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It’s the story of a woman who, after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday, faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster.

Single, penniless poet Ruby has recently moved back home to live with her mum, Jen. When their strict Presbyterian neighbours descend on the home for her spoiled sister Eliza's engagement party, Ruby’s only job is to not shame the family...

A young woman in early 20th century small-town Australia must choose between marrying into wealth to save her family or following her heart to pursue a relationship with the town's new seamstress.

She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako was attending another wedding reception that wasn't hers. She knew the procedure: watch the bride and groom get congratulated, smile to cover up the loneliness. But she didn't want to feel like this forever. In that moment, Shimako decided that the next wedding she'd attend had to be her own.

Ruslan and Sevda are forced by their parents to get married by the age of 30. Tired of neighbors and relatives saying things like "You're stuck at home," "When are you going to move, baby?", the young people don't want to get married, but events bring them together...

A homeless orphan girl is adopted by a wealthy man against his wife wishes. When the man dies, the girl endures endless humiliations under the wife's harsh grip, so she finds solace with mysterious old maid who lives near by.

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Patricia becomes the wet blanket for José, her best friend who is unexpectedly devastated by a recent breakup. Patricia agrees to counsel, but soon realizes that she is in love with him, turning her world, once again, upside down

After an unexpected breakup throws 35-year-old Patricia for a loop, it's up to her gal pals to show her single life is not all doom and gloom.

A greedy man is taught a lesson by his three aunts who are tired of his demands for more money, forcing them to hire an actress to flirt with him and learn the truth about his actual inheritance.

Ruslan and Sevda, who have been childless for five years, try to avoid the question, "So, any news?", but everyone they meet keeps asking it. Shahnisah’s mother is looking for a wealthy husband for her, but she continues to stay at home with her poor boyfriend, Vusal. Asif and Tahmine have three daughters, yet they work day and night for a "son’s blessing" based on others’ opinions. What unites them is that their lives are turning into a romantic comedy.

This heartwarming documentary follows the vibrant journey of Latvian seniors in their quest for love. It chronicles the inspiring tales of individuals who, despite their advanced age, reject solitude and embark on courageous new adventures, embracing life's opportunities with open hearts. Along this extraordinary journey, some find new companions for meaningful conversations, while others discover travel buddies for exciting escapades. A fortunate few even uncover life partners. Through their captivating stories, the film delves into their experiences, where emotions mirror the turbulence of their youth, and where, even in today's digital age, life remains a reservoir of passion and zeal.

'A comedy in which a secretary persuades a man to pose as her fiancée.' (BFI)

Zoeie is turning 30 and the only significant male interaction she has in her life is with gay men, including her best friend and wingman, Mark. On New Year's Eve, at Mark's behest, she reluctantly agrees to give online dating one last shot. Together they set out on the search for her "Prince Charming," however, Zoeie only finds herself on a series of awkward, unfortunate dates and seems to just crash and burn...even literally.

THE SPINSTER is a performance art/video art single-channel movie about an office worker who lives to draw in the classical style. I used Method acting to develop the character by drawing every day for two months so that I could draw on camera without cues, diagrams or even anatomical models. Except for a few minutes of documentary style footage taken my husband, this is a one-man movie. The movie was shot on first-gen Canon Vixias, except for the street scenes, which were shot on a Flip.

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

At the end of the 19th century, young Rosita and her cousin are engaged to be married, shortly before he has to leave for Cuba.

Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away when she's kidnapped by Ms. Toad. Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help.

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.

A psychiatrist treats a woman of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, and charming Beth.

In 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherine must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man interested in her solely for her inheritence.

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.

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

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.