Share:

Movies: Best "motherly love" Movies


All Providers

Sort by:
31 movies found (page 1/2):

Freaky Friday(2003)

PG
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 1,633 votes)

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

Jumper(2008)

3.1/5 (with 2,563 votes)

David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!

August Rush(2007)

PG
| 1h 54min | Kids & Family, Drama, Music
3.7/5 (with 1,225 votes)

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale(2007)

PG-13
| 2h 7min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Drama
2.4/5 (with 358 votes)

A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son -- two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.

Penelope(2006)

PG
| 1h 43min | Fantasy, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 634 votes)

Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

Serial Mom(1994)

R
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 280 votes)

She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her family happy.

Les Misérables(1998)

PG-13
| 2h 14min | Crime, Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 260 votes)

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Les Misérables(1958)

3h 30min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 41 votes)

Victor Hugo's monumental novel Les Miserables has been filmed so often that sometimes it's hard to tell one version from another. One of the best and most faithful adaptations is this 240-minute French production, starring Jean Gabin as the beleaguered Jean Valjean. Arrested for a petty crime, Valjean spends years 20 in the brutal French penal system. Even upon his release, his trail is dogged by relentless Inspector Javert. Valjean's efforts to create a new life for himself despite the omnipresence of Javert is meticulously detailed in this film, which utilizes several episodes from the Hugo original that had hitherto never been dramatized. Originally released as a single film, Les Miserables was usually offered as a two-parter outside of France.

The Real McCoy(1993)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 98 votes)

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.

Boys and Girls(2000)

PG-13
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 180 votes)

Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they meet in college, the uptight Ryan and the free-spirited Jennifer find that their differences bind them together and a rare friendship develops.

Les Misérables(1978)

3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.

Les Misérables(1982)

3h 40min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 29 votes)

The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.

Ad Protect Your Online Privacy with a VPN

Don't risk your personal information and online activities being exposed to hackers, government surveillance, and other online threats. A VPN encrypts your internet connection and hides your IP, giving you maximum security and privacy. Take control of your online safety, switch to a VPN now. Choose one of these services to learn more:

Just a Question of Love(2000)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 51 votes)

After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.

Pichaikkaran(2016)

2h 10min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A rich man chooses to lead the life of a beggar for 48 days in the hope that his mother, who is on her deathbed, will recover.

Directed by Sasi - With Vijay Antony, Bagavathi Perumal, Dheepa Ramanujam, Mohan Raman, Satna Titus

Miracle Run(2004)

PG
| 1h 27min | Drama, TV Movie
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their behavior, but through therapy, the boys are able to make major strides in their capabilities. A decade later, teens Steven and Phillip seek to prove they can handle high school while still struggling with their disorder.

Directed by David Greene - With Mary-Louise Parker

Velaiyilla Pattathari(2014)

2h 15min | Drama, Comedy, Action
3.8/5 (with 26 votes)

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Sweet Mud(2006)

1h 37min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.

The Hive(2022)

1h 21min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

As far as they can remember, Marion, Claire and Louise have been living at the pace of their mother Alice’s ups and downs. Now, love is everything that they have left to fight the spiral of self-destruction in which Alice is sinking even more deeply. An unconditional love as violent as it is indescribable.

Directed by Christophe Hermans

Illusion(2022)

1h 30min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.

Caroltyn(2022)

1h 20min | Horror, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When a mysterious illness targets several children in the small town of Caroltyn, young single mom Kofi is forced to confront the past and the heartbreaking family traumas that haunt her.

Amma Kanakku(2016)

1h 50min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A mother tries to persuade her daughter who has given up on her studies to pursue her education despite the financial burdens.

Directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari - With Amala Paul

Królowa chmur(2004)

1h 16min | Drama, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Piotr manages to buy a splendid though dilapidated villa from the eccentric 80-year-old painter Mimi. The woman treats him like her long-lost only son whereas Piotr tries to send her away to old people's home.

Melanie(1982)

PG
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 1 vote)

A backwoods, illiterate young woman from Arkansas battles to regain custody of her son from her estranged husband who feels she is an unfit mother. In the process, she falls in love with a struggling musician who helps her cause.

A Mother's Love(1998)

1h 30min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In this Iranian film, social worker Mina (Fateme Motamed-Aria) tells the reformatory head they should offer genuine emotional feedback to their charges, but she withdraws when the reality of such idealistic proposals becomes evident. Young Medhi (Hussein Soleimani) is troubled after the death of his mother. He views Mina as the mother he needs, but Mina is wary. Shown at the 1998 Fajr Film Festival.

Directed by Kamal Tabrizi - With Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Hossein Soleimani, Jamshid Esmaeilkhani, Mohammad-Reza Davood-Nejad, Nadia Golchin, Maryam Boubani, ...

Jury of One(1974)

1h 35min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.

Cam-Girl(2016)

1h 30min | Thriller, Mystery
2.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Gessica, a single mother who works as a webcam stripper is pushed to her limit when held hostage by an unknown gunman.

Directed by Curt Wiser

According to Her(2016)

1h 30min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.

Na koniec świata(1999)

1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love

A period film, set in 19th century China in the Polish community who are there building the railway. A woman enters into an extramarital affair with a painter.

The Mommy Returns(2012)

1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The Mommy Returns tells the story of a mother, Ruby, who dies right on the day of her 25th wedding anniversary with husband, William. With her untimely death, she leaves behind her three children Amethyst, Topaz, and Sapphire. Ruby is also temporarily trapped in PURGA (short for Purgatory) with its guardian, and the pesky Manny, the chicken pet of San Pedro. When Catherine, a younger and prettier woman comes into the life of William, Ruby escapes from PURGA and returns to earth as a ghost to drive Catherine out of the family she left behind.

Beefies(2021)

A man tries to make his recently deceased mother's Passover recipe for a pandemic Seder, but discovers he must reconnect with his estranged brother to honor their mom by doing the only thing that makes sense: Cooking.

previous page
next page