Suggested by limeywriter and elmondo2012
Ripley wants to protect Newt, but this queen of the aliens will go to any lengths to protect her eggs. Or, as limeywriter points out, 'maybe she was just being maternal'. Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar
Suggested by limeywriter and euryleia
Mother-daughter relationships can be tricky at the best of times, but when the mother is fanatically religious, delusional and abusive, and the teenage daughter is a social outcast with powers of telekinesis, things can go very wrong indeed. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features
Suggested by Valentine Fillol-Cordier and Pazuzu
Most mothers just want the best for their offspring. So if defending the family honour means making obscene phonecalls, sending threatening letters and committing a few murders, so be it. Right? Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Suggested by seeoou
'Made it, Ma! Top of the world!' shouts James Cagney's character Cody Jarrett as he meets his explosive end. His crooked mother is his only confidante – she may be able to soothe his debilitating headaches, but she leaves him with a lot of mummy issues. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features
Suggested by potatopower
Potatopwer's suggestion that 'Mrs Bennet in any version of Pride and Prejudice has to be one of the worlds worst mothers,' led to some discussion in the comment thread. Was she the original tiger mother? And, really, wasn't Mr Bennet much much worse? Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Suggested by seeoou
A cautionary tale about wearing masks taken from slain Samurai. Don't do it!
'It scared the beejeesus out of me,' admits Niko. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features
Suggested by Stoneface1 and Nathalie Dincher
In this challenging role for Mo'Nique, Mary Jones is the dysfunctional mother who abuses and torments her poor daughter, Precious. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Suggested by tracer64
'The trouble starts when her own mother doesn't buy her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas,' recalls hureharehure. So begins the darkly comic tale by John Waters, who dedicated the film to a member of the Manson family. Photograph: Alamy
Suggested by londonregio and Northdallas40
'Chilling' is how NorthDallas40 describes matriarch Janine Cody in Animal Kingdom. Strictly speaking she is the protagonist's grandmother and head of a notorious crime family in Melbourne, Australia. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Suggested by BoLiting
Poor death-obssessed Harold finds it hard to get his mother's attention, as she tries to steer his life in the direction she wants by, among other things,trying to make him join the army. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
