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1. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,922 | Gross: $134.22M
2. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes, and might-have-beens.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver
Votes: 89,493 | Gross: $34.29M
3. The Mauritanian (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse
Votes: 62,200
4. Christmas Vacation (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki
Votes: 220,473 | Gross: $71.32M
5. Till (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Director: Chinonye Chukwu | Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett
Votes: 15,312
6. Radio (2003)
PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.
Director: Michael Tollin | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Debra Winger, S. Epatha Merkerson
Votes: 44,094 | Gross: $52.33M
7. The Sisters Brothers (2018)
R | 122 min | Drama, Western
Eli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 70,665 | Gross: $3.14M
8. Life as a House (2001)
R | 125 min | Drama
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jena Malone
Votes: 45,655 | Gross: $15.65M
9. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 42,162 | Gross: $15.12M
10. The Secret of My Success (1987)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton
Votes: 37,040 | Gross: $67.00M
11. Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
R | 104 min | Horror
A dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Jack Magner
Votes: 12,904 | Gross: $12.53M
12. The High Note (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bill Pullman
Votes: 13,482
13. Chasing Mavericks (2012)
PG | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
Directors: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer
Votes: 34,589 | Gross: $6.00M
14. A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A socially awkward teenage maths prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Director: Morgan Matthews | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 30,371 | Gross: $0.14M
15. Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid.
Director: Dan Mazer | Stars: Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea
Votes: 20,417
16. It's Only the End of the World (2016)
97 min | Drama
Louis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 25,242
17. Little Joe (2019)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor
Votes: 9,397
18. Daydream Nation (2010)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A city girl who moves to a small town and becomes entangled in a love triangle between her high school teacher and a stoner classmate.
Director: Michael Goldbach | Stars: Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell, Josh Lucas
Votes: 13,060
19. The Curse (1987)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.
Director: David Keith | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 3,897 | Gross: $1.93M
20. Fort Bliss (2014)
TV-14 | 116 min | Drama, War
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
Director: Claudia Myers | Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Michelle Monaghan, Ron Livingston, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Votes: 3,559
21. Music Box (1989)
PG-13 | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat
Votes: 8,697 | Gross: $6.26M
22. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After his father dies, a disturbed young boy plots to take revenge on the new man in his mother's life.
Director: Lewis John Carlino | Stars: Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham
Votes: 1,652
23. Freaks: You're One of Us (2020)
TV-MA | 92 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Tipped by a mysterious tramp, a meek fry cook discovers she has superpowers -- and uncovers an unsavory, vast conspiracy.
Director: Felix Binder | Stars: Cornelia Gröschel, Tim Oliver Schultz, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Nina Kunzendorf
Votes: 6,892
24. Café de Flore (2011)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu
Votes: 16,730
25. Jasper Jones (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the late '60s, two teenage boys join forces to solve a chilling mystery and navigate the prejudices and secrets of their small Australian town.
Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Levi Miller, Kevin Long, Toni Collette, Aaron L. McGrath
Votes: 3,720
26. I Am Michael (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual.
Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver
Votes: 5,903
27. Munchausen (2013)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A vibrant Pixar-inspired montage (think the marriage sequence in Up) in which a mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him ... See full summary »
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Liam Aiken, Rachel Brosnahan, Richard Riehle
Votes: 2,211
28. Too Close to Home (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 115 min | Drama, Thriller
Obsessed with her adult son and angered by the idea of him leaving her and marrying a beautiful nurse, a mother does everything in her power to prevent his independence.
Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Judith Light, Ricky Schroder, Sarah Trigger, Dorothy Gordon
Votes: 440
29. American Girl (2002)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.
Director: Jordan Brady | Stars: Jena Malone, Harmony Blossom, Erik von Detten, Brad Renfro
Votes: 1,467
30. Pursued (1947)
Passed | 101 min | Western
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger
Votes: 3,847
31. Some Mother's Son (1996)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara
Votes: 2,996 | Gross: $0.61M
32. Noi soli (2018)
20 min | Short, Drama
Giulio, a teenage boy lives with his father. He is in love with his mother, Agnese because her hands were the first to welcome him. He reminds the last weekend they spent together. She ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Alessandro Cogliati | Stars: Luigi Fedele, Fabrizia Sacchi, Milutin Dapcevic
