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1) Ballast
Publication 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...
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Christine Eisley is a single mom of two struggling to keep her family afloat during Christmas time in the small town of Wilsonville. Having recently moved into town, Christine becomes acquainted with the townspeople, and as the holidays progress, she comes to find her struggles are replaced by surprise and good fortune, as a long time family secret is finally brought to light.
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When shallow, self-absorbed stockbrocker Sterling Brooks meets with a fatal freak accident on the golf course, he's in for the ride of his afterlife. Thanks to the divine intervention of Joe, a guardian angel with an attitude, Sterling learns that he can only get into heaven by performing one last good deed on earth: he must rescue single mother Annie Campbell and her seven-year old daughter Marissa from vicious mobsters who will stop at nothing -...
4) Lolo
Publication 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.
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Christy is a single mom valiantly trying to overcome a lifetime of questionable choices. Now a year clean and sober, she's tested daily by her seventeen-year-old daughter Violet, her young son Roscoe, and her newly sober mom, Bonnie in this pulls-no-punches comedy.
8) Good deeds
Publication Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiance, Natalie. But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey, a down-on-her-luck single mother who works as a cleaning person in his office building. Outspoken, impulsive and proud,...
9) Locked in
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Mena Suvari and Jeff Fahey star in this heart-stopping, action-thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end. After a diamond heist takes a fatal turn, a pair of thieves must entrust their fortune with an accomplice at a high-tech storage facility while they lay low. Hiding the goods within the labyrinth of storage units, the thieves2 inside man pays the ultimate price when he turns against them. Now, hell-bent on recovering the missing stones,...
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Miranda Wells is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. A powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson, into her life. In just a few short days, Bray's presence re-ignites the family's spirit, but he also carries a secret, and it's a secret that could change everything.
11) East side sushi
Publication 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...
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Single mom Christy Plunkett is now sober and trying to get her life on track. However, she's tested daily by her newly sober mother, Bonnie, and by her relationships with her own kids. Christy tries to remain positive as she attempts to overcome her past and build a better future, but with her dysfunctional family and life's many setbacks, it's always an uphill battle.
13) Obvious child
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Donna Stern is a Brooklyn comedian who gets heartlessly dumped by her two-timing boyfriend. While trying to drown her troubles at the stand-up comedy club, she has a drunken one night stand with a cute young professional named Max (who's not even remotely her type) and ends up pregnant. Donna has to do what is expected of a "responsible adult" just in time for the best/worst Valentine's Day of her life.
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Christy (Anna Faris) is a single mom who, after years of questionable choices, is now sober and trying to get her life on track. She's tested daily by her mother, Bonnie (Allison Janney), whom Christy stilll considers the root of her troubles, even though she has also gotten sober. Now mother and daughter are working to overcome their past mistakes and build a better future for their family. CHristy has gone back to school and is pursuing her dream...
15) Babes
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Babes follows childhood best friends Eden and Dawn, now in different phases of adulthood. When single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge.
16) Warning shot
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.
17) Warning shot
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After her award-winning documentary brings down the San Diego Police Department, television producer Jane Sadler turns her storytelling talents to fiction and launches a new television cop drama. But the pressures of balancing her demanding career, dealing with a messy divorce, and being a devoted single mother start to take their toll. Jane is in the middle of a fractious separation when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night;...
20) Suddenly single
Publication Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Samantha Stone, a smart and beautiful wife and mother, has been happily married to her high school sweetheart Sylvester Stone for seventeen years. On the day they're set to move into their dream home, Sylvester confesses that he is leaving her for another woman. Written and produced by American playwright David E. Talbert.
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