Mother’s Day watchlist: 5 heartbreaking movies about moms
Movies about moms that will bring a tear to everyone's eye (collage: RBC-Ukraine)
Movies about moms always bring strong emotions because they touch on the most important things - love, care, and loss.
RBC-Ukraine shares touching stories that definitely won’t leave you without tears.
Stepmom, 1998
An emotional story about a family where a new woman appears. She is expected to become another inseparable part of the children’s lives. But their biological mother is still there, and tension immediately arises between her and the newcomer.
At first, everything is difficult: jealousy, resentment, and different views on life. But when the biological mother’s serious illness becomes known, everything changes. Instead of competing, they join forces for the sake of the children and their better future.
It’s a rather simple yet deeply emotional story about acceptance, maternal devotion, and love.
Wonder, 2017
This is a film about a boy born with facial differences who attends a regular school for the first time. It’s hard for him because other children do not always accept him.
His mother is always by his side, sharing both joyful and difficult moments with him. She does not try to hide her son from the world. On the contrary, she helps him fully live in it, supporting him every step of the way and emphasizing the importance of not being afraid to be yourself.
Tully, 2018
A very honest story about a mother of three children who is not just tired, but completely exhausted. She is constantly busy with the kids and household responsibilities and barely has any time for herself. But when a nanny arrives, life gradually becomes easier for her.
This film is about how easily mothers can lose themselves in daily responsibilities and how important it is not to stay silent about exhaustion, but to find ways to deal with it.
Promise at Dawn (La Promesse de l'Aube, 2017)
The film portrays a mother who has believed since her son’s childhood that he is special. She constantly supports him and believes in him more than anyone else.
She does so much for him — sometimes even too much — that her love appears both incredibly strong and somewhat complicated.
It is about mothers who dedicate their entire lives to their children and their success, forgetting about their own identity.
Room, 2015
This is the story of a mother and her young son living in a confined space. For the child, it is his entire world, and the mother tries to make it at least a little safer and calmer.
When they get a chance to leave, a completely different life begins. And there, they must learn how to live again, while carrying the same fears and emotional wounds.
This film is an emotionally intense drama about maternal love in difficult life circumstances that definitely won’t leave viewers indifferent.
