THEME EXPLORATION

single parent struggles

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942 · Robert Siodmak
Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2
2018 · Brad Bird
Consumed
Consumed
2014 · David Cronenberg
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 · Gabriele Muccino
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Let the Sun Shine In
Let the Sun Shine In
2017 · Claire Denis
My Soul Brother
My Soul Brother
1994 · Mariano Barroso
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1974 · Martin Scorsese
Babes
Babes
2026 · Pamela Adlon
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' compassionately portray the economic hardships and systemic struggles faced by working-class single parents.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films such as 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' delicately explore single parents and children navigating poverty, abandonment, and makeshift family structures.