Abusive Mother Movies

A young boy takes a stand when his mother's grief threatens to destroy both of their lives.

19-year-old Lola James is trying to work to save enough money to get her beloved little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Until one tragic...

As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them...

Lucien is on vacation in the country with his mother and grandmother. He finally decides to write to his uncle. When his mother finds out, she...

Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life...

On a hot summer‘s day, lonely Franklin is invited to play with other kids for the first time since moving to a new village. But when the...

Lina, a tormented teenager, is haunted by her abusive envious mother, affecting her mental and emotional sanity until she is pushed over the edge.

When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon...

Despite the undeniable complicity that unites them, Manue, 11, suffers from the uncontrolled anger of her mother Isabelle. How far will this violence...

A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet...

Meet Shavon O'Brien: Her family doesn't understand her, her church ignores her, even Jesus forgets about her. With only the spirit of Sinead...

When Maria witnesses an accidental family tragedy, she's told it never happened and must decide what to do with the truth.

Artistic lovers, Viv and Jay, have become trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. But when Viv’s wealthy parents hire an...

Paulo, a young gay boy with an abusive mother, meets Tom, a young gay man who makes his money bedding women.

A man kidnaps his little girl to protect her from an abusive mother, then becomes the first man to enter a woman's underground movement.

During her final week of high school, a queer teenager navigates escalating tension at home and the fallout from past trauma. Encounters with friends...

The film follows Michael Moskowitz’s work with a New York-based therapist named Kirkland Vaughns, one of the few African-American Freudian...

Lily has saved up a large sum of money to fulfill her dream of studying acting at an American university. On the day she receives confirmation that...

A suburban high school teacher, fired for teaching sex education, continues to give private home sessions to her former students, leading to rumors...