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51. Inocente de ti (2004–2005)
60 min | Romance
From the city of Zacatecas, Florecita takes off on a large trip to the United States with the company of her sister Isela and her grandmother Cleotilde. The girls are going to reunite with ... See full summary »
Stars: Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanus, Helena Rojo, Karla Álvarez
Votes: 218
52. Greatful Dead (2013)
97 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal.
Director: Eiji Uchida | Stars: Aira, Itsuji Itao, Yoichiro Kawakami, Hôka Kinoshita
Votes: 857
53. The Staple of News (I) (2013)
94 min | Drama
The story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman called Suzanne.
Director: Katell Quillévéré | Stars: Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adèle Haenel, Paul Hamy
Votes: 1,864
54. The Circle (1925)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
An unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 713
55. Interface (II) (2022)
111 min | Sci-Fi
After tragically losing their father, two sisters try to save their estranged mother by tracking down an Interface machine across the multiverse that will allow them to go into her mind and bring her back from a coma.
Director: Kemo Diatta | Stars: Samm Wiechec, Makenna Perkal, Havon Baraka, Joshua Weyers
Votes: 165
56. Pandemonium (1987)
88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A beautiful nude feral girl raised by dingoes returns to Babylon, Australia to find her family. Her mom is an evil landlady and her nutty tenants want the girl for themselves. One of them realizes the girl was sent to stop the Apocalypse.
Director: Haydn Keenan | Stars: David Argue, Amanda Dole, Esben Storm, Arna-Maria Winchester
Votes: 129
57. Norwegian Offspring (2023)
44 min | Short, Drama
A mother passes away, and her estranged son - obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society - starts longing for offspring of his own.
Director: Marlene Emilie Lyngstad | Stars: Jan Gunnar Røise, Ibbi El Hani, Jannik Bernhard Tengberg, Mill Jober
Votes: 41
58. Shirley (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama
In 1938 mixed race baby Shirley Bassey, her mother and eight siblings are living in a poor area of Cardiff after her father is imprisoned for sexual offences. The teen-aged Shirley will ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Teague | Stars: Ruth Negga, Lesley Sharp, Babou Ceesay, Victoria Pugh
Votes: 203
59. Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography
Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable family's history.
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Anderson Cooper, Pearson Marx, Stan Stokowski, Alfred Vanderbilt III
Votes: 819
60. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, takes his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. He is concerned that his daughter might come in contact ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone
Votes: 572
61. Gasoline (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Mechanic Stella owns a gas station with introvert Lenni. When Stella accidentally kills Lenni's abusive mother, they try to dump the body. They run into trouble, thugs and cops but stick together as they fall in love with each other.
Director: Monica Stambrini | Stars: Maya Sansa, Regina Orioli, Mariella Valentini, Chiara Conti
Votes: 399 | Gross: $0.00M
62. Red Hunter: Prelude to Kill (1991 Video)
78 min | Action
Two care takers are obliged to tend to a child and take care of him overnight when his mother fails to collect him at the end of the day. It turns out to be a more difficult task than first... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Yoshie Kashiwabara, Naomi Morinaga, Kôsuke Morita, Isao Murata
Votes: 119
63. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy
Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in ... See full summary »
Directors: Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson | Stars: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning, Josephine Clausen, Christian Menisis
Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.01M
64. Rent-an-Elf (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Family, Romance
Type-A Ava owns Rent-an-Elf, which sets up Christmas for busy families. This year, she's hired by newly-single Liam and falls for him and his adorable son Nathan. But just as Ava thinks she's found her match, Liam's ex-wife returns...
Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Kim Shaw, Sean Patrick Thomas, Nicholle Tom, Debbi Morgan
Votes: 524
65. Rock and Roll Christmas (2019 TV Movie)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The "Roses," a successful mother /daughter singing duo, are reunited after 10 years of bitter separation to create a new Christmas album. The granddaughter, manager, and sound technician must work together to make this happen.
