Mother's Day 2024
Riceboy Sleeps
Building a new life in the Canadian suburbs, a Korean mother and son struggle with a growing rift between them.
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- Canada • 2023
- Director Anthony Shim
- Cast Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Jerina Son, Hunter Dillon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
North of Normal
Cea moves to the city hoping for a normal life with her anything but normal mother.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Carly Stone
- Cast Sarah Gadon, James D'Arcy, Robert Carlyle, Benedict Samuel, Riley O'Donnell, Janet Porter
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
Like a House on Fire
Attempting to reconnect with her daughter and husband, a woman confronts her own mother, who abandoned her as a baby.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Jesse Noah Klein
- Cast Sarah Sutherland, Jared Abrahamson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Margaux Vaillancourt, Amanda Brugel, Hubert Lenoir
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Our Own
(Les Nôtres)
The news of a teenage girl's pregnancy sends shockwaves throughout the small Quebec town of Sainte-Adeline.
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- Canada • 2020
- Director Jeanne Leblanc
- Cast Émilie Bierre, Marianne Farley, Paul Doucet, Judith Baribeau, Denis Larocque, Marie-Ginette Guay
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Pieces of a Woman
A grieving couple embark on an emotional journey after the loss of their baby.
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- Canada, Hungary, United States • 2020
- Director Kornél Mundruczó
- Cast Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Sarah Snook
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Tammy's Always Dying
A daughter's attempt to care for her ornery, ailing mother.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Amy Jo Johnson
- Cast Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Clark Johnson, Lauren Holly, Kristian Bruun
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Hoopla
Workin' Moms
Four mothers bonds over their lives as parents and working women.
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- Canada • 2017
- Creator Catherine Reitman, Philip Sternberg
- Cast Catherine Reitman, Dani Kind, Juno Rinaldi, Kat Barrell, Jessalyn Wanlim, Novie Edwards
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Room
A young mother raises her 5-year-old son in captivity and struggles to answer his mounting questions.
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- Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Lenny Abrahamson
- Cast Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Mommy
Love takes many forms.
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- Canada • 2014
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Patrick Huard, Alexandre Goyette, Michèle Lituac
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Stories We Tell
Every family has a story.
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Sarah Polley
- Cast Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
I Killed My Mother
(J'ai tué ma mère)
Teenage Hubert's antagonistic relationship with his mother may drive them both past the point of no return.
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- Canada • 2009
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément, Patricia Tulasne, Niels Schneider
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Hoopla
Mother of Many Children
The struggles to maintain matriarchal traditions in the face of change.
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- Canada • 1977
- Director Alanis Obomsawin
- Cast Alanis Obomsawin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb