Adam

2018

German

♡ 2

43%

brain damage

deaf

Drama

mother son relationship

promise

tells the story of a techno musician, who after years of hospitalizations for alcoholism makes her son swear that he will never let her spend the rest of her life in an institution. When her doctors diagnose her with permanent brain damage, 20-year-old Adam, who is deaf and completely on his own, must decide whether to break his promise to his mother or help her die...

Obey

2018

English

5.5

♡ 9

100%

mother son relationship

riot

Jamie Jones Director

T'Nia Miller as Chelsea

Marcus Rutherford as Leon

Jasmine Jobson as Little M

Lee Nicholas Harris as Police officer

Nineteen-year old Leon returns home to take care of his alcoholic mother and adjust to life as an adult after an adolescence spent in and out of foster care. Frustrated by his lack of an education and his bleak financial prospects, Leon finds solace in the boxing ring. He soon meets the rebellious and beautiful Twiggy, who is squatting in abandoned houses to escape her family’s unfeeling affluence. As rumblings of riots begin in the streets and police and protesters engulf his neighborhood, Leon must decide whether to join his friends and fight or seek a new life with Twiggy.

Brother

2022

English

6.9

♡ 6

87%

mother son relationship

Music

toronto, canada

Clement Virgo Director

Kiana Madeira as Aisha

Karl Campbell as Black Bouncer

Aaron Pierre as Francis

Marsha Stephanie Blake as Ruth

Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene. A mystery unfolds when escalating tensions set off a series of events which changes the course of the brothers’ lives forever.

Coming Home Again

2019

English

6.1

♡ 1

92%

mother son relationship

Wayne Wang Director

Justin Chon as Changrae

Christina July Kim as Jiyoung

Louis Ozawa Changchien as Louis

Jackie Chung as Mom

A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.

The Woman in the Line

2025

Spanish

6.6

♡ 2

mother son relationship

prison reform

Thriller

Andrea visits her incarcerated son for the first time. Initially eyed with suspicion by other women in line, she gradually gains their trust — and emerges as a powerful advocate for justice reform.

Mobile Homes

2017

English

6.0

♡ 20

57%

mother son relationship

Vladimir de Fontenay Director

Imogen Poots as

Callum Turner as Evan

Callum Keith Rennie as Robert

Pedro Salvín as Sean

In forgotten towns along the American border, a young mother drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8-year-old son. The makeshift family scrapes by, living one hustle at a time, until the discovery of a mobile home community offers an alternative life.

Diane

2018

English

6.7

♡ 10

93%

mother son relationship

Kent Jones Director

Jake Lacy as Brian

Deirdre O'Connell as Donna

Joyce Van Patten as Madge

Celia Keenan-Bolger as Tally

Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.

Never Steady, Never Still

2017

English

6.2

♡ 6

79%

mother son relationship

parkinson's disease

Kathleen Hepburn Director

Jared Abrahamson as Daryl

Nicholas Campbell as Ed

Shirley Henderson as Judy

Beverley Elliott as Slyvia

A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.

Dating My Mother

2017

English

5.2

♡ 14

25%

mother son relationship

online dating

Mike Roma Director

Colin Bates as Blendr Boy

James Le Gros as Chester

Kathy Najimy as Lisa

Luke Roberts as Norman the Dealer

Dating My Mother explores the intimate and sometimes tumultuous relationship between a single mother and her gay son as they navigate the dizzying world of online dating.

Lemonade

2018

English

6.8

♡ 3

90%

mother son relationship

woman director

Ioana Uricaru Director

Bonnie Mak as Forensic Nurse

Felicia Shulman as Gail

Steve Bacic as Moji

Jane Wheeler as Principal

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 getting a green card veers unexpectedly off course, however, Mara is faced with abuses of power on every level and forced to answer a dark question about herself – how far would you go to get what you want?

None But the Lonely Heart

1944

English

6.4

♡ 2

54%

mother son relationship

Romance

slum

unrequited love

Clifford Odets Director

Barry Fitzgerald as Henry Twite

William Challee as Knocker Jones

Dan Duryea as Lew Tate

Forrester Harvey as Shooting Galley Proprietor

When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.

