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- DirectorJulian FarinoStarsChristopher EcclestonSteve EvetsBarbara MartenA man who was adopted at birth traces his real parents, and discovers that they have severe learning disabilities and do not know he exists.
- StarsMorven ChristieAnthony BoyleChristian CookeChristmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsAlexander SkarsgårdRory J SaperChristian StevensTarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
- DirectorChris BuckKevin LimaStarsTony GoldwynMinnie DriverBrian BlessedA man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.
- DirectorAndy SerkisStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettBenedict CumberbatchA human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
- DirectorEric LeightonRalph ZondagStarsD.B. SweeneyJulianna MarguliesSamuel E. WrightAn orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
- DirectorMark OsborneJohn StevensonStarsJack BlackIan McShaneAngelina JolieTo everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.
- DirectorLucien Jean-BaptisteStarsLucien Jean-BaptisteAïssa MaïgaZabou BreitmanWhen French-African couple Paul and Sali discover the longed-for baby they are about to adopt is white, family chaos and confrontation ensue.
- CreatorLucien Jean-BaptisteSébastien MounierStarsAïssa MaïgaLucien Jean-BaptisteArié ElmalehWhen Paul and Sali Aloka, a black couple, adopted Benjamin, a white child, 14 years ago, they knew they were heading into uncharted territory. Then they had the joy of seeing Noé, a natural child, born shortly afterwards. Noé is unlike his big brother in every way: he's serious (Benjamin's a joker), studious (Benjamin's a jock), and he's black. An ordinary family that has found its equilibrium until the day when Paul's father, Lazare, whom everyone thought was dead, arrives in his son's life; and Benjamin is going to have a request that is going to shake up the whole family: to meet his biological parents.
- DirectorAlex RanariveloStarsSasha AlexanderKathleen WilhoiteChristina MooreThe inspiring story of a BMX champion who overcame an abusive childhood through the love and life lessons of his interracial foster family.
- DirectorChris MengesStarsWilliam HurtNathan YappKeith AllenGraham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?
- DirectorStephen J. AndersonStarsDaniel HansenWesley SingermanAngela BassettLewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.
- CreatorDan FogelmanStarsMilo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownA heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.
- DirectorGarth DavisStarsDev PatelNicole KidmanRooney MaraA five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsQuinton AaronSandra BullockTim McGrawThe story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsVera FarmigaPeter SarsgaardIsabelle FuhrmanA husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsEric BanaJennifer ConnellySam ElliottBruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
- DirectorBrenda ChapmanSteve HicknerSimon WellsStarsVal KilmerRalph FiennesMichelle PfeifferEgyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsAdam SandlerJoey Lauren AdamsJon StewartA lazy law school graduate adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsTobey MaguireCharlize TheronMichael CaineA compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsNicolas CageHolly HunterTrey WilsonWhen a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsQuvenzhané WallisCameron DiazJamie FoxxA foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsMark WahlbergTyrese GibsonAndré 3000When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsGuy PearceFreddie HighmoreJean-Claude DreyfusTwo tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
- DirectorDerek CianfranceStarsMichael FassbenderAlicia VikanderRachel WeiszA lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
- CreatorMoira Walley-BeckettStarsAmybeth McNultyGeraldine JamesR.H. ThomsonThe adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.
- DirectorKirk JonesStarsCameron DiazMatthew MorrisonJ. Todd SmithFollows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected.
- DirectorRob MinkoffStarsMichael J. FoxGeena DavisHugh LaurieThe Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsDakota FanningJennifer HudsonQueen LatifahIn 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallBrenda BlethynPhyllis LoganFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsDennis QuaidRene RussoJerry O'ConnellA widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widowed handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of his 8 and her 10 children.
- DirectorRob MinkoffStarsTy BurrellMax CharlesStephen ColbertSherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsCillian MurphyMorgan JonesEva BirthistleIn the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
- DirectorPeter HedgesStarsJennifer GarnerJoel EdgertonCJ AdamsA childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
- StarsCristina GarcíaPaola MorenoNerea CamachoIn Colombia in 1821, a Spanish plantation gets burned down, and only the planters' baby is spared. She gets sent to Spain, but concocts a plan to return home and become an abolitionist.
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsNaomi WattsAnnette BeningKerry WashingtonA drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
- DirectorDavid L. CunninghamStarsJim CaviezelMatt DillonJuliet MillsA timeless tale that takes place against the backdrop of the segregated coffee fields in 1920s Hawaii - a coming-of-age journey about a young man who transcends the boundaries of race and class in pursuit of a forbidden love.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsKristen BellDiane LaddShedrack Anderson IIIA teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsPierce BrosnanStewart BickVlasta VranaThe story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.
- CreatorEric BressJ. Mackye GruberStarsMatt DallasMarguerite MacIntyreBruce ThomasA family takes in a formerly institutionalized teen savant who is missing standard human behaviors such as anger, joy, and love.
- DirectorMatt AseltonStarsPaul DanoZooey DeschanelJohn GoodmanA mattress salesman's plan to adopt a Chinese baby is augmented by the arrival of a