Unwed Mother Movies

Told by the mothers and children who were separated from one another, this landmark documentary reveals the full scale of the UK's forced adoption...

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

A doctor's marriage to a single mother comes unravelled.

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival barker, and then falling for a young...

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and...

A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the...

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues...

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself...

An unmarried actress in Munich becomes pregnant but decides against marrying the child's father, and eventually moves in with a more agreeable man...