Motherhood Movies

Two couples and a surrogate lay bare the complications, contradictions, heartbreak, and absurdities implicit in how we think about motherhood.

One of the most fearless and accomplished athletes of her generation, Bethany Hamilton became a surfing wunderkind when she returned to the sport...

When it is time for her to give birth, Andrea, a communist insurgent seeks refuge in the city to her best friend Joyce. When Andrea's husband is...

Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and...

A portrait of a depressed mother and her child.

In France, a child is killed by its mother every ten days. By giving a voice to some of these women and their families, this documentary takes a...

Filmmaker Maarten de Schutter attempts to reconstruct the lost memories of his mother, AIDS activist and feminist anthropologist Martine de Schutter....

Twenty-one-year-old Julia had to leave her daughters under the care of a children's shelter house. Five years later, Julia keeps fighting to rebuild...

A worn out mother, Sara, seeks out the source of her child’s favorite lullaby.

A tired mother begins to tell her daughter a horror story but as she recalls the events the worlds collide, amalgamating the line between reality and...

"Amidst grief and family estrangement, a teenager must break emotional barriers at his mother's funeral, triggering suffocation and guilt."

In a series of letters to her young son, a mother, soldier and filmmaker documents her thoughts from the Ukrainian frontline.

Psychological thriller about a woman on the verge of a psychoses while becoming a mother.

On a desolate farm, a couple's prayers are answered after a visitor offers them a sinister deal. Blinded by their joy, they struggle to realize that...

Lebanon, Mother's day. Joey (20 years old) is preparing a surprise diner for his mom who is always abroad. but today is a special day because she is...

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old...

Alex is afraid that his mother wants to runaway with the neighbor, while spending the day with his father, he started having conversations with his...

We follow three women on an emotional and thought-provoking journey as they lend their bodies and carry someone else's child.