THEME EXPLORATION

mother-son relationships

44 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
Back to Burgundy
Back to Burgundy
2017 · Cédric Klapisch
Kiss The Bride
Kiss The Bride
2002 · Vanessa Parise
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Chops
The Chops
2003 · Bertrand Blier
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
León and Olvido
León and Olvido
2004 · Xavier Bermúdez
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
Summer with Hope
Summer with Hope
2022 · Sadaf Foroughi
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang
Bandar
Bandar
2026 · Anurag Kashyap
A Man and A Woman
A Man and A Woman
2026 · Guan Hu
Fleak
Fleak
2026 · Jens Møller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Our Little Sister' intimately explore familial bonds and the complexities of mother-son dynamics across generations.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He examines intense, often psychologically turbulent mother-son relationships in films like 'The Wrestler' and 'mother!' with unflinching emotional depth.