Birth - Movies
Movies that depict labor and birth
The Prodigy
2019
Sarah (Taylor Schilling) goes into labor early and gives birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes within a montage of other events that shape the movie.
Bird Box
2018
Mallory(Sandra Bullock) & Olympia (Danielle Macdonald) go into labor at the same time in the middle of an apocalypse.
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What is shown onscreen? Simultaneous labor & deliveries. There is a water breaking scene and a bare pregnant belly shown.
Roma
2018
Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) goes into labor​ in traffic but the baby does not have a heartbeat once arriving to the hospital.
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What is shown onscreen? After a long labor, there is no heartbeat and the baby is born still. Long scenes of attempting to revive the baby and a goodbye scene that is difficult to watch.
Wonder
2018
Isabel (Julia Roberts) gives birth in a hospital setting.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth in a flashback set in a comedic tone that turns serious once they realize the child has a problem.
Malicious
2018
Lisa (Bojana Novakovic) goes into early labor and suffers a miscarriage.
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What is shown onscreen? A hallucination that triggers a labor pain. She is found later by her husband with blood all over her dress. Scenes in the hospital discussing the loss.
Mary, Queen of Scots
2018
Mary (Saoirse Ronin) gives birth surrounded by her help.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes while juxtaposed with the barren Elizabeth.
Occupation
2018
Vanessa (Rhiannon Fish) gives birth in the middle of a fight for humanity against alien invaders.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in the middle of a rain storm and a gunfight with alien invaders.
Matriarch
2018
Rachel (Charlie Blackwood) is captured by a strange family after an accident leaves them stranded.
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What is shown onscreen? Being held hostage during labor and the baby being taken immediately after birth.
Children of the Corn: Runaway
2018
Ruth (Marci Miller) escapes from the cult and goes into labor.
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What is shown onscreen? Goes into labor while driving. Begins bleeding heavily, causing her to pass out. Gives birth alone.
A Quiet Place
2018
Evelyn (Emily Blunt) goes into labor and must silently give birth to hide from monsters that hunt her family by sound.
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What is shown onscreen? Water breaking, intense labor and moments right before the birth, which actually occurs off-screen. Blood shown.
The Lullaby
2018
Chloe (Reine Swart) gives birth to a baby she doesn't immediately bond with.
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What is shown onscreen? The end of her labor and a birth in a hospital setting. She turns away from the baby when he is born.
Isabelle
2019
Larissa (Amanda Crew) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? C-section scenes in a hospital setting.
Bridget Jones's Baby
2017
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) goes into labor and gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes with that are set in a comedic tone. The birth happens off-screen.
Mother!
2017
Veronica/Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) goes into labor during a riot and must give birth under stressful conditions.
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What is shown onscreen? Both the labor and birth are shown, including breastfeeding scenes.
Til Death do Us part
2017
Madison (Jessica Vanessa DeLeon) goes into labor while hiding from her abusive husband.
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What is shown onscreen? Going into labor and giving birth in a hospital setting.
Dream House Nightmare
2017
Theresa (Rachel G. Whittle) goes into labor after the fireworks go off in her chimney and she falls on her stomach.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scene in a wheelchair at the hospital. The birth happens off-screen.
Tulip Fever
2017
Sophie (Alicia Vikander) fakes being pregnant to cover for her maid Maria as well to deceive her husband
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes
The Life Zone
2017
Staci (Lindsey Haun), Lara (Angela Little) and Amanda (Amanda Antonucci) give birth at the same time while being held captive.
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What is shown onscreen? Simultaneous labor and birth scenes in a clinical setting where 4 babies are born are the same time. Abortion is mentioned.
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
2017
Eva (Alison Pill) goes into labor and gives birth.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and a brief birth scene in a hospital setting with a comedic tone.
AntiBirth
2016
Lou (Natasha Lyonne) finds herself experiencing bizarre symptoms similar to those experienced during pregnancy.
What is shown onscreen? Scenes in which she is having labor pains that turn into full blown panicky labor before a very bizarre birth.
Brimstone
2016
Liz (Dakota Fanning) is a midwife that helps helps a woman give birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scene that involves forceps and baby loss. Blood is shown.
The Hollars
2016
Rebecca (Anna Kendrick) goes into labor while at a funeral
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes. Birth happens off-screen
Occupants
2017
Annie (Briana White) finds out she is pregnant in two separate realms.
