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Movies: Best "overbearing mother" Movies


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Nocturnal Animals(2016)

1h 56min | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 3,628 votes)

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

Throw Momma from the Train(1987)

1h 28min | Comedy, Crime
3.1/5 (with 228 votes)

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

I Killed My Mother(2009)

1h 36min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 504 votes)

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.

Marty(1955)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 155 votes)

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

Next Stop, Greenwich Village(1976)

1h 51min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 14 votes)

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

Heads or Tails(1997)

1h 44min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.

Directed by Claude Fournier - With Roy Dupuis, Arielle Dombasle, Patrick Huard, Albert Millaire, Amir Ali, Annie Dufresne, ...

The Idol(1966)

1h 49min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.

Directed by Daniel Petrie - With Michael Parks

Sins of the Mother(1991)

1h 33min | Drama, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A charismatic Real Estate agent, Kevin Coe, is publicly proud of his mother, a prominent socialite, but privately he must put up with her constant belittlements and taunts. And while his latest girlfriend starts discovering the depths of his anguish, no one connects him with a long series of violent rapes that have been troubling the area.

The Innocent(1956)

1h 45min | Comedy, Music
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

The Blessing(2009)

1h 15min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Overwhelmed and extra-sensitive, Katrine has a hard time coping when her more relaxed boyfriend, Andreas, takes a business trip just days after the birth of their first child. The fussy baby has difficulty breastfeeding, and vulnerable, insecure Katrine feels like a failure. When Katrine’s emotionally withholding mother Lise consents to stay for a few days, the two quickly fall into what are clearly familiar dysfunctional behavior patterns.

Winner Take All(1975)

1h 36min | Drama, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad(1967)

1h 26min | Comedy
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The only problem is that the husband has been dead for quite some time, and his wife had him stuffed and carries him everywhere with her. Complications ensue.

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Diary of the Dead(1976)

1h 33min | Thriller
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a maze of deception.

The Red Virgin(2011)

17min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Spain, early 20th century. Hildegart is raised and educated by his mother Aurora as the subject of a social experiment, to be the first truly free woman in the world, the one who will lead humanity into a new era; and, in order to achieve this goal, is insanely loved… until the moment when she becomes a young and gifted woman and actually tries to fly freely, away from the oppressive nest of her creator and guardian.

Passion(1999)

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful(1977)

3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that is to be used in bacterial warfare.

Kali Ma(2007)

14min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

When an Indian mother finds out her son is the victim of a vicious bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice.

Perez Family(1949)

1h 33min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look bad with his wife, Gumaro asks for a loan, but when he receives it, all his co-workers take it from him since he owes everyone money.

The Glass Menagerie(1966)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about restless young warehouse worker and would-be poet, Tom Wingfield, his fragile, reclusive sister, Laura, and his colorful but overbearing mother, Amanda, all living together in a shabby apartment in St. Louis during the Depression and struggling to dilute the grim realities of daily living by way of memories, fantasies, and grandiose dreams about the future.

A Touch of Genie: Memories from the Bottle(2009)

10min | Documentary
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Director Joe Sarno and Actor Doug Stone talk about their film A Touch of Genie.

Exceptance(2016)

15min | Comedy

Dark, tragic comedy about a judgmental mother who learns her teenage daughter is into much older men, testing relationships and perceptions as one woman's denial leads to 'exceptance.'.

The Man I Marry(1936)

1h 19min | Drama

A wealthy young man writes a play under a different name to prove to his overbearing mother that he can succeed on his own.

Directed by Ralph Murphy - With Doris Nolan

Frida in the Sky(2023)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Frida, an 8-year-old engineering prodigy, builds an airplane behind her mother's back to follow in her Abuela's legacy.