My Top 10: Movie Mothers

Movies have given us some of the best Mothers the world has ever known. Whether they are just saving their family, or even the world, we love them all.

This is ranked on the best at mothering in a movie. So that means this list won't contain someone like Norman Bates' Mother from Psycho or The Other Mother from Coraline. While they are very powerful characters, they are the complete opposite of a good Mother.

As for the eligible mothers in this list, I have got quite a few honorable mentions. So in no particular, the movie mothers that I feel deserve a mention that will miss out on my top 10 are: Annie Hughes (The Iron Giant), Wendy Torrance (The Shining), Peg Boggs (Edward Scissorhands), Queen Elinor (Brave), Vanessa Loring (Juno), Alice Eklund-Ward (The Fighter), Janine Cody (Animal Kingdom), Morticia Addams (The Addams Family), Aurora Greenway (Terms Of Endearment), Lorraine Baines (Back To The Future), Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Finding Neverland), Annie Kinsella (Field Of Dreams), Val (The Second Mother), Mrs. Gump (Forrest Gump) and Mrs. Davis (Toy Story).

Sadly, there are 3 that I am gutted to have not included in my top 10. They are Barbara from Shaun Of The Dead played brilliantly by Penelope Wilton, Molly Weasley from the Harry Potter franchise famously played by Julie Walters and the Tyrannosaurus Rex from The Lost World: Jurassic Park. A bit of a strange choice I know. But when you watch that film, you can tell how devoted of a mother she is.

10) Meg Altman (Panic Room) - David Fincher's enjoyable thriller sees a recently divorced woman take refuge with her daughter in the safe-room of their newly-purchase house, when three men break-in.

Jodie Foster gives a strong performance as the mother as she tries to protect her daughter and new house from these three crooks, lead by Jared Leto.

9) Bambi's Mother (Bambi) - Life in the wild is not easy, so this 1942 Disney animation tells the story of a young deer growing up in the forest.

This classic opens the eyes of kids about life and also how important a mother is when learning about life.

Bambi's mother also gave us one of the most heart-breaking scenes in film history.

8) Rosemary Woodhouse (Rosemary's Baby) - When a young couple move into a new apartment surrounded by strange neighbor, the wife suddenly becomes pregnant. This leads to scary and disturbing imagery that makes it one of the best horrors of all-time.
This is a strange but still courageous bit of mothering from Mia Farrow's character. If you've seen the film, you'll understand why I have put her in this list.

7) Mother (Mother) - This Korean mystery drama sees a mother searching for the killer that framed her son for the murder of a young girl.

Hye-Ja Kim is fantastic as the lead character. Her performance and transformation in the film will make you laugh, cry and become very insightful.

This is certainly a celebration of motherhood, and it is never sugar-coated.

6) Erin Brockovich (Erin Brockovich) - One of the first big hits of the 21st century, tells the true story of a single mother. Played brilliantly by Julia Roberts, she becomes a legal assistant and is set on bringing a Californian power company after being accused of polluting their water supply.

It is a very well executed legal drama that is highly enjoyable and very thrilling. Roberts deserves her Oscar win with her powerful screen presence.

5) Ma (Room) - Brie Larson's Oscar-winning performance sees her play Ma, a mother who is forced to raise her 5-year old son in a small room.

The least you know about this film, the better. Director Lenny Abrahamson and writer Emma Donabue give us such a powerful story, that it ended up being my film of 2015.

4) Helen Parr/Elastigirl (The Incredibles) - Any film involving a family that works on screen, can be instant success. It certainly is with this Pixar classic.

In a world where superheroes are in exile, a number of events propel back into the limelight. The mother of the family is known as Elastigirl. Voiced by Holly Hunter. This is one bad-ass mother.

3) The Bride (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2) - Director Quentin Tarantino gives us probably his strongest female protagonist in the form of, The Bride.

After waking from a four-year coma, an assassin begins her path of revenge on the team that betrayed her and took her baby.

2) Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - A rescue team of impressive firepower heads to a moon colonized by terror-formers. What they find is something that should have been left for dead.

After the events of Alien, we now see Sigourney Weaver's motherly skills take place. It is worth the wait, as we see one of the most enjoyable action sci-fi's of all-time.

1) Sarah Connor (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) - For many, the ultimate movie mother. After the traumatic events in The Terminator, Linda Hamilton's character Sarah Connor now knows her important in the future of man vs. machine.

A more advanced Terminator comes from the future to kill Connor's son, John.

James Cameron expands the world with one of the most successful sequel of all-time.