The TV series “Jack & Bobby” (2004-05) dealt in depth with mother-son relationships.
There’s the classic Australian tv comedy series, Mother and Son , which ran from 1984 until 1994.
Claudius’s relationship with his mother, Antonia, and the relationship of both his father Germanicus and Uncle Tiberius to their mother, Livia, are major components of I, Claudius. (The Antonia:Claudius relationship is majorly chopped in the miniseries.)
The Bible has several mother:son stories. Sarah:Isaac v. Hagar:Ishmael, Rebekah:Jacob, Mary:Jesus are the first three to come to mind.
Titus Andronicus revolves much around the relationship of a mother and her three sons, as does (in a different way) The Lion in Winter.
The Lady Jessica’s relationship with Paul in DUNE is fairly well developed.
Bambi
“Mother…!”
Thanks for mentioning this, ninevah. I had never heard of it. It’s a shame it’s not on video (according to IMDb).
Well, it’s available on DVD from The ABC Shop . If your dvd players can play multi regional, then you should be able to view it, even though it says Oz Region 4 anyway.
There’s that movie about Forrest Gump. People call it Forrest Gump.
not a movie, but there’s always Time Enough for Love.
Dumbo
The Woody Allen one in New York Stories
Gloria and Spider-Man, if you’re not too literal about it being his actual mother
You know what cheeses me off? That in movies where the strong-jawed hero is seeking revenge against the dastardly villain, it’s always because the bad guy offed the hero’s father. Never his mother, always the father. The only exception I can think of is Conan the Barbarian, where his mother is killed at the beginning. The whole trope is summed up by Inigo Montoya’s words, “You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Even the heroines are always avenging their fathers, or carrying out daddy’s last wishes, or what have you. What, mom’s not important enough???
Err, what about Anakin Skywalker’s reaction to his mother’s death??
Not to mention Four Brothers. Also Prince of Tides, sort of.
Can’t forget Lucille and Buster Bluth, of course.
Brewster McCloud, the very odd birdman movie.
It’s not the core of the story, but Harold and Maude has some powerful stuff between Harold and his mom.
“Top of the world, Ma!”
(That was Jimmy Cagney in White Heat for you young’uns who might not get it).
I think in this kind of romantic worldview having your father killed brings shame to your family name, while having your mother killed is just a terrible tragedy. If the six finger man had killed Inigo Montoya’s mother instead, I think Inigo would have spared him the speech and just smashed his head in.
In additon to Psycho, Hitchcock had some interesting mother-son relationships in *North By Northwest * and Notorious.
What, you never saw Sons Of Katie Elder?