Movies like Sex & the Single Mom

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Sex & the Single Mom (2003)
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Sex & the Single Mom (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty healthy dose of her own medicine when she winds up getting pregnant from a brief encounter with a newly single doctor! This new situation poses a major challenge to the mother-daughter dynamic. Tune in to see if Jess and her daughter can rise to the occasion.
Style: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
Plot: pregnancy, single parent, love, teenage life, moral dilemma, youth, parents and children, family life, love and romance, society, family problems, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, mother daughter relationship, older woman younger man, divorce, lust, affair, promiscuity, family relations, singleness, sexual relations, couples, gender, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: nova scotia

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Most similar movies to Sex & the Single Mom

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, family problems, couples, love and romance and teenage life mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Sex & the Single Mom: Expecting Amish (2014), Fifteen and Pregnant (1998), Mom at Sixteen (2005), Due East (2002), Stay (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Expecting Amish (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 18-year-old Hannah Yoder is ready to become an Amish adult - which means baptism into the Church and marriage to her boyfriend, Samuel. However, her friends convince her to visit Hollywood for Rumspringa where she meets Josh and the two hit it off ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience: teens
Plot: pregnancy, religions or cults, forbidden love, couples, society, love and romance, youth, love affair, culture clash, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, family problems, lifestyle, teenage life, family in crisis, hopes, parent child relationship, sister sister relationship, youth, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenage pregnancy, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, mother and daughter, babies and infants, adoption, pregnancy, baby, parents and children, youth, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Due East (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar (Bryant) who has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: single parent, teenage pregnancy, small town, coming of age, teenage life, destructive relationship, couples, family relations, parents and children, lifestyle, love and romance, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stay (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pregnancy, family life, parents and children, single parent, unsupportive spouse, homecoming, family relations, love, vicious, women, family problems, troubled relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, ireland
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67%
The Best Day of My Life (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up ...
Style: realistic, humorous, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, family problems, couples, youth, society, religions or cults, marital discord, gays and lesbians, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
More Sex & the Single Mom (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage daughter, Sara's, growing carnal desires with a photographer she meets while planning her high ...
Style: touching, emotional, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: family gatherings, parents and children, looking for love, family relations, love and romance, midlife crisis, lifestyle, youth, couples, teenage life, unfulfillment, thirtysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Face (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, introspection, culture clash, single parent, youth, coming of age, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Wild Iris (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A woman and her teenage son move back in with her mother to work together in the family bridal business.
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, talky, realistic
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: parents and children, dysfunctional family, couples, hopes, unlikely couple, teenage life, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, single parent, introspection, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Five Hours from Paris (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Only 5 flight hours from Paris, in a working-class suburb of Tel Aviv, two people meet. He is a bred-and-born Israeli and she is a Russian immigrant. He is a taxi driver and she is a music teacher. He has no aspirations. She gave up hers long ago. ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, feel good
Plot: single parent, love and romance, family relations, society, fall in love, immigrant, love, divorced parents, music teacher, fear of flying, taxi driver, choir ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, sexual
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teacher student sex, pregnancy, forbidden love, love and romance, against the rules, unlikely couple, legal, youth, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, teachers and students, babies and infants ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cold Showers (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mickael's family is struggling (they don't have enough money to pay for hot water) however his life is full with Judo and his girlfriend Venessa. Then Mickael makes a decision to open up his relationship to include Clement his rich-kid ...
Style: realistic, erotic, emotional, serious, melancholic ...
Plot: coming of age, love triangle, teenage life, contests and competitions, gay, menage a trois, male nudity, teenage love, love and romance, class differences, lgbt, parents and children ...
Place: france
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100%
Immediate Family (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that Linda and Michael will adopt Lucy's baby and that Lucy ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: adoption, pregnancy, marriage, homeless, poverty, slice of life, parents, dilemma, birth control, love, social differences, teenage life ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: seattle, washington state
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27%
