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21) The perfect man
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Holly is determined to find the ideal man for her single mom. With no flesh-and-blood options in sight, she creates an imaginary secret admirer based on a charming real-life restaurant owner.
22) The prophet
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Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa, but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa's return home, but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion.
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Maggie is an uptight, single mother who, in an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, takes her to the Tuscan village where she used to visit in her youth. There Maggie runs into her former lover Luca and his mother, Carmen. When Summer and Carmen impulsively steal Luca's car and race off to Rome, Maggie and Luca follow in close pursuit.
25) Rebound
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Hothead college basketball coach Roy McCormick shows more interest in endorsement deals than in winning games. After an on-court meltdown, the hot-tempered college hoops coach is expelled from the league. In order to return, Coach Roy needs to prove he can win games without losing his cool, and his last chance is to take on a losing junior high school team of wise-cracking misfits. As Roy struggles to turn his lovable losers into champions, he discovers...
26) The Graduate
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A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
29) Kiss shot
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Out of cash, out of a job, and soon-to-be out on the street, single mother Sarah Collins returns to the pool rooms of her youth to hustle the money to pay her home mortgage bill, only to encounter a globe-trotting, pool-playing ladies' man.
30) Kotch
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A heartwarming comedy, directed by Jack Lemmon, about an eccentric widower who befriends a feisty teenage mother-to-be.
31) Bob the butler
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Likable, bumbling Bob can't hold a job, and finds employment using the phonebook. Once in the B's, he stumbles upon Butler School and is soon hired by Anne, a single mother of two and a business owner, who desperately needs help.
32) Mirrormask
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After blaming herself for her mother's illness, Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, dreams that she is in a strange world with bizarre creatures and masked inhabitants.
33) Mars needs moms
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Take out the trash, eat your broccoli. Who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians, who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Milo's quest to save his mom involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet, and taking on the alien nation and their leader.
34) Mommie dearest
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The story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment manifests itself into her relationships with her adopted children, Christina and Christopher.
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Inspired by Michael Landon's beloved, classic '80s TV series, LIFETIMEʼs original HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN movie reboot follows Angela Stewart, played by GRAMMYʼ winner Jill Scott, who is an angel sent back to Earth to help people in need. This story finds a junior high student struggling with the tragic loss of his mother as he and his dad drift apart. Angela takes a temporary job as a school counselor working alongside principal Bruce Banks to bring...
36) East side sushi
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An Hispanic single mother with excellent knife skills from tending her fruit cart for years, attempts to become a sushi chef, but finds her gender and ethnicity work against her.
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Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother-in-law -- a conniving queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land's fairies. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army.
39) Housekeeping
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"Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running...
40) Claudine
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Claudine, a struggling mother working to raise enough for her six children by working as a maid in a wealthy home, meets Roop, a charming man who holds back his affections because of his own struggles.