Tag Archives: single mother

Erin Brockovich

IMDB Rating: 7.20
33948 votes

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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
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Erin BrockovichJulia Roberts
Dr. JaffeDavid Brisbin
RosalindDawn Didawick
Also posted in 2000, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (32)

The Next Best Thing

IMDB Rating: 4.50
4264 votes

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A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie (Madonna), the other a gay man, Robert (Rupert Everett) - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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Abbie ReynoldsMadonna
Robert WhittakerRupert Everett
Ben CooperBenjamin Bratt
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comments (4)

Chocolat

IMDB Rating: 7.30
23527 votes

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1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher and her pre-teen daughter move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town's small-minded mayor can't accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux, stop into town (to the even greater distress of the mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she's been helping Josephine out of her abusive marriage and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voisin, get together with her grandson, Luc, whose mother doesn't approve of Amande's ways.
Actors
Comte De ReynaudAlfred Molina
Vianne RocherJuliette Binoche
Caroline ClairmontCarrie-Anne Moss
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (26)

Gladiator

IMDB Rating: 8.20
147070 votes

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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.
Actors
MaximusRussell Crowe
CommodusJoaquin Phoenix
LucillaConnie Nielsen
Also posted in 2000, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (51)

The Sixth Sense

IMDB Rating: 8.20
141773 votes

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Malcom Crowe is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient. This boy "sees dead people". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy (Cole) much to the dismay of his wife. Cole's mom is at her wit's end with what to do about her son's increasing problems. Crowe is the boy's only hope.
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Dr. Malcolm CroweBruce Willis
Cole SearHaley Joel Osment
Lynn SearToni Collette
Also posted in 1999, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (41)

The Devil’s Advocate

IMDB Rating: 7.10
31340 votes

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Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off.
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Kevin LomaxKeanu Reeves
John MiltonAl Pacino
Mary Ann LomaxCharlize Theron
Also posted in 1997, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Forrest Gump

IMDB Rating: 8.20
106111 votes

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The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he's too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly.
Actors
Forrest GumpTom Hanks
Jenny CurranRobin Wright Penn
Lt. Dan TaylorGary Sinise
Also posted in 1994, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Look Who’s Talking

IMDB Rating: 5.40
15926 votes

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Mollie is a single mum who's on the lookout for a reliable and normal boyfriend. Her son Mikey, (unbeknownst to her) seems to have a better idea of which of the men she dates would make a good father figure! If only she could understand him...
Actors
James UbriaccoJohn Travolta
MollieKirstie Alley
RosieOlympia Dukakis
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

The Witches of Eastwick

IMDB Rating: 6.30
10007 votes

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Alex, Jane, and Suki are three bored New England woman left to live without their husbands. They innocently conjure up a mystery man, who could satisfy all their desires. A new man moves into town - and he fits the bill perfectly. Daryl Van Horne is filthy rich and wild eyed, and within days the three women have all discovered almighty power within themselves. Will good triumph over evil, or will Daryl continue to have his evil way with his witches ?
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Daryl Van HorneJack Nicholson
Alexandra MedfordCher
Jane SpoffordSusan Sarandon
Also posted in 1987, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Tootsie

IMDB Rating: 7.40
15499 votes

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Michael Dorsey is desperate; he can't find a job. That is, until he gets a female role in a soap opera and becomes very famous. Of course, nobody knows that this new television star is a man... But, after a while, he falls in love with the leading actress of the series, and here is the big problem: how can he express his feelings, since she thinks that Michael is a woman?
Actors
Michael Dorsey/Dorothy MichaelsDustin Hoffman
Julie NicholsJessica Lange
Sandy LesterTeri Garr
Also posted in 1982, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)
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