My Son (2006), Not a Word (2023), Finding a Family (2011), Why Is Mother in My Bed? (1994), No Laughing Matter (1998), Love Strange Love (1982), Lethal Seduction (2015).
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| Undercard (2025) | 6.2 | |
| Shaman (2025) | 4.5 | |
| Elio (2025) | 6.7 | |
| All That's Left of You (2025) | 8.1 | |
| The Dogs (2025) | 4.6 |
List of mother son relationship movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Franziska had to release her newborn son for adoption on pressure from her parents as she was a teenager. Now 25 years later she has a successful career as a businesswoman. When her friends Bogdan and Mimi adopt a Ukrainian child, she remembers her ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, melancholic, tension
Plot:
adoption, family drama, mother son relationship, drug addiction, guilt, character study, intimate, healing, regret, forgiveness, social realism, foster home ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany, munich germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dance teacher and mother Nadja left her son Mario with her own mother when he was little. Now she has reappeared on his doorstep, seeking a closeness that knows fewer and fewer boundaries. An uncompromising film about family relationships.
Style:
erotic, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
incest, mother son relationship, mother son incest, mother son estrangement, sex with mother, incestuous sex, ballerina, incestuous relationship, incestuous desire, forbidden sex, taboo sex, mother son reunion ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal, Austria, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on George Bataille's posthumous and controversial novel: When his father dies, a young man is introduced by his attractive, amoral mother to a world of hedonism and depravity.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, sexy, erotic, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother son incest, mother son relationship, depravity, incest, sexual relations, nude beach, sex, sexual promiscuity, dominatrix, incestuous relationship, exhibitionism, voyeur ...
Time:
turn of the century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
canary islands, europe, spain, nice france, france
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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: Drama
Country: Germany, Slovenia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, atmospheric, existential, art house ...
Plot:
silence, family drama, mother son relationship, isolation, introspection, intimate, strained relationship, misunderstanding, motherhood, communication, minimalism, slow burn ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, ...
Style:
dramatic, disturbing, clever, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
foster home, adoption, manic depression, boy, mental illness, mother son relationship, coming of age, family drama, family relations, son, sick mother, family problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young boy Antoine is trying to prevent his parents divorce.
Style:
tragicomedy
Plot:
mother son relationship, coming of age, adultery, family drama, gender roles, switching roles, moral dilemma, peer pressure, unfaithfulness, teacher, robbery, boy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Emma is the bright, attractive and funny widowed mother of teen honor-student Charlie. She has a drinking problem that seemingly increases exponentially, and Charlie has problems of his own, chief among them the pregnancy of his girlfriend Lauren...
Style:
emotional, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alcoholism, mother son relationship, family drama, personal growth, coming of age, teenage pregnancy, recovery, grief, empathy, character study, small town, sacrifice ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, rough, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, boy, mother son relationship, coming of age, male nudity, sexual curiosity, sex with a minor, older woman teenage boy sex, puberty, corrupt politician, sex with mother ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1982, 70s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
High School senior Mark Richards has never minded his overprotective widowed mother,Tanya, and is a good son to her as he prepares to go off to Princeton in the fall. However, when he comes under the sexual spell of the rapacious, manipulative older ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
mother and son, older woman younger man relationship, mother son relationship, older woman younger man, teenager, age difference, forbidden love, obsession, violence, teenage boy, capture, parents and children ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, lust, adultery, sexual tension, older woman younger man sex, sexual relations, sexuality, female sexuality, love affair, mother son relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Canada, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems to have fallen perfectly into place. When the process of ...
Style:
suspense, sentimental, psychological, tense, rough ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, green card, abuse of power, marriage, culture clash, society, escapades, life is a bitch, family relations, dishonesty, betrayal, friendship ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The late 1970s. It's summer in a small provincial town. Twelve-year-old Piotrek has a very strong bond with his mother. While his father is away, his mother starts going out almost every night. Their simple and clear relationship starts to get ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
mother son relationship, teenager, summer, parent child relationship, unhappy marriage, family relations, male female relationship, grownups, life is a bitch, relationship problems, parents and children, infidelity ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An overprotective single mother tries to stop her son joining the parachute unit by sending him to the college, fearful that he may end up his life like his father did. He secretly leaves the college and joins the army, but the mother finds out and ...
Style:
feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, sentimental, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mother son relationship, overprotective parent, single mother, basic training, boot camp, fish out of water, teenage son, courage, heartwarming, army, military base, determination ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself between the urge to discover love and the ever-present, dominating affection of his mother.
