absent parent

35 movies and shows

Satan's Slaves

Thu, 28 Sep 2017

After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.

A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get food and later Oliver lives with him, his owner Fagin and Fagin's other dogs Tito, Rita, Einstein, and Francis. Fagin has one problem besides being broke he owes a nasty man named Sykes a lot of money. If he can't pay it back he's in big trouble. While Oliver runs into a little girl named Jenny who becomes his new owner which he is happy with and later Sykes sees Jenny as the key for him to get his money.

Recently, My Sister is Unusual

Sat, 17 May 2014

Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes possessed by the spirit of Hiyori. Hiyori likes Yuya and believes Yuya can help her get to heaven. Hiyori places a leather chastity belt upon on Mitsuki and a plan takes place to help send Hiyori to heaven.

Two Is a Family

Wed, 07 Dec 2016

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

Infinitely Polar Bear

Sat, 18 Jan 2014

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

How to Steal a Dog

Wed, 31 Dec 2014

Ji-so, a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plan to steals wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.

Jack

Thu, 09 Oct 2014

Ten-year-old Jack has to take care of his little brother, six-year-old Manuel, every day from the time he gets up to the time he goes to bed. When Manuel suffers an accident, their lives change forever.

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Fri, 09 May 1986

Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.

Name Me

Mon, 22 Sep 2014

A practical joke ends up very wrong in Nigina Sayfullaevas curious youth drama. Two seventeen year old Moscow girls, Olya and Sasha, are visiting Olya's long lost father who lives in Crimea, when they decide to switch places and pretend to be the other person to the father. Little do they know that their joke comes with consequenses that will change their lives forever.

Sugar Daddy

Fri, 09 Apr 2021

When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.

Sin & Illy still alive

Sun, 30 Oct 2016

Sin and Illy have a plan: on a Greek island they want to get 'clean' on their own. But the intention of the two girls fails already on the way to the airport. Finally Sin realizes she has to go the way out of heroin addiction all alone.

Cattle Hill

Fri, 19 Oct 2018

The young calf Klara dreams of becoming a big star, and is invited to her father’s farm. The ox Mosk is a big rock star, according to her mother, which is revealed isn’t true at all.

Grown Up Movie Star

Tue, 20 Oct 2009

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.

Nightmaster

Fri, 01 Jan 1988

Robbie and his girlfriend, Amy, are among a group of students who play their private night games in the romantic thriller that catapulted Kidman to center stage. On screen throughout, Kidman discovers what will happen when a friendly game becomes real life ... and real life becomes a deadly game.

Harvest Moon

Thu, 21 Sep 2023

Tulgaa returns to his native village to care for his dying stepfather, honouring his remaining commitments by offering to lend a hand with the summer harvest. But upon witnessing Tulgaa’s clumsy first attempts, Tuntuulei, a sassy 10-year-old boy, takes it upon himself to school the city slicker on the grassland ways. Despite getting off on the wrong foot, the two soon find common ground and form a delicate bond that will transform their lives.

The Happy Road

Thu, 20 Jun 1957

Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.

Mr. Neighbor's House

Fri, 02 Dec 2016

Mr. Neighbor leads viewers through his whimsical world of puppets, songs, educational discoveries, and deep-seated emotional issues as he prepares for his 31st Annual 5th Birthday party. The innocence of children's television programming blurs with one man's troubled psyche in this comedic half hour take on a live action kid's show, that is too disturbing for kids.

The Glass Menagerie

Thu, 08 Dec 1966

An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.

The Comet

Fri, 08 Dec 2017

The Comet follows 20-year-old Gustav and his search to find his father who mysteriously disappeared 12 years ago when a comet passed close to earth.

Nos hommes dans l'Ouest

Thu, 16 Nov 2017

A different perspective on the exile and social impact of major projects such as oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada. These large-scale projects, based on economic growth, also have human costs that change the cultural face of the regions on a small or large scale. Over a six-month period, three families from the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick opened their doors and hearts to director Renée Blanchar and her team. A film about exile, choice of life, values, but especially absence; absence being probably the highest price to pay for each member of these families.