Votes: 23
33. The Pack (1977)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 1,284
34. June Again (2020)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame.
Director: JJ Winlove | Stars: Noni Hazlehurst, Claudia Karvan, Stephen Curry, Otis Dhanji
Votes: 1,703
35. Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Fans of Mary Tyler Moore may be taken aback by her performance in this fact-based drama, in which she plays a character far removed from her bubbly Laura Petrie and Mary Richards personae. ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Forster, Gabriel Olds, Jean Stapleton
Votes: 281
36. Sins of the Mother (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
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 belittlement's and taunts. And while his ... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dale Midkiff, Heather Fairfield, Talia Balsam
Votes: 462
37. Nest of Vipers (1978)
R | 105 min | Drama
A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena.
Director: Tonino Cervi | Stars: Ornella Muti, Senta Berger, Capucine, Christian Borromeo
Votes: 320 | Gross: $0.03M
38. Wedding in White (1972)
R | 103 min | Drama
A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.
Director: William Fruet | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Carol Kane, Doris Petrie, Leo Phillips
Votes: 378
39. Fascination (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.
Director: Klaus Menzel | Stars: James Naughton, Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Garcia, Stuart Wilson
Votes: 1,596 | Gross: $0.02M
40. Live and Become (2005)
Unrated | 140 min | Drama
A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe
Votes: 6,321
41. Lazos de familia (2003)
16 min | Drama, Short
A young man is madly in love with his mother, until he discovers a horrible truth about her sexual behavior. In honor to the memory of his late father, he decides to set things straight again but fate has another thing to say.
Director: Ivan Martínez Lomelí | Stars: Hugo Arrevillaga, Lucero Trejo, Javier Díaz Dueñas, Paloma Woolrich
Votes: 9
42. Illégal (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Anne Coesens, Alexandre Gontcharov, Milo Masset-Depasse, Natalia Belokonskaya
Votes: 944 | Gross: $0.00M
43. All About Me (2018)
100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring, Hedi Kriegeskotte
Votes: 5,022
44. Classes vertes (2009)
17 min | Short
Jonathan, 7, is packing his suitcase. Tomorrow he goes to green classes with the school. But his mom doesn't want him to leave. And the love of a mother, it is well known, it can wreak havoc.
Director: Alexis Van Stratum | Stars: Martin De Myttenaere, Catherine Salée, Marceau Henrard
Votes: 27
45. Stolen Breath: The Truth Revealed (2017)
136 min | Drama
A dedicated father, struggling with a family secret of intergenerational incest, finds himself caught in a war between love and the pain for revenge
Director: Mark E. Ridley | Stars: Anthony M. Bertram, Perry Brown, Phillip J. Cates, Rayshawn Chism
Votes: 30
46. Taboo 3 the Unforgettable Act (2021)
83 min | Drama
When Devin finally meets his soap star birth mother, Rebecca, as an adult, feelings go beyond family love.
Director: Renee S. Warren Peoples | Stars: Nelson J. Davis, Nytia Nikole, Saisha Teagues, Jamald Gardner
Votes: 44
47. Sins of the Father (II) (2022)
101 min | Horror
After the death of his father, Aden and his mother, Sarah, return to sell of his family home. As they clear out the house, they uncover sinister secrets from The Family's past.
Director: Vanessa M.H. Powers | Stars: David Michaeli, Nora Targonski O'Brien, Anissa Eisenberg, Anthony Tallarico
Votes: 81
48. Listen, Darling (1938)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Young Pinkie Wingate and her friend, Buzz, will do anything to stop her widowed mother from entering into a loveless marriage with the town banker - including kidnapping.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 881
49. Passion (1999)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician, and his abusive unstable mother that lead to his interest in S&M, instability and failed relationships with women.
Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Richard Roxburgh, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan
Votes: 313
50. Skånska mord - Yngsjömordet (1986 TV Movie)
115 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This is the story of Anna Månsdotter who was executed on the 7th of August 1890 in Kristianstad county prison. She was the last female ever to be executed in Sweden.
Director: Richard Hobert | Stars: Mimmo Wåhlander, Christian Fex, Kajsa Reingardt, Halvar Björk
Votes: 143