Single parent movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant single parent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, feel good, sentimental, emotional and serious films and TV shows about / with single parent, family relations, parents and children, single mother, love and romance, mother son relationship, family, happy ending, love and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as single parent: Labor Day (2013), The Rebound (2009), Sex & the Single Mom (2003), This Boy's Life (1993), One Fine Day (1996), A Little Closer (2011), Frozen River (2008), Love Comes Softly (2003), Lucky Christmas (2011), Dear Frankie (2004).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Style:
touching, sincere, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night, teens
Plot:
unlikely relationship, fall in love, stockholm syndrome, love and romance, single parent, love, happy ending, single mother, boy, longing, on the run, holiday ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
usa, canada, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, single parent, love and romance, couples, age difference, parents and children, starting over, infidelity, sex, relationships, unfaithful husband, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, istanbul turkey, new jersey
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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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
single parent, pregnancy, love, moral dilemma, teenage life, youth, society, love and romance, lifestyle, family problems, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style:
depressing, period piece, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, small town, childhood, single parent, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, homosexual, biopic, stepfather stepson relationship, abusive stepfather ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
single parent, architect, opposites attract, couples, love and romance, nothing goes right, parents and children, one day, single mother, father daughter relationship, girl, love ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, fifteen year-old Marc and eleven year-old Stephen. Hoping to meet the love of her life and bring home a father for her boys, ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, atmospheric, erotic, sensual ...
Plot:
masturbation, male masturbation, underage sex, teenage boy, boy, family relations, sexuality, coming of age, parents and children, looking for love, single parent, loss of virginity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, thought provoking, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, survival, native american, smuggling, working class, christmas, courage, parenthood, u.s. canadian border ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, canada, new york state, usa, quebec ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Marty is a 19 year old pioneer woman, recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Clark Davis, a widower, offers her a marriage of ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, marriage of convenience, love and romance, faith, christian, couple relations, pregnancy, couples, hopes, farm, single parent, wagon train ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Lucky Christmas is the story of Holly Ceroni, a single mom trying to get back on her feet, but who is crushed to learn her winning lottery ticket is in the glove compartment of her recently stolen car. Mike Ronowski, the construction worker behind ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
single parent, christmas, christmas season, holiday, christmas romance, lottery, fall in love, family relations, love and romance, race against time, christmas present, female chef ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, ...
Style:
heartbreaking, sweet, sentimental, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
single parent, disability, family drama, passion, friendship, father son relationship, boy, stranger, ship, passionate love, little boy, letter ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler stars in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the story of what happens when you open your heart to the power of Christmas. Disenchanted single mom Jennifer Cullen (Brooke Burns) is a ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, single parent, holiday, matchmaking, uncle niece relationship, airplane trip, against the odds, love affair, disorder, couples, family life, eccentric family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
twins, divorce, summer camp, mischievous children, lookalikes, single parent, child's point of view, dishonesty, father daughter relationship, twins separated at birth, children, matchmaking ...
Time:
year 1986, 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
london, california, big ben london, bay area, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Style:
feel good, funny, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
single parent, fall in love, love story, single father, vacation, coming of age, love and romance, children, opposites attract, youth, couples, family values ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa, hawaii, usa
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Blue is a mother with a secret life. She'll do anything to keep it from her son. But her past has other plans.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
single parent, parents and children, double life, family relations, protecting from truth, sexuality, financial problem, secret life, single mother, protective parent, society, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
single parent, single father, father son relationship, family drama, cancer, widower, brothers, life philosophy, depression, overcoming, writers, step siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, australia, south australia, europe, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
With their mother dead, Emily and Ben torment their nannies to quit as fast as their father hires them. Till a nanny named Kate shows up and slowly wins Ben over. That's bad enough, but when her father and Kate start to fall in love, Emily sets ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, cute ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, girls' night
Plot:
single parent, nanny, matchmaking, workplace romance, love and romance, mischievous children, teenage life, parents and children, family life, fall in love, prank, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, beverly hills
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92K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
single parent, food, life, immigrant, housewife, relationships, infidelity, dysfunctional family, mother, parent child relationship, relationship problems, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, mexico ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two single parents come head to head when their kids want to adopt the same dog. Agreeing to co-foster, free-spirited Kate and type-A Eric must work together to find the dog's forever home.
Style:
entertaining, sincere, captivating, touching, tear jerker
Plot:
single parent, animator, fall in love, dog, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, divorced couple, dream, friendship, stargazing, breaking up with girlfriend, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier Javier Del Campo.
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, single parent, new year, looking for love, parents and children, pretend relationship, family relations, xmas, unlikely couple, holiday, divorced mother, ex husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, christmas special, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas eve, anti war, world war two, christmas, american soldier, soldier, nazi, boy, military, friendship, hitler youth, single parent ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, africa, dunkirk
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the frenzy before Christmas, two single parents accidentally mix up their toys at a crowded department store. As a result, both of their Christmases appear to be ruined. Although the two can’t stand each other, the only way to get things back ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
single parent, christmas, holiday, christmas eve, christmas romance, opposites attract, christmas present, second chance, mother son relationship, businessman, initially antagonists, parents and children ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, obsession, courtroom, trial, murder mystery, hitman, lawyer, murder of a nude woman, danger, unlikely friendships, single parent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, guatemala
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Firefighter lieutenant Dan Farrell is a widower and single dad who isn’t looking for love. But a few weeks before Valentine’s Day, his team responds to a fire at a local florist and he can’t help but notice the pretty owner, Kate. When he ...
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
valentine's day, single parent, happy ending, wooing, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance, love affair, love, escapades, couples, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes up with a controlling trucker and fights with her ...
Style:
touching, road movie, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, asthma, single mother, road trip, friendship, single parent, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, motel, on the road, human nature, starting over ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
san diego california, california, arizona, missouri, north carolina ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, heartbreaking, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
single parent, writers, friendship, writer's life, parents and children, death, biopic, peter pan, stage play, country house, passion, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, year 2004, turn of the century, future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It tells the story of a struggling man who, after flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, intense, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
relationships, family secret, salesman, half brother half sister relationship, family bonds, inheritance, funeral, family relations, single mother, siblings relations, drinking problem, family life ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tis the season for making dreams true. If everything goes according to plan for one young boy, he just may be sharing this Christmas with a new dad. Ever since her husband died, Sarah Armstrong has divided her time between working at a community ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, single parent, wish come true, looking for love, dating, hopes, couples, family relations, parents and children, contests and competitions, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian love, sapphic, high school life, lesbian sex, lesbian romance, youth, lesbian relationship, loss of virginity, lesbian couple, lesbian teen ...
Time:
90s, year 1989, year 1993
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, death, boy, good deed, disfigurement, addiction, abusive husband, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
tibet, usa, nevada, las vegas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
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