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parent child relationship

6.5

♡ 35

54%

Michael Hoffman Director

Michael Massee as Eddie

George Clooney as Jack Taylor

Michelle Pfeiffer as Melanie Parker

Gregory Jbara as Metro Reporter

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.

Menashe

2017

Yiddish

6.6

♡ 14

95%

Joshua Z Weinstein Director

Yoel Falkowitz as Fischel

Menashe Lustig as Menashe

Ruben Niborski as Rieven - Menashe's son

Meyer Schwartz as The rabbi

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

6.8

♡ 3

67%

Vincente Minnelli Director

Kimberly Beck as Child Party Guest

Ron Nyman as Dancer

Ron Howard as Eddie Corbett

Gene Roth as The Minister

Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.

After Words

2015

6.4

♡ 1

44%

51%

los angeles, california

Juan Feldman Director

Jenna Ortega as Anna / Juan's daugther

Marcia Gay Harden as Jane

Óscar Jaenada as Juan Chapa

Ron Canada as Nelson

Jane Taylor, a librarian, has lost her job. Depressed and suicidal, she decides to take a final wonderful trip to Costa Rica before swallowing a bottle of pills. Once there, she meets a younger man, Juan, a vibrant tour guide who takes her on an unexpected journey filled with adventure and romance.

There Was a Father

1942

Japanese

7.5

♡ 4

100%

82%

father son relationship

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Kenji Ôyama as

Reikô Tani as

Chishû Ryû as Shuhei Horikawa

Shin Saburi as Yasutaro Kurokawa

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Christmas by Candlelight

2023

5.6

♡ 6

Brian K. Roberts Director

Debra McGrath as Grandma Ruth

Erin Agostino as Juliet

Kimberly-Ann Truong as Lucy

Christian Potenza as Reporter

Wellness expert, Juliet, pitches Christmas memory candles to her boss in hopes of earning a promotion and enlists the help of boutique candle store owner, Tom, to create new candle scents. Tom, who thinks the wellness industry is a scam, refuses at first but agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter’s Christmas wish come true.

Grown Up Movie Star

2009

6.1

♡ 2

80%

absent parent

newfoundland and labrador

lgbt

woman director

Adriana Maggs Director

Joel Thomas Hynes as Chad

Shawn Doyle as Ray

Mary Walsh as Receptionist

Tatiana Maslany as Ruby

The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.

My Christmas Dream

2016

6.2

♡ 5

32%

James Head Director

Bruce Dawson as Henry

David Haydn-Jones as Kurt

Peter Brown as Shopper

Deidre Hall as Victoria

A department store manager sets out to create an amazing holiday display window to impress the owner. She asks a recently-fired employee to help her make the display, and as they work together, they start to fall in love.

Christmas in Vienna

2020

6.4

♡ 5

25%

Maclain Nelson Director

Eveline Lehner as Dirndl Couple

Sarah Drew as Jess Waters

Brennan Elliott as Mark Olson

Alexander Keller as Mayor

Jess, a concert violinist whose heart just isn’t in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing, and a new love.

Christmas Getaway

2017

7.0

♡ 16

79%

Mel Damski Director

Sarah Smyth as Alice Bennett

Bridget Regan as Emory Blake

Alvin Sanders as Hal Hendry

Dan Payne as William

When a reservation mix-up at a mountain resort forces a newly-single travel writer to share a cabin with a handsome widower and his precocious daughter over the holidays, their lives are transformed by the magic of Christmas and the unexpected power of love.

99 Homes

2014

parent child relationship

7.1

♡ 59

92%

real estate agent

Ramin Bahrani Director

Andrew Garfield as Dennis Nash

Clancy Brown as Mr. Freeman

Joni Bovill as Mrs. Moros

Michael Shannon as Rick Carver

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.

Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays

2019

6.2

♡ 3

40%

Eric Close Director

Kaitlin Doubleday as Harper Ellis

Sunny Mabrey as Maggie Ellis

Adrian Grenier as Owen Reed

Priscilla Presley as Priscilla Presley

World-traveler Harper returns to Memphis and meets wealthy widower Owen who hires her to au pair for the holidays. As they prepare for a joint event at Graceland, their feelings grow for each other. Harper realizes she enjoys living near family and must decide if Memphis will be her forever home.

Man and a Baby

2017

Finnish

6.1

baby

based on novel or book

Comedy

Marja Pyykkö Director

Niko Saarela as Ilkka Reponen

Lauri Tilkanen as Markku

Anna-Maija Tuokko as Nelli

Pihla Viitala as Pihlaja

Antti Pasanen is working as a journalist. His life is on the right tracks; his wife Pia is just about to give birth. Until - in the front of the Maternity Hospital everything changes. Antti, with the sniffling baby in his arms, sees the taxi´s taillights fading out. Pia is sitting on the backseat; their future as a nuclear family is disappearing. The new life with the baby´s terms begins and Antti has no idea what that’s all about.

The Christmas Shepherd

2014

6.7

♡ 3

67%

Terry Ingram Director

Glynis Davies as Clinic Director

Jordyn Ashley Olson as Emma Green

Martin Cummins as Mark Green

Teri Polo as Sally Brown

Sally Brown, a successful children's book author and Army widow loses her late husband's German Shepherd, Buddy, only to later find him adopted by a new family - single father Mark Green and his teenage daughter Emma. Each finds a sense of Christmas spirit as they struggle to decide with whom the dog really belongs.

Catch a Christmas Star

2013

6.2

♡ 1

high school sweetheart

John Bradshaw Director

Christopher Jacot as Carmine

Steve Byers as Chris Marshall

Christopher Russell as Henry Williams

Maria Ricossa as Shelley

Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anthem or promoting her latest album, everyone knows who she is—none more so than New Jersey high school basketball coach and widower Chris Mitchell, who was Nikki's first love in high school. When Chris' 10-year-old daughter Sophie finds out her dad still has feelings for the singer, she takes matters into her own hands. With her 8-year-old brother Jackson in tow, Sophie succeeds in reuniting the two. But when a misunderstanding and the growing glare of the public spotlight threaten Chris and Nikki's happiness, one can only wonder: will fame get in the way of a Merry Christmas?

Love You Like Christmas

2016

6.4

♡ 5

35%

Graeme Campbell Director

Richard Waugh as Bob Harding

Landy Cannon as David Hadley

Madison Brydges as Jo Tyler

Brennan Elliott as Kevin Tyler

Maddie, a high-powered marketing executive, is on her way to a client’s wedding but her plans are derailed by car trouble. When a fork in the road leads her to Christmas Valley, a town in love with Christmas, an unexpected encounter and a group of strangers that start to feel like family will have her questioning what she’s really been missing in life.

The End of Love

2012

5.9

♡ 4

59%

47%

Action

parent child relationship

single parent

toddler

Mark Webber Director

Amanda Seyfried as Amanda

Aubrey Plaza as Aubrey

Michael Cera as Michael

Michael Angarano as Michael Angarano

Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When he meets Lydia, a young mother, he is no longer able to live in the comfort of denial.

Nanny McPhee

2005