Sarah Connor, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Most moms have to prepare their kids for the first day of school, but Sarah is tasked with preparing John for the end of mankind. She'll put herself between her son and any murderous cyborg sent to kill him, even if her tough-love lessons can be hard for a child to take.

Mrs. Jumbo, Dumbo
She will lose her shit if you make fun of her baby boy. And elephant shit? Isn't something you want unleashed on you. She got locked up for her troubles, but there's no doubting she'd do the same thing all over again if she had to.

Pamela Voorhees, Friday the 13th
Much like Mrs. Jumbo up there, Pamela had a son who was a bit "different" from the other kids. Unlike Mrs. Jumbo, Pamela turns to murder when she blames the kids at summer camp for the death of her son Jason. She didn't have any more kids, but her actions spawned a whole movie franchise.

Beverly Sutphin, Serial Mom
Screw with her kids and you'll find yourself on the business end of a fireplace poker or a leg of lamb. She also takes offense if you wear white shoes out of season, but her main motivation for committing deadly deeds is her family.

Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Lion in Winter
The Plantagenet family is full of schemers and deceivers, and Eleanor, despite being imprisoned by husband Henry II, has schemes of her own to get her son to the throne. The movie ends without a real winner, but in real life, Eleanor was freed by her son and outlived her husband.

Diane Freeling, Poltergeist
She shows some questionable parenting skills when she and her daughter play with ghosts in the kitchen, but she more than makes up for it by later going into the spirit dimension to retrieve the kid. Most moms just have to deal with school bullies, but she went after malevolent spirits with just a rope tied around her.

Aurora Greenway, Terms of Endearment
You do not want to be the nurse holding out on giving this woman's daughter her pain meds.

The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
She's not that bad an apple, unless you happen to be her stepdaughter and you're prettier than her. Then she'll order a hunter to kill you and bring your heart back to her in a box. If that doesn't work, she'll put you in a magical poison coma that can only be lifted if a complete stranger makes out with your unconscious self.

Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest
No list of movie moms is complete without Joan Crawford, as played by Faye Dunaway with tyrannical zeal. Here, Crawford is unhinged and controlling, in constant competition with her children -- in particular daughter Christina, who was on the receiving end of that iconic "wire hangers" scene. But hey, the kid grew up to write the book on which the movie was based, so at least Mommie raised her to be literate.

Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, Raising Arizona
Ed's biological clock is ticking like Big Ben, but since she can't have a child of her own, she and her husband steal one-fifth of set of quintuplets. She's actually not a bad lady, if you overlook the whole kidnapping thing, and she does fiercely protect her newly acquired son.

Who makes your list of movie moms you don't want to mess with?