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51. Hideaway (2009)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling ... See full summary »
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 2,975 | Gross: $0.03M
52. Rembetiko (1983)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
Director: Costas Ferris | Stars: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka
Votes: 3,133
53. Kya Kehna (2000)
Unrated | 155 min | Drama, Romance
A young college girl faces hardships and challenges after she becomes a mother without marriage
Director: Kundan Shah | Stars: Preity G Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Chandrachur Singh, Anupam Kher
Votes: 2,239
54. The Quiet Duel (1949)
95 min | Drama
A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Kenjirô Uemura
Votes: 3,930
55. Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
178 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In order to give her son a good future, Ganga sets out on a journey to Kolkata to find her husband who left her.
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Rajeev Kapoor, Mandakini, Divya Rana, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 1,136
56. Thalapathi (1991)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An orphan named Surya raised in a slum befriends a good crime boss named Devaraj and works for him. Their existence is threatened when a new honest district collector arrives.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Shobana, Arvind Swamy
Votes: 13,292
57. Jenny (1970)
M/PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger who is avoiding the draft. She now has a father for her child, and he doesn't have to join the Army--but their marriage of convenience soon becomes true romance.
Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian Hailey, Elizabeth Wilson
Votes: 222
58. The Widow Couderc (1971)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance
John, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her,
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo, Jean Tissier
Votes: 2,123
59. The Round Tower (1998– )
150 min | Romance
Vanessa is the daughter of wealthy parents. Son of their housekeeper, Angus, is accused of being the source of scandal threatening her family. This bonds the pair & fuels ambitions for their future.
Stars: Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Jan Harvey, Keith Barron
Votes: 346
60. Gervaise (1956)
116 min | Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus
Votes: 1,655
61. Take Three Girls (1969–1971)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Three single women, including cellist Victoria and art student Avril, navigate life, relationships, careers, and family dynamics while living in bedsits in London's SW3 area.
Stars: Liza Goddard, Barra Grant, Angela Down, Susan Jameson
Votes: 32
62. So Young, So Bad (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the unfortunate young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin, Cecil Clovelly
Votes: 581
63. Love in the City (1953)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini | Stars: Rita Josa, Rosanna Carta, Enrico Pelliccia, Donatella Marrosu
Votes: 1,473
64. Geet (2010–2011)
22 min | Romance
The story revolves around a small town Woman Geet and how she tackles all the difficulties that come in her way with an unconditional support from a business tycoon Maan Singh Khurana.
Stars: Gurmeet Choudhary, Drashti Dhami, Ranjeev Verma, Abhinav Shukla
Votes: 484
65. Himalay Putra (1997)
Action, Drama, Romance
Misunderstandings cause ACP Suraj Khanna (Vinod Khanna) to be separated from Seema (Hema Malini) with Suraj unaware she is expecting their child. Seema moves away to the Himalayan Mountains... See full summary »
Director: Pankaj Parashar | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Akshaye Khanna, Anjala Zaveri
Votes: 151
66. Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Heather is the lead singer for a band that is on its way to fame and fortune. Things get complicated when she becomes pregnant and has three men willing to be both husband and father. But her boss isn't one of them.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Sandra Dee, George Hamilton, Celeste Holm, Bill Bixby
Votes: 571
67. Kuduz (1989)
105 min | Drama
After the release from prison, small-time criminal is marrying his girlfriend and lives a straight and poor, but happy life with her and her daughter. However, his happiness is shattered by... See full summary »
Director: Ademir Kenovic | Stars: Slobodan Custic, Snezana Bogdanovic, Bozidar Bunjevac, Branko Djuric
Votes: 791
68. Karnan (1964)
187 min | Action, Drama, History
Story of the central hero of Mahabharata who rises from nothing to becoming the world's greatest warrior ever born in history and emerges as the hero of the Kurukshetra war.