Director: Max McGuire | Stars: Beverley Mitchell, Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Dickson, David Pinard
Votes: 511
66. The Blue Veil (1942)
90 min | Drama, Family
In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Stelli | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme, Fernand Charpin
Votes: 88
67. The Little Gangster (1990)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Marc and Nathalie are brother and sister living separately since their parents' separation. Marc decides to visit Nathalie but in order to finance his trip he robs a shop bringing him to the attention of the police.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Richard Anconina, Gérald Thomassin, Clotilde Courau, Jocelyne Perhirin
Votes: 513
68. Rock-a-Bye (2020)
R | 106 min | Drama
After being diagnosed with cancer, a veteran of the War in Iraq decides to track down the estranged mother of his teenage son.
Director: Franky Reaves | Stars: Clayton Royal Johnson, Lyndsay Wrensen, Dwight Burt, Krystyna Struk
Votes: 17
69. Fog for a Killer (1962)
68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An ex-con is the prime suspect when a series of murders occur under the full moon, every victim a young blonde woman.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: David Sumner, Susan Travers, James Hayter, John Arnatt
Votes: 274
70. Miss Kicki (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
"Kicki has after several years abroad returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son has been brought up by his grandmother and has a very distant relationship to his mother. In an effort to get ... See full summary »
Director: Håkon Liu | Stars: Pernilla August, Ludwig Palmell, River Huang, Britta Andersson
Votes: 753
71. Podezrení (2021– )
71 min | Drama
Hard working, cold Hana Kucerova has no interpersonal skills or bedside manner. When a suspicious death in her ward occurs, her co-workers point to her as the natural suspect acting from their own motivations and prejudices.
Stars: Klára Melísková, Denisa Baresová, Miroslav Hanus, Ivan Trojan
Votes: 125
72. Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
88 min | Horror, Mystery
Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.
Directors: Robert Fuest, Alvin Rakoff, Don Thompson | Stars: Ronee Blakley, Graham Crowden, Ed Devereaux, Keir Dullea
Votes: 123
73. Merci Docteur Rey (2002)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A hot young phone sex addict and his narcissistic opera diva mom. A dangerously agitated hustler and a half-dozen dangerously agitated hustlers who look just like him. A tittering neurotic ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Litvack | Stars: Dianne Wiest, Jane Birkin, Stanislas Merhar, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 586 | Gross: $0.02M
74. 'Babicky dobíjejte presne!' (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums... See full synopsis »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Daniela Kolárová, Libuse Havelková, Jana Dítetová
Votes: 144
75. Un week-end sur deux (1990)
104 min | Drama
Camille, a mercurial César-winning actress, has seen better times. Estranged from her husband, she's with her children only every other weekend. It's her weekend, but her agent has booked ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Joachim Serreau, Félicie Pasotti, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
Votes: 210
76. Eva Nová (2015)
106 min | Drama
Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Director: Marko Skop | Stars: Milan Ondrík, Emília Vásáryová, Anikó Varga, Dusan Jamrich
Votes: 350
77. My Father Was Right (1936)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
After being left for another man by his wife, Charles Bellanger raises his only son to fear and suspect women. Years later, such an education is bearing fruit.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Gaston Dubosc, Serge Grave, Paul Bernard
Votes: 373
78. Figurky ze smantu (1987)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Three loosely interconnected shorts about a coal mine workers.
Directors: Martin Faltýn, Jan Kubista, Radovan Urban | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Frantisek Rehák, Johana Tesarová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 15
79. My Pretty Baby (1989)
Drama
Director: Leroy Salvador | Stars: Aiko Melendez, Eddie Gutierrez, Gloria Diaz, Eddie Garcia
80. Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1912)
Short, Drama
John Henson and his sister Mary are surprised one morning in learning that they have new neighbors in Mr. Gray and his son, Danny. Danny is taught to say the Lord's Prayer every night and ... See full summary »
Star: Danny Reulos
81. Les lèvres gercées (2018)
5 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue.
Directors: Fabien Corre, Kelsi Phung | Stars: Johanna Korthals Altes, Véronique Augereau, Lou Broclain, Charlotte Gérand
Votes: 61
82. The Head Vanishes (2016)
PG | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jacqueline has lost her mind a bit, but whatever, for her trip to the seaside, she has decided to take the train by herself, like a big girl!
Director: Franck Dion
Votes: 662
83. Dissonance (V) (2023)
10 min | Short, Drama
Struggling to grieve the loss of a family member, a young boy spirals into self-harm before finding relief in an unlikely source.
