"What Makes a Family" stars Brooke Shields, Cherry Jones, and Whoopi Goldberg. A lesbian, artificially inseminated, gives birth, then dies, and her companion must fight to regain custody of the child from the dead woman's grandparents.
Starring Robin Williams and Sally Field, Mrs. Doubtfire is about an out of work father, Daniel Hilliard, who finds himself suddenly divorced without custody of his kids. To solve this problem, he disguises himself as an old Scottish nanny to get hired by his ex-wife and be closer to his kids. Daniel Hilliard becomes Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire.
Starring Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer. Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer) into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. Sean Penn puts on an Oscar winning performance in "I am Sam" (he didn't win an Oscar for his role but really should have).
A mechanic (Idris Elba) enlists the help of a successful-but-lonely attorney (Gabrielle Union) while trying to gain custody of his three daughters from his treacherous ex-wife and her larcenous boy friend. Along the way, the working relationship between the blue collar dad and his uptown attorney grows into something more.
Classic movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Ted Kramer and Meryl Streep as Joanna Kramer. Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new responsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back.
I cannot even watch Mrs.Doubtfire...just makes me sad. Good list though. Kramer vs. Kramer is a classic!
Love Kramer vs. Kramer....it's hard not to tear up.
The Kramers! The ultimate custody film!
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