Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.

• Kate Winslet
• Guy Pearce
• Evan Rachel Wood
• Brían F. O'Byrne
• Melissa Leo
• James Le Gros
• Mare Winningham
• Marin Ireland