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41) Hellbender
Publisher
Shudder, RLJEntertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Locked away from the world by her mother who has convinced her she has a chronic illness, teenaged Izzy finally escapes into town for some expected rebellion. A night of drinking and high school cruelty unleashes a new kind of hunger within her, but when she goes to her mother for answers, she keeps them tightly guarded, not knowing Izzy's true nature is about to burst forth and devour everything.
42) Four good days
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Emerging from a detox clinic, a young addict must stay clean while living with her mother for the next four days.
44) Now, voyager
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise, where she finds love, which helps her to become her own person.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Things are so bad for recently widowed farmer Mary Bassett and her three children that this Thanksgiving they may not even be able to afford a turkey for their dinner. Suddenly, Mary's wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes for a visit. Although Isabella finds a kindred spirit in Mary's eldest daughter and budding writer Tilly, Mary resents her mother's attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. It will take more than money to...
46) My Zoe
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Following a divorce, geneticist Isabelle is trying to rebuild her life. She has a new boyfriend and plans to revitalize her career. But ex-husband James can't accept this and makes her life difficult as they co-parent their daughter Zoe. When a tragedy strikes, the already broken family's world is shattered, and Isabelle decides to take the girl's fate into her own hands.
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Liz is a cookbook author, crafting expert, and television personality whose name is synonymous with perfection. As she contemplates retirement, her daughter Candace is poised to become the new face of the Livingston brand. The only trouble is, she can't cook. Or sew. Or do any of the signature things her mother is known for.
48) Kepler's dream
Publisher
Leomark Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ella is a city girl forced to spend the summer on the New Mexico ranch of her reclusive grandmother, Violet Von Stern, while Ella's mom undergoes chemotherapy in another state. As she tries to cope with her grandmothers strict rules and snooty friends, Ella longs for her mother and begs her estranged father for rescue.
49) Furie
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
An ex-gangster lying low in the countryside after becoming a mother can't escape her violent past when her daughter is kidnapped.
51) The prophet
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa, but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa's return home, but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Christy is still sober and has her life mostly back on track, though she₂s continually tested by her mother, Bonnie. Together, the two work to overcome their mistakes and build a better future. Now, Christy is well on her way to becoming a lawyer, while Bonnie is in a healthy romantic relationship and has just married Adam. Through it all, they rely on their support system from AA.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Lorelai and Rory are a mother and daughter who are sharing life's ups and downs in a small town in Connecticut. This heartfelt, humorous drama appeals to young and old alike with it's blend of traditional family issues and hip attitude.
54) Fast color
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hunted by mysterious forces, a young woman with supernatural abilities must go on the run when her powers are discovered. With nowhere else to go, she flees back to her family and the farmhouse she abandoned long ago. There, while being pursued by the local Sheriff, she begins to mend the broken relationships with her mother and daughter.
55) Resurrection
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A woman's carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades.
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Almost 30-year-old Anna lives secluded in her mum's shed making videos using her thumbs as actors. A week before her birthday her mom tells her that she has to cut her hair, stop dressing like a homeless person, and move out of the shed. At first, Anna is upset, but after a friend from school visits, her isolation can't be continued. Quickly she gets entangled with the local real estate agent and an eight-year-old boy who is obsessed with Westerns....
57) Mr. Church
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her dying mother obtain the services of a talented cook. What begins as a six-month arrangement spans fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.
58) Housebound
Publisher
Xlrator Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After being caught in a particularly incompetent cash-station robbery, Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam, a well-intentioned blabbermouth who's convinced that the house is haunted. Miriam may be a ninny, but she's absolutely right.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Portuguese
Description
The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day Sao Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Publisher
ITV Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Middleton gets transformed into a town where 'it's always the day before Halloween' when the author of a series of magic-and romance-filled novels comes to Grey House to celebrate the release of her newest book. But it's Cassie who ends up bringing the people together to put on the special event, while coming to a special realization about Sam.
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