Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mother-dies-in-childbirth"

1. The Dictator (2012)

R | 83 min | Comedy

The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 335,064 | Gross: $59.65M

2. Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R.D. Reid

Votes: 155,454 | Gross: $5.97M

3. The Beastmaster (1982)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.

Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos

Votes: 25,237 | Gross: $14.06M

4. The Space Between Us (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street-smart girl to discover how he came to be.

Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino, Britt Robertson

Votes: 56,210 | Gross: $7.89M

5. Hours (2013)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Director: Eric Heisserer | Stars: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nancy Nave, Shane Jacobsen

Votes: 30,825

6. Whale Rider (2002)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Family

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 44,041 | Gross: $20.78M

7. Beyond Skyline (2017)

R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.

Director: Liam O'Donnell | Stars: Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, Jonny Weston, Callan Mulvey

Votes: 23,475

8. Occupation (2018)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers, and work together for a chance to strike back.

Director: Luke Sparke | Stars: Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Stephany Jacobsen, Rhiannon Fish

Votes: 17,311

9. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.

Director: Michael Cohn | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis

Votes: 11,377

10. Enter Nowhere (2011)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Three strangers arrive one by one at a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere only to learn they've been brought together for a reason.

Director: Jack Heller | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos

Votes: 12,646

11. The Violent Years (1956)

Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Paula Parkins is the teenage daughter of wealthy parents who can't seem to make time for her, so she looks for thrills as the leader of her all girl-gang who rob and rape young men.

Director: William Morgan | Stars: Jean Moorhead, Barbara Weeks, Art Millan, Theresa Hancock

Votes: 1,810

12. Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher

Votes: 988

13. Mother and Child (2009)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance

A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Alexandria M. Salling

Votes: 12,790 | Gross: $1.11M

14. Snow White (2012)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy

A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina

Votes: 11,639 | Gross: $0.28M

15. Carnosaur (1993)

R | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A genetically manipulated and very hungry dinosaur escapes from a bioengineering company and wreaks havoc on the local desert town. A security guard and a girl environmentalist try to stop both it and the company's doomsday bioweapon.

Directors: Adam Simon, Darren Patrick Moloney | Stars: Diane Ladd, Raphael Sbarge, Jennifer Runyon, Harrison Page

Votes: 4,364 | Gross: $1.75M

16. The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)

M | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In this romantic comedy, an eccentric girl forces a reluctant college student into an affair.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire, Anita Alberts

Votes: 2,418 | Gross: $13.98M

17. Eugenie de Sade (1973)

X | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After a bashful young woman discovers that her famed wordsmith stepfather is a psychopathic deviant, she becomes an accomplice in his murderous sex games.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Andrea Montchal, Greta Schmidt

Votes: 1,157

18. Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A dragon known as Drago tries to end the rivalry between a brother and sister, both having dragon-like powers, who are after the throne of their grandfather, while a new threat steals Drago's source of power.

Director: Patrik Syversen | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Tom Rhys Harries, Jessamine-Bliss Bell, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 2,906

19. Jack & Sarah (1995)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young American woman becomes a nanny in the home of a recent British widower.

Director: Tim Sullivan | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 5,561 | Gross: $0.22M

20. Oliver Twist (I) (1982 TV Movie)

103 min | Crime, Drama

The classic Charles Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West

Votes: 565

21. A Thousand & One Nights (1969)

X | 128 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Sachiko Itô, Haruko Katô, Noboru Mitani, Hitoshi Takagi

Votes: 855

22. Shrew's Nest (2014)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.

Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar

Votes: 7,730

23. Bad Sister (1931)

Passed | 68 min | Drama

Marianne falls in love with a con artist who has a hidden agenda.

Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Zasu Pitts

Votes: 1,503

24. Totoy Mola (1997)

103 min | Comedy, Romance

A well-endowed man moves to Manila to start a new life after the tragic death of his girlfriend. He becomes a male escort and gets involved in a passionate love triangle with two women.

Director: Abbo Dela Cruz | Stars: Jay Manalo, Dindi Gallardo, Sabrina M., Aya Medel

Votes: 36

25. The Black Velvet Gown (1991 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 103 min | Drama

In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Bob Peck, Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, Brendan P. Healy

Votes: 658

26. Le grand Meaulnes (2006)

97 min | Drama

When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when he disappears for several days, and returns with tales of... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Clémence Poésy, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Votes: 421

27. First Love (1970)

R | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Based on Ivan Turgeyev's novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Things take a tragic turn as the ... See full summary »

Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: John Moulder-Brown, Dominique Sanda, Maximilian Schell, Valentina Cortese

Votes: 398

28. Yattâman (2009)

111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A toy shop owner/hero and his assistant/heroine battle a leather-clad vixen and her minions to prevent them from acquiring the pieces of a mystical skull.

Directors: Takashi Miike, Eisuke Naitô, Hatsuki Yokoo | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyôko Fukada, Kendô Kobayashi

Votes: 2,035

29. Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The outcast son of a primate King learns about being a monkey.

