Do you have a list of films that have mothers as lead or secondary characters?!
Question: i'm currently working on my thesis whch is about d portrayal of mothers in films. i hope u can help me out wd d list. tnx a lot! :-)
Answers: i'm currently working on my thesis whch is about d portrayal of mothers in films. i hope u can help me out wd d list. tnx a lot! :-)
Stella Dallas~most wonderful mother-daughter movie of all time
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio~Julianne Moore
A Home of Our Own~Kathy Bates
Steel Magnolias
Terms of Endearment
Sophie's Choice~Meryl Streep
Two Women~Sophia Loren
A Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
Gypsy
Old Yeller
Friendly Persuasion
The Yearling~Both versions are excellent.
I Remember Mama
Life With Father
Chocolat
Mr. Mom
The Good Mother
A Cry in the Dark
The Grapes of Wrath
The Joy Luck Club
How to Make an American Quilt
The Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Mildred Pierce
Mother
Stepmom
Freaky Friday
Mrs. Doubtfire
Forrest Gump
Heartbreakers
White Oleander
Hush
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Madame X~There are a number of film versions
Peyton Place
Imitation of Life~two versions
All That Heaven Allows
Stella~remake of "Stella Dallas"
Striptease
White Heat
Mermaids
Lorenzo's Oil
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Swiss Family Robinson~several versions
The Manchurian Candidate
Cheaper by the Dozen~The original is far better, but the remake could be used.
Belles on Their Toes~sequel to the one above
Yours, Mine and Ours~There are two versions
Spencer's Mountain
The Homecoming (TV movie)~pilot film for "The Waltons"
The Rare Breed
Norma Rae
Carrie~both versions
The Sugarland Express
Anna Karenina~several versions
Raggedy Man
Only the Lonely~John Candy and Maureen O'Hara
Not Without My Daughter
You Can't Take It With You
Penny Serenade
Lolita
I Could Go on Singing
A Patch of Blue
Bloody Mama
Throw Momma From the Train
Captain Ron
Overboard~She's not their real mother, but they trick her into believing she is!
The Mummy Returns~The adventurers have an adventurous son!~Rachel Weisz
The Banger Sisters~Susan Sarandon
The Buddy System~Susan Sarandon
CrissCross~Goldie Hawn
Where the Heart Is
The Piano~Holly Hunter
Before & After~Meryl Streep
The River Wild~Meryl Streep
Thirteen~Holly Hunter
Raising Arizona~Holly Hunter
National Lampoon's Family Vacation~in the sequels, too
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (TV movie)
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story (1992 TV movie)~based on the same case as the one above
Heavenly Creatures
Trapped~Charlize Theron
Beautiful~Minnie Driver
The Goodbye Girl~Marsha Mason
Audrey Rose~Marsha Mason
The Seventh Sign~Demi Moore
Rosemary's Baby~Mia Farrow
The Juror~Demi Moore
Die Hard 1 & 2~Bonnie Bedelia
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
The Lost Boys~Dianne Weist
This covers a wide range of roles for mothers, from nurturing to criminal, from single to scary. It's nearly 7 a.m., so I have to stop and sleep for a while. I'll come back to add more since I don't see lists that cover the titles I have in mind.
I'll come back to add names of the actresses who portray the mothers.
Mommy Dearest
Who Will Love My Children
Stepmom
Almost every and any film made after 1990 has reduced the role of woman to that of a `mother`.
`Bridget Jones` mother who is abused as a careerist and as a single woman.
All those dreadful Macauly Culkin films where the mother is an adjunct to the dreadful little boy (probably a midget)
Any and all those films about Xmas in Connecticut, etc. with Chevy Chase and Beverly D`Angelo as the mother. Even Diane Keaton as the mother of the baby in `Baby Boom` and then as the mother in the remake of `Father of the Bride`.
All the MGM films, `Meet Me in St. Louis`. Ann Doran and Mary Astor specialized in playing Metro mommies.
Myrna Loy was the best wife-mother ever, although her kid was a dog named Asta. Myrna did a couple of films though where she had kids. She was funny, witty, warm......intelligent, clever. The atypical mother.
But since 1990.....boy, have women taken a tumble.
Meet the Parents Messenger
Meet the Fockers
Secret of Nimh
Parent Trap
Treasure Planet
An American Tail
ET
Mary Poppins
I'm drawing a blank for more.
try these
big momma's house (actual mother)
erin brockovic
incredibles
step mom (julia roberts susan sarandon)
1 with sigorney weaver and jennifer love hewitt as hustlers 9heartbreakers i think)
the banger sisters (susan sarandon goldie hawn)
on a techinicality star wars 3 (padme has to hide pregnancy for anakins sake)
my step mom is an alien
coneheads
all i can think of for now
The Wind and The Lion--My favorite!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Missing
Peter Pan
Bambi
Baby Geniuses
The Incredibles
The Lion King
Man In The Iron Mask--Leonardo's version
Zorro ( the 2nd one with Catherine Zeta Jones)
Swiss Family Robinson ( by Disney)
Finding Neverland
The Nativity Story
Mommy Dearest
Shrek 1,2,3
Gone With The Wind
The Last Samurai
A Cry In The Dark
Dr. DooLittle 2,3
The Mummy Returns
McLintock
Quigley Down Under
That is about as wide a spread as I can come up with. Unless you're looking for something specific in the nurturing and rearing department. Simply because none of these are typical of an actual mom. Moms are so much more than that, in any of them. Ask my wife.