Dead Mother Movies

A film essay that intertwines the director's gaze with that of her late mother. Beyond exploring mourning and absence as exclusively painful...

In 19th-century Styria, isolated teen Lara's quiet life is upended by the arrival of mysterious, beautiful Carmilla, a female vampire with whom she...

A teenage girl, Jessica, looks back on the stories her mother told through her movies and her own memories of her mother. This film is animated...

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father's life in the past.

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of...

Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, has not left the house since her mother's unsolved murder. On the eve of Thanksgiving, she begins to...

A teenage girl thinks that the monkey she owns is her innocent pet, but it turns out to be something much more dangerous, an evil shapeshifter...

Painful memories arise when Kai Koss inherits his dead mother's house and goes back to his childhood home after 19 years.

A young street magician is left to take care of his little sister after his mother's passing and turns to drug dealing in the Los Angeles party scene...

Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But,...

A young boxer, Izzy Daniels, trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. But when his friend, Mary asks him to substitute...

While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satchel full of money. The two men decide to take the...

In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend Jack on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles, a handsome guy she's been set up...

A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.

A soccer player, relentlessly pursues his dream of playing professionally, threatens his relationship with his sister after he is kicked off the team...

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

Despite repeated warnings about humans from their father, the Abominable Snowman, two Abominable Snowkids find themselves in a sleepy Colorado...

In rural Oklahoma, Kateri loses her mother and flees foster care. She reunites with past foster parent Amziah King, who mentors her, revealing hidden...

Three sto­ries that explore love, com­mit­ment, and loy­al­ty between cou­ples and friends. "Two for Din­ner" where a...

In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for...