This Mother’s Day weekend, Netflix audiences skipped the prix fixe brunch and went straight to the Sunday ragù, making the Vince Vaughn–led Nonnas— a love letter to grief, cooking, and second chances — the most-watched English film of the week with 15.3 million views.

Based on a true story, the film simmers with sauce and sentiment as a mourning son sets out to rebuild his life and community by opening a Staten Island trattoria with a kitchen staffed entirely by grandmother chefs, each with a story — and signature dish — of her own.

The celebrations extended beyond the heartwarming grandmothers of Staten Island. Mothers also kept the cinematic hits coming, with viewing numbers for The Mother and Bird Box increasing more than 20 percent the week of Mother's Day.

And TV audiences continued cycling through the seasons with Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco...