Divorced parents movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant divorced parents movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, humorous, sexy, feel good and semi serious films and TV shows about / with divorced parents, family relations, father son relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, parents and children, divorce, youth, teenager, love and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as divorced parents: Café de Flore (2011), The 7th Floor (2013), HIM (2016), Maggie's Plan (2015), Custody (2017), Ticket to Paradise (2022), I Killed My Mother (2009), Gary Unmarried (2008), Wetlands (2013), Dreaming About You (1992).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful ...
Style:
sexy, touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
divorced couple, down syndrome, divorced parents, true love, sick child, female nudity, childhood trauma, multiple storylines, love affair, depressed woman, reincarnation, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, montreal, paris france, canada, quebec ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Like every day, Marcelo gathers her children on the floor of his ex-wife. As each day play "to see who gets there first" them down the stairs, him in the elevator, a diversion that your ex-partner does not like. But when one day Marcelo ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, missing child, apartment building, elevator, family relations, chases and races, parents and children, lawyer, divorced parents, kidnapping, vanished man, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A 17-year-old boy, known only as HIM, caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood is also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now remarried with new families. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
supernatural, divorced parents, psychic power, superpower, family relations, father son relationship, divorce, teenage boy, british, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, college student ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Maggie 's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
writers, stepmother, relationships, marriage, divorce, hotel, friendship, marxism, blended family, narcissist, character study, eccentricity ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, quebec, brooklyn new york city, california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody to her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
custody battle, divorce, lie, child custody, lawyer, violent father, boy, divorced parents, parent child relationship, child, sexualized violence, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2013
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, entertaining, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot:
divorced couple, love, ex husband ex wife relationship, happy ending, american abroad, wedding, divorced parents, beer pong, marriage proposal, holiday romance, female friendship, family relations ...
Place:
bali, indonesia, australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay son, lgbt, gay teenager, coming of age, family problems, youth, gay love, lgbt teen, gay relationship, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009
Place:
france, europe, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Gary Unmarried is an American sitcom created by Ed Yeager, which ran on CBS from September 24, 2008 to March 17, 2010. The series focuses on a recently divorced couple sharing custody of their kids while starting new relationships. The show was ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
dating, divorced parents, breakup, family problems, parents and children, ex couple relations, couple relations, starting over, single parent, overbearing parent, family relations, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Helen is a nonconformist teenage girl who maintains a conflictual relationship with her parents. Hanging out most of her time with her friend Corinna, with whom she breaks one social taboo after another, she uses sex as a way to rebel and break the ...
Style:
sexy, controversial, erotic, touching, intense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, hospital, childhood trauma, divorced parents, sexuality, sexual fantasy, masturbation, dysfunctional family, misfit, dark humor, mother daughter relationship, sex ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
germany, turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two teenage friends spend their summer break preparing for the sexual conquests they hope to experience. That is, until one of the boys is visited by his older, more sexually aggressive cousin, Azucena. Ushering her naïve cousin into the world of ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, hot
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, aunt nephew relationship, sex with a minor, teenage boy, sex scene, summer vacation, cousin cousin relationship, older woman teenage boy sex, older woman younger man relationship, incest, first sexual experience, friendship ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Hayley Mills plays twins who, unknown to their divorced parents, meet at a summer camp. Products of single parent households, they switch places (surprise!) so as to meet the parent they never knew, and then contrive to reunite them.
Style:
touching, sweet, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
twins, summer, family life, childhood, sisters, summer camp, divorce, women, teenage girl, parents and children, mischievous children, divorced parents ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
california, massachusetts, boston, monterey california, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One ...
Style:
thought provoking, semi serious, sincere, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
father son relationship, private detective, lottery ticket, writers, gambling, slice of life, novelist, money problems, easy woman, mother son relationship, storm, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
east asia, japan, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, rom com, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, marriage, ex husband ex wife relationship, couple relations, ex husband, dating, love affair, old love, family relations, divorced parents, life philosophy, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A seductive teen becomes vindictive when her boyfriend tries to end the relationship.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, divorced parents, teenage life, dangerous attraction, teenager, manipulation, psychopath, parents and children, false accusation, danger, youth, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, South Africa
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14. The film is largely based on Richard ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, sentimental, semi serious
Plot:
stepmother, child's point of view, youth, divorce, parents and children, coming of age, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couple relations, eccentric family, family problems, boarding school life ...
Time:
60s, year 2005, 20th century, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
mental health, self harm, depression, suicide, father son relationship, son, divorced parents, teen angst, father, family conflict, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
washington d.c., new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
divorced parents, destroying evidence, ex husband ex wife relationship, murder mystery, dysfunctional family, parents and children, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, family relations, murder, hidden corpse, father daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old boy who spend summer with his grandparents falls in love with an older young man but when tragedy strikes, he falls into a dark hole of self-harm, lust, and loneliness.
Style:
f word
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay teenager, male prostitute, gay interest, gay, self harm, grandmother grandson relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, father son relationship, divorced parents, gay son, death of grandmother, teenage boy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father means 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called Goat Man. So when Ellis decides to leave the alternative ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, teenage life, fall in love, youth, parents and children, eccentric family, roommate, father son relationship, divorced parents, boy girl relationship, preparatory school ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, tucson arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Style:
philosophical, melancholic, cerebral, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, teenager, high school, adolescence, domestic abuse, family drama, youth, divorced parents, stepsister stepsister relationship, relationships, marriage ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 90s, near future ...
Place:
texas, ethiopia, houston texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Style:
romantic, sexy, funny, inspirational, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
soccer, father son relationship, football, soccer coach, single father, relationships, parents, temptation, eligible bachelor, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorced parents, football team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, feel good, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, romantic rivalry, friendship, best friends in love, enemies to lovers, prom, fake relationship, friends to lovers, in love, couples, youth ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual relations, boy, coming of age, gay, first sexual experience, teenage life, divorced parents, teenager, tennis, athlete's life, friendship, prodigy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, divorced parents, family relations, dysfunctional family, xmas, couples, young heroes, eccentric family, disorder, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
So Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001, to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus owing to network management ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
twins, teenage life, high school life, twin sister, youth, teenage love, divorced parents, best friend, family life, female protagonist, high school, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malibu california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
autism, divorced parents, road trip, parenting, stand up comedian, father son relationship, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, comedian, father and son, family problems ...
Place:
nebraska, michigan
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
TV show
Story:
Though Mi Soo received treatment for her brain tumor three years ago, it’s back. Soon, she becomes a terminally ill patient. After her parents divorced, her mother remarried and her father passed away from a car accident. Her aunt raised her, but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, rough
Plot:
terminal illness, brain tumor, funeral, divorced parents, cancer, mother son relationship, family relations, relationships, love affair, death of protagonist, parent child relationship, life & death ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.
Style:
sexy, feel good, melancholic, humorous, light ...
Plot:
divorced parents, family relations, american abroad, love, father daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, colosseum, woman, dog, telephone call, sex scene, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
Style:
adult animation, surreal, philosophical, experimental, black comedy ...
Plot:
illness, dark humor, surrealism, divorced parents, life & death, existentialism, depression, mental health, introspection, self discovery, art, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, realistic, witty, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, happy ending, bullying, youth, teacher, drinking, neighbor, divorced parents, storytelling, character study, redemption ...
Time:
year 1946, 2010s, y2k, year 2014, year 1965 ...
Place:
new york, peru, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey ...
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