Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "talking-to-one's-dead-mother"

1. The Boy and the Heron (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon

Votes: 51,084

2. Miss Meadows (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A proper elementary-school teacher moonlights as a vigilante.

Director: Karen Leigh Hopkins | Stars: Katie Holmes, James Badge Dale, Callan Mulvey, Jean Smart

Votes: 10,072

3. Countdown (III) (2019)

PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.

Director: Justin Dec | Stars: Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Peter Facinelli

Votes: 45,573

4. House (1977)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara

Votes: 33,745

5. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

G | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

After her father's boat is swept away by a sudden storm, plucky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse and monkey in the old family home.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Tami Erin, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Eileen Brennan

Votes: 4,626 | Gross: $3.57M

6. Live Flesh (1997)

R | 103 min | Drama

After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina

Votes: 33,709 | Gross: $1.54M

7. Extra Ordinary (2019)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.

Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty

Votes: 11,542

8. Don't Go in the House (1979)

R | 82 min | Horror

A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.

Director: Joseph Ellison | Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Carnegie

Votes: 5,247

9. Rise (2022)

117 min | Comedy, Drama

Elise, a very promising classical dancer, is injured during a performance at 26 years old. Although she's told she will no longer be able to dance, she will try to find a new direction in contemporary dance.

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Marion Barbeau, Hofesh Shechter, Denis Podalydès, Muriel Robin

Votes: 3,200

10. Populaire (2012)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.

Director: Régis Roinsard | Stars: Romain Duris, Féodor Atkine, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo

Votes: 12,715 | Gross: $0.18M

11. Bongwater (1998)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.

Director: Richard Sears | Stars: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 4,388

12. The Amateurs (2005)

R | 96 min | Comedy

Citizens of a small town, under the influence of a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis, come together to make an adult film.

Director: Michael Traeger | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, Joe Pantoliano, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 6,575 | Gross: $0.02M

13. Strangler vs. Strangler (1984)

96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer.

Director: Slobodan Sijan | Stars: Tasko Nacic, Nikola Simic, Srdjan Saper, Sonja Savic

Votes: 4,349

14. Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.

Directors: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert | Stars: Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati

Votes: 2,762

15. Schoolgirls in Chains (1973)

R | 90 min | Horror

Two deranged brothers, who are under the domineering influence of their crazed mother, kidnap young girls and keep them captive in chains in their basement, where they subject them to depraved "games" that often end in torture and murder.

Director: Don Jones | Stars: Gary Kent, John Parker, Stafford Morgan, Suzanne Lund

Votes: 795

16. Office Killer (1997)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.

Director: Cindy Sherman | Stars: Florina Rodov, Jason Brill, Eddie Malavarca, Carol Kane

Votes: 2,391 | Gross: $0.04M

17. The Substitute (2007)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A group of sixth-graders is convinced their new substitute teacher is actually a menacing alien.

Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider, Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok

Votes: 3,425

18. Scream Bloody Murder (1973)

R | 90 min | Horror

A deranged kid murders his father and has his arm crushed by the farm tractor. After being discharged from the mental hospital with an amputee, he discovers that his mother has remarried, prompting him to go on a homicidal rampage.

Director: Marc B. Ray | Stars: Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox, Ron Bastone

Votes: 1,200

19. Zombie Lake (1981)

R | 90 min | Horror

In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back.

Directors: Jean Rollin, Julian de Laserna | Stars: Howard Vernon, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Anouchka, Antonio Mayans

Votes: 3,588

20. Dear Dead Delilah (1972)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A sickly matriarch of a dysfunctional family living in an old Southern mansion teases her siblings about finding a long lost treasure hidden in the premises, little did she know that there is someone ready to kill to get their hands on it.

Director: John Farris | Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Will Geer, Michael Ansara, Dennis Patrick

Votes: 501

21. Women in Temptation (2010)

118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a marriage counselor is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, she sets out for new companionship.

Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Eliska Balzerová, Vojtech Dyk, Veronika Khek Kubarová

Votes: 812

22. Miss Leslie's Dolls (1973)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young college professor and three of her students seek shelter during a storm in the rural farmhouse of a strange woman who collects lifelike mannequins.

Director: Joseph G. Prieto | Stars: Salvador Ugarte, Terri Juston, Marcelle Bichette, Kitty Lewis

Votes: 229

23. Strange Planet (1999)

96 min | Comedy, Romance

3 girls in Sydney share an apartment and friendship. The movie follows them as well as 3 guys for a year from New Year's Eve 1998. They'll meet each other before the year ends.

Director: Emma-Kate Croghan | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner, Tom Long

Votes: 986

24. That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)

111 min | Comedy, Drama

The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Alexandru Margineanu, Razvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann

Votes: 658

25. Bravo Virtuoso (2016)

107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Alik, a young virtuoso clarinetist of a classical orchestra is forced to accept contracts intended for a hired killer, called the Virtuoso to save his orchestra. But Alik is a musician, not a murderer.

Director: Levon Minasian | Stars: Samvel Tadevossian, Mariya Akhmetzyanova, Arman Navasardyan, Rudolph Ghevondyan

Votes: 196

26. Vrátila sa raz v noci (2014 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Fantasy

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Director: Emil Horváth | Stars: Jozef Bujdák, Gregor Holoska, Nina Kocanová, Martin Krizan

27. Pavel Callta: Mami (2014 Music Video)

4 min | Music

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Director: Jakub Sedlácek | Star: Pavel Calta

Votes: 15

28. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: Conversations with Dead People (2002)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Buffy strikes up a conversation with a vampire who was once an acquaintance in high school. Dawn defends Joyce from a menacing creature.

Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg

Votes: 3,563

29. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1972)
Episode: Mother of the Year (1969)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Eddie is feeling left out in school. Eddie's teacher, Miss Lister - who is really Mrs. Rogall - is pregnant and the mothers of her students are planning a surprise party for her. Of course,... See full summary »

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bill Bixby, Miyoshi Umeki, Brandon Cruz, Pamela Peadon

Votes: 21

30. Doom Patrol (2019–2023)
Episode: Dumb Patrol (2020)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Miranda helps protect the Doom Patrol after a mysterious package arrives at the manor. Rita's visit to a beekeeper leads her to confront her past. Niles travels North to find Dorothy's mother.

Director: Jessica Lowrey | Stars: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Matt Bomer

Votes: 1,277

31. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Shot in the Dark (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Brennan is shot while working late at the Jeffersonian lab, she is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. While at the hospital, she struggles with visions of her mother that ... See full summary »

Director: François Velle | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 1,034

32. Backstrom (2015)
Episode: Rock Bottom (2015)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Backstrom must make a decision when he suspects his father knows about a meth dealer's activities.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy

Votes: 216

33. Wolf Creek (2016–2017)
Episode: Billabong (2016)

TV-MA | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

An American family decide to take a trip to the Australian outback to try and rehabilitate their teenage daughter, until they run into a local.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Robert Taylor, Cameron Caulfield, Maya Stange, Lucy Fry

Votes: 370

34. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Sicut Cervus (2016)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Conflict arises as the Abigail approaches its destination. Chris makes a staggering decision. Nick meets a new maternal figure.

Director: Kate Dennis | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 4,422