# Suggest movies for my mom **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927 "2017-08-06T16:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/1 "2017-08-06T16:52:48Z")
Mom and I have movie nights every now and then. Help me think of some movies to watch with her. Here is a little bit to guide you: 1. Has to be on Netflix. 2. She loves movies that are “heart warming”. 3. Is it based on a family? Perfect! She loved Lion, for example. 4. Documentaries are great, too. Dear Zachary was a good one. 5. It’s ok if it is over the top. She doesn’t see it that way and I can deal with it. Not without my daughter (Sally Field movie) was right up her alley. 6. Relationship movies are good - she loved Moonlight, too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/2 "2017-08-06T17:07:58Z")
Try _Mystic Pizza_. Look for the cameo of a very (very) young Matt Damon and even a weird reference to Trump! I thought _Boyhood_ was just fantastic. A really, really well done film. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/3 "2017-08-06T17:16:45Z")
Going out on a limb here: _ **The English Patient** _, even though I know SOME people hate it! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/4 "2017-08-06T17:28:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Try _Mystic Pizza_. Look for the cameo of a very (very) young Matt Damon and even a weird reference to Trump! > > I thought _Boyhood_ was just fantastic. A really, really well done film. Yes, Boyhood was great and we both liked it a lot. A plus? It was set in Texas and he went to what is hinted at being Sul Ross (my brothers went there). The other note I’d have to add to the list is that generally, comedies do not do well. They don’t translate well and she doesn’t find them funny. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/5 "2017-08-06T17:46:19Z")
Then try _Mystic Pizza_. It’s about Portuguese families in Mystic, CT. I just saw it recently and was surprised to have liked it. It’s kind of a chick flick, but does pretty well to appeal to the opposite sex as well. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/6 "2017-08-06T21:20:14Z")
I hope you’ve already seen \*_batteries not included_. > [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](#): > > Documentaries are great, too. _Chuck Norris vs. Communism_ _The Battered Bastards of Baseball_ is a great look at a short-lived independent minor league team run by Bing Russell with help from his son Kurt. Very heartwarming when Kurt talks about his dad. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/7 "2017-08-06T22:01:43Z")
\*\*\*October Sky \*\*\*- ticks off the first three. Kinda number 4 as well. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/8 "2017-08-06T22:14:32Z")
_The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom_ is definitely heartwarming. It’s about a young girl who learns she’s adopted and decides Dolly Parton is her birth mom. Lots of backstory and interplay between characters. It looks good, but skip _Wild Oats_. It has Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange so I thought it would be enjoyable, but it’s a waste of those two marvelous women. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/9 "2017-08-06T22:17:55Z")
A lot of you are missing the first criteria. I won’t name names. 😃 It has to be on Netflix and quite a few of these aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/10 "2017-08-06T22:43:16Z")
**Sleepless in Seattle** 1h 45m Fate and a tenacious 8-year-old boy conspire to unite a lovelorn widower and an unhappily engaged journalist in this Oscar-nominated romantic comedy. Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rob Reiner ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/11 "2017-08-06T23:56:21Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > A lot of you are missing the first criteria. I won’t name names. 😃 It has to be on Netflix and quite a few of these aren’t. Presumably _streaming_ on Netflix, not DVD. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/12 "2017-08-07T00:11:04Z")
Heidi Fantasia Harry and the Hendersons George of the Jungle ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/13 "2017-08-07T15:19:36Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > A lot of you are missing the first criteria. I won’t name names. 😃 It has to be on Netflix and quite a few of these aren’t. A lot of us are assuming you’ll do the screening for that criteria, not us. 😃 Especially those of us who are not Netflix subscribers ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/14 "2017-08-07T17:39:20Z")
Max Dugan Returns. It’s definitely on Netflix and it’s one of my favorite feel-good movies. An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life. Director: Herbert Ross Writer: Neil Simon Stars: Jason Robards, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/15 "2017-08-08T01:53:54Z")
84 Sharing Cross Road The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit Arranged Rabbit Proof Fence Finding Altamira First Position Dark Horse Miss Potter Hector and the Search for Happiness The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency Seraphine Tea With Mussolini Philomena Amreeka Gas Food Lodging Mozart’s Sister The Reivers Smoke Signals The Emperors New Clothes ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/16 "2017-08-08T06:48:28Z")
Thank you all for the suggestions. I appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/17 "2017-08-08T12:29:02Z")
Let us know which ones you liked Crane ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/18 "2017-08-08T12:35:38Z")
> [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](#): > > Mom and I have movie nights every now and then. Help me think of some movies to watch with her. > > Here is a little bit to guide you: > > 1. Has to be on Netflix. > 2. She loves movies that are “heart warming”. > 3. Is it based on a family? Perfect! She loved Lion, for example. > 4. Documentaries are great, too. Dear Zachary was a good one. > 5. It’s ok if it is over the top. She doesn’t see it that way and I can deal with it. Not without my daughter (Sally Field movie) was right up her alley. > 6. Relationship movies are good - she loved Moonlight, too. Lion with Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman hits all these notes. [Lion (2016 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_(2016_film)) ETA: Oops- missed this one in the OP. It is a good choice! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/19 "2017-08-08T17:13:41Z")
If “Dear Frankie” is still on Netflix, it’s great 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927/20 "2017-08-08T17:46:36Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Try _Mystic Pizza_. Look for …even a weird reference to Trump!.. Remind me of that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-my-mom/792927.md?page=2)