History MissingMom / Film

* ''WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms'': As indicated by the title, Milo's mom gets kidnapped by Martians and he has to rescue her.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': No mention is made of Ariel's mother, or what became of her. ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning Ariel's Beginning]]'' reveals she was named Athena. Ariel's love of music comes from her mother, who died in a hit-and-run with a pirate ship. Since that event, King Triton banned music from Atlantica in grief, so ''Ariel's Beginning'' is about how the music was brought back.

* ''Film/MyGirl'': Vada as a baby when her mother died. [[Film/MyGirl2 The sequel]] focuses on her visiting her maternal relatives to learn more about said mother.

* ''Film/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'': Olmec's wife/Thak and Zuma's mother is not seen or mentioned in the flashback, leaving the reason for her absence unstated.

* ''Film/TheBoogeyman2023'': The girls' mother and Will's wife was recently killed in a car accident. All of them are still mourning her, with the girls having therapy together for it. Will, [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes though a therapist himself]], hasn't opened up about it with his daughters and dealt with the loss well. Sadie wears a dress of her mom's early on, and is quite unhappy with her dad not talking to her about it. His trying to get rid of her mom's old things also angers Sadie. The three's sadness over her death turns out to be a plot point, as it's their sorrow which causes the Boogeyman's targeting them, as it preys on people like them. [[NeverSuicide [[spoiler:Lester]]'s apparent suicide]] is implied to be the work of the Boogeyman, though nothing is ever stated.

* ''Film/TheBoogeyman2023'': The girls' mother and Will's wife was recently killed in a car accident. All of them are still mourning her, with the girls having therapy together for it. Will, [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes though a therapist himself]], hasn't opened up about it with his daughters and dealt with the loss well. Sadie wears a dress of her mom's early on, and is quite unhappy with her dad not talking to her about it. His trying to get rid of her mom's old things also angers Sadie. The three's sadness over her death turns out to be a plot point, as it's their sorrow which causes the Boogeyman's targeting them, as it preys on people like them.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Lester]]'s apparent suicide is implied to be the work of the Boogeyman, though nothing is ever stated.

* ''Film/TheBronze'': Hope's mom died when she was just an infant, which is mentioned repeatedly. However, it moves serves as an excuse for her poor behavior and to gain sympathy from others.

* ''Film/{{Arcade}}'': Alex's mother committed suicide.

* ''Film/{{Arcade}}'': Alex's mother committed suicide, which she is struggling to come to terms with.

* Neither ''Film/BillAndTed'' films mention the titular dudes' biological mothers. Seeing as Missy was married to Bill's dad in the first and then Ted's dad in the second, it's pretty obvious that they're either dead or simply not around.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresInZambezia'', Kai's mother was killed by Budzo, which is the main reason that his father, Tendai, doesn't want him to go to Zambezia.

** ''Film/Transformers2007'': Mikaela only has her ex convict dad around; her mother's absence is not explained though.

* ''Film/AWakefieldProject'': In a home movie Reese finds in a box in the inn basement, we see Nathan reminded by [[AbusiveParent his father]] that Nathan's mom basically left them and foisted Nathan upon his father>

** It is discussed in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' that Hiccup's mother passed away before the events of the movie. [[spoiler:In the sequel, however, she turns out to be alive. Everyone had just assumed she was dead because she was last seen being carried off by a dragon (which she ultimately tamed long before her son ever did).]]

* Mrs. Hill in ''Film/TheNorthAvenueIrregulars''.