Director: Jason Hart | Stars: Julian Solis, Melissa Harrison, Nooshig Luz Salvador
84. Absence blízkosti (2017)
65 min | Drama
Director: Josef Tuka | Stars: Jana Plodková, Pavla Beretová, Anna Cónová, Cyril Drozda
Votes: 13
86. Divnolidi (2015)
18 min | Short
The main character of the film is a teenage girl Matylda, who has a big secret at home. That they are not exactly a normal family is almost immediately clear, but where is the truth? And is it really such a secret?
Director: Katerina Husáková | Stars: Hana Bousková, Michaela Dittrichová, Jirí Duchoslav, Barbora Dvoráková
Votes: 9
87. Was ich von ihr weiß (2005)
90 min | Drama
After the death of her grandmother a female teenager is being taken care of by her mother who is a con artist.
Director: Maren-Kea Freese | Stars: Julia Richter, Alice Dwyer, Rüdiger Klink, Stefan Gebelhoff
Votes: 39
88.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Tanglewood
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The detectives investigate a murder at a grocery store that is also connected to the death of a young man with the tattoo "Tanglewood" on his back. A third case involves a woman who was killed in a hit-and-run auto accident.
Director: Karen Gaviola | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 349
89.
Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Episode:
Chicago 2-1-2
(1957)
Not Rated | 25 min | Drama
A Chicago fire investigator attempts to apprehend the arsonist who has set a series of blazes in run-down buildings near the river. He suspects that the perpetrator might be part of the ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Roy Thinnes, Curley Bradley, Tomi Thurston
Votes: 13
90.
Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode:
Runaway
(1978)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance
Young Lucy's upcoming birthday party has everyone excited for various reasons, except Lucy, who can't even invite her mother to the party. It's only after she decides to run away and takes ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray
Votes: 209
91.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
The Bald Ones
(1988)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
After Brackman' estranged mother dies, he learns that he has yet another bald half-brother, named Gordon Salt, from another one of late father's mistresses. Gordon, a psychiatrist, tries to... See full summary »
Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 36
92.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
Two Weddings and a Funeral
(2000)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The gang investigates the suspicious death of Ms. Glass in this season finale that parodies TV tropes that season finales often use such as murder, musical numbers, gore, nudity, teen pregnancy, terminal illness, wedding, earthquake, etc.
Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 88
93.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
What Makes Sammy Run
(2000)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sam tracks down Brooke's estranged mother and learns a lot about life from her. Brooke, Lily and Carmen try to cover for Sam. The boys use oblivious Mike to get into a strip club only to find Mary Cherry and Nicole stripping there.
Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 78
94.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Mother Simpson
(1995)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After faking his own death, Homer is reunited with his mother, who harbors a deep secret.
Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,551
95.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Two Sharp Knives
(1949)
59 min | Drama
A small-town police chief captures a man wanted for murder in Philadelphia. But something stinks about the murder rap, the wanted poster and everything else.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Stanley Ridges, Wynne Gibson, Theodore Newton, Peggy French
Votes: 106
96.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.716
(1969)
TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Jenny Collins attacks Rachel and locks her in the tower room. She then attacks Judith.
Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis, Marie Wallace
Votes: 29
97.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.135
(1966)
TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Laura agrees to stay in Matthew's old cottage. While asleep, David hears his mother calling for him.
Director: John Sedwick | Stars: Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, Diana Millay, Nancy Barrett
Votes: 64
98.
Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode:
See-Through
(2007)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rita finds herself threatened by Dexter's sexy new NA sponsor Lila, and stressed by a visit from her estranged mother, while Dexter tries to throw the dogged FBI Agent Lundy off his bloody trail.
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King
Votes: 5,595
99.
One Tree Hill (2003–2012)
Episode:
Its Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(2008)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Brooke buys Karens Cafe, and turns it into a Clothes Over Bro's boutique. Everyone goes to the opening of the store, including Brooke's Manager mother, who has seemed to track her down. Lucas and Peyton cause friction at the opening.
Director: Janice Cooke | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz
Votes: 350
100.
Bang (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(2020)
49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When another body is found, police suspect they are looking for a serial killer. The dead men have been linked to a historical rape case. Sam tries to get on with his next life but his mother's attempts at reconciliation prevent him.
Director: Philip John | Stars: Dyfan Dwyfor, Suzanne Packer, Catrin Stewart, Jack Parry-Jones
Votes: 13