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1) Safe haven
Publisher
Alliance Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, a 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.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents.
3) White palace
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
After the death of his wife Max, a twenty-seven-year-old advertising executive finds himself involved in a passionate love affair with Nora, a forty-two-year-old waitress from the wrong side of the tracks.
4) Safe haven
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, a 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.
7) One summer
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Jack takes his son and daughter to his late wife's beachside hometown hoping to heal and become closer. The summer brings visions of the past that could forge a new path forward.
8) The intern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Ben Whittaker is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn₂t all it₂s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
After an accident that leaves Doctor Luke Matthews a widower and a father in a matter of hours, he must learn how to start over. And when one of his former patients, Sage loses her baby due to a miscarriage, Luke decides to hire her as his nanny. As Sage busies herself with taking care of baby Jessee, Luke loses himself in work, hiding his pain from his best friend and the rest of his family. Over time Luke and Sage find they have a lot more in common...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2023.
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside-down.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
12) Black or white
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The story of a grandfather who is suddenly left to care for his beloved granddaughter, but when her paternal grandmother seeks custody with the help of her brother, the little girl is torn between two families who love her deeply. With the best intentions at heart, both families fight for what they feel is right and are soon forced to confront their true feelings about race, forgiveness, and understanding.
13) Old Henry
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
An action western about a widowed farmer and his son who take in an injured man with a satchel of cash. Defending a siege, the farmer reveals a gunslinging talent, calling his true identity into question.
14) Priceless
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A widower who loses custody of his daughter finds himself unable to hold down a job. He agrees to drive a truck across the country, no questions asked. When he discovers what he is delivering, he is faced with a life-changing choice.
15) My life in ruins
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Georgia came to Greece to follow a man. Cast aside, she finds herself alone and adrift in this foreign land. Eventually, her passion for history leads her to a job as a tour guide. But Georgia is bored, and has lost her 'kefi' (Greek for mojo) to boot. When Poupi replaces her regular driver at the last minute, Georgia thinks that her luck has just hit rock bottom. Thankfully, Georgia's latest batch of tourists is a more lively bunch than she's anticipated,...
16) Up
Series
Formats
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023, 2022.
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
18) The human stain
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid...
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