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Plot Summary:
Mother is a Japanese television drama that aired on Nippon TV between 14 April and 23 June 2010, starring Matsuyuki Yasuko.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspense, realistic, captivating, tear jerker, tearjerker
Best tv shows and movies like Mother (2010):
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A Little Room for Hope (2018)
Plot Summary:
A girl (Anna Yamada) is just 14-years-old, but she endures a difficult life. Her parents abuse her at home and she is bullied by students at her school. She doesn't have a place where she can feel comfortable. One day, the girl is kidnapped by a man (Shuhei Uesugi) wearing a mask. The kidnapper names the girl Sachi, while wishing her to be happy. For the first time, Sachi can feel happiness.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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Mother (2016)
Plot Summary:
A child being scolded rescued by her teacher after falsifying her death.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, sentimental
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Father's Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
The miniseries follows the battle between two parents, Dimo and Kalina, for custody of their son Bobby. The story reveals the trauma that family problems and divorce cause to children.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter? (2017)
Plot Summary:
Akiko and her 25-year old daughter Mizuki are best friends and are closer than most mother and daughters. Akiko feels that Mizuki is growing distant from her due to her new boyfriend and decides to seduce him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Dear Sister (2014)
Plot Summary:
Growing up, sisters Misaki and Hazuki couldn't have been more different. Misaki's charming personality and popularity stood in sharp contrast to the older, more responsible yet timid Hazuki. After high school, the two lose touch once Misaki leaves their home, only to be reunited many years later, when Misaki returns, harboring a secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, dorama, sexy, novela, entertaining
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Sins of the Mother (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shay is a young African-American college student whom is forced to take a year off from school to return to her hometown where she struggles with her anger and insecurity when she's forced to confront her alcoholic mother, Nona, whom is currently in AA and a churchgoer, over her entire childhood of abuse and neglect which Shay is both unwilling and unable to let go of.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching, entertaining
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Mano po 6: A Mother's Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring curse to Olive's famiily. Because of this, Melinda was not accepted by Uy's family as one of their members. Melinda's struggling as a mother begand when she has nothing else to do but to strive and work more.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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I'm a Mother, Too (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family drama about a surrogate mother and her client.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Lost and Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his young son goes missing, Lei (Andy Lau) begins a 14-year quest to find him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, gloomy
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Stolen Children (2013)
Plot Summary:
Real life story of babies stolen from their mothers during the 1970s and their struggles during the following decades.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, disturbing, realistic
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1001 Nights (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sehrazat, a young widow who is financially unable to treat her terminally ill young son, is forced to address to her charming boss, asking for help. The proposal by her boss changes her life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, touching, realistic, captivating, disturbing, fairy tale, telenovela
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Single Father (2010)
Plot Summary:
Dave is facing the seemingly impossible job of bringing up four kids alone after the sudden death of his wife. And things get even more complicated when he falls in love with his wife's best friend, Sarah. Single Father asks how soon is too soon to fall in love again?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Woman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for her two children.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Dearest (2014)
Plot Summary:
Drawing on remarkable true stories, Peter Chan delivers a moving drama about child abduction in China. Huang Bo stars as a father whose young son disappears in the streets of a big city. He sets out on a search across China, stopping at nothing to find him. In this star-studded cast, Zhao Wei plays the role of a mother from a poor rural area.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, tense
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Amber (2014)
Plot Summary:
The disappearance of 14 year old Amber Bailey sets off a two-year search during which her family will go through unimaginable pressures. As the days, months and years progress the mystery deepens, and strange and terrifying clues come to light, raising yet even more questions. The world becomes gripped by the mystery of the missing teen. What happened to Amber?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, realistic, touching, captivating, detective, tense, serious, gloomy
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Blue (2012)
Plot Summary:
Blue is a mother with a secret life. She'll do anything to keep it from her son. But her past has other plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, tense, sexual, sexy
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Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