Style:
sexy, touching, erotic, sentimental, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, coming of age, sexual initiation, oedipus complex, mother son relationship, mother and son, self discovery, sex, exploring sexuality, sexuality, childhood ...
Time:
1950s, year 1954, 20th century, 50s, year 1971 ...
Place:
france, israel, europe, indochina, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Ana and her son Mateo live in a middle class apartment in Mexico City. The family routine takes a turn when Juan arrives to visit them after several years of absence. The reunion unleashes memories and secrets of their past that Ana will have to ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
sex with sister, brother sister incest, incest, male female relationship, sex with brother, brother sister sex, unfulfilled love, lifestyle change, confronting the past, couple relations, changing lives, ex boyfriend ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
It would seem that Sveta and Mikhail were not even destined to meet. He is a talented famous actor, who got used to live under flashes of cameras. She is a girl from a poor neighborhood, a modest elementary school teacher. His mother is a well-known ...
Style:
sentimental, thought provoking, romantic drama, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
true love, mother son relationship, suicide attempt, mother love, sacrifice, love triangle, family conflict, kindness, women's prison, jealousy, actress, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to believe it, but soon turns her attentions to the problem of what will happen to her son when she dies.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, tear jerker, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
aids, hiv, single mother, mother son relationship, family drama, terminal illness, female protagonist, mortality, grief, branding iron, social issues, loss of spouse ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When her husband has a mental breakdown and goes missing, a determined woman and her young son set out to find him on the streets, sparking a movement of compassion towards those in need and inspiring a city.
Style:
emotional, touching, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, homelessness, missing person, fishing, husband, son, social issues, compassion, mother son relationship, empathy, family drama, family relations ...
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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:
sexy, emotional, erotic, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, gay, sexual relations, sex scene, adultery, crimes of passion, mother son relationship, son, older woman younger man, murder, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
1940s, year 2007, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, europe, new york, spain, peru ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young boy takes a stand when his mother's grief threatens to destroy both of their lives.
Style:
captivating, suspense, bleak, heartbreaking, realistic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, grief, coming of age, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relations, relationship problems, life is a bitch, kids and family, parents and children, family problems, family tragedy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, touching, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, single mother, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, childhood, troubled teen, teenage boy, mother love, mother son relationship, teenager, adhd ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, near future, year 2015, year 1982 ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Sebastian, a sharp and clever teenager is once again expelled from school, just when his mother Luisa, a reputed psychologist, is about to take a very important step in her career. As a ticking time bomb that just explode, Sebastián runs away from ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, dramatic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, coming of age, runaway, teenager, runaway teen, family drama, parents and children, youth, school, family problems, relationships, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A 17-year-old boy, known only as HIM, caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood is also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now remarried with new families. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
supernatural, divorced parents, psychic power, superpower, family relations, father son relationship, divorce, teenage boy, british, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, college student ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis would really like to find true love. He has never had a girlfriend and lives alone with his mother in a suburb of Copenhagen. When his uncle marries a girl from Thailand, Dennis decides to try his own luck on a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
bodybuilder, mother son relationship, looking for love, love and romance, living with parents, vacation, family disapproval, muscleman, family relations, shyness, shy man, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, denmark, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Celebrated European actor Sophie Bernard is in Montreal shooting a movie, and she's taking the opportunity to visit her son Thomas in the hope of bridging the rift that's grown between them. But Thomas has his own agenda for their time ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
motherhood, estrangement, heart condition, post traumatic stress disorder, gay interest, love, youth, love and romance, couples, family relations, teenager, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, montreal
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raise her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
prostitution, mother son relationship, prostitute, prostitute mother, female protagonist, single mother, motherhood, family drama, financial problem, blind ambition, money problems, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.
Style:
sexy, creepy, slasher, scary, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
incest, sex scene, cat, incestuous relationship, mother son incest, stephen king, transformation, incestuous sex, supernatural, violence, vampire, death ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, california, ohio, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marie is in Spain with her friends Frank and Steini looking for her missing dream man Jan. Frank discovers him on a lonely beach, but does not reveal the secret, and the three of them return to Germany. Five years later, when Frank is now married to ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, sincere, sentimental, independent film
Plot:
mother son relationship, art, boy, brother brother relationship, small town, friendship, secret, longing, desire, nostalgia, weapons, jealous husband ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
spain, basque country, bavaria
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