GOODFELLAS (1990)
DIR. BY MARTIN SCORSESE

THIS NEW YORK CITY CRIMINAL DRAMA IS IN THIS LIST PURELY BECAUSE OF SCORSESE’S MOTHER AND HER CAMEO IN MANY OF HIS MOVIES ︎

PRACTICAL MAGIC (1998)
DIR. BY GRIFFIN DUNNE

A ROMCOM FOR SINGLE MOTHERS. STARRING SANDRA BULLOCK, THIS STORY HELPS A WITCH SALLY TO OVERCOME A BROKEN HEART AND FEARS. A FEEL-GOOD MOVIE WITH A STRONG ACCENT ON SISTERHOOD AMONG WOMEN.

MERMAIDS (1990)
DIR. BY RICHARD BENJAMIN

CHER AS A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO LOVELY GIRLS, NAVIGATING THEIR LIFE AND KEEPING THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN THE 1950S USA.

FREAKY FRIDAY (1976)
DIR. BY GARY NELSON

THE ORIGINAL VERSION WITH JODY FOSTER OF A MAGICAL RE-DISCOVERY IN A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER. 

MAMMA MIA! (2008)
DIR. BY PHYLLIDA LLOYD

AN AWARDED MUSICAL WHERE A SINGLE MOTHER AND A BUSINESSWOMAN DONNA HAS TO FACE HER EX-BOYFRIENDS AT HER DAUGHTER’S WEDDING TO THE AGELESS ABBA TUNES.

A SPECIAL DAY (1977)
DIR. BY ETTORE SCOLA

A SPECTACULAR DUO OF TWO ITALIAN LEGENDS SOFIA LOREN AND MARCELO MASTROIANNI PORTRAYING TWO DWELLERS IN AN ITALIAN COMMIEBLOCK HOUSING IN THE FASCIST ITALY.

AUTUMN SONATA (1978) 
DIR. BY INGMAR BERGMAN

BERGMAN’S CLASSIC EXPLORING A TOXIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FAMOUS MOTHER AND HER PIANIST DAUGHTER.

VOLVER (2006)
DIR. BY PEDRO ALMADOVAR

ANOTHER ALMADOVAR’S FILM, STARRING ICONIC SPANISH ACTRESS CARMEN MAURA IN A DRAMA ABOUT MOTHERHOOD.

MY FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002)
DIR. BY JOEL ZWICK

THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FOR HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, WHERE A  YOUNG WOMAN TOULA MAKES HER OWN LIFE OPPORTUNITIES OVER A RANDOM CRUSH.

A CASTLE IN ITALY (2013)
DIR. BY VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COMEDY DRAMA FROM AN AMAZING ACTRESS AND DIRECTOR VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI ABOUT MONEY STRUGGLES OF A REGULAR WOMAN THAT HAPPENS TO INHERIT A TITLE AND A CASTLE.

THE DURRELLS (2016 – 2019) DIR. BY STEVE BARRON & ROGER GOLDBY

BASED ON GERALD DURRELL’S MEMOIR TRILOGY, THIS IS A FAMILY COMEDY OVER FOUR SEASONS THAT DEFINITELY CELEBRATES LOUISA DURRELL’S COURAGE TO IMPULSIVELY MOVE HER WHOLE FAMILY TO CORFU FROM ENGLAND TO FINALLY FIND HAPPINESS.

THE BIG CITY (1963)
DIR. BY SATYAJIT RAY

A CLASSIC OF AN INDIAN CINEMA FROM AN ICONIC DIRECTOR, CAPTURES A JOURNEY OF A BRAVE HOUSEWIFE ARATI THAT TAKES ON A NEW JOB TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY.

ROME, OPEN CITY (1945)
DIR. BY ROBERTO ROSSELLINI

ROSSELLINI’S MASTERPIECE WITH BRILLIANT ANNA MAGNIANI (AMONG OTHERS) PORTRAYS DESTROYED FASCIST ROME.

THE LONG FAREWELL (1971)
DIR. BY KIRA MURATOVA

A SOVIET SINGLE MOTHER EVGENIA STRUGGLES TO LET GO OF HER ONLY SON SASHA TO MOVE IN WITH HIS ARCHEOLOGIST DAD.

FAMILY RELATIONS (1981)
DIR. BY NIKITA MIKHALKOV

MARIA TRAVELS FROM HER VILLAGE TO VISIT HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER THAT HAVE THEIR OWN REMOTE AND AT TIMES UNHAPPY LIFE THAT THE WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO FIX.

EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE (2022)
DIR. BY DANIEL KWAN & DANIEL SCHEINERT

THIS FILM FOLLOWS A STORY OF AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN & HER FAMILY WHO OWNS A LAUNDRY BUSINESS ON BEING INVOLVED WITH CROSS-SPACIAL AND GALACTIC ACTIVITY.