18 Feel-Good Movies on Netflix to Watch With Mom (No Matter Where She Is) on Mother's Day

You'll want to grab some tissues watching this quirky indie drama with your mother. Annette Bening stars as Dorothea, a single mother who's raising her son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), in 1979. In her Santa Barbara home are two other tenants who also help raise Jamie, Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a photographer, and William (Billy Crudup), a carpenter.

Watch 20th Century Women on Netflix.