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Blue Denim (1959)
, 1h29Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Films based on plays
Actors Carol Lynley, Brandon deWilde, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt, Warren Berlinger, Nina Shipman
The story is set in Dearborn, Michigan, during the 1950s, and revolves around sixteen-year-old Arthur Bartley (Brandon deWilde) and his schoolmates, fifteen-year-old Janet Willard (Carol Lynley) and Ernie (Warren Berlinger). While widower's-daughter Janet laughs at Arthur and Ernie's forays into smoking, drinking, and playing cards, she's always been interested in Arthur, and as Arthur's parents try to shelter him from negative things in life (like the euthanasia of the family dog, done while he's at school), he turns to Janet for comfort.
Blue Valentine (2010)
, 1h52Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Ben Shenkman, Maryann Plunkett
The film starts in the present and in flashbacks looks at how Cindy and Dean met each other. Dean is a young high school dropout, working for a New York City moving company. Cindy is a pre-med student living with her constantly fighting parents and also caring for her grandmother in Pennsylvania. Cindy and Dean meet at Cindy's grandmother's nursing home while Dean is delivering a new resident's furniture. They begin to date. Cindy discovers she is pregnant, and tells Dean that the baby is most likely not his, as her previous boyfriend Bobby ejaculated during intercourse without the use of protection. Dean asks Cindy whether or not she wants to keep the baby. At an abortion clinic, Cindy decides at the last moment to cancel the procedure, and on the bus ride home, Dean tells her he doesn't mind if the child is not his, and that he wants to begin a family with her.
A Common Thread (2004)
, 1h29Directed by Éléonore Faucher
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, La précarité
Actors Ariane Ascaride, Lola Naymark, Élisabeth Commelin, Yasmine Modestine, Jackie Berroyer, Anne Canovas
When Claire (played by Lola Naymark) learns that she is five months pregnant at the age of seventeen, she decides to keep the baby and not to tell the father (who seems to be married). Instead, she quits her current job at a local supermarket and goes to work as an assistant for Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), an embroiderer for haute couture. Mélikian has just lost her only son in a motorcycle accident. Claire shows her willingness in taking her duties, as well as taking over Mélikian's private order when she is treated in the hospital.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Teen movie, Films about virginity
Actors Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus
Brad Hamilton is a popular senior who is looking forward to his last year of school and almost has his 1960 Buick LeSabre paid off. He has a part-time job at a burger joint, "All American Burger" where his girlfriend, Lisa, also works. This esteemed establishment has a strict policy of etiquette: "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Dice". He is pondering how to end his relationship with Lisa so he can play the field during his senior year. However, Brad is fired for losing his temper at an obnoxious customer; when he tries to tell Lisa how much he needs her, she says she is dumping him to see other guys. Brad quits his next job at Captain Hook Fish & Chips because of the humiliation of having to wear a pirate costume when delivering food. He gets a job at a convenience store, Mi-T-Mart, where he successfully thwarts an attempted robbery and is promoted to store manager.
Camp Daze (2005)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Time travel films, LGBT-related films, Temporal paradox, Road movies, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthew Joseph Dallas, Brendan Bradley, Jon Fleming
During a sing-along at Camp Hiawatha in 1981, two revelers sneak away to have sex, and are killed by an unseen assailant. Twenty-four years later, four friends (Angela, Jen, Mario, and Vade) are driving through the area on their way to Boston. The quartet becomes lost (passing the same sign several times) and their SUV breaks down after night comes unusually early. All the electronics fail to work, and the group is thrown into hysterics when screams emanate from the surrounding forest, and the vehicle is pelted with debris, prompting them to spend the night in it.
Nothing Else Matters (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Julia von Heinz
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors Paula Kalenberg, Vinzenz Kiefer
Carla, une fugueuse, est en partance pour des études à Lyon afin de réaliser son rêve de travailler dans le stylisme. Mais elle se fait voler son sac à la gare. Sans affaires ni argents, elle rencontre Rico, jeune propriétaire d'un bateau qui accepte de l'y héberger et de lui offrir un travail en bâtiment pour lui permettre de payer son voyage à Lyon. Cependant, il exige en échange une certaine contrepartie.
, 1h50Directed by Kirk Jones (réalisateur britannique)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick
Set in Atlanta, the film opens with fitness trainer Jules Baxter (Cameron Diaz) and her dance partner Evan Webber (Matthew Morrison) performing on the TV show Celebrity Dance Factor. They are crowned the winners of the show, but Jules vomits in their trophy, discovering that she is pregnant. Jules struggles when trying to balance her pregnancy with her normal active life. She has an ongoing argument with Evan over whether or not to have their son circumcised. During labor, she chooses not to have an epidural. She gives birth to a girl called Emerson, meaning their debate doesn't matter anymore. After giving birth, Jules and Evan get engaged.
