There is a strong bond between every mother and son that makes the relationship secure as well as confident.
A mother always loves her son without being intrusive, and the son also has to do his part to make sure that he maintains a healthy relationship with his mother.
Here are movies for you that show you some unique aspects of this relationship. Check them out!
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Cast – Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Sam Rockwell, Stephen Merchant, Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen.
Director – Taika Waititi
IMDB rating – 7.9
Story Line: Jojo Rabbit is a beautiful movie showing that good mothers can teach their children how to refrain from being Nazis.
The plot of this movie is set against Germany in the time period during World War II. The mother in this movie works very hard to protect her son from the horrors of war and continues to teach him the lessons of standing up for what is right.
This movie sometimes makes the audience laugh and sometimes cry.
Back to The Future (1985)
Cast – Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson.
Director – Robert Zemeckis
IMDB rating – 8.5
Story Line: The second movie in this list is Back to The Future, which was released in the year 1985.
Though it is a movie about a mother-son relationship, it is quite awkward to watch with your mother.
In this movie, Marty McFly goes back in time and meets his parents when they are getting ready for a high school dance performance.
He meets the past version of his mother, who tries to make out with him. This is quite awkward, right? But ultimately, Marty McFly succeeds in making her fall in love with his father.
Parasite (2019)
Cast – Song Kang – ho, Choi Woo – shik, Lee Sun – kyun, Park So – dam, Jang Hye – Jin, Lee Jung – eun, Park Myung – hoon, Jung Ji – so, Jung Hyeon – jun.
Director – Bong Joon – Ho
IMDB rating – 8.5
Story Line: Paradise is one of the best pictures of recent times. This movie is based on a dynamic relationship between a mother and her son.
This movie is hugely considered to be one of the best dark comedy thrillers where Woo – sik Choi gets his family job working in a rich Korean family.
However, when their caper starts to go awry, and the mother with her son starts trying to pull their life back, the movie shows the best aspects of the bonding between a mother and a son.
Moonlight (2016)
Cast – Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae, Mahershala Ali, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome.
Director – Barry Jenkins
IMDB rating – 7.4
Story Line: This movie portrays a different side of motherhood. In this plot, Chiron, the son, has a very toxic and heartless relationship with his mother, Paula.
He does not have a fondness for his mother or for any female characters, which he has for the male ones.
When Paula apologizes to his son for not loving him when he needed it the most, she tells him that she loves him and does not care whether he loves her back or not. This movie shows a state of reconciliation between the mother and the son, which makes everyone tearful.
Boy Erased (2018)
Cast – Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Cherry Jones, Flea, Russell Crowe.
Director – Joel Edgerton
IMDB rating – 6.9
Story Line: Boy Erased shows one of the closest relationships between a mother and her son.
This movie, at another level, revolves around a theme of homosexuality as the son is homosexual.
When the mother and the son go on a nefarious conversion therapy camp, they have an emotional journey. They learn to accept and celebrate homosexuality.
Boyhood (2014)
Cast – Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette.
Director – Richard Linklater.
IMDB rating – 7.9
Story Line: This movie depicts a mother-son relationship that is sometimes difficult to handle but ultimately gets strengthened through adversity.
In this movie, the role of the mother is played by Patricia Arquette, who gets an Academy Award for her tremendous performance in this movie.
This movie shows us how a son slowly grows up before his mother’s eyes and suddenly leaves the house for college, making his mother cry.
Changeling (2008)
Cast – Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan, Amy Ryan, Colm Feore.
Director – Clint Eastwood
IMDB rating – 7.8
Story Line: This is a movie about a mother, Christine Collins, whose son gets kidnapped. When she returns her son, she finds it is not her son.
Although the new boy claims he is her son, Christine says he is not. When she tries to demonstrate this to the police, she is labeled as a hysteria patient.
The body of her son is never found. Christine spends the rest of her life looking for her son. It is almost certain that her son becomes one of the victims of the so-called Wineville Chicken Murders.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Cast – Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mahershala Ali, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton.
Director – David Fincher
IMDB rating – 7.8
Story Line: In this movie, Benjamin, the son, has the life of a man who was born old and aging backward. He has lost his biological mother in labor.
He is taken care of by the caretaker of a nursing home named Queenie.
The lives of these two are intertwined. Because Queenie continues to age as per the natural rule while Benjamin, his adopted son, gets younger, this is how the movie shows how complicated it is for a mother to raise an old man who has the mind of a toddler.
Hereditary (2018)
Cast – Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Gabriel Byrne.
Director – Ari Aster
IMDB rating – 7.3
Story Line: This horror movie shows a different kind of relationship between a mother and her son. The bonding of a mother with her son shown in this movie is not as beautiful as we have seen in the other movies. But it is a terrifying one.
When the mother shouts at his son Alex Wolff across the dinner table that she is his mother, it shocks the audience.
Love, Simon (2018)
Cast – Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner.
Director – Greg Berlanti
IMDB rating – 7.5
Story Line: In Love, Simon, Emily Spier is the mother of two kids – Simon and Nora. Emily is shown as a very kind as well as living mother who always supports her kids in their endeavors.
Emily has a special corner for her son, Simon, as she believes that Simon has been hiding a secret for many years. She tries her best to comfort Simon and encourage him to be his true self, just like an ideal mother.
The Blind Side (2009)
Cast – Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Jae Head, Kim Dickens, Kathy Bates.
Director – John Lee Hancock
IMDB rating – 6.1
Story Line: The Blind Side is based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy, who takes a homeless black teen into her home.
This movie is all about a boy who grows up moving from one foster home to another one because of his mother’s inattentive nature.
But with the support from his new family, the son obtains a high school degree as well as enhances his potential for football and becomes a professional footballer.
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Cast – Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O’Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt.
Director – Cameron Crowe
IMDB rating – 7.3
Story Line: This story tells us about a single mother, Dorothy Boyd. She is an unfulfilled employee at a ruthless sports agency.
She has a young son named Ray. After reading her colleague’s late-night manifesto, Dorothy packs up her desk and jumps into a new venture with him.
Throughout the movie, the journey of a single mother is shown in a way that explores the true relationship between a mother and her son.
The Kids Are Alright (2010)
Cast – Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson.
Director – Lisa Cholodenko
IMDB rating – 7
Story Line: This is one of the most stunning movies about a mother-son relationship where the son, Laser, is being raised by a pair of lesbian mothers.
This lesbian couple, Nic and Jules, have been together for twenty years, bringing up two children.
There comes a time when Laser and his sister, Joni, get curious to know their biological father. Ultimately they meet their father.
The Omen (1976)
Cast – Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw.
Director – Richard Donner
IMDB rating – 7.5
Story Line: It is a beautiful experience for every woman when she gives birth to a child and becomes a mother.
But what will a woman feel when she gives birth to a son, but he turns out to be the Antichrist? It’s horrible, undoubtedly.
This is the case with the movie, The Omen. It is a supernatural or horror classic where the son, Damien, tries to wreak havoc on his mother and pushes her over a banister as well.
This movie shows a terrible relationship between a mother and her Antichrist son, who starts telepathically coercing nannies into hanging themselves.