Movies and TvShows featuring "single-parent-family" theme.
Punky Brewster is a comedy TV show that follows the adventures of a spirited little girl named Punky who is abandoned by her mother and then taken in by a kind-hearted photographer named Henry. With the help of her loyal golden retriever, Brandon, and a diverse group of friends, Punky learns to navigate life's ups and downs, while spreading love and joy to everyone she meets.
Hiroshi is a boy, a bit lazy in school and in his daily tasks. One day, fighting against his bullies classmates, Hiroshi accidentally fell over a frog who was jumping through Nerima, Tokyo Shakujii Park. Due to this incident, Pyonkichi, the frog, became a "flat frog" and his image and spirit get impregnated on Hiroshi's t-shirt. Due to this shirt being the only one that Hiroshi has kept in good shape, he is forced to wear it everyday, interacting with Pyonkichi and becoming friends. Pyonkichi has total control over the t-shirt, being able to move it at will, despite what Hiroshi may want.
A love story depicting the connection between parents and their children in various forms.
After being struck by lightning, a high school student named Carson Phillips blackmails his classmates in order to achieve his dreams of attending Northwestern University and becoming a journalist. Along the way, Carson deals with a complicated relationship with his alcoholic mother, his grandmother's worsening Alzheimer's disease, and the death of his best friend. Through his narration from beyond the grave, Carson reflects on his life and the impact he had on others.
One Fine Day is a heartwarming film that follows the lives of Melanie and Jack, two divorced parents who are struggling to balance their careers and their responsibilities as single parents. When their children miss a school field trip, Melanie and Jack are forced to work together to take care of their kids for the day. As they navigate the challenges of parenting, they also discover a growing attraction between them. Will they be able to overcome their differences and seize the opportunity for love? Find out in this charming and funny movie.
Rags to Riches follows the story of a single father in 1960s Los Angeles who unexpectedly becomes wealthy and decides to adopt a group of orphaned children. Together, they navigate the challenges of living in a mansion in Bel-Air and the ups and downs of family relationships.
In 'Liar, Liar, Vampire', a teenager named Davis is new to town and pretends to be a vampire to fit in. He becomes the center of attention at his new school, but things become complicated when he falls for a girl and has to keep up the charade. Will Davis be able to keep his secret and win the girl of his dreams?
Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that girls can compete just as well as boys. Their goal: Koshien stadium, where only the best teams get the opportunity to play.
Not Cinderella's Type is a romantic drama about a female protagonist who goes through various challenges in her life, such as dealing with a death of a pet cat and forced child labor. She meets a soccer player who becomes her best friend, and they navigate the ups and downs of their teenage romance while facing obstacles like emotional abuse and a romantic rival. The story is based on a novel and includes elements of a classic Cinderella tale.
William is an undertaker and Mary is a midwife. After losing her husband, Mary struggles with being a single mother. When William and Mary meet, they find companionship and love amidst the challenges of their professions and personal lives.
New in town, Brandon starts working at an auto shop to support his single mother where he's trained by an experienced mechanic, Evan. The two spark up a whirlwind romance which takes an unexpected turn when a secret is revealed, throwing a wrench in their relationship.
In 1972, Miyuki tells her ex-lover Kazuo that she's going to Okinawa with their son. Kazuo decides to film her. He narrates his visits to her there: first while her flatmate is Sugako, a woman Miyuki is attracted to; then, while she works at a bar and is with Paul, an African-American soldier. Once, Kazuo brings his girlfriend, Sachiko. We see Miyuki with her son, with other bar girls, and with Sachiko. Miyuki, pregnant, returns to Tokyo and delivers a mixed-race child on her own with Kazuo and Sachiko filming. She joins a women's commune, talks about possibilities, enjoys motherhood, and is uninterested in a traditional family. Does the filmmaker have a point of view?
At home in the small family is nothing new. Tiny Per is the school's mischief maker, Sister has heartaches, Mie and Ole has to be in the school play, etc. But suddenly something happens. Good old Uncle Anders has a twin brother in the United States. He called Sofus, and now he comes home to celebrate 70th birthday. He was a troublemaker when he left and now he has become even worse
Tiny Per gets its biggest wish: He becomes a scout. Sister also gets hers biggest wish: She's getting married. So now Mie take over the household and it's not going to go quietly.
Nina Frisk is a flight attendant who navigates through various funny and chaotic situations. She deals with a dysfunctional family, love interests, and the ups and downs of her career. Along the way, she discovers the true meaning of happiness and finds unexpected connections.
A mother grieving for her late husband must search for her missing daughter before her daughter meets his same fate.
Its summer and everyone are going on holiday to a small fisher town in Jutland.
In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago home and sent to the strange land of LA to live in the far-out beach bungalow of his aunt, an aging hippie still stuck in a by-gone era. He is unhappy with the new arrangement and finds his new bohemian lifestyle strange and the activities of his new peers, stupid. His life begins to change a bit when he befriends a young surfer named Fin. At first he thinks of the fun-loving Fin as a real dolt, but later he admits he was wrong. Like the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn characters on which they are loosely based, the two new friends soon find themselves having a series of adventures, some of them dangerous; by the summer's end, Tom finds himself wiser, accustomed to California, and a lot more grown up.
Ib Schønberg is again the kindly father - and now he is crowned "the ideal driver". This means that he can take all his four children to winter holiday in Norway.
Dr. Finn Jeffries plays a new stepmother to her deceased lover's daughter Zelly. She also took over her lover's abortion clinic that is being protested by increasingly violent "pro-lifer's".