Mom’s Meatloaf Movie Mondays: Terms of Endearment (1983)

Winner of 5 Academy Awards, this beloved, funny, and dramatic tear-jerker covers 30 years of the complicated relationship between the devoted and possessive Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) and her stubborn and rebellious daughter Emma (Debra Winger), both searching for love. Emma’s marriage to Flap (Jeff Daniels) crumbles, while widowed Aurora finally falls for the womanizing and boozy Garrett (Jack Nicholson), a retired astronaut living next door. Bittersweet, the relationship between Emma and Aurora comes full circle when Emma is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Stellar performances by all.