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6.6

♡ 23

76%

new jersey

Laurie Collyer Director

Rio Hackford as Andy Kelly

Danny Trejo as Dean Walker

Giancarlo Esposito as Parole Officer Hernandez

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Sherry Swanson

After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.

All We Had

2016

6.0

♡ 18

40%

49%

based on novel or book

poverty

Katie Holmes Director

Michael Cavadias as Doctor

Luke Wilson as Lee

Judy Greer as Patti

Katie Holmes as Rita Carmichael

A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.

Talea

2013

German

5.7

♡ 7

foster family

teenage girl

Katharina Mückstein Director

Nina Proll as Eva

Lili Epply as Melanie

Andreas Patton as Peter

Philipp Hochmair as Stefan

Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)

The Screaming Skull

1958

4.0

♡ 4

17%

newlywed

Thriller

Alex Nicol Director

John Hudson as Eric Whitlock

Peggy Webber as Jenni Whitlock

Alex Nicol as Mickey

Russ Conway as Rev. Edward Snow

Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination.

What They Had

2018

6.7

♡ 9

87%

snow

Elizabeth Chomko Director

Hilary Swank as Bridget

Aimee Garcia as Dr. Zoe

Taissa Farmiga as Emma

Michael Shannon as Nick

A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

The Joy Luck Club

1993

7.7

♡ 18

86%

89%

based on novel or book

Wayne Wang Director

Ming-Na Wen as June - The Daughter

Elizabeth Sung as Second Wife

Kieu Chinh as Suyuan - The Mother

Tamlyn Tomita as Waverly - The Daughter

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

So B. It

2016

6.9

♡ 4

50%

young girl

Stephen Gyllenhaal Director

Van Epperson as Deputy

Jack Plotnick as New Bus Driver

Dash Mihok as Roy Franklin

John Heard as Thurman Hil

A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.

The Rest of Us

2019

6.3

♡ 6

91%

whimsical

Aisling Chin-Yee Director

Sophie Nélisse as Aster

Heather Graham as Cami

Inga Cadranel as Jane

Charlie Gillespie as Nathan

Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.

April's Daughter

2017

Spanish

6.5

♡ 7

60%

50%

pregnancy

puerto vallarta

teenage girl

Michel Franco Director

Emma Suárez as Abril / mother

Tony Dalton as Álvaro

Ivan Cortes as Jorge

Ana Valeria Becerril as Valeria

Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to her daughters, but we soon understand why Valeria had wanted her to stay away.

You're Not Alone

2020

3.9

♡ 6

12%

Eduardo Rodriguez Director

Katia Winter as Emma

Marceline Hugot as Lilith

Lane Bradbury as Mrs. Willis

Julee Cerda as Teacher

After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to torment them, mother and daughter are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home.

Postcards from the Edge

1990

6.7

♡ 16

83%

67%

based on memoir or autobiography

actress

Mike Nichols Director

Ted Raimi as Emergency Room Attendant

Dennis Quaid as Jack Faulkner

Oliver Platt as Neil Bleene

Marcelo Tubert as Sound Editor

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

Girl in Progress

2012

5.6

♡ 7

34%

single mother

teenage girl

Patricia Riggen Director

Eva Mendes as Grace

Patricia Arquette as Ms. Armstrong

Blu Mankuma as Principal

Landon Liboiron as Trevor

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.

Stalked

2015

4.8

♡ 2

found footage

murder

stalker

Thriller

Taylor Bridges Director

Mercedes Peterson as girl in white, Jon's Friend

Israel Luna as Luke F.

Zabrina Zee Martinson as Mom

Taylor Bridges as Travis

Young adults' hopes of becoming independent are questioned when strange things begin happening in their neighborhood. As the occurrences become more frequent and aggressive they find themselves at the mercy of a murderous stalker.

Little Big Women

2020

Chinese

7.2

♡ 4

93%

sisterhood

tearjerker

Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu Director

Janine Chun-Ning Chang as

Vivian Hsu as

Honduras as Sara Yu

Sara Yu as

A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.

Surrender, Dorothy

2005

5.4

♡ 7

Charles McDougall Director

Roy Werner as Harvey

Lauren German as Maddy

Diane Keaton as Natalie Swerdlow

Michael Hagiwara as Sushi Chef

When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.

Call Mom!

2019

Swedish

5.5

♡ 2

Comedy

pregnancy

Lisa Aschan Director

Alexander Karim as Alex

Evin Ahmad as Maggie

Eric Ericson as Tomas

Victor Iván as Undersköterska

Parents wait all their lives for their children to say "Thank you!" And the children in turn wait for a "Sorry!". This impossible equation is the starting point in the comedy "Call Mom!" Niki has just turned 35 and has to suddenly grasp all the life choices and relationships she dug for.

Olivia

1983

husband wife relationship

5.3

♡ 9

14%

london, england

Ulli Lommel Director

Jorge Zepeda as Bartender

Warren A. Stevens as Client

Clement von Franckenstein as Lawyer

Robert Walker Jr. as Michael 'Mike' Grant

Nightmares of the past haunt the beautiful, mysterious Olivia, a London resident who begins a passionate affair with American businessman Mike. Trapped in a loveless marriage and traumatized by memories of her mother's brutal murder, Olivia hopes her lover will offer a chance at a new life. However, ghostly voices and brutal murders ignite a fiendish, twist-filled story of double identities, deception, and erotic terror.

Lingui

2021

French

6.8

♡ 1