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, N.T. Rama Rao, S.A. Ashokan, R. Muthuraman
Votes: 623
69. Only Yesterday (1933)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke
Votes: 424
70. Sex in a Cold Climate (1998 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, History
Interlocking interviews of 4 women interred in various Magdalene asylums and/or orphanages because of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, being sexually assaulted, or just being "too pretty".
Director: Steve Humphries | Stars: Dervla Kirwan, Martha Cooney, Christina Mulcahy, Phyllis Valentine
Votes: 405
71. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
72. Aradhana (1969)
Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Arun meets Vandana during a vacation and very soon they secretly get married. Arun is an Air Force pilot and dies in a crash, leaving pregnant Vandana heartbroken--and unable to prove that ... See full summary »
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Sujit Kumar, Farida Jalal
Votes: 2,020
73. Butterbox Babies (1995)
94 min | Drama
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Susan Clark, Peter MacNeill, Catherine Fitch, Michael Riley
Votes: 181
74. I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002)
110 min | Drama
Fifteen year old Taraneh, whose widowed father is in jail, refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman Amir - until Amir's mother talks Taraneh into accepting Amir's marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Rasoul Sadrameli | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Negar Javaherian, Hossein Mahjoub, Mahtab Nasirpour
Votes: 3,825
75. A Loss of Innocence (1996 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Erik Eriksen, who has become a successful pianist in New York, is back in Templeton, his Mormon community, where he is still treated distrustfully by its members, including his family, for ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jennie Garth, Rob Estes, Polly Holliday, Mike Doyle
Votes: 267
76. Unwed Mother (1958)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
Betty (Norma Moore) moves from a farming community to Los Angeles. She falls into the clutches of a super-cad (Robert Vaughn) and ends up abandoned and pregnant. After visiting a drunken ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Norma Moore, Robert Vaughn, Diana Darrin, Billie Bird
Votes: 106
77. Love Lives On (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A 15-year-old girl must choose between continuing her pregnancy and undergoing treatment for her fast-growing cancer.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Sam Waterston, Christine Lahti, Ricky Paull Goldin
Votes: 143
78. A Quiet Girl (2024)
86 min | Documentary
When filmmaker Adrian Wills sets out to discover the story behind his adoption, his voyage reveals startling truths he could never have imagined, and shocking details he had tried to forget.
Director: Adrian Wills | Stars: Adrian Wills, Ellen Cousins Pellerin, Mara Pellerin, Johannah Cousins Malti
79. Feast of July (1995)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy
Votes: 605 | Gross: $0.29M
80. Baby Money (2021)
93 min | Action, Thriller
When a home invasion turns into a bloody shoot-out, a pair of ragtag fugitives take refuge in the house of a single mother as they wait on their fiery (and very pregnant) getaway driver to hatch an escape plan in time for a major payday.
Directors: Mikhael Bassilli, Luc Walpoth | Stars: Danay Garcia, Joey Kern, Jean St. James, Michael Drayer
Votes: 331
81. Breaking Amish: LA (2013– )
Reality-TV
Trading in buggies, green pastures and the strict rules of their rural communities for the beaches of Los Angeles, a new cast of young Amish and Mennonite men and women come together to ... See full summary »
Stars: Betsy Yoder, Matt, Devon, Samuel
Votes: 239
82. Holiday Camp (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Hazel Court
Votes: 555
83. Mater amatísima (1980)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Clara, an attractive unmarried woman, and her autistic child who transforms and absorbs her life, provide an extreme dissection of the mother-child bond in an uneasily honest way.
