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    My Flesh and Blood (2003)

    Filmmaker Jonathan Karsh profiles Susan Tom, a woman who has adopted 11 children who are physically...

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    The Happy Road (1956)

    A U.S. widower (Gene Kelly) and a French divorcee (Barbara Laage) team up to find their respective...

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    The Girl With Brains in Her Feet

    A 13-year-old (Joanna Ward) prepares for a large athletics meet while dealing with a browbeating...

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    Monkey Grip (1982)

    A frank portrayal of a year in the life of a divorced mother living in Melbourne, trying to cope...

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    Chocolate for Breakfast

    Four young women share an apartment in New York. When Wall Street star Amy discovers she is pregnant...

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    Down in the Delta (1998)

    A drug user (Alfre Woodard) moves her children from Chicago to Mississippi to stay with their uncle...

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    Marius and Jeannette (1998)

    In an impoverished section of Marseilles, Jeannette is managing to raise a teenage daughter and...

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    Goddess of Mercy

    Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover...

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    The Players Club (1998)

    A single mother attending college moonlights as a stripper in a rowdy nightclub in order to pay for...

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    Billboard Dad (1998)

    Twin sisters advertise their single father on a Santa Monica Billboard.

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    Omega 7 (1987)

    An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army...

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    Tricky Life (2002)

    A look into the inhuman traffic of women and their enslavement to prostitution. Elisa, a young woman...

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    A Home of Our Own (1993)

    A widowed mother (Kathy Bates) of five loses her job in 1962 Los Angeles, then heads to Idaho in...

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    Mind the Gap (2004)

    Five stories revolve around a single father (Eric Schaeffer), a street performer, a retiree (Alan...

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    Men Don't Leave (1990)

    An indebted widow (Jessica Lange) sells the family home and starts over with her two sons (Chris...

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    Mermaids (1990)

    A teen (Winona Ryder) is caught in an emotional tug-of-war as she tries to deal with both her first...

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    Menace II Society (1993)

    Crime, street sense and the status quo roil the mind of a teenager (Tyrin Turner) in the Watts...

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    These Wilder Years (1956)

    A self-made man's (James Cagney) search for his illegitimate son ends at a woman's (Barbara...

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    Tortilla Soup (2001)

    A veteran chef (Hector Elizondo) and his three daughters (Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Peña)...

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    Prehysteria!

    A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs...

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    Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

    A French teen (Jean Seberg) recalls her father (David Niven), his mistress and another woman...

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    Waiting For the Light (1990)

    A mother, her two children and aunt move to a small midwestern town in 1962 to run a diner. The...

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    Kotch (1971)

    A grouchy old widower (Walter Matthau) takes care of a pregnant teenager (Deborah Winters).

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    Bambi 2

    After the death of his mother, a fawn (Alexander Gould) develops a deeper bond with his noble father...

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    Look Who's Talking (1989)

    An unwed accountant (Kirstie Alley) gives birth to Mikey, a hip baby who provides sarcastic...

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    Into the West (1993)

    Two children try to rescue a magical stallion after corrupt policemen plan to sell it to a rich...

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    Light of My Eyes

    After a near-accident, a smitten chauffeur (Luigi Lo Cascio) tries to help a single mother (Sandra...

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    Hildegarde

    When their beloved pet duck, Hildegarde, is ab'duck'ted by a couple of native bird smugglers it's up...

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    The Second Time Around (1961)

    A 1912 New York widow (Debbie Reynolds) with children becomes the umbrella-toting sheriff of a wild...

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    25 Degrees in Winter

    It is the 12th of January and it’s going to be a scorcher in the capital of Belgium. A vehicle, with...