Director: Jamel Debbouze | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Mélissa Theuriau, Arié Elmaleh, Patrice Thibaud

Votes: 1,355

30. The Oklahoman (1957)

Approved | 80 min | Western

A doctor stops in a small Southwestern town to bury his wife. He decides to stay there and start a practice, but soon runs into violent cattle ranchers.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter, Gloria Talbott

Votes: 645

31. Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

Approved | 76 min | Drama, Romance

Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan

Votes: 1,361 | Gross: $0.81M

32. Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again angers Nellie's ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail

Votes: 719

33. In the Family (2011)

Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Romance

When his partner Cody dies in a car accident, Joey learns that their son, Chip, has been willed to Cody's sister. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are.

Director: Patrick Wang | Stars: Sebastian Banes, Patrick Wang, Trevor St. John, Lisa Altomare

Votes: 980 | Gross: $0.02M

34. Nena... Inosente! (2003)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Delfin's wife, Aida, passed when she gave birth to Nena. Delfin blamed her unpredictable passing to the daughter.

Director: Angelito J. De Guzman | Stars: Kat de Santos, Brando Legaspi, Mike Magat, Allona Amor

Votes: 8

35. War Nurse (1930)

Passed | 81 min | Drama, Romance, War

Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.

Director: Edgar Selwyn | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker, Robert Ames

Votes: 378

36. Giraffada (2013)

85 min | Drama

A male giraffe dies after a nocturnal air raid in a Palestinian zoo. The female giraffe stops eating. A boy and his father, the veterinarian of the zoo, look for a solution.

Director: Rani Massalha | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ahmad Bayatra, Mohammad Bakri

Votes: 287

37. In Your Eyes (2010)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Ciara(Claudine) goes to America as a physical therapist fulfilling a lifelong dream to better provide for her sister's needs. While back in the Philippines, Julia (Anne) lives a fast life ... See full summary »

Director: Mac Alejandre | Stars: Claudine Barretto, Anne Curtis, Richard Gutierrez, Joel Torre

Votes: 52

38. Life in a Day (1999 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A scientific experiment in rapid-cell growth goes awry when a lab assistant steals the developed serum and injects it into his pregnant girl friend. The result is a child that grows through... See full summary »

Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Michael A. Goorjian, Chandra West, Linda Kash, Wayne Best

Votes: 277

39. The Christmas Kid (1967)

90 min | Drama, Western

A corrupt sheriff, who was born on Christmas Day, decides to change his ways and go against the powerful man who runs the gambling establishments in town.

Director: Sidney W. Pink | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Louis Hayward, Gustavo Rojo, Perla Cristal

Votes: 70

40. Naandi (1964)

Not Rated | 162 min

A hearing-impaired couple undergoes highs and lows in their lives as they endeavor to survive in a society which is not very friendly to them.

Director: N. Lakshminarayan | Stars: Rajkumar, T.N. Balakrishna, Sorat Ashwath, Dinesh

Votes: 40

41. One Street Organ, One Life (1958)

77 min | Drama

A poor musician loses his wife from childbirth complications, he gives his newborn daughter for adoption to a wealthy family. He is ashamed about his action but he is the only one who helps her when she fell in love with a musician.

Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Orestis Makris, Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Dinos Iliopoulos

Votes: 144

42. Meines Vaters Pferde, 2. Teil: Seine dritte Frau (1954)

109 min | Drama

The direct sequel to "Meines Vaters Pferde, 1. Teil: Lena und Nicoline (1954)", the film tells the story of the German cavalry officer Godeysen in the years directly leading up to, and ... See full summary »

Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Dagmar Altrichter, Martin Benrath, Friedrich Domin, Otto Friebel

Votes: 20

43. An Enemy of Men (1925)

Passed | 56 min | Drama

Norma Bennett (Dorothy Revier), after her younger sister Janet (Barbara Luddy) is deserted by her husband and dies in childbirth, vows to make all men suffer. Which she does for several men... See full summary »

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Dorothy Revier, Cullen Landis, Cesare Gravina, Charles Clary

44. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Lucrezia Borgia: Pretty Poison (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

She has been called the most depraved woman in history, yet the charges of murder and incest against her have never been proven.

Stars: Richard Drake, Rachel Erlanger, Paula Findlen, Julie Johnson-McGrath

Votes: 85

45. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: Lullaby (2001)

Unrated | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

As Darla goes through a difficult labor, Holtz pursues Angel.

Director: Tim Minear | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards

Votes: 1,803

46. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Love's Labor Lost (1995)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Romance

Dr. Benton has to deal with the aftermath of his mother's fall and crosses the line with the surgical attending when he insists on scrubbing in for her operation. Dr. Greene deals with Jodi... See full summary »

Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle

Votes: 1,458

47. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Babies & Bathwater (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

While House and his team scramble to discover what's causing brain and kidney dysfunction in a pregnant woman, Vogler is on the warpath to get House fired.

Director: Bill Johnson | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 3,792

48. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Tragedy (2003)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a pregnant woman is kidnapped and carjacked, the squad thinks, at first, that she's the latest victim of a serial rapist, only to realize that she's the victim of an intricate ransom plot.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 777

49. Ou fonefseis (2018– )
Episode: Proika-Dowry (2019)

43 min | Crime, Thriller

An insecure young woman and traumatised fire survivor marries a handsome employee in the family business, only to realise that he has ulterior motives. Things take an unexpected turn when his beautiful cousin arrives in their home.

Director: Panos Kokkinopoulos | Star: Panos Boras

Votes: 12

50. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: ...A Thousand Words (2010)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos, who commits suicide but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim.

Director: Rosemary Rodriguez | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,274