Grandmother movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant grandmother movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic, feel good, humorous and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with grandmother, family relations, grandmother grandson relationship, small town, female protagonist, relationships, coming of age, love, family problems and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres shot in USA, UK, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as grandmother: Juniper (2021), Never Die (2012), Grandma Dearest (2020), The Will (2020), Evil Eye (2022), Oru Muthassi Gadha (2016), In My Room (2018), Catherine Tate's Nan (2014), Granny Gabai (2006), Grandma's House (2016).
Best films
New films
| Leanne (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Jumbo (2025) | 7.9 | |
| The Demon's Bride (2025) | 5.4 | |
| The Windigo (2024) | 4.6 | |
| Temurun (2024) | 4.6 |
List of grandmother movies
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, powerful
Plot:
grandmother, teenager, eccentric family, teenage protagonist, troubled youth, changing lives, family relations, teenage life, lifestyle change, death of mother, alcoholic, broken leg ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chayo returns to her hometown to care for her elderly mother and cope with her death. Surrounded by love and sublime beauty, Chayo has to give up something that as a woman and mother is inalienable. That will be the price of her freedom.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, tradition, elderly, unfulfillment, death in the family, homecoming, female protagonist, day of the dead, mother daughter relationship, grandmother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Barbara wants nothing more than to be a grandmother. When her son, Ethan, meets Kendall, a divorced mother of two, Barbara quickly becomes an ever-present force in their lives. Unannounced visits escalate to murder, and Barbara will do anything to ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
grandmother, mother in law daughter in law relationship, psychopath, mental institution, dysfunctional family, mental illness, mentally unstable, female psychopath, family problems, grandparent grandchild relationship, kids and family, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Early in her life, Josephine Malone learned the hard way that there was only one person she could love and trust: her grandmother, Lydia Malone. Out of necessity, unconsciously and very successfully, Josephine donned a disguise to keep all others at ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, lyrical, emotional ...
Plot:
passion, single father, boxer, grandmother, loneliness, sex scene, heiress, love and romance, family bonds, friendship, deception, funeral ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what ...
Style:
satanic, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
teenage girl, witchcraft, witch, old dark house, grandmother, curse, illness, secret, supernatural horror, pumpkin, folk horror, evil witch ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
It narrates the story of two grandmothers in the backdrop of their children, families, and an old age home.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, semi serious, satirical, comedy drama ...
Plot:
grandmother, wish fulfillment, maid, heartwarming, aging, elderly, family relations, relationships, lifestyle, satire, family life, elderly woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Armin, in his fourties, is a freelancer with lots of time and little money. He’s not really happy, but can’t picture living a different life. One morning the world looks the same as always, but mankind has disappeared.
Style:
captivating, exciting, psychological, surreal, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mysterious disappearance, alone, loneliness, female nudity, journalist, nightclub, father son relationship, sex scene, surrealism, post punk, male protagonist, grandmother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 35 min.
Story:
Catherine Tate returns with one of her most beloved characters in a half-hour special following the life and hilarious antics of a potty-mouthed granny. When Nan's kitchen tap breaks, she visits the council to arrange to get it fixed. Whilst ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
old woman, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother, family relations, relationships, woman, humour, aged person, women, female protagonist, old age, community service ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
grandmother, family relations, poverty, childhood, nostalgia, heartwarming, family values, kids and family, money problems, grandmother grandson relationship, lifestyle, family life ...
Time:
1950s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's House" gives a compelling insight into how the Executive Producer's life changed when she moved into her Grandmother's ...
Style:
heartfelt, captivating, entertaining, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
grandmother, house, african american, black, teenager, love, faith, family relations, grandmother grandson relationship, large family, african american protagonist, childhood ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man's daughter is the victim of a brutal hit-and-run car accident. The only witness is the man's dementia-ridden old mother who barely remember any details. The two must work together to find the culprit.
Style:
disturbing, satirical, semi serious, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
grandmother, investigation, grandmother grandson relationship, old woman, hit and run, dementia, witness, memory, alzheimer's disease, crime investigation, crime solving, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A baby is kidnapped from hospital by a desperate grandmother. Her flight sets off a chain of events that bring together complete strangers over the course of one day.
Style:
multicultural, thrilling, captivating, psychological, anthology ...
Plot:
grandmother, kidnapping, community, urban, abduction, child abduction, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, child kidnapping, parenthood, one day ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Spurred by his grandmother, an angry young man locks horns with a thug who is intending to murder his sweetheart.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, dramatic, heroic ...
Plot:
grandmother, love, fight, murder, village, weapons, grandmother grandson relationship, worker, fistfight, small village, scuffle, grandparent and grandchild ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: Spain, Brazil
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Caroline dreams of a life filled with adventure. Then one day, while living with her healer Granny and troublesome cat Mus, Caroline gets her chance. While looking through her granny's healing potions, Caroline stumbles across a magic formula ...
Style:
sincere, entertaining, captivating, colorful, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
magic, grandmother, good versus evil, villain, evil witch, saving a life, escapades, magician, wizards and magicians, grandmother granddaughter relationship, magic spell, evil wizard ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Golden Girls is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
old woman, female protagonist, widow, senior citizen, sicilian, friendship, elderly, group of friends, dating, southern belle, sarcasm, stupidity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
florida, sicily, miami, atlanta georgia, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume his activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they engage Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
hide and seek, birthday party, grandmother, children, nanny, woman urinating, child murder, disorder, family relations, violence, brutality, danger ...
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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, serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
poverty, youth, nude boy, 13 year old, 10 year old, nudity, boy, girl, little boy, siblings, homeless, grandmother ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: China, South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A visit to the photographer’s returns the physical looks of a 70-year-old grandmother back to her 20s. Things get even stranger when his grandson asks her to join his band, and his best friend begins to fall for her.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
hopes, supernatural, follow your dream, starting over, grandmother, love and romance, miraculous event, life turned upside down, grandparent grandchild relationship, female protagonist, second chance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Two half-brothers spend a summer with their grandma in Monte Macabre, a small and mysterious town, where the myths and legends of Latin American folklore come to life.
Style:
captivating, sincere, humorous, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
folklore, supernatural, legend, grandmother, brother brother relationship, child protagonist, undead, ghost, summer vacation, summer, brothers, siblings ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Grandma's House is a sitcom television series broadcast on BBC Two. Written by Simon Amstell and long term collaborator Dan Swimer, the series stars Simon Amstell playing a version of himself: an ex-television presenter searching for meaning in ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, light, feel good ...
Plot:
career, starting over, family relations, grandmother, doubts and hesitations, oldtimer, unfulfillment, engagement, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, jewish family ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in ReykjavÃk, She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspenseful, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, absent mother, sex scene, small town, childhood friend, gay, older woman younger man sex, female nudity, alcoholism, nudity, boyhood, lgbt ...
Place:
iceland, reykjavik iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Children's Story about a allways unlucky Highwayman of the southern geman Forestaicion's in the later half of the 19th Century,witty Grammafication by the Author,in,off Course german Lingua.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
tree, small town, castle, escapades, heroes, supernatural ability, family relations, grandmother, crocodile, sorcerer, monkey, kidnapping ...
Place:
bavaria
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A dutiful grand-daughter goes home to take care of her elderly grandmother. Once there, she finds herself trapped inside the house with a homicidal maniac.
Style:
slasher, classic horror, gothic horror, grindhouse, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, maniac, granddaughter, grandmother, stalking, house, doll, haunted, haunted house, exploitation, stalker, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Georgia, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Merab has been training since a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. In ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dancer, dancing, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, couples, friendship, rivalry, gay romance, obsession, audition, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
georgia, tbilisi, ethiopia, eastern europe, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Raouf escapes of the control his grandmother Rawyah Hanim after she traveed to Germany and he movd with his grandfather Romman. After his grandfather's death, he decided to marry Manar, who he is attached to, but as his grandmother returned ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
grandmother, family drama, grandmother grandson relationship, relationship problems, political unrest, satire, family relations, relationships, eccentric family, family problems, house, female antagonist ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When the grandmother decides that it is time to put the family affairs in order, the fights begin to inherit the house. (A sequel to Grandma's Wedding.)
Style:
funny, feel good, captivating, light, humorous ...
Plot:
family relations, grandmother, inheritance, humour, lgbt, male female relationship, hospital, secret, heart attack, closeted gay, gay son, large family ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who's affected by Alzheimer's. As he realizes the extent of the elderly woman's wealth and becomes her caregiver, the young protagonist gets ever-closer to ...
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, serious, tense ...
Plot:
illness, heir, grandmother, alzheimer's disease, death of grandmother, twists and turns, family drama, surveillance, lawyer, family relations, destiny, family secret ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Zoe, a strange child has a not so imaginary friend the Krampus who is the dark companion of St. Nicholas.
Style:
christmas horror, mockbuster, bloody, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
killer santa claus, krampus, christmas, haunted, xmas, imaginary friend, holiday horror, paranormal, myth, creature feature, evil girl, evil child ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
Style:
humorous, funny, sitcom, mumblecore, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child, middle school, family relations, marriage, immigrant, restaurant, parents and children, family life, youth, culture clash, kids and family, food ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
florida, taiwan, usa, orlando florida
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The Little House is a drama series based on the novel by Philippa Gregory. The drama follows the story of Ruth, who is married to career minded Patrick and is pushed towards the limits of her own sanity when she becomes entangled in the lives of ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, family relations, in-laws, parent child relationship, mentally unstable, babies and infants, dishonesty, countryside, british, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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