mother-daughter-relationship movies

Simpsons, The (1989)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy
Countries: USA
Available seasons: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

The Simpsons are a dysfunctional family living in Springfield. Homer, the man of the house, is a safety inspector at the Nuclear Power Plant. Homer constantly spends most of his time at Moe’s Tavern getting drunk. Marge is a hard-working housewife of three children. Bart is a clever 10 year old who loves pranking others. Lisa is the genius of the Simpson family. She recieves very excellent grades in school. She is the most trusted person in school and a “principal’s pet”. Maggie is the youngest. Maggie has not spoken yet. The Simpsons get themselves in some crazy adventures. In fact, they are getting in maybe about 10,000 adventures by the time the show ends in 2010.

Married with Children (1987)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Available seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

The Bundys are a stereotypical “white trash” American family. Al is a shoe salesman who is fond of frequently reliving his doubtful 15 seconds of fame on the football field. Al is terrified of the all-to-frequent amorous advances his ditsy wife Peggy, a woman who must spend most of Al’s wages at the salon and the mall. They have two children: Kelly, the stunning but superficial party animal, and Bud, who is too wrapped up in himself to realize his goal of “scoring” with a girl.

Brothers & Sisters (2006)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Available seasons: 1, 2, 3

Spanglish (2004)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Sandler, Adam | Leoni, Téa | Vega, Paz | Leachman, Cloris | Bruce, Shelbie | Steele, Sarah | Hyland, Ian | Luna, Victoria | Suárez, Cecilia | Molina, Ricardo | Canela, Brenda | Martin, Eddy | Nieth, Nicole | Kaler, Jamie | Lancaster, James
Directors: Brooks, James L.
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John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. When they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter’s soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous!

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Keitel, Harvey | Salkey, Jason | O'Toole, Peter | Morgan, Lara | Franks, Adam | Witcher, Guy | May, Joseph | Bradley, John | Chancellor, Anna | Hoath, Florence | Nicholls, Phoebe | Kavanagh, Leonard | Earl, Elizabeth | McGann, Paul | Lesser, Anton
Directors: Sturridge, Charles
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Based on factual accounts, this is the story of two young girls that, somehow, have the ability to take pictures of winged beings… which certainly causes quite a stir throughout England during the time of the first World War. Everyone, except the girls who think it’s quite normal, are excited about this “photographic proof” that fairies exist… even the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini pay the girls a visit.

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) (2003)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Thomas, Henry | Heron, Blake | Hershey, Barbara | Gregg, Clark | Swank, Hilary | Hatosy, Shawn | Sands, Stark | Hanks, Colin | Foster, Ben | Swayze, Patrick | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Segel, Jason | Gomez, Rick
Directors: Marcks, Greg
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In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.

Missing, The (2003)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Blanchett, Cate | Wood, Evan Rachel | Boyd, Jenna | Eckhart, Aaron | Kilmer, Val | Calderón, Sergio | Schweig, Eric | Reevis, Steve | Tavare, Jay | Baker, Simon | McKinnon, Ray | Perlich, Max | Frank, Ramon | Lujan, Deryle J.
Directors: Howard, Ron
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In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie’s daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back.

MirrorMask (2005)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Barry, Jason | Brydon, Rob | Fry, Stephen | Hamilton, Andy | Harvey, Simon | Henry, Lenny | Llewellyn, Robert | Robson, Nik | Allen, Rick | Schofield, Simon | Tate, Mark | Thompson, Richard | Thompson, Robin | Ballamy, Iain | Batchelor, Chris
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Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother’s major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it’s up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she’s in a dream, or something far more sinister.

Enough (2002)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Campbell, Bill | Allen, Tessa | Lewis, Juliette | Futterman, Dan | Wyle, Noah | Ward, Fred | Carroll, Janet | Cobbs, Bill | Maher, Christopher | Young, Bruce A. | French, Bruce | Madera, Ruben | Martin, Dan | Kober, Jeff
Directors: Apted, Michael
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An abused woman (Lopez) discovers that the dream man (Campbell) she married isn’t who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend, played by Futterman), but he pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides that there’s only one way out of the marriage: kill him. ‘Fred Ward (I)’ (qv) has a guest-starring role.

Ice Princess (2005)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Trachtenberg, Michelle | Cusack, Joan | Stewart, Amy | Ross, Steve | Panettiere, Hayden | Cattrall, Kim | Blumas, Trevor | Olson, Kirsten | Lai, Jocelyn | Ray, Connie | Lee, Paul Sun-Hyung | Bradshaw, Roy | Hird, Mark | Gilbank, Ben | Campbell, Cole
Directors: Fywell, Tim
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A high-school bookworm transforms into a swan in Walt Disney Pictures’ “ICE PRINCESS.” Brainy Casey Carlyle (’Michelle Trachtenberg’ (qv)) has never quite fit in. Caught between her fantasy of becoming a championship figure skater and her strong-willed mother (’Joan Cusack’ (qv)), who has her on the fast track to Harvard, she can only hope to be like Nikki, Tiffany and Gen (’Hayden Panettiere’ (qv))—three elite skating prodigies who are ruthlessly competing on the US National circuit (and have attitudes to match). But when Casey gets the chance to train with Gen and her coach, a disgraced former skating champion who also happens to be Gen’s mother (’Kim Cattrall’ (qv)), she must dash her own mother’s hopes in order to pursue her dream. Now, with only the support of Gen’s teenage brother, a hunky Zamboni driver (’Trevor Blumas’ (qv)), Casey takes on the challenge of her life when she finds herself competing against the best to make it into the championship circuit and become a real “ice princess.”