Best Mother's Day Movie : Baby Boom

Baby Boom

Diane Keaton plays J.C. Wiatt, a successful New York businesswoman whose life is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby girl from a distant relative.

Details: Directed by Charles Shyer and written by Nancy Meyers, this movie stars Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard and Harold Ramis. Runtime is 110 minutes; released in theaters Oct. 7, 1987; on DVD Feb. 6, 2001. Rated PG.

Why it’s Mom-riffic Film: Oh, the power those little ones have in our lives! Even a Type-A workaholic with no parenting experience will melt like butter when faced with a cherubic baby.