Mother’s day is almost here and since the world is on a break, you cannot take your mothers out for a nice brunch or a relaxing spa and even gift her a vacation. This mother’s day, we all have to pick the good old techniques of making our mothers feel special. Whipping up some early breakfast, helping her in the household chores, listening to her childhood stories, and watching a feel-good movie with her. However, there are few kids, who are unfortunately quarantined away from their mothers and cannot put the extra efforts of pampering her. But thankfully we live in the times of Netflix Party, video calls, and sharing streaming platforms and can still watch a nice mother’s day movies even with this distance.
To help you with our favorite recommendations, these are our top 5 mother’s day movies that will surely hit the right chord of emotions:
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Otherhood
Otherhood is a light-hearted soulful comedy that revolves around three middle-aged women(mothers) who decide to drive down to the city on mother’s day for surprising their children. Their surprise visit comes more of a shock and disappointment to the kids making these women feel neglected and worthless. They decide to embark on a journey from motherhood to otherhood by addressing their feelings and potential over their relationship with children, spouses, and friends. The movies will make you scream “You go girl!” way too many times since the start to the end.
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Mother’s day
The heartfelt story of three women and one man who are all struggling with motherhood somehow. The diversity of the characters who are ultimately trying to prioritize their kids and everything else around them makes this movie fun and an emotional riot. The single divorced mother Sandy who is still getting over her ex-husband’s marriage, the happily married Jesse who has still not told her parents about being married to an Indian man, Miranda – a career-oriented woman who has recently discovered her long lost daughter and Jason- a widower who is trying to raise two daughters who are still mourning the loss of their mothers. The life of all the characters takes a surprising turn on Mother’s day, for good or for bad is for you to find out.
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Bad moms
This comedy banter revolves around three overworked, exhausted, and always trying to match up to the standards of motherhood mothers. These frustrated mothers decide to let loose and ditch the old school book of rules for motherhood. They also finally embrace the overdue freedom and part ways with their conventional responsibilities of being a perfect wife, perfect mother, perfect employee, and just perfect human being. This movie will make all the mothers realize that it is okay to make mistakes, to think about yourself for a change, and that there is not set rights and wrongs of being a mother.
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Mamma Mia
Mama Mia is one of Meryl Streep’s finest work in her career. The protagonist Donna who is a single mother and an independent hotelier is preparing for her daughter’s wedding in the Greek Islands. Meanwhile, the daughter decides to secretly invite three lovely men from her mother’s past before the wedding. She is diligently hoping to meet her real father who can walk her down the aisle on the big day. Seeing the uninvited guests before the wedding stresses Donna out and creates a situation of chaos. But as the story unfolds, all the characters in the movie end up finding their true love. The raw emotions in the movies, the beautiful tropical setting, the evergreen music, and all the feel-good scenes will make you re-watch this classic again and again.
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Wine Country
A hilarious heartfelt comedy with a great story, amazing plotline, picturesque locations, and a very intrigued cast. A group of six girlfriends decides to reunite and take a mini-vacation to celebrate the 50th birthday of one of the girls in Napa Valley. As the days go by and bottles are opened, they realize how drastically their lives, choices, friendships, and personalities have changed over the years. The mini holiday turns out to lead to several uncertain events, shocking revelations, tons of gossip, and just for a few days, all of them explore other aspects of their lives apart from being a mother. Wine country will stir all the healthy conversations between you and your mother.
These were some of our top favorite Mother’s Day movies that will help you spend some great and virtual quality time with your mother. While you are at it, don’t forget to tell her that you love her and appreciate every little thing that she does.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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