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1) Wild oats
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Eva, a widow and retired history teacher, enjoys a quiet life. Everything changes when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. At the not-so-gentle urging of her best friend Maddie, Eva deposits the money and the two friends head to the Canary Islands with every intention of living it up. But their fantasy is short-lived when they discover that they have become media sensations overnight....
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's been almost a year since the sudden death of philandering chef Leo Vincent, but his presence at the Penrose Hotel is more palpable than ever. His ex-wife, Gina, and widow, Sam, have the business, but they continue to have professional and personal disagreements.
4) Decision
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A family in despair rediscovers its faith in this uplifting drama about a mother who struggles to make ends meet after the tragic death of her firefighter husband. When she begins to lose control of her heartbroken teenage son, she reaches out to her father, a farmer, to take in the troubled boy.
5) The meddler
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With a new iPhone, and apartment near the grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori and smother her with motherly love. When the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Shortly after moving into their newly finished dream house, Alice's partner, Harry, dies from falling down the stairs. Harry designed the house himself, so it's weird, wonderful, and impractical, and one more disorientation for Alice to endure along with her sense of loss and abandonment. Her beloved partner of twenty years is gone, and now she can't even find the fridge. To add to her problems, Alice discovers that Harry had a habit of hiding stuff...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Happily married one day and widowed the next, Cathy Walker feels her way through her first year as a suddenly single woman. Some days it would be easier to rebuild her life without well-intentioned advice and often hilarious help from her son, her brother, and their girlfriends. Thank heaven for Cathy's lifelong friend Michael, who keeps a loving eye on her.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012], 2011
Language
English
Description
Director of nursing Christina Hawthorne challenges hospital administrators, heartless doctors, apathetic colleagues, and a system that sometimes forgets it's there to serve the sick. At the same time, she must juggle with her career her equally important role as a single parent of a smart, willful teenager.
10) Starman
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
"When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden, and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days, he'll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love,...
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A World War II veteran returns home at the end of the war to find his parents have died, his younger brother is in prison and the family farm has been sold. Feeling lost in the world, Noah wanders the back roads of the South in search of a place to belong ... a place to call home.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A burglar on the run is mistaken for a Santa hired to promote a Christmas tree farm. He decides to stick around for the 3 week run and ends up casing the local bank. He finds himself torn between his criminal past and the widowed woman and her daughter whom he is growing close to.
13) Kindred
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, psychologically fragile mother-to-be Charlotte is taken in by his family, but they seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. Her suspicions grow and panic builds, but just how far will they go in their desire to control her and her unborn baby?
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Miranda Wells is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. A powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson, into her life. In just a few short days, Bray's presence re-ignites the family's spirit, but he also carries a secret, and it's a secret that could change everything.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's been almost a year since the sudden death of philandering chef Leo Vincent, but his presence at the Penrose Hotel is more palpable than ever. His ex-wife, Gina, and widow, Sam, have the business, but they continue to have professional and personal disagreements.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of Corfu novels, this latest series sees sparky English widow Louisa Durrell and her brood continue to put down roots in their dilapidated rented house, alongside an ever-increasing menagerie of animals brought home by youngest son Gerry.
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Featuring three summery sweet Hallmark Channel film.
Summer in the vineyard: Sorrento Farms' first vintage is about to be bottled in time for a splashy food-and-wine festival.
Summer love: A widowed mom gets a summer internship at a tech company and draws the attention of two very different executives while learning about accounting, app designs and finding love.
Summer of dreams: Washed up pop-star has to move back to her hometown and finds a...
18) Fast Charlie
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Swift is a fixer with a problem: the target he's whacked is missing his head and the only way Charlie will be paid is if the body can be identified. Enter Marcie Kramer, the victim's ex-wife and a woman with all the skills Charlie needs.
19) Hot pursuit
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Nancy Botwin is a soccer mom who had to learn how to deal - pot, that is - after the death of her husband. Now, her business is a hit. But keeping up with the neighbors in this suburban utopia isn't easy. She is joined up with a few of her closest friends, and together they face life's ups and downs - because even in paradise, nobody's perfect.
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