From reality to fiction: 21 series and films about motherhood that you can't miss

Many of the stories we see in film and television are inspired by real-life facts and situations. One issue that we have seen recurring over the years, is the raising of children, especially from a maternal perspective.

Therefore, and because it is always fun to identify with the stories we see and know that we are not the only ones who go through certain situations, we share 21 series and films about motherhood that you can not miss.

Series

The letdown

The protagonist of this Australian series, which recently premiered its second season, is a first-time mother named Audrey, who is exhausted because of those long sleepless nights of the first months after the baby arrived. In my personal opinion it is one of the most realistic maternity series, because it is full of real, raw and honest moments with which many mothers will surely identify.

In Babies and more The Letdown: the fun series of real, raw and honest motherhood with which many mothers will identify

Gilmore Girls

This series, which is already considered a classic and once again gained popularity when Netflix launched a mini series of episodes a couple of years ago, follows Lorelai's adventures and adventures as the single mother of her teenage daughter Rory, where the particular relationship between mother and daughter stands out and you see how they both walk and grow together.

Modern Family

If you want to see a series that reflects the types of family that currently exist, you can do it in Modern Family. The successful comedy series that has made us laugh so much tells the story of the life of the Pritchett as a false documentary, in which the relationships between parents and children stand out, the differences that can be found between generations, as well as some cultural clashes and challenges of motherhood and child rearing, from childhood to adolescence.

Workin 'Moms

Another series that we have long recommended in Babies and more was Workin 'Moms, a Netflix series with which we can identify with the different situations and dilemmas that live their protagonists, because it deals in a real way, sometimes with humor and sometimes with drama, the postpartum period and return to working life after having a baby.

In Babies and more 'Working mothers', the Canadian series that comes to Netflix to show a real motherhood and full of humor

Jane The Virgin

This series chronicles the life of Jane Villanueva, a young Latina of Venezuelan descent, hardworking and religious, who promised her grandmother that she would retain her virginity until marriage and is engaged to her boyfriend, a police detective. His life seems to be going great until he is inseminated by mistake during a medical checkup, complicating everything and Facing very difficult decisions to make about your pregnancy.

Good Girls

This original Netflix series and starring Christina Hendricks narrates the life of three suburban mothers whose economic problems lead them to make a drastic decision to provide for their family: steal a supermarket. But things do not go as planned and are in situations that definitely did not expect.

Forced Mothers (Fuller House)

The sequel to the hit series Forced Fathers (Three times three in Latin America and Full house in the United States) brings back a similar situation, but this time they are three women who join to raise their children together. It is a series full of comic and chaotic situations that will surely make you laugh.

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Films

What to expect when you're expecting

Based on the successful book of the same name, this film follows in a comic way and sometimes exaggerated the history of various couples and mothers during their pregnancies, showing us how each woman lives it differently and how complicated adaptation to the new life with children can become.

Tully

Undoubtedly one of the most brutally honest movies you can find about motherhood and the one we've talked to you before in Babies and more, because Realistically and crudely capture the situations that mothers may experience in postpartum, showing us how difficult this stage can be.

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A perfect plan (Friends with Kids)

A perfect plan (or Friends with children in Latin America) tells the story of a group of six friends: two marriages with children and two singles, Julie and Jason. Seeing how their friends' lives change after becoming parents, they think there must be another way to have a baby without going through the same situation as them, so they decide to have a child together without being a couple, while still searching for a partner.

Pregnant women

Embrazados is a Spanish film that portrays with a mixture of drama and comedy the long road of a couple that is close to their forties, so having a child is a matter of "now or never." However, for biological reasons of both this It is much harder than they thought.

Like life itself (Life as we Know it)

This movie, called Under the same roof In Latin America, it tells the story of how Holly and Messer, two people who have absolutely nothing in common, end up raising the baby of a couple of friends who die in an accident, showing us that love for a child can completely change people's lives.

Juno

This film, winner of an Academy Award and acclaimed as one of the best films about motherhood, follows the story of Juno, a teenager who becomes pregnant and decides to give her baby up for adoption. For this, a long road begins in which he will look for the ideal parents, because although he has chosen not to keep it, he will seek to have the best future he can give him.

The unexpected of love (Love, Rosie)

This movie tells the story of the strong friendship that exists between Rosie and Alex, who secretly see each other as more than a friend, but never mention it. The plot is complicated when Rosie becomes pregnant with another boy with whom she attended the prom, causing things get tense between them as they try to keep their friendship alive, while she faces the challenges of being a single mother.

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When life happens (Life Happens)

Another unplanned pregnancy film that shows how a young woman, who shares a house with two single friends and without children, tries to live her life as normal as possible while returning to try to return to the world of dating after becoming a mother.

Temptation in Manhattan (I Don't Know How She Does It)

Also titled How the hell does he do it?, this movie follows the story of Kate, a working mother who struggles daily to try to balance her working life and her role as a mother of two children, while her husband seeks work after becoming unemployed. Things get complicated when he is hired and she receives a special assignment that will require him to make several trips outside the city.

Lady bird

Unlike most maternity movies that focus on the early years of life with children, Lady Bird portrays the complicated relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter, who tries to find his own path and start out of the protective shadow that has accompanied him throughout his life.

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Stay by my side (Stepmom)

This classic of the nineties tells the difficult relationship between a mother and the new stepmother of her children, who because of a difficult family situation, little by little they will learn to put aside their differences in order to protect the well-being of children.

A possible dream (The Blind Side)

It is the true story of American football player Michael Oher, who for most of his childhood lived in foster homes because of his mother's addiction to drugs, until he is admitted to a new school and meets Leigh Anne , the mother of his only new friend and who welcomes him in his house after knowing his situation. It's a beautiful and emotional story about women who are adoptive mothers and protect their children with cape and sword.

Otherhood

This original Netflix production tells the adventure of three looking mothers reconnect with your adult children They have completely forgotten about them, so they travel to New York, presenting themselves unexpectedly and unexpectedly in their children's lives. It is a story that talks about motherhood in its most mature stage and that teaches us how we should adapt to the different stages of it.

Bad Mothers (Bad Moms)

I close our list of series and movies with this comedy starring Mila Kunis, which is one of the favorite films of many mothers, not because it is considered a masterpiece, but because its message is one that has made us feel relieved and that All women should listen: Stop demanding so much, there are no perfect mothers and that's fine!

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What do you think of our list of 21 series and films about motherhood? Are there any that you would add?