Movies and TvShows featuring "controlling-parent" theme.

Mai Chenghuan, a post-95 girl born into an ordinary family in Shanghai, agrees to marry her boyfriend, Xin Jialiang, under her mother’s urging. However, the economic gap between them creates an imbalance in their relationship, ultimately leading to its end. Mai Chenghuan then gains her grandmother's approval and is entrusted with the heavy responsibility of managing a hotel. Through cooperation, Mai Chenghuan and the professional hotel manager Yao Zhiming become working partners and go hand in hand. Mai Chenghuan transitions from being under her family's control to achieving self-fulfillment, forging her own path.

She knows what she wants and is determined to go after it. Qiao Fei is a French postgraduate student who dreams of becoming a professional interpreter. Her mentor during her schooling in Paris is Cheng Jia Yang, the son of a foreign minister and a genius French interpreter. Their budding romance is complicated when Qiao Fei’s ex-boyfriend, Gao Jia Ming, happens to be Jia Yang’s adopted brother, and Jia Yang’s family thinks Wen Xiao Hua is much more suited for Jia Yang’s station in life. With the support of his friend, Wang Xu Dong, can Jia Yang stand up to his family and follow his heart?

This is a tale about a group of young people who grew up in Jiudaowan. 40 years after the reform and opening up, they experienced the hardships of life, the merry-go-round of love, and various ups and downs of their careers. These true friends fought side by side and eventually matured into adults.

Girl in the Basement is a psychological thriller based on a true story. It follows the horrifying ordeal of a teenage girl who is held captive in her father's basement. She struggles to survive, facing abuse and manipulation from her controlling father. As the story unfolds, we witness her fight for freedom and the devastating impact it has on her life.

The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the popular student council president of the rival school. With declining enrollment due to a recession and the rise of a rival school, Eitoku Academy is now ruled by the Correct5 whose leader is Kakuragi Haruto. The group seeks out, then runs out, any students whose families haven’t made appropriate donations to the school. When Haruto and Oto discover each other’s secrets — that Haruto buys self-help items to get stronger, and that Oto is poor and works at a convenience store – they promise to keep each other’s secret.

The McCarthys follows a Boston family, the McCarthys, who are loud, loving, and quirky. The show centers around Ronny, the openly gay son who wants to move away from his sports-crazed family. However, he ends up being asked by his father to be the assistant basketball coach at his high school. Ronny's twin brother Sean is the head coach, their sister Jackie is a tomboy and former basketball star, and their overly competitive older brother Gerard is also part of the mix. Their mother Marjorie is a strong-willed woman who does her best to keep everyone together while dealing with her husband Arthur's controlling ways. The McCarthys is a hilarious sitcom with plenty of family dynamics, sibling rivalry, and heartwarming moments.

13 years ago, the Abe family moved to a town in the suburbs, surrounded by nature. The Abe family consists of their French father Toma (De Lencquesaing Nozomi), his Japanese wife Mikiko (Rinko Kikuchi) and their beautiful daughter Yuko (Kanon Tani). They appear like the perfect family. Mikiko managed to get her daughter Yuko to take part in a CM audition and she was picked by Murano (Joe Odagiri), director of the advertising agency. Yuko is now in show business. Several years later, Yuko (Nana Komatsu) transfers to a large entertainment company. As her mother wishes, Yuko is now popular and appears on the cover of magazines, variety shows and drama series. Yuko, though, feels an uncomfortable imbalance between her public image and her real self. During this time, she meets a dancer, Seiko (Mackenyu), who marches to the beat of his own drum, and falls in love with him.

A winter-summer romance between an 20-year-old girl, He Ran, and a middle-aged man, Xiao Han. They both took a chance on each other; love and passion followed. Where would their story go in a sea of paint and flowers?

After getting engaged, Charlotte meets her fiancé's mother, who will stop at nothing to sabotage their relationship. Through a series of comedic events, Charlotte must navigate her way through her future mother-in-law's schemes and save her relationship.

The bridegroom who concealed his identity and the fake bride who replaced her elder sister. After a variety of experiences on the emotional road of marriage first and then love, the two got caught in the emotional game of cat and mouse. Will they choose to stay together for a lifetime?

Mommie Dearest is a biographical drama film that explores the tumultuous relationship between actress Joan Crawford and her adopted daughter Christina. The story delves into the abusive and controlling behavior displayed by Joan Crawford as she strives for perfection and fame in Hollywood. The movie showcases the psychological horrors endured by Christina, highlighting themes of child abuse, adoption, and mother-daughter estrangement.

Two ignorant science students tried to prove the existence of love with scientific methods, but sparks of love appeared during the experiment. They fought and fought all the way, harvested love, and healed each other. No matter how high the IQ of a scientific research talent is, how shaky their love relationship is!

In The Jazz Singer, a young Jewish man named Jakie Rabinowitz wants to break free from his family's restrictive traditions and follow his passion for jazz singing. Despite his father's disapproval, Jakie leaves home and embarks on a journey to become a successful performer. Along the way, he faces numerous challenges and conflicts, including struggles with his identity, conflicts with his domineering mother, and the pressure to conform to societal norms. Ultimately, Jakie must confront his own fears and make difficult choices that test his loyalty to both his family and his dreams.