Single Parents
  • An Unfinished Life picture
    Movies

    An Unfinished Life (2005)

    Old wounds get a chance to heal when a Wyoming rancher (Robert Redford) shelters his abused...

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    Movies

    The Full Monty (1997)

    A jobless steelworker (Robert Carlyle) in need of quick cash persuades his unbuff buddies (Tom...

  • The World According to Garp picture
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    The World According to Garp (1982)

    John Irving's novel about the son of an unmarried nurse whose career is overshadowed by his mother's...

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    Agnes Browne (1999)

    A widow (Anjelica Huston) struggles to provide for her seven children and dreams of attending a Tom...

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    Grumpier Old Men (1995)

    The wedding of their children and the arrival of a romantic prospect preoccupies bickering Minnesota...

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    The Next Best Thing (2000)

    A gay man (Rupert Everett) has a child with his best friend (Madonna), and the two decide to live...

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    Movies

    Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)

    This low-budget expansion of the popular Tom T. Hall/Jeannie C. Riley song "Harper Valley PTA" is...

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    Movies

    The Music Man (1962)

    A librarian (Shirley Jones) hears a sour note when a charming rogue (Robert Preston) convinces Iowa...

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    Movies

    Dan in Real Life (2007)

    A widower advice-columnist (Steve Carell) faces a personal and professional challenge when he falls...

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    Movies

    Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)

    Soon after losing her job, a single mother (Angela Bassett) takes her brood to Georgia for her...

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    Movies

    The Perfect Man (2005)

    A crafty teen (Hilary Duff) invents a secret admirer to prevent her mother (Heather Locklear) from...

  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore picture
    Movies

    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

    A hard-luck widow (Ellen Burstyn) heads West with her son and meets a likeable rancher (Kris...

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    Movies

    The Champ (1979)

    A has-been boxer (Jon Voight) trains in Florida for a comeback and fights his ex-wife (Faye Dunaway)...

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    Movies

    Music of the Heart (1999)

    After her husband leaves abruptly, a woman (Meryl Streep) becomes a teacher in an East Harlem school...

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    Movies

    Frozen River (2008)

    Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling...

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    Movies

    The Longshots (2008)

    Under her uncle's (Ice Cube) tutelage, young Jasmine Plummer (Keke Palmer) becomes the quarterback...

  • And Then Came Love picture
    Movies

    And Then Came Love (2007)

    A magazine writer (Vanessa Williams) meets the anonymous sperm donor (Kevin Daniels) who fathered...

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    Movies

    Skipped Parts (2001)

    A woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her son (Bug Hall) must leave a small South Carolina town because...

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    Movies

    Three Wishes (1995)

    A frustrated family man recalls an encounter he (Joseph Mazzello), his widowed mom (Mary Elizabeth...

  • The Courtship of Eddie's Father picture
    Movies

    The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)

    A young boy uses a peculiar and humorous standard to determine the ``perfect'' wife for his widowed...

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    Movies

    Double Parked (2000)

    A working-class single mother (Callie Thorne) loses her job, while her son begins hanging around...

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    Movies

    Unhook the Stars (1996)

    A suburban widow (Gena Rowlands) fights with a daughter, befriends an abused neighbor's (Marisa...

  • My Girl picture
    Movies

    My Girl (1991)

    An 11-year-old (Anna Chlumsky) meets a boy (Macaulay Culkin) and grows up at her widowed father's...

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    Movies

    Author! Author! (1982)

    Left by his wife (Tuesday Weld), a New York playwright (Al Pacino) juggles five kids and an affair...

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    Movies

    Touch and Go (1986)

    A pro hockey player (Michael Keaton) falls for the single mother (Maria Conchita Alonso) of a boy...

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    Movies

    Digging to China (1998)

    A 10-year-old who longs to escape from her older sister (Mary Stuart Masterson) and life in rural...

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    Movies

    The Trio (1999)

    A team of traveling pickpockets comprises a 60-ish man (Goetz George), his attractive daughter...

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    Movies

    Gaz Bar Blues

    Mr. Brochu, respectfully known as the Boss, has been running the Champlain gas station with his...

  • Pather Panchali picture
    Movies

    Pather Panchali (1957)

    An aspiring writer (Kanu Banerjee) seeks his fortune in the city, leaving his family (Karuna...

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    Movies

    Claudine (1974)

    A single woman (Diahann Carroll) with six children tries to make a life with a garbageman (James...