Here is a list of some of my favorite movies featuring pregnancy:
Fools Rush In
I’m a sucker for dramatic child birth scenes in movies, and I know I’m not the only one! When Salma Hayek goes into labor on the bridge in the pouring rain, Matthew Perry yells, “but we’re on a dam!” as though that mattered! Every time she screams, he screams with her and his face is priceless. I always tear up when they cuddle their new baby girl together for the first time.
Knocked Up
I love how this movie brought up all the awkward issues of pregnancy and made them so funny. I still can’t believe the shot at the end when she is pushing the baby out. Did they really show that? (Oh yes, they did.) It may have not been entirely realistic, but I think it’s safe to say that movie might have proven to be effective birth control for quite a few teens out there.
Rugged Gold (Made for TV Movie – 1994)
I’ll be honest, I don’t remember anything about this movie save for one scene in which the main character gives birth all by herself in a cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. Ever since I saw that scene (I was in middle school at the time), I knew I wanted to give birth naturally. The way she harnessed herself up on the bed and yelled with that final push… her toughness inspired me. I thought she was the coolest woman on the planet. It didn’t hurt that the movie was based on a true story, either.
Baby Mama
I don’t think I stopped laughing throughout this whole movie and the ending even managed to be sweet. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are so funny together. Fey’s determination to control everything and Poehler’s attempts to fake a pregnancy are a perfect pair. In the end, they are both surprised!
Juno
I can’t make a list of pregnancy-themed movies without including this one, even if the ending made me cry! “Someday you’ll be back here honey… on your terms.”