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...

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

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...

For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

Ruby Franke's rise as a "momfluencer" with millions of followers hid a nightmare; when her son fled and alerted a neighbor about the abuse, police...

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

Seven year old Amy whose recently separated parents hold differing views on her social development is enthralled in her world of make believe. One...

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

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.

Nola is badly screwed when a video is distributed at school showing her being dumped by her boyfriend Jesse. Her grief and jealousy get her into even...

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...