Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mother-murders-son"

1. Ready or Not (I) (2019)

R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny

Votes: 182,374 | Gross: $28.71M

2. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

Director: Tom Six | Stars: Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Maddi Black, Kandace Caine

Votes: 42,950 | Gross: $0.12M

3. Anonymous (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto

Votes: 42,131 | Gross: $4.46M

4. Greener Grass (2019)

Unrated | 95 min | Comedy

Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.

Directors: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe | Stars: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennett, Neil Casey

Votes: 5,619

5. Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

5 high school students get Saturday detention. One tries to find her sister's killer. When hit by a computer virus, the school goes on lockdown and the killing continues.

Director: Ben Browder | Stars: Samantha Hanratty, Colby Arps, Sophia Ali, Erika Daly

Votes: 2,348

6. A Page of Madness (1926)

Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Masuo Inoue, Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nemoto

Votes: 4,572

7. Munchausen (2013)

17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A vibrant Pixar-inspired montage (think the marriage sequence in Up) in which a mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him ... See full summary »

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Liam Aiken, Rachel Brosnahan, Richard Riehle

Votes: 2,199

8. Chiller (1985 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Corporate exec Miles Creighton dies, and is cryogenically frozen in the hopes that he can be revived. 10 years later, the procedure is a success, and Miles returns--without his soul.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson, Dick O'Neill

Votes: 1,584

9. Medea (1988 TV Movie)

76 min | Drama

Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt

Votes: 3,638 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Mater amatísima (1980)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

Clara, an attractive unmarried woman, and her autistic child who transforms and absorbs her life, provide an extreme dissection of the mother-child bond in an uneasily honest way.

Director: J.A. Salgot | Stars: Victoria Abril, Julito de la Cruz, Jaume Sorribas, Consol Tura

Votes: 110

11. Shadow Realm (2002 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Anthology film created from two unaired episodes of Night Visions. A mental patient mustn't stop behaving in patterns. A maze on collage campus is actually a time portal. A town fears music. A court employee can hear thoughts of a killer.

Directors: Keith Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro, Ian Toynton | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Malcolm McDowell, Anna Hagan, John Dadey

Votes: 153

12. The Hole (1997)

100 min | Drama, Thriller

A young woman struggles to survive her murderous mother-in-law.

Director: Sung-Hong Kim | Stars: Choi Ji-woo, Park Yong-woo, So-jeong Yun, Jeon Hong-Ryeol

Votes: 168

13. Antonieta (1982)

Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War

Anna uncovers an incident involving a young Mexican woman, Antonieta, while doing research for a book on women's suicides in the XXth century. In 1931, in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Antonieta shot herself through the heart.

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio López Tarso, Carlos Bracho

Votes: 404

14. La muerte de Mikel (1984)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and ... See full summary »

Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Imanol Arias, Montserrat Salvador, Fernando Telletxea, Amaia Lasa

Votes: 214

15. The Mountaineer's Honor (1909)

11 min | Short, Drama

A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and kills him. In retaliation, the sheriff captures the brother and prepares to lynch him. ... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, James Kirkwood, Kate Bruce

Votes: 102

16. Jsouc na rece mlynár jeden (1971)

10 min | Animation, Short, Crime

A picture based on an old folk song tells us a horrifying story about a soldier returning home after twenty years. His parents do not recognize him, they rob and kill him. After they find ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Brdecka | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Ivan Lukes

Votes: 34

17. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Still Life (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The CSI team is called to help when Karen Mathews reports her son, Jesse, missing from a playground where he was playing on the swings. Witnesses report seeing a man with a blue baseball ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 780

18. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: The Maze/Harmony (2002)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A female student accidentally goes through a time portal in the college maze and learns that there is no future but there may be time for love. / A man's car break down in a town where all music is outlawed because of an old legend.

Directors: Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro | Stars: Thora Birch, Justin Chatwin, Chilton Crane, Luke Edwards

Votes: 120

19. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode: Leslie Demeniuk & Deana Fairchild (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

First, a young mother who shot her 4-year-old twin sons dead blaming antidepressants and alcohol as the cause. Then, a woman who set fire to her boyfriend's home causing an explosion that killed him and his elderly parents claims innocence.

Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Kay Bess, Noah McKinnon, Katherine Schoenig, Leslie Demeniuk

Votes: 18

20. Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode: Dark Secrets (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

Some secrets can turn women into killers. A mother conceals her crimes for decades in her ruthless pursuit of profit, a woman resorts to murder to hide a scandalous secret and a nurse preys upon the most-vulnerable of patients.

Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Ted Chamberlain, Candice DeLong, Vincent Di Maio

Votes: 36

21. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Ultimate Betrayal (1999)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

On a windy Kansas night in October, 1995, a mysterious fire swept through the home of a prominent doctor. Two of her family members made it out alive; two did not. In the debris, ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, William Chapin, Kelly Farrar, Michael Farrar

Votes: 94

22. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Sqweegel (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A well-known Las Vegas philanthropist is brutally slashed in her bed, and the team soon discovers that it is dealing with a killer who knows the secrets of some of the city's most prominent citizens.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 865

23. Rob Rinder's Interrogation Secrets (2022– )
Episode: Diane and Rachel Staudte (2022)

60 min | Documentary

This edition examines the so-called 'antifreeze murders' that took place in 2012. Mother and daughter Diane and Rachel Staudte murdered two members of their own family and attempted to kill a third by spiking their drinks with antifreeze.

Star: Robert Rinder

24. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Madness Ends (2013)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Johnny sets out to complete his father's work. Lana leads the charge to finally shut down Briarcliff.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters

Votes: 6,094