Single Parent Movies

A coming-of-age drama about a first-generation college graduate returning home to their single mother, and just how isolating change can feel.

Clarissa is a driven, straight-talking single Black mother and social warrior in Oakland, California. Becoming unhoused with an infant inspired her...

Portraits of three single fathers.

Zi Kien and his mother Ah Lin only have each other in their lives until one day, Ah Lin starts dating Mr. Lee. Zi Kien feels his place in his...

After his wife leaves him, Joaquín brings his mother-in-law back home to look after him and his son.

Soham has a little girl Mishti who misses her mother a lot and sometimes becomes violent when she can’t handle the stress. So, the...

Something monstrous is slaughtering deer in the marshlands of Ohio, leaving them torn to shreds. Authorities believe it to be the work of a bear, but...

In this East German film, the third one in The Third is Margit's third lover. After her mother's death, Margit has two affairs which don't work out,...

A documentary about single mothers by choice.

A documentary film about two single mothers.

One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One of her sons - ridiculed by his peers - leaves home...

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

A single mother struggles with the futility of her relationship with her special needs son as her patience grows thin.

Three perspectives on loneliness, how it feels and how it can be survived: “If I could just dance with somebody once more.”

Following a single father & his 3 kids, watch the struggle, stress, & strength of what the everyday life is like growing up & those growing pains...