Beautiful Days

2018

Korean

6.1

♡ 3

96%

Action

Drama

mother son relationship

north korean defector

Jero Yun Director

Kwang-rok Oh as

Na-Young Lee as (as Na Young Lee)

Dong-Yoon Jang as Zenchen

At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar…

Black Beach

2020

English

5.6

♡ 4

21%

husband wife relationship

mother son relationship

Esteban Crespo Director

Raúl Arévalo as Carlos

Paulina García as Elena

Luka Peros as Negociador

Antonio Buíl as Stephan

Carlos, a ruthless Spanish negotiation expert working in Brussels, is tasked with handling the kidnapping of a senior oil company executive in a troubled West African country —with which he has old and deep ties—, torn by ethnic tensions and government abuses.

Robert the Bruce

2019

English

5.5

♡ 55

43%

historically inaccurate

History

king

mother son relationship

scotland

War

Richard Gray Director

Emma Kenney as Briana

Jared Harris as John Comyn

Gabriel Bateman as Scot

Patrick Fugit as Will

In 1306, Scottish King Robert the Bruce turns a defeated outlaw when his country is invaded. But before to free his sacred land, he must manage to regain his will to fight back and survive the persecution of those who want take his head and the English gold.

The House That Screamed

1969

Spanish

6.8

♡ 16

mother son relationship

Mystery

southern france

teacher student relationship

Thriller

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador Director

Víctor Israel as Brechard

John Moulder-Brown as Luis

Luan Peters as Small role

Lilli Palmer as Sra. Fourneau

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

Mercy

2014

English

4.9

♡ 4

27%

Action

Horror

mother son relationship

Thriller

Peter Cornwell Director

Hana Hayes as Girl Next Door

Roy Werner as Guest

Jack Carter as Mr. Bello

Mark Duplass as Uncle Lanning

A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

Food Luck

2020

Japanese

6.0

♡ 3

Action

Drama

mother son relationship

self reflection

slice of life

tantrum

Jimon Terakado Director

Yô Ôizumi as Minoru Ozaki

Tao Tsuchiya as Shizuka Takenaka

Satoru Matsuo as Tatsuya Furuyama

Raita Ryû as Yuji Ishihara

Yoshito grew up with his mother Yasue after his father passed away. His mother ran a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant that his father had left behind. Yoshito enjoyed eating his mother's cooking and their restaurant was loved by many people. Things changed after popular food critic Furuyama Tatsuya published false statements about their yakiniku restaurant. Due to that, their restaurant saw a sharp drop in customers. Yasue worked hard to recover business for the restaurant. Due to Yoshito's behavior in wanting attention from his mom, Yasue decided to shut down the restaurant. 18 years later, Yoshito lives alone and he works as a freelance writer. One day, he takes work for a new online foodie website. He works with editor Takenaka Shizuka. Their first assignment involves yakiniku. Around that time, Yoshito hears that his estranged mother Yasue has collapsed.

Mother's Love

2022

Spanish

5.8

♡ 6

54%

mother son relationship

separation

son

Paco Caballero Director

Justina Bustos as

Andrés Velencoso as

Quim Gutiérrez as José Luis

Carmen Machi as Mari Carmen

A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.

Ride the Eagle

2021

English

6.3

♡ 12

83%

mother son estrangement

mother son relationship

rekindled romance

yosemite

Trent O'Donnell Director

J.K. Simmons as

D'Arcy Carden as

Susan Sarandon as Honey

Eric Edelstein as Officer Mike Nilson

When Leif’s estranged mother, Honey dies she leaves him a ‘conditional inheritance’. He has to complete her elaborate to-do list before he gets her cabin in Yosemite. Leif steps into Honey’s wild world as the mother he never really knew tries to make amends from beyond the grave.

Sons of Denmark

2019

Danish

6.4

♡ 8

67%

mother son relationship

Thriller

Ulaa Salim Director

Elliott Crosset Hove as

Olaf Johannessen as Jon

Morten Burian as PET-agent

Morten Holst as Tobias

Denmark, in the near future. One year after a major bomb attack in Copenhagen, political radicalization has intensified and ethnic tensions are increasing. As next year's parliamentary elections approach, in which nationalist leader Martin Nordahl hopes for a landslide victory, Zakaria becomes involved in a radical organization, where he befriends Ali.

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