Motherhood movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant motherhood movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic, touching, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with motherhood, female protagonist, family relations, mother daughter relationship, family problems, mother, woman, women, parents and children and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Belgium and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as motherhood: Our Children (2012), Daisy Diamond (2007), Mother (2019), SMILF (2017), Souvenir (2019), The Lost Daughter (2021), The Letdown (2017), Tully (2018), Wild Roses (2017), Kelly & Cal (2014).
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New films
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| Deaf (2025) | 7.4 |
List of motherhood movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Young and full of life, Murielle (Emilie Dequenne, Rosetta) has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir (Tahar Rahim, A Prophet). A wedding soon follows, and the happy couple quickly set about preparing to ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, sincere, sad ...
Plot:
motherhood, generosity, losing-it hero, children, love, downfall, family relations, fall in love, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
year 2012, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, morocco
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has something else in store for her. Though she struggles to give her 4 month old daughter a good ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, erotic, brutal, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
making love, baby, casting, motherhood, dead child, movie business, actress, female protagonist, swedish, audition, director, strong sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen, denmark, europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
This is the 2019 feature film currently in post-production. Not the 2017 Oscar nominated short from the same director.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, entertaining
Plot:
older woman teenage boy relationship, missing son, motherhood, female protagonist, oedipus complex, teenage boy, dangerous attraction, women, fatal attraction, family relations, loss, skinny dipping ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A raw and honest comedic look at a single, 20-something from Southie whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.
Style:
erotic, sensual, semi serious, emotional, cynical ...
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, parenthood, sex, young girl, family problems, society, new life, blended family, religious differences, poverty, class differences ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her belly to give birth to the baby of Sara and Joaquin, a possessive couple obsessed with the idea of starting a family.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, motherhood, pregnancy, parenthood, single parent, pregnant woman, unsettling, family problems, parents and children, social problems, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Israel, Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, grim, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vacation, motherhood, flashback, beach, greek island, girl, caught masturbating, adultery, doll, sex, female nudity, infidelity ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Audrey is determined not to be defined by motherhood. In theory, this seems fairly easy. In practice, her career-focused husband, self-obsessed mother & fancy-free best friend, make it damn near impossible.
Style:
humorous, satirical, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
motherhood, parenthood, satire, unsupportive spouse, social satire, family problems, family life, female protagonist, relationship problems, mother love, husband wife relationship, marital problem ...
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
Style:
psychological, social, indie film, heartfelt, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
motherhood, depression, mother, female protagonist, plot twist, nanny, baby, marriage, sister in law, baby girl, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 1977, 1950s, 80s, 50s
Place:
usa, new york, portland oregon, saudi arabia, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After spending some time in a hospital, Ewa returns to her Polish village to work on a wild rose plantation. Her family situation gets increasingly complicated, however, as her husband returns home from abroad, while it is revealed that Ewa has had ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
plantation, missing child, forbidden love, mother daughter relationship, motherhood, betrayal, broken family, hospital, feminist, male female relationship, women, loneliness ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, indie film ...
Plot:
female masturbation, friendship, unhappy wife, single mother, youth, self discovery, teenage life, punk rocker, suburbs, husband wife relationship, wheelchair bound, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother and daughter.
Style:
melancholic, enigmatic, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
past life, motherhood, memory loss, missing woman, husband wife relationship, identity crisis, getting home, amnesia, losing-it hero, family relations, alienation, family reunited ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war one, female soldier, mother son relationship, motherhood, soldier, military, wartime, parents and children, cross dressing, military life, deception, war ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
obsession, possessiveness, child abuse, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, parents and children, life is a bitch, single parent, family relations, family problems, teenage life, babies and infants ...
Time:
year 2005
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Adriana finds out the son she's expecting suffers a brain malformation that won't allow him to live outside her womb. As therapeutic abortion is illegal in Chile, she must wait until her baby is naturally born.
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
anger, abortion, violence, loss of control, dysfunctional marriage, pills, wrath, marriage as hell, pregnancy, mental breakdown, motherhood, danger ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their ...