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001)
, 2h35Directed by Abbas-Mustan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Preity Zinta, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Amrish Puri, Dalip Tahil, Farida Jalal
Raj Malhotra (Salman Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji) are members of high society. They meet, get married and soon Priya gets pregnant. Soon after, Priya trips, miscarries, and becomes permanently infertile. On the doctor's advice, the couple conceal this fact and decide to secretly look for a surrogate mother to bear Raj's child. Raj meets Madhubala aka Madhu (Preity Zinta), a prostitute who agrees to have Raj's baby, for the money. After some much-needed grooming, Madhu meets Priya—who will be left unaware that Madhu was a prostitute—and the three depart for Switzerland together to carry out their plan.
Chutney Popcorn (2001)
, 1h32Directed by Nisha Ganatra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Homoparentalité, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Nisha Ganatra, Jill Hennessy, Sakina Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey, Nick Chinlund, Cara Buono
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Sarita and her husband accept Reena's offer but Sarita begins to have second thoughts. After Reena becomes pregnant, her relationship with her girlfriend Lisa suffers. When the baby is born, Reena and Lisa are reunited, as are Reena's family.
Citizen Ruth (1996)
, 1h42Directed by Alexander Payne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Laura Dern, Burt Reynolds, Mary Kay Place, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston
The movie opens with Ruth Stoops and a man (apparently an ex-boyfriend) having intercourse on a bed in a flophouse, after which he disrespectfully throws her out of the apartment. She later goes to a hardware store to buy patio sealant and huffs it in a paper bag in an alley to get high. Ruth is portrayed as a dumb, inebriated addict, capable of doing nearly anything to get money or drugs.
Baby Love (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Vincent Garenq
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Homoparentalité, LGBT-related film
Actors Lambert Wilson, Pascal Elbé, Pilar López de Ayala, Anne Brochet, Andrée Damant, Florence Darel
Emmanuel forme un couple heureux avec Philippe. Pourtant, taraudé par un désir de paternité non réciproque, Emmanuel décide un jour, au risque de perdre Philippe, de demander à Fina, une jeune Argentine vivant sans papiers, de porter son enfant en échange d'un mariage blanc pour qu'elle puisse rester en France...
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
, 1h36Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Yoshiko Kuga, Jun Hamamura, Kei Satō, Kyū Sazanka
After Makoto Shinjo hitchhikes a ride, the driver tries to molest her, but is stopped by Kiyoshi Fuji. He takes her on a date, first to watch protests against the Anpo treaty, and then later to ride a motorboat on a river, where he rapes her. One day, after trying to wait for him at a bar he frequents, she is targeted by gangsters who prostitute women, but Kiyoshi fights them and they leave them alone in exchange for a payment. The two fall in love and Makoto spends more time with him, causing her to be rebuked by her older sister Yuki, resulting in her deciding to live with him. To make money, the two re-enact how they met, with Makoto seducing a driver and, when he comes on to her, Kiyoshi extorting him. In one case, a politician named Horio picks her up, but makes her feel happy so she doesn't do it.
Fools Rush In (1997)
, 1h49Directed by Andy Tennant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality
Actors Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez, Tomás Milián
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is an architect from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a strait-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up spending the night together; however, their immediate attraction doesn't last in the cold light of day, and they don't see each other for another three months. When they do meet again, it's because Isabel has some interesting news for Alex: She's pregnant with his child. Alex and Isabel decide that they should do the right thing and quickly get married (with an Elvis impersonator serving as witness), but after Isabel meets Alex's mom (Jill Clayburgh) and Alex is confronted by Isabel's father (Tomas Milian), both start to wonder if "doing the right thing" was just that, especially as Alex tries to balance his career in New York with Isabel's desire to continue working in Nevada.
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
, 2h20Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Pregnancy films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kamatari Fujiwara, Ineko Arima, Setsuko Hara, Isuzu Yamada, Chishū Ryū, Haruko Sugimura
Akiko Sugiyama (Ineko Arima) is a young college graduate girl learning English shorthand. Her elder sister Takako (Setsuko Hara), running away from an unhappy marriage, has returned home to stay with Akiko and their father Shukichi (Chishū Ryū) in Tokyo, together with her toddler girl. Shukichi works in a bank in Tokyo. Akiko has a relationship with her college boyfriend Kenji, which results in an unwanted pregnancy. Later, Akiko has an abortion after an encounter in which she realizes that her boyfriend does not love her.
Crossroads (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Tamra Davis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Anson Mount, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall
Lucy, Kit, and Mimi are three friends who live in a small Georgia town. While children, they bury a "wish box" in the ground, and vow to dig it up on the night of their high school graduation, also pledging to stay best friends forever; however, as they grow up, their friendship fades due to their different approaches of high school. Lucy becomes the valedictorian, Kit becomes the most popular girl in school, and Mimi faces teenage pregnancy. On the night of their graduation, they keep their promise and get together to open the "wish box". As they start talking again, they remember their old wishes while burying the box: Mimi wanted to travel to California, Lucy wanted to see her mother again, and Kit wanted to get married. Mimi brings up the topic of going to Los Angeles for a record contract audition. They all leave together: Lucy to visit her mom in Tucson, Arizona, and Kit to visit her fiance in Los Angeles.