There are over 600 orphanages across the nation, housing approximately 30,000 children; Most of them had been abused by their parents. Maki, was placed into the orphanage "Kogamo no Ie", after her mother, Ryoka, was arrested and jailed. There she was handed over to the care of Kana, and also Sasaki, the eccentric caretaker of the home. Under Sasaki's management, the home is a calm and safe haven from all the madness of the real world. At the home, Maki befriends 3 other little girls, who all go by their nicknames instead of their real names. Piami who plays the piano really well, Bombi who came from a very poor family, and Post, who is the leader of all the kids.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, suspenseful, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Second Avenue (2007)
Plot Summary:
Andra Avenyn was a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT and broadcast from 2007 to 2010.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera
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House of Hancock (2015)
Plot Summary:
House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, epic, saga
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Woman (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of mother Bahar, who carries the weight and love of two children in their hearts with enthusiasm in their hearts. Bahar, abandoned by her mother when she was eight years old, later lost her grandma and her father. When she thinks she is all alone, she meets Sarp, whom she delicately loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Prisoners Wives (2012)
Plot Summary:
Behind every prisoner, there's a wife, girlfriend or mother doing time on the outside. For some it's a nightmare, for others a liberation. Prisoners' Wives - it's time to tell their stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, psychological, captivating, tense, detective
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Aglama Anne (2018)
Plot Summary:
Aglama Anne (Crying Mom) living in high school for a one-night love for fun at night, Zeynep will suffer for many years later. Alev will get pregnant that night and will not want to have the child. Young people around the event will hear the name of the young Alev's son to kill the killer. Alev and Adnan's daughters, Zeynep, will grow up in this strange situation, but Zeynep's mother will be mother-in-law without her mother, Alev. Then we will follow Zeynep and Mert's love. Birce Akalay will give life to Alev, who has psychological problems and is being treated.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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32 Brinkburn Street (2011)
Plot Summary:
Drama moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental, suspense, period drama
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One Child (2014)
Plot Summary:
A first-born Chinese girl adopted by English parents gets called back to Guangzhou when her birth mother desperately seeks her assistance in her son. How far will Mei go to help the woman who gave her away and the brother she’s never met?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, sincere, touching, realistic
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From There to Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
Created by Peter Bowker, From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel Cotton, a Manchester family man who is torn between the life he wants and the life he could have. The story spans the four years that changed Manchester and the country forever; from Footballs Coming Home in 1996, to New Labour sweeping to power in 1997, and finally to the hangover after the Millennium celebrations of 2000. Against the feel-good backdrop of Euro 96, it maps the emotional shockwaves generated by that bomb in the lives of two parallel families from different sides of the tracks.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic
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The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (2012)
Plot Summary:
A modern interpretation of the classic Dickens novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, tense, realistic, modern day adaptation, period drama
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A Dad for Christmas (2006)
Plot Summary:
Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his consent, so he takes his son to his grandmother's house to fight for custody.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, captivating, emotional, psychological, sincere, serious
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Jerusalem Brew (2003)
Plot Summary:
The series opens as widow Shimon Sadeh, a successful general contractor, is finishing the year of mourning for his deceased wife. He marries Leah, his daughter's piano teacher. Shimon's eldest son, Ephraim, has become ultra-Orthodox, identifying with his grandfather, Eliahu, who lives with the family and has close bonds and a strong influence. The middle child, Itzik, rejects both going into his father's business to be a musician; and Orthodoxy. Strong-willed, feisty Ariella is finishing high school and considering her options. Many scenes take place in the small Tunisian synagogue headed by Eliahu, and involve the power struggles among the regulars there. The gut-punching drama is largely the work of Oscar-winning director Yankul Goldwasser, who previously directed the popular series Reaching for Heaven; and young director Nir Bergman, who won the Israeli Academy Award for his first film, Broken Wings.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Lucky 7 (2013)
Plot Summary:
What would you do if you won the lottery? How would it change your life? Follow a group of seven gas station employees in Queens, New York, who have been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win. They need to be careful what they wish for, because while the money could solve problems for each of them, it will forever change the close-knit bonds these friends have formed.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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Carnation (2011)
Plot Summary:
Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is based on the life of the fashion designer Ayako Koshino in Kishiwada, Osaka. Ayako was the mother of the internationally famous designers Hiroko Koshino, Junko Koshino, and Michiko Koshino.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, asadora, stylized