17 movies to watch with mom on Mother's Day
It can be nerve-wracking to think of the perfect gift for mom — but all she really wants is to spend some quality time with you.
This Mother’s Day, in addition to treating her to flowers, gifts or a box of chocolates, show mom you care by hitting the couch with her and watching a movie that’ll make her day.
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Here are 17 great films that mom is going to love on Mother’s Day.
Bad Moms
Sometimes mom needs a break! This hilarious comedy starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn is about three stressed-out moms who go a little wild after trying to find relief from their daily duties. This one will have you wondering why your mom is laughing so hard.
A Bad Moms Christmas
If you liked "Bad Moms," go ahead and make it a double feature with this sequel. This time, Kunis, Bell, and Hahn try to organize the perfect Christmas while dealing with their own visiting mothers.
Because I Said So
You'll feel this one if mom's ever tried to set you up with someone. This 2007 comedy stars Diane Keaton as a meddling mother to her daughters played by Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham, and Piper Perabo, and the disaster that ensues when she puts an online personal ad up to find someone nice for her youngest (Moore) to date.
Brave
This 2012 Pixar film is about a rebellious young princess in the Scottish Highlands who has to save the kingdom after a curse turns her mother into a bear. Co-director Brenda Chapman, the animation studio's first female director, said the story was inspired by her relationship with her own daughter.
Cheaper by the Dozen
It doesn't get much sweeter than this family classic about two parents, played by Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin, and the shake-up that occurs when they move their 12 kids to a new city after he gets a job, and when she finds herself away from home on a book tour to promote her newly published memoirs.
Freaky Friday
What would happen if you and your mom somehow switched bodies? Find out in this 2003 comedy starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as the professional mom and her teenage daughter who have to pretend to be the other one, and gain new perspectives after spending time in the other's shoes.
Guilt Trip
In this comedy, Seth Rogen stars as an inventor who hits the road with his mom, played by Barbara Streisand, as they try to sell his latest invention together during an eight-day trip.
Lady Bird
You'll give your mom a big hug after seeing this movie about the turbulent but loving relationship between an opinionated teenage girl getting ready to set off for college and her hardworking nurse mother who works tirelessly after her husband loses his job.
Little Women
This 2019 coming-of-age period drama is the most recent adaption of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel about the lives of four sisters in 19th century Massachusetts.
Mamma Mia
If your mom loves ABBA, she's probably seen this, and would probably love to watch it again. Meryl Streep stars alongside Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan in this 2008 musical about a bride-to-be who tries to find her real father.
Mother's Day
A little too on the nose for Mother's Day? Maybe, but this film about the intersecting lives of different moms stars Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, and Kate Hudson, so you know mom's going to love it on her big day.
Room
If you and mom are game for something a little scarier and unsettling, watch "Room," a jarring film about a young woman who escapes with her five-year-old son after living in captivity for seven years.
Snatched
Mom's always there for you during those difficult moments — if only it were always this hilarious. Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn star in this movie about a young woman whose boyfriend dumps her right before an exciting trip they have planned to South America, and who ends up going with her mom instead.
Stepmom
A comedy-drama that traces a family's journey after a divorce, how they and the stepmother (played by Julia Roberts) settle into new dynamics, and how the entire family comes together when beset by a diagnosis that renders the future of the mom (played by Susan Sarandon) uncertain.
The First Wives Club
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton star in this classic comedy about three divorced women who form a pact and seek retribution after their ex-husbands leave them for younger women.
The Parent Trap
This 1998 film stars Lindsay Lohan as two identical twins who are reunited by happenstance and swap identities in a plot to unify their long-divorced parents.
This Is 40
No one said being a parent was easy. Show mom you get it with this film about a married couple, played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann, as they cope with and navigate both turning that scary milestone age of 40.
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