The Mother may refer to:
- Mother (Gorky novel), 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky
- The Mother (Brecht play), a play by Bertolt Brecht based on Gorky's novel, first performed in 1935
- The Mother (Pearl S. Buck novel), first published in 1934
- The Mother (Čapek play), a play by Karel Čapek written in 1938
- The Mother (TV play) (1954), by Paddy Chayefsky
- The Mother, a 2010 play by Florian Zeller
- The Mother (2003 film), a film directed by Roger Michell
- The Mother (2023 film), an American action film
- Mirra Alfassa (1878–1973), spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, a Hindu spiritual leader
- The Mother (How I Met Your Mother), a fictional television character