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What is shown onscreen? The movie revolves around the 2 pregnancies. One ends in heartache and the other is left up in the air.
In Dubious Battle
2017
Lisa (Selena Gomez) gives birth with the help of some new friends.
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What is shown onscreen? Home birth scenes set in 30's.
The Secret Scripture
2016
Rose (Rooney Mara) goes into labor on the run from the law and gives birth on a beach.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor while on the run. Birth occurs off-screen but glimpses are shown.
Allied
2016
Marianne (Marion Cotillard) goes into labor during a WWII bombing raid
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes the end outside during a bombing.
How to be Single
2016
Meg (Leslie Mann) goes into labor
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes. The birth happens off-screen
Angelica
2015
Angelica (Jena Malone) goes into labor and has a very traumatic delivery.
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What is shown onscreen? Birth scenes that involve a lot of blood and screaming. Forceps are used to get the baby out causing damage to the mother. Hard to watch.
A United Kingdom
2016
Ruth (Rosamund Pike) goes into labor and gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor while alone forcing her to drive to the hospital and brief birth scene
Unexpected
2015
Samantha (Cobie Smulders) goes into labor and gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in a hospital setting.
Into the Forest
2015
Eva (Evan Rachel Wood) gives birth in apocalyptic times.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes out in a rainstorm in the forest. There is a breastfeeding scene as well.
The Gift
2015
Robyn (Rebecca Hall) goes into labor during a dinner party gone wrong.
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What is shown onscreen? First contraction then cuts to the birth scene in a hospital setting.
I miss you already
2015
Jess (Drew Barrymore) goes into labor and gives birth while her husband is away for work.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in a hospital setting.
Bang Bang Baby
2014
Stepphy (Jane Levy) gives birth to her monstrous baby
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What is shown onscreen? Singing that leads to labor pain and then a birth scene on her kitchen table. The baby isn't quite normal and speaks after birth.
Noah
2014
Ila (Emma Watson) goes into labor and gives birth on the ark
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scene of unexpected twins that are marked for death by Noah for being girls.
Ain't them Bodies Saints
2013
Ruth (Rooney Mara) gives birth while her husband is in jail.
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What is shown onscreen? Brief snippets of the character in labor while her husband reads a letter from jail.
What to expect when you're expecting
2012
In a story of five interconnected couples Jules (Cameron Diaz), Wendy (Elizabeth Banks and Skyler (Brooklyn Decker) go into labor and give birth around the same time frame.
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What is shown onscreen? Each of the named give birth in hospital scenes with a comedic tone.
And Baby will Fall
2011
Ivy (Anastasia Griffith) is attacked by another woman who intends to steal her baby
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What is shown onscreen? Ivy is attacked from behind by Melinda who injects her with Pitocin to induce labor. Labor begins and she attempts to find a way to escape before its too late.
Baby Mama
2008
Angie (Amy Poehler) goes into labor and gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Water break, labor and a brief birth scene set in a comedic tone in a hospital setting.
Born
2007
Mary Elizabeth (Alison Brie) gives birth after murdering multiple people.
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What is shown onscreen? A strange birth scene surrounded by chanting dead bodies, a priest and others. The baby is demonic.
Juno
2007
Juno (Ellen Page) gives birth to a baby she gives up for adoption.
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What is shown onscreen? The labor and birth in a hospital setting.
Waitress
2007
Jenna (Keri Russell) goes into labor and gives birth while trying to run from her abusive husband.
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What is shown onscreen? Labor and birth scenes in a hospital setting
Knocked Up
2007
Alison (Katherine Heigl) goes into labor and gives birth
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What is shown onscreen? Going into labor scenes and a graphic birth that includes a crowning baby.
Fools Rush In
1997
Isabel (Salma Hayek) goes into labor on the Hoover Dam.
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What is shown onscreen? Alex discovering she is still pregnant, her stating her water broke, labor and a birth scene in the rain.
The Hunter
1980
Dotty (Kathryn Harrold) goes into labor after being held captive
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What is shown onscreen? Labor scenes while driving in a car. The birth happens offscreen.
Father of the Bride II
1995
Annie (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) and Nina (Diane Keaton) go into labor and give birth at the same time.
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What is shown onscreen? Going to labor and a few hospital scenes before Nina requires a C-section. Most is shown off-screen.