Single Parent Romance Movies
A list of movies with single mothers or single fathers falling in love. For those of you hopeless romantics, like me, who love children.
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- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJulianne HoughJosh DuhamelCobie SmuldersA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.Male lead is a widower with 2 kids. Watch if you like, mystery, seaside life, yellow paint, small town living, hardship, and love. + a twist ending.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsJennifer LopezRalph FiennesNatasha RichardsonA Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.Female lead has a son. This movie is for those of us who are invisible. Filled with hotels, mistaken identity, dog walks, ball dancing, and love.
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsShirley MacLaineRicki LakeBrendan FraserConnie, unwed and pregnant, is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh and Patricia. The train crashes, and when Connie comes to in the hospital, she is mistaken for Patricia, who died in the crash with Hugh.Female lead is a widow who has a baby. watch if you like midnight kitchen dancing, babies, mistaken identity, mystery, and love.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsKate HudsonJohn CorbettJoan CusackAfter her sister and brother-in-law die in a car accident, a young woman becomes the guardian of their three children.Female lead adopted her nieces and nephew. Watch if you like comedy, pastor romance, hippo cuddles, and indian neighbours.
- CreatorYe QinStarsZheming WeiYixuan HuLennon SunChild psychological counselor Qin Yiyue and He-Group CEO He Qiaoyan married first and then fell in love. The warm and kind Qin Yiyue gradually cured the lonely and indifferent He family of father and son.Male lead is a single father. watch if you like a chinese series for a difference, pretend relationships, doctors and love.
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsAdam SandlerJennifer AnistonBrooklyn DeckerOn a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend.Female lead is a single mother. watch if you like vacations, silliness, fake relationships, and love.
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsKatherine HeiglDale MidkiffCorbin BernsenA young woman on her way to a new life in the 1800's suddenly finds herself a widow. Now she must live with a recently widowed young man and his daughter. Can any of them find love again?Male lead is a single father. Watch if you like farm life, the 1800's, marriage of convenience, pancakes and true love.
- DirectorForest WhitakerStarsSandra BullockHarry Connick Jr.Gena RowlandsBirdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.Female lead has a daughter. Watch if you like cowboy hats, fishing on rivers, small town life, 4th of july, tears and love.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsMichelle PfeifferGeorge ClooneyMae WhitmanThe lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City.Both leads are single parents. watch if you like comfort films, hectic days, kittens, new york, jumping in puddles, and enemies to lovers.
- DirectorKevin LimaStarsAmy AdamsSusan SarandonJames MarsdenA young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.Male lead is a single father. watch if you like: fantasy, giggles, fairytales, chipmunks, caramel apples, singing and love.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruiseCuba Gooding Jr.Renée ZellwegerWhen a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.Female lead is a single mom. Watch if you like underdogs, "you had me at hello", sports, and love.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsFran DrescherTimothy DaltonIan McNeiceA New York City cosmetologist, mistakenly thought to be a science teacher, is offered a job to teach the children of an Eastern European dictator.Male lead is a single father. Watch if you like comedy, The Sound of Music, russian singing, bizarre fashion, and love.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.Male lead is a single father. Watch if you like puppet shows, nuns, singing, ww2, Austrian hills, mansions and true love.
- DirectorRob GreenbergStarsEugenio DerbezAnna FarisEva LongoriaAfter a spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and loses his memory, a mistreated employee convinces him that he is her working-class husband.Female lead is a single mother. Watch if you like, comedy, amnesia, boats, a little español and love.
- DirectorFrank CoraciStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreWendi McLendon-CoveyAfter a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.Both leads are single parents. Watch if you like vacations, Africa, comedy, dancing and enemies to lovers.
- StarsKong Hyo-jinKim Ji-seokJi E-SuuA love story of the single-parent Dongbaek, the owner of Camellia Bar among a small neighborhood, who is also being the next murder target of a serial killer case.Female lead is a single mother. Watch if you like camellia flowers, police officer romance, owning a bar, small town living, tears and love.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJuliette BinocheJohnny DeppJudi DenchSingle mother Vianne Rocher and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town in the winter of 1959, and open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.Female lead is a single mother. Watch if you like chocolate, gypsies, 1950s, love and more chocolate.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsMatt DamonScarlett JohanssonThomas Haden ChurchSet in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.Male lead is a single father. Watch if you like animals, 30 seconds of bravery, and love.
- DirectorAlan PoulStarsJennifer LopezAlex O'LoughlinMichaela WatkinsA woman conceives twins through artificial insemination, then meets the man of her dreams on the very same day.Female lead is pregnant and single. Watch if you like comedy, awkward situations, stew and bread, pregnancy symptoms and love.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude LawAmanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both trying to forget their troubled love lives, until love finds them anyways.One male lead is a single father. Watch if you like house swapping, snowy Christmas, cottages, warm Christmas, piano and love.
- DirectorHarvey FrostStarsSteve GuttenbergCrystal BernardDominic Scott KaySanta's son and successor is looking for a suitable Mrs. Claus before he can take over the family business.Female lead is a single mother. Watch if you like Christmas, hope, hidden identity, and love.
- StarsJoy Yi-Chun PanAllen DengYi SunZhang Guoguo grew up in a Wonton shop and is also the food-delivery girl for the town. Although Guoguo did not receive very high education, she is loved by her neighborhood because of her enthusiastic and sincere personality. But what people don't know is that Guoguo is actually a famous embroidery workshop boss's daughter, and an accident caused her to grow up in the small town.Female lead is a single mother. Watch if you like embroidery, Cinderella, chinese for a difference, mistaken identity and love.
- DirectorScott HicksStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesAaron EckhartAbigail BreslinThe life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.Female lead adopts her niece. Watch if you like cooking, enemies to lovers, food, freezers and love.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJohn ForsytheShirley MacLaineEdmund GwennHarry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.One character is a single mother. Watch if you like murder mystery, Autumn, lemonade, paintings, and a little love.
- DirectorLee RoseStarsTeri PoloJames Patrick StuartAlexander BedriaA grudge between two neighboring restaurateurs soon turns to love.Male lead is a single dad. Watch if you like cooking, sabotage, firemen, and enemies to lovers.