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his consent, so he takes his son to his grandmother's house to fight for custody.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: christmas, against the odds, adoption, custody, couples, family life, family relations, parents and children, hospital, single parent, holiday, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, touching, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, coming of age, elderly lovers, youth, family life, family problems, couples, estrangement, lifestyle, love and romance, dysfunctional family, bittersweet ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Carry Me Home (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A widow named Harriet and her two children Carrie and Brian are living in rural New York in 1947 and are still recovering from the death of Harriet's husband killed in World War II. Carrie is a tomboy and hangs around with boys and they have ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic
Plot: youth, mentally challenged, wooing, self discovery, prank, dysfunctional family, hopes, couples, family problems, single parent, love and romance, society ...
Time: 20th century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Too Young to Be a Dad (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When 15-year-old, Matt Freeman, gets his girlfriend, Francesca, pregnant her family decides to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the decision, but begins to rethink it. This movie is taken from the father's point of view.
Style: serious, emotional, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, teenage life, life turned upside down, family problems, family relations, youth, human spirit, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, family in crisis, parenthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Gestation (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A smart poor girl and a inmature rich boy get their life twisted when they accidently have a baby.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot: pregnancy, family relations, couples, society, youth, teenage life, love, young lovers, teenager, grownups, responsibility, life turned upside down ...
Time: 21st century
Place: costa rica, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
What Girls Learn (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: teenage girl, single mother, stepfather, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, human nature, love and romance, youth, estrangement, couples, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: georgia, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Twelve Mile Road (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and family.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional
Audience: teen drama
Plot: summer vacation, family relations, farmer, teenage life, estrangement, family problems, youth, friendship, parents and children, elderly, adolescence vs adulthood, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Quiet Little Marriage (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Quiet Little Marriage is the love story of Dax and Olive, who manage to find harmony even as they juggle family, romance and intimacy, but that all changes the night she asks him for a baby. Writer/director Mo Perkins’ intense and profound, raw ...
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: pregnancy, family problems, couple relations, family relations, parents and children, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love, rivalry, sexual relations, crumbling marriage, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Fly Away (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: autism, nursing, moral dilemma, parents and children, single parent, society, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, social misfits, youth, family problems, child illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.3
 217
Steam (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they gradually get to know one another and bond over their respective trials and tribulations.
Style: serious, talky, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Plot: sauna, widow, introspection, female friendship, life is a bitch, human spirit, self discovery, love and romance, elderly, hopes, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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In Mom's Head (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, youth, life is a bitch, love and romance, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, secret, intergenerational friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.0
 159
Almost a Woman (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young woman named Esmeralda and her family move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges she and her family face.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, hispanic
Plot: immigrant, lifestyle, rise to the top, human spirit, family life, teenage life, parents and children, family problems, single parent, youth, hopes, teachers and students ...
Time: 60s
Place: new york, puerto rico, latin america, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.4
 388
About Sunny (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: poverty, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.8
 218
Taken Away (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A corrupt politician covers up his daughter Vicky's pregnancy by forcing her to give the baby up for adoption. The newborn is adopted by a loving couple unable to have children, but a year later Vicky, now in college, realizes she was forced ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: custody, adoption, courtroom drama, righting the wronged, parents and children, single parent, family relations, rivalry, teenage life, fighting the system, youth, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.1
 3K
Stella (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the ...
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, captivating, sad ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: single parent, working class, pregnancy, society, breakup, moral dilemma, love and romance, starting over, youth, family life, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.5
 605
Virgin (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, teenage life, parents and children, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Vicious Circle (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Shot on digital , HD and 8 mm. Filmed through both sides of North America. 'Vicious Circle' pushes the limits of what can be accomplished on a bike. Featuring the first ever 65 foot 'Double Road Gap' , some of the gnarliest ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot: fall in love, lifestyle, false accusation, teenage life, family relations, youth, love and romance, destructive relationship, society, chess, skateboard, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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