10 films about moms who should be deprived of parental rights

“Mom is the first word, the main word in every fate …” – the famous line from the good old Soviet film.

But it happens that a mother in a person’s life becomes not a loving and understanding being, ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of her child’s happiness, but a real destructive factor that brings discord into the life of a child. In the history of world cinema, such stories have often been taken as the basis for the plot of the film.

We present 10 pictures where, among other characters, there are mothers who should be deprived of parental rights.

10 Veronica Whitaker (Kristin Scott Thomas), Easy Virtue

John Whittaker, after many years of absence, returns home with his young wife, an American Larita. This woman does not fit into the noble Whittaker family at all: she is from another continent, a racer, too self-sufficient, not a snob and does not respect English traditions at all.

Larita also feels out of place in the company of new relatives, and she asks her husband to leave for London as soon as possible and buy his own house there. However, the mother-in-law, who has been waiting for her beloved son for so long, does not want to let him go anywhere …

9. Viola (Jane Fonda) If the mother-in-law is a monster…

Despite her sharp mind and visual appeal, Charlotte’s endless attempts to find her own love do not end in success. And so she meets Kevin – a charming, loving and … free young man! Has she finally found her happiness?

Kevin makes Charlie’s hand and heart. It would seem that everything is going as it should. But not everything is so simple. Together with Kevin, Viola appears in the life of the main character – the domineering mother of her fiancé with typical manners of the owner, who will do anything to disrupt the upcoming wedding of her beloved son …

8. Mrs Wormwood (Rhea Perlman), Matilda

This is a film about a brilliant girl Matilda. Her mother is a housewife, so busy watching TV, lotteries and other nonsense that she does not care about her own child at all.

Matilda’s father sells vintage cars and thinks only about them. Therefore, at some point, Matilda begins to occupy herself with her development. She visits the library, learns to cook.

When she is seven years old she wants to go to school, but her infantile parents think that she is still too young. Nevertheless, her father sends her to one educational institution.

Matilda comes to the classroom, meets other students and impresses the teacher Miss Honey with her phenomenal abilities.

7. Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), Graduate

After graduating from college, Benjamin Braddock returns to his parents’ house. And an endless string of friendly visits begins. Everyone wants to see the graduate!

At one of these evenings, Ben meets a friend of his “ancestors” – a very pretty woman of Balzac’s age, Mrs. Robinson. Having lost her head from love for a charming young man, she begins to pursue him. Not finding a way to resist the pressure of a mature lady, Ben enters into an intimate relationship with her.

Shy and weak-willed, Ben continues to date this woman until he himself falls in love with her daughter! Upon learning of their love, the girl’s mother turns into a real fury…

6. Stifler’s Mom (Jennifer Coolidge), American Pie

This film about the everyday life of American youth is considered a classic of modern American humor. The character known to all American Pie fans as Stifler’s Mom is a domineering mother who excites the libidos of teenagers around the world.

5. Tutti (Estelle Getty), Stop! Or my mom will shoot

Police Sergeant Joe Bornowski’s life changed when his sweet mother, Tutti, decided to visit her beloved child.

To the great joy of Joe’s girlfriend and immediate superior, Lieutenant Gwen Harper, Tutti puts his bachelor’s house in order and begins to equip the “household” in his own way. Of course, the brave policeman does not share the joy of all these innovations.

But the worst thing is that a restless mother accidentally becomes a witness to a crime and demands … that her son give her the opportunity to participate in his investigation! Now Joe has a new partner – his own mother, who will not let the underworld go down!

4. Mama (Mae Questel), New York Stories

Lionel Dobie is a successful artist. And Paulette is his student. There is real passion between these people. But, the problem is that the main character, adoring his protégé, understands that her paintings are terrible. The painter faces a serious dilemma: should he frankly tell her about his lack of ability, or deceive her so as not to hurt her?

3. Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara), Home Alone

On the eve of Christmas, a large American family decides to visit Europe. But in the hustle and bustle, the parents forgot one of their offspring at home. But this guy did not lose his head, showing himself and others that despite his young age, he has strong nerves and incredible resourcefulness. Even when the robbers tried to get into them, it was difficult for them to resist the ingenuity and cunning of the charming little boy.

2. Delia Dietz (Catherine O’Hara), Beetlejuice

The story begins when a young Maitland couple are taking a two-week vacation in hopes of conceiving a child. But their dreams were not given to come true due to an accident. Now the couple are ghosts in their own house in the city of Winter River …

1. Norma Bates, Psycho

After the death of her husband, Norma alone raised her son Norman Bates in strictness, nurturing in his little head the idea that sexual relations are evil and dirty, and all women are prostitutes by nature.

For many years, mother and son lived as if the outside world did not exist. When Norman entered adolescence, his mother had a boyfriend whom she wanted to marry.

The mentally damaged boy began to experience terrible jealousy, thinking that his mother now loves more than her fiancé, so he decided to poison them both with strychnine, arranging everything so that their death looked like a suicide …