Director: J.A. Salgot | Stars: Victoria Abril, Julito de la Cruz, Jaume Sorribas, Consol Tura
Votes: 111
84. The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of ... See full summary »
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh
Votes: 504
85. Twilight Women (1952)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Vivanne is thrown on her own when her lover is arrested for murder. Searching for a place to live, she eventually finds a room in a boarding-house run by a woman who provides room-and-board for unmarried mothers with an ulterior motive.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Freda Jackson, Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell, Laurence Harvey
Votes: 215
86. Chacha Bhatija (1977)
161 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Teja's family consists of himself, his wife, Sita, his brother, Shanker, and a son, Sunder. They all live happily. Things take a turn for the worse, when Sita passes away. Teja decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Manmohan Desai | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Randhir Kapoor, Yogeeta Bali
Votes: 264
87. Shirley (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama
In 1938 mixed race baby Shirley Bassey, her mother and eight siblings are living in a poor area of Cardiff after her father is imprisoned for sexual offences. The teen-aged Shirley will ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Teague | Stars: Ruth Negga, Lesley Sharp, Babou Ceesay, Victoria Pugh
Votes: 203
88. Zakhmi Dil (1994)
Not Rated | 151 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jaidev Anand is a celebrity, and lives a fairly isolated life. One day he comes to the rescue of a young woman, Vandana Acharya, and falls in love with her. Vandana respects him, but falls ... See full summary »
Director: Raju Subramaniam | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Ashwini Bhave, Ravi Kishan, Anjali Kadam
Votes: 508
89. The Simian Line (2000)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In addition to declaring that Katharine's (Lynn Redgrave) head and heart line are hopelessly fused into one "simian line", eccentric palm reader/fortune-teller Arnita (Tyne Daly) makes a ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Yellen | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan, Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford
Votes: 424
90. Dhool Ka Phool (1959)
153 min | Drama
Mahesh and Meena fall in love but he marries another girl at his father's behest. When Meena takes their baby to Mahesh, he rejects her saying their relationship was a mistake.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Mala Sinha, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Nanda Karnataki, Manmohan Krishna
Votes: 201
91. Bye Bye maman (2012)
20 min | Short
Monique, forty and looking great, brings-up alone, her only child, Amandine. Amandine is now twenty and was brought up with the objective to please her mother. Monique is persuaded to have given all to her daughter.
Director: Keren Marciano | Stars: Audrey Bastien, Philippe Cariou, Gabriel Dufay, Samuel Labarthe
Votes: 19
92. Aakhri Khat (1966)
153 min | Drama
The illegitimate toddler son of a poor village woman and a city-based artist is lost on the streets of Bombay after his mother's untimely demise.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Indrani Mukherjee, Master Bunty, Manvendra Chitnis
Votes: 154
93. El rebozo de Soledad (1952)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Melodrama about Dr. Alberto Robles, an idealistic city physician living in a rural community ruled by macho customs and feudalistic landowners, who falls for Soledad, a peasant woman.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz, Estela Inda, Domingo Soler
Votes: 151
94. Tormento (1950)
87 min | Drama
Living with her father and stepmother in Naples, Anna is very unhappy as her stepmother hinders her attempts to live her own life. While her parents are away, she goes out with Carlo, but ... See full summary »
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson, Annibale Betrone, Mario Ferrari
Votes: 263
95. Feliz año, amor mío (1957)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Idolizing a classical violinist, a girl sends him a Happy New Year note (the day they met) regularly with flowers but years after he abandons her and her baby after a night of bliss, he flirts with her anew as if she is a different person.
Director: Tulio Demicheli | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Marga López, Ignacio López Tarso, Andrés Velázquez
Votes: 65
96. Ann Vickers (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 661
97. Dr. Monica (1934)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Romance
An obstetrician who is unable to have children discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fathered by her husband.
Directors: William Keighley, William Dieterle | Stars: Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 462
98. Mr. Bharath (I) (1986)
141 min | Drama
Bharath, born out of wedlock, seeks revenge for his mother by making his father publicly accept him as a son. His father, now an industrialist, soon finds competition in the form of Bharath.
Director: S.P. Muthuraman | Stars: Ambika, Goundamani, Raghuvaran, Rajinikanth
Votes: 392
99. Her Own Rules (1998 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A woman starts a new romance while struggling with nightmares from her upbringing.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Jeremy Sheffield, Lorraine Pilkington, Ginny Holder
Votes: 197
100. Torch Singer (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.
Directors: Alexander Hall, George Somnes | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 791