Editors' Picks: Celebrating On-Screen Moms21 of 28
The Graduate | Available to Stream on Hulu
Plot: Disillusioned college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns to his family home in Los Angeles, where he becomes entangled with two different women.
Mom Moment: As we get older, we think less about Mrs. Robinson's indiscretions and more about the gilded cage that must have been dropped down around her as a young woman. Did she try and set herself and her daughter Elaine free? We think about this with every re-watch of The Graduate.
Plot: Disillusioned college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns to his family home in Los Angeles, where he becomes entangled with two different women.
Mom Moment: As we get older, we think less about Mrs. Robinson's indiscretions and more about the gilded cage that must have been dropped down around her as a young woman. Did she try and set herself and her daughter Elaine free? We think about this with every re-watch of The Graduate.