7 Beautiful Movies on Netflix to Binge With Your Mother This Mother’s Day

Published 05/08/2022, 9:30 AM EDT

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With Mother’s Day falling on a weekend, one tends to find it difficult to come up with activities to do with your mother. While you have gifted her the perfect gift, there’s more you can do. We have the perfect solution: a classic Netflix film! There are a lot of topics for her selected special day, whether you’re in the mood for a fun adventure or a teary drama.  So gather around the TV with your mom or have a remote Netflix party – we’ve compiled a list of the greatest movies to watch with your mom on Netflix this Mother’s Day.

Movies to watch on Netflix this Mother’s Day

Wine Country

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Wine Country isn’t really about parenthood, but it has a pleasant tale and a loaded SNL alumni ensemble that gives it a cool-mom vibe. Amy Poehler makes her directorial debut as a lady who gathers her friends for a Napa Valley weekend retreat when one of them (Rachel Dratch) approaches 50.

Otherhood

What about a movie starring Patricia Arquette, Angela Bassett, and Felicity Huffman as mothers enjoying Mother’s Day together? These three play best friends who visit New York to catch up with their sons in Otherhood.

Dumplin’

Jennifer Aniston plays Rosie, a former beauty queen who can’t seem to get along with her teenage daughter, Willowdean, when her sister, Lucy, dies in this Netflix original based on Julie Murphy’s YA novel. Willowdean joins her peers in her mother’s pageant to make a point. In addition to the touching plot, the music is jam-packed with Dolly Parton hits. The music will bring back memories for both you and your mother.

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Uncorked

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In Netflix’s Uncorked, Mamoudou Athie plays an ambitious sommelier who must reconcile his wine studies with his family’s barbeque company. His relationship with his father (Courtney B. Vance) is central to the picture, but his bond with his fiercely supporting mother (Niecy Nash) will have you in tears as well.

First Wives Club

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On Mother’s Day, you can’t go wrong with a classic! Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler feature in First Wives Club as a gang of women who seek vengeance on their ex-husbands. In the film, Keaton’s daughter helps her mother’s scheme by working at her father’s firm to gather information on him.

All these films are available on Netflix for a perfect watch with your mothers. Do watch them and let us know your favorites among them

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Baheen Qadri

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Baheen Qadri is an entertainment writer at Netflix Junkie. Currently, he is pursuing BA in Mass comm Hons from SCMC Pune. He loves binge-watching films and TV series on Netflix.

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