Single Mother Movies

A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.

When a mysterious illness targets several children in the small town of Caroltyn, young single mom Kofi is forced to confront the past and the...

Daughter supports mother, as Mother supports daughter.

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the...

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one...

Overwhelmed by motherhood, Ester steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son David, with an intellectual disability. They meet a young...

When Cynthia writes a letter to her unborn baby about her hopes for the future, the baby writes back.

Subjected to harsh treatment by her husband Jiro’s family, Fujiko is devastated when Mari is kidnapped by Jiro’s relatives. With the help...

Twenty-six year old Scott is living on the streets and trying to find his way back into society while on probation for petty crimes. He attempts to...

Kelsey finds herself fighting a legal battle with her ex-husband Ben when he sues for full custody of their daughter believing that she's no longer...

Wealthy and glamorous Sunny radiates polished perfection, but beneath her sparkling society smile, Sunny is a drug kingpin, mob mistress and devoted...

Tracking a real-life pregnancy, this fictional film tells the story of a Latinx workaholic who’s determined to have a baby on her own terms and...

A young mother navigates the New York City subway system in order to get her baby to daycare on time.

August, a teenage grocery store cashier, faces a difficult choice: Does she stop and help a young single mother in need, or turn a blind eye for the...

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she...

A boy who no longer speaks, shaped by a tyrannical father and a mother he both resents and loves, grows up on Japan's northern coast. With nowhere to...

It’s been one year since Elizabeth’s husband, Bill, died in a tragic horseback riding accident and she is starting to move on. When she...

A documentary about single mothers by choice.

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...

After a mysterious disappearance, a single mom becomes suspicious of her boyfriend.