We haven’t been completely lucky finding acceptable movies that took place on Mother’s Day, so this is another holiday where a thematic selection of movies will come to the rescue. There is a glut of mother themed movies to choose from, and so this year we might:

• Psycho (1960): What’s there to say? Essential.
• Dark Water (2002): I lean toward the Japanese original.
• My Stepmother is an Alien (1988): I haven’t seen this one since I was a kid.
• Serial Mom (1994): Also essential.