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3) L!fe happens
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A comedy centered on two best friends, Kim and Deena, who fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after Kim gets pregnant and has a baby.
4) Ballast
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2008, Ballast is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption. In the cold winter light of the Mississippi Delta, three lonely people stumble under the weight of a shared tragedy. Lawrence (Micheal J. Smith, Sr. ) is paralyzed with grief after the loss of his twin brother. Twelve-year-old James (Jimmyron Ross) drifts...
5) Lolo
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A surprising and dark romantic comedy from acclaimed actress Julie Deply (Before Sunset), follows Violette (Delpy), a forty year-old workaholic in the fashion industry who goes on a spa retreat and falls for a local computer geek, Jean-Rene. But this new romance is threatened by Violette's spoiled teenage son, Lolo, who plots to ruin the relationship.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Single mom Juana can slice and dice anything with great speed and precision. After working at a fruit-vending cart for years, she decides to take a job at a local Japanese restaurant. Intrigued by the food, she learns to make a multitude of sushi on her own. Eventually she attempts to become a sushi chef, but is unable to because she is the 'wrong' race and gender. Against all odds, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, determined to not let...
8) Captive
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and taumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Susanne is a young, single mother who lives a somewhat alternative, unstructured lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and attempts a minor insurance fraud to make ends meet. Despite its rare view of everyday socialism from a woman's perspective, East German officials were critical of this frank portrayal of a less-than-ideal socialist citizen and turned down all invitations for the film to be screened abroad....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
They're schoolgirls - dreaming of the future, wanting to go out and have fun, trying to work out relationships with families, friends and boyfriends - and attempting to finish high school while raising their babies. Plumpton High, in Sydney's outer western suburbs, is one of the few schools in Australia with a program that supports schoolgirl mothers completing their education, integrating them into the general student population. Over 100 girls have...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
After having two children with two different men, a newly single and liberated Margit discovers herself. Her entertaining amorous pursuit of a colleague is a testament to the evolving independence of East German women in the early 1970s. Starring Jutta Hoffmann, who received the Best Actress award for this role at the 1972 Venice Film Festival. Margit Fliesser is a mathematician in her mid-30s who works in a medium-sized company; she has two children...
13) Kidnap
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. Karla will stop at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
14) Changeling
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Working-class suburb Los Angeles, 1928. Christine says goodbye to her son, Walter, and departs for work. Arriving home, Christine discovers that Walter is nowhere to be found. Christine launches a desperate search for her son. Then, a boy claiming to be Christine's son appears out of thin air. Knowing the boy is not hers, Christine invites the child to stay in her home. Christine cannot accept the injustice being pushed upon her and continues to challenge...
16) Home again
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Recently separated from her husband, Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters. During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live. Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways. Alice's unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing...
17) A simple favor
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mommy vlogger seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's sudden disappearance from their small town.
18) St. Vincent.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine,...
19) Home again
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Recently separated from her husband, Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters. During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live. Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways. Alice's unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing...
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