Movies and TvShows featuring "abandoned-by-wife" theme.
In the crime-infested streets of Los Angeles, a tough cop known for his unorthodox methods witnesses the brutal murder of his partner. Haunted by guilt and driven by a strong sense of justice, he sets out on a mission to eradicate crime and corruption. Along the way, he encounters a psychopathic killer, uncovers a web of deceit and betrayal, and confronts his own demons.
Teenager Charley Thompson gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and forms a strong connection with Lean on Pete, a racehorse with a troubled past. When the horse is sold and slated to be euthanized, Charley embarks on a dangerous journey to save his newfound friend.
Will Henry is a graphic novelist and a professor in NYC. After his wife leaves him, he struggles to cope with his new role as a single father and his creative slump. Along the way, he forms new connections and learns how to navigate his midlife crisis.
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease. Simin files for divorce, but the family court judges the couple's problems insufficient to warrant divorce and rejects Simin's application. Simin moves back in with her parents but Termeh decides to stay with her father...
Gloria Bell, a middle-aged woman living in Los Angeles, enjoys her freedom and explores love and self-discovery. She navigates through a world of discotheques, dysfunctional relationships, and the challenges of being a single woman in her fifties. As she tries to find happiness, Gloria forms new connections, confronts her past, and discovers the importance of living life to the fullest.
Actress Maggie's world collapses when her director husband is outed by the paparazzi when it’s discovered his new leading lady is pregnant with his baby. Seeking solace and healing, Maggie escapes to her ex-pat cousin’s beautiful hotel in Nevis. After a week in paradise, she discovers herself and meets a new love interest. Then reality comes crashing back in.
During World War II, a German and British pilot shoot each other down and find themselves stranded in the harsh winter wilderness of Norway. Forced to work together to survive, they must overcome their differences and learn to trust each other.
A mad scientist invents a machine that can shrink people down to doll size. He uses this machine to shrink unsuspecting victims and keeps them as his own dolls. A group of people find themselves trapped in the scientist's secret laboratory, trying to escape before they too become puppets.
In Top End Wedding, a couple is faced with the challenge of planning their dream wedding in just ten days. As they travel across Australia, they encounter various obstacles and hilarious situations that test their relationship and dedication to each other.
Hanging Up is a comedy-drama film that explores the complex relationships between three sisters as they deal with their father's deteriorating health and their own personal struggles. The story is filled with moments of humor, drama, and introspection as the sisters navigate the challenges of family dynamics and the evolving roles they play in each other's lives. With Thanksgiving serving as the backdrop, the film explores themes of reconciliation, forgiveness, and the importance of familial bonds.
Blow Dry is a comedy movie set in a small Yorkshire town where a group of hairdressers compete in a prestigious competition. The story revolves around the relationships between the characters, including a husband and wife who are separated but forced to work together, a father and son who have a strained relationship, and a hairstylist dealing with the fallout of his wife being diagnosed with cancer. As the competition unfolds, the characters navigate their personal challenges and find unexpected connections.
A young American singer in Paris falls in love with a Frenchman while she navigates relationships and reunions with her estranged mother and divorced parents.
When a struggling writer begins apartment hunting in New York City, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a mystery involving corruption, murder, and ethnic stereotypes. As he navigates the city's real estate market and deals with a dysfunctional family, he must untangle the web of lies before it destroys his dreams and relationships.
Beek, a 22 year-old statistics wiz, believes his Moneyball-esque skills can help rising tennis star Lois Kuzenkova win the U.S. Open.
A policeman discovers a suitcase full of drug money while on duty, meanwhile his wife is having an affair with another man.
When the mother of a "tribe" of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure how to keep the family clothed and fed, and without the help of his neighbor Simone, he would be nowhere. She is attracted to him but eventually gives up on the relationship. Meanwhile, the father grabs his brood and they take off for Paris in search of the wife. But Simone accidentally ends up on the same train...
In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Financially hard-pressed, a good-hearted coffee-shop owner asks his twin brother and famous actor for a loan; but, when he faints and collapses on stage, it's up to him to save the day, and his sibling's reputation. Is he up for the task?
A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.