Movies and TvShows featuring "maternal-instinct" theme.

Isabella Rossellini is convinced that, in the maternal animal world, anything goes. 'Mammas,' a series of short videos, has Rossellini playing the role of nine different animals to show the viewer that some mothers lie, are polygamous, and walk out on their animal children all the time.

Mia, a pregnant woman, flees a crisis-stricken country and hides in a container on a cargo ship. After a storm, she gives birth while lost at sea and must fight to stay alive. With limited resources, Mia uses items from the container to survive, stitches her wounds with TV parts, and catches fish for food. She eventually gives birth and constructs a makeshift raft. After being rescued, Mia and her daughter are brought to Ireland.

In Vivarium, a young couple looks for the perfect home and find themselves trapped in a strange suburbia filled with identical houses. They soon discover that escaping is impossible, and they are forced to care for a rapidly growing child. As the situation becomes more and more twisted, the couple's desperate attempts to escape lead to psychological torture and a battle for survival.

Struggling against the totalitarian regime of occupied Soviet Latvia, a talented young doctor is stripped of her career, her joy for life, and even her maternal instincts.

A poet in his late 30s, who has spent all his life in Jeju Island, lives off his sturdy wife. Despite his wife's constant nagging about his inability as a breadwinner, all he does is thinking about and writing poetry. One day, the poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings he has never had before.

A woman named Sarah witnesses a murder while on her way home. She becomes the target of a serial killer who stalks her throughout the night. As she tries to survive, she must confront her own fears and use her wits to outsmart the killer.

The story of a cat, raised by an eagle, who learns to fly and uses his ability to save his future girlfriend from a vicious bulldog.

After the apocalypse, all water is radioactive and deadly to drink. In this dystopian world, Gylian goes to extreme lengths to make sure her daughter gets the medication she needs to survive.

Adrian, a lonely man, decides to order a mail-order bride. However, when Lichi arrives, she is not what he expected, and hilarity ensues as Adrian tries to navigate the complexities of their relationship.

A nurse working in a convent discovers an abandoned baby and becomes determined to find its parents. Along the way, she encounters various obstacles and struggles with her own personal journey. This heartwarming drama explores themes of motherhood, love, and the search for identity.