Call Me Mother

Dec 25, 2025

2h 0m

★ 8.0

How is a Mother made?

Overview

Twinkle is a single queer mother whose dream of officially adopting her son gets shaken when the boy's biological mother, Mara, unexpectedly reappears.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Star Cinema – ABS-CBN Film Productions

The IdeaFirst Company

Viva Films

Call Me Mother Trailers

Cast

Twinkle

Vice Ganda

Mara

Nadine Lustre

Angelo

Lucas Andalio

Mutya

Chanda Romero

Mila

Carmi Martin

Rosa

Ces Quesada

Mama M

John Lapus

Ms./Mr. J

Iyah Mina

Dorothy

MC Muah

Anton

River Joseph

Mayet

Klarisse de Guzman

Marco

Brent Manalo

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6.6

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6.7

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Nov 2, 2007

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7.3

Lust, Caution

Sep 24, 2007

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5.6

Then She Found Me

Sep 7, 2007

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4.2

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Sep 26, 1993

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7.5

Made in Hong Kong

Oct 9, 1997

Hong Kong 1997, where young people dream of love and death, suicide and murder. Moon is a cynical young debt collector, smitten by Ping, a young woman dying of kidney disease. A suicide note from a student they don't know ends up intertwining their fates.

0.0

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Coming of age comedy about a Korean girl adopted by an American family.

9.0

6th March

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5.8

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9.0

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8.0

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In this 1993 Hong Kong film, a boathand (Aaron Kwok) falls in love with a supermodel (Rosamund Kwan) he sees on a billboard.

1.5

Chosen

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There are not many films that portray adoption and foster parenting in a positive light. CHOSEN does just that! This multi-plot film tells several incredible true stories of how one community makes a difference in the lives of foster kids.

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10.0

The Choice

Aug 2, 2019

A father and son are practicing some football plays before the big game coming up. The son is distant and distracted as he has a big decision to make. His father is best positioned to give advice, but it will require digging into some emotional memories and cause both of them to talk about an uncomfortable subject that they've never had to face head on before.

6.1

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Oct 12, 1990

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

5.8

The Road to Hong Kong

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When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.

6.0

Anna Karenina

Jan 22, 1948

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

7.4

Borrowed Time

Aug 19, 2024

A late summer typhoon looms as Ting's wedding approaches. Urged on by her mother, Ting sets out from Guangzhou to Hong Kong to look for her father who has been absent for 20 years. On her trip, Ting's vague memories from the past come back to her. An unexpected encounter leads Ting to find out the truth of her family. She gets in touch with an old friend, Yuseng. They spend a night together at Yuseng's place, both feeling as if they were in a dream, searching for the lost time.

8.5

Elizabeth's Gift

Apr 26, 2012

When a precious little girl dies tragically of a rare heart condition, her grieving parents are left to pick up the pieces of their once perfect life. In a sequence of events influenced by faith (and perhaps miracles), they are guided to a homeless girl on the streets, and a battle ensues to reunite as a family and heal their broken hearts.