Single Parent Movies

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

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

A family affected by the opioid crisis struggles to stay together.

OB navigates a laundromat’s nighttime inhabitants while scavenging 50¢ to buy a Hero-themed gumball.

A young immigrant single-dad is tasked with teaching his daughter English, which he does through American sitcoms.

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

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

Since the mother left, the relationship between Aksa and his father, Anton becomes tenuous. Anton still have deep worries over his wife's left and...

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.”

Seven strangers are interviewed to talk about the relationship they have with their mother.

Portraits of three single fathers.

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

A documentary about single mothers by choice.

A documentary film about two single mothers.