History MissingMom / Film

* This is the plot of ''Grace Is Gone''. The mother died in Iraq, and the father tries to explain this to kids.

** In ''Rip Girls'', Sydney's mother died when she was very young.

** In ''Cow Belles'', Music/AlyAndAJ play SpoiledSweet sisters whose widowed father sets them up with jobs at his dairy company to teach them responsibility.
** In ''Jump In!'', Izzy's mother died prior to the events of the film.

* In ''Film/{{Twins}}'', Julius and Vincent are DesignerBabies who were SeparatedAtBirth and never knew their mother. Julius was informed that his mother [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]]. Vincent believed his mother abandoned him. Of course they are reunited by the end.

* In ''As It Is In Heaven'' [[spoiler: Daniel and Lena]] both have lost their parents at a young age.

* ''Film/FastColor'': Ruth left Lila with her mother Bo, feeling unable to care for her as a result of her unstable abilities and drug addiction, the former of which nearly killed Lila. Lila doesn't remember Ruth at all, since this was when she had been an infant.

* ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore'': Credence's mother presumably drowned in the ship wreck when he was switched with Leta's brother, though it's not explicitly stated.

* In ''Forward, Gardemarines'', one of the heroes is a bastard, whose mother, a poor woman, died in childbirth -- and thus his father, a rich count, hates him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' MK moves in with her father because her mother passed away. It becomes the source of where most of MK's and her dad's dramatic moments come from.

* ''Film/{{Kuntilanak}}: At the start of the movie, Anjan and his dad are still dealing with the loss of Anjan's mother. Anjan is convinced it's his fault because he asked her to go out and get him his remote-controlled car.

* Several in the WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} film franchise:
** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'', the mother of Prince Stefan and his little sisters and brother is never seen nor mentioned, while their father plays a significant role in the plot. {{Averted}} with Rapunzel, her mother is very much around and is seen at the [[spoiler: wedding of Rapunzel and Stefan]] at the end of the movie.

** Quasimodo's Roma mother in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' [[DeathByFallingOver is kicked down a flight of stone stairs and cracks her head open]] while trying to save her baby son from Frollo. His father was arrested, so one can assume she's dead. (Considering Quasimodo has fair skin, he may not be their biological son; on the other hand, he may be Roma and have the fair skin as part of his deformity. In any case, it still counts.)

-->'''Jasmine:''' Do you have daddy issues?\\

-->'''Mayor Perkins:''' I wanted you to meet my daughter, Sheriff. She's a good cook, a mighty fine looking girl. Takes after her dear, departed mother.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': Though the film is about Arlo in search of his father, we never get to see what his mother looked like, or whatever happened to her. According to Edmée, it's implied Arlo's mother passed away before the film.

** In ''How the West Was Fun'', the twins play sisters who travel with their widower father to the ranch their late mother's godmother owns.

* ''Film/MirrorMirror'': Snow White's mother died when she was little.