▲Rainbow (Tracy Ellis Ross) is an optimistic and energetic mom who often doesn't seem to know how to connect to her media-obsessed older daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi). Despite this, the two share admiration and unconditional support for each other, and their moments of honesty are golden.

▲M'Lynn's speech at Shelby's funeral is proof enough that this film's mother-daughter relationship raised the bar.

▲Not exactly the ideal mother-daughter relationship, the two did keep things interesting by magically intervening in each other's lives.

▲Sonu and Mindy's relationship is so great because it both explains where Mindy gets her headstrong theatrics from, as well as delivering some much-needed wisdom in critical moments.

▲Through anger, manipulation, sacrifice, and defeat, Adele's love for her daughter still shines through.

▲Despite the Brady's radically different real lives, Carol and Marcia's characters had a certain closeness in their perky flawlessness.

▲Witty dialogue at 100 miles a minute, heaps of junk food, excessive coffee-drinking, and a deep well of mutual love and respect make this mother-daughter duo the ultimate relationship goals.

▲Though they're not so much of a duo, Clair Huxtable's relationships with her (very different) daughters gave everyone the opportunity to see a bit of their own mother-daughter relationships in the show.

▲Again, this is less of a duo, but Cora Crawley is a steady rock and shoulder to cry on for all of her daughters, and their dynamic relationships drive this high-toned period soap opera.

▲She's not a regular mom, she's a cool mom! Amy Poehler's role as a Juicy Couture-clad mocktail-serving mother wasn't exactly admirable, but it was legendary.

▲In a show praised for putting a realistic middle-class mother on television, Roseanne and Becky's relationship had all the complexities and nuances of a loving, bossy mom and a headstrong, sassy daughter who care deeply about one another.

▲This duo had to deal with Archie Bunker, the bigoted husband of Edith and father of Gloria. Their relationship kept his outrageous behavior in line.

▲They might not be a heartwarming duo, but they sure do make us laugh.

▲Aurora and Emma make up one of the most emotional and heart-wrenching mother-daughter relationships to ever grace film.

▲A feminist single mother with career and boyfriend troubles also had to deal with two rebellious teenage daughters, but Barbara—the more wholesome daughter—took a bit of the weight off.

▲This duo, from the cult classic film about a mother and daughter who must literally walk in each other's shoes, needs little explanation.

▲The sassy Italian mother and eye-rolling daughter in this sitcom about four older women sharing a house in Miami set new goals for aging mother-daughter duos.

▲In this show that many consider to have been discontinued too soon, Angela narrated a complex relationship with her mother that varied from wanting to physically harm her to feeling proud to be her daughter.

▲Peggy and Kelly often conspired against the patriarch Al, and their dynamic relationship—amidst an already-dysfunctional family—kept things very interesting.

▲Nora Walker is the matriarch of the family and a large part of the reason why her daughter Kitty and the other siblings have stuck together through crisis after crisis.

▲Lauren Graham must have motherhood in her veins because she brings that amazing quality on-screen again in this heartwarming relationship.

▲There's a kind of larger-than-life love that Lisa expresses for Tia and Tamera that makes you envious—even if you already have an amazing mom.

▲Through hard lessons and extreme disappointment, Christina and Carmen are each other's greatest protectors, sticking together in a way only a single mother and daughter abandoned by her father could.

▲The hit Netflix series brought viewers an uptight mother and quick-lipped daughter whose banter makes you nervous in the best way possible.

▲You couldn't leave out the ultimate "momager" and matriarch and her clan of extremely dramatic, yet unconditionally loving, daughters.

▲Shirley was a widow and an impressively cool leader of this musical group of five, and she shared an especially close relationship with her eldest daughter Laurie.

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Buffy usually gets all the spotlight, but her mother's gentle and understanding nature ultimately enabled Buffy to repeatedly save the world, so, Joyce: thank you.

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Despite Sophie's frustration with not knowing who her father is, this duo shares one of the sweetest mother-daughter relationships, particularly when they sing 'Slipping Through My Fingers.'

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This understated relationship shines brilliantly in moments where the type-A mom helps her bookish daughter through the ups and downs of puberty.

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This mother-daughter duo has a big lesson to teach about forgiveness and family love, as they attend AA meetings together and constantly point out each other's flaws—yet still somehow figure things out.

▲From screaming matches and sass, to unconditional love and shoulders to cry on, these are the greatest on-screen mother-daughter duos that continue to illuminate the unique bond between a woman and her female offspring.

The greatest on-screen mother-daughter duos

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Their entire relationship might have been scripted, sure, but they've won the hearts of millions nonetheless. Check out this gallery of the best mother-daughter duos to hit the screen.