Style:
social, suspenseful, exciting, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
abbess, syphilis, world war two, nun, violence against women, russian soldier, religion, pregnant from rape, snow, motherhood, red cross, soviet soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, year 1940, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
france, poland, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story evolves around the ups and downs of being a single mother, Ina the main protaganist. Her three husbands leave her with 12 children and a financial problems that she needs to shoulder. Simple plot with a hilarious cast. Packed with laughs ...
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, funny, inspirational ...
Plot:
mother, female protagonist, parent child relationship, single parent, children, sibling rivalry, motherhood, parenthood, single mother, family relations, parents and children, kids and family ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Five moms in a competitive grade school community keep their enemies close, and one another closer, as envy and secrets tangle and unravel their lives.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, motherhood, personal growth, mother, club, family drama, parenthood, lifestyle change, sorority, changing lives, parenting, healing ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding ...
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, uplifting
Plot:
childhood, parent child relationship, search for father, mother daughter relationship, single mother, motherhood, stealing a car, father daughter relationship, child, dating, single parent, woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Karole and Ali love each other and dream of starting a family together. They soon realize it won't be as simple as they'd hoped, and as their enthusiasm falters their love is challenged. In order to overcome the obstacles, they must ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, humorous, queer cinema
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, gays and lesbians, artificial insemination, lesbian couple, motherhood, lgbtq, wanting a baby, couple relations, family relations, relationships, family problems ...
Place:
southern italy, barcelona
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns home from her tour in the Middle East due to her father's passing and to claim her inheritance. Her son is then kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang led by a mysterious figure known only as ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, cliffhanger, action thriller ...
Plot:
strong female lead, kick-butt women, abduction, kidnapping, revenge, parents and children, showdown, mother love, motherhood, woman with a gun, female protagonist, struggle for survival ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A robot — ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an ...
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, talking robot, stranded on an island, island, skunk, motherhood, anthropomorphism, orphan, goose, nature, wildlife, wilderness survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
north america
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has ...
Style:
suspenseful, touching, tense, suspense, non-linear ...
Plot:
boy, mother love, mourning, death of mother, father son relationship, motherhood, rave party, journalism, love, writers, childhood trauma, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
60s, 90s
Place:
sarajevo, turin italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Mother is a Japanese television drama that aired on Nippon TV between 14 April and 23 June 2010, starring Matsuyuki Yasuko.
Style:
suspense, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
motherhood, child abuse, journey, kidnapping, bad mother, adoption, parents and children, custody, family relations, family problems, child custody, domestic violence ...
Place:
tokyo, hokkaido
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Style:
dramatic, exciting, serious, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
motherhood, multiple storylines, high school life, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, domestic drama, parenting, personal growth, family drama, parent child relationship, education, mother and daughter ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Yamazaki Risako lives with her husband Yoichiro and 3-year-old daughter Fumika. One day, she receives a notification from the court that she has been selected as an alternate member of the jury for a shocking criminal case. The defendant in the case ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
motherhood, courtroom, female protagonist, parenting, tragedy, moral ambiguity, domestic drama, ethical dilemma, courtroom drama, court, legal action, tragic past ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Bulgaria, Romania
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979, curiously missing a belly button, and is declared the country’s Baby of the Decade. Pampered by her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, politics, motherhood, life turned upside down, political unrest, family problems, single parent, youth, communism, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
bulgaria
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Style:
touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids
Plot:
lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, love, island, husband wife relationship, isolation, trying to get pregnant, missing child, adoption, miscarriage, motherhood, marriage ...
Time:
1920s, year 2015, victorian era, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
australia, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. ...
Style:
funny, sentimental, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick, date night, toddlers ...
Plot:
pregnancy, babies and infants, baby, babysitting, single parent, couples, accountant, baby boy, single mother, motherhood, taxi, sex scene ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' house along the Basque coast for guidance while her partner is temporarily away.
Style:
emotional, captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, woman, family relations, parenting, newborn baby, domestic drama, mother child relationship, family life, family problems, kids and family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
basque country, spain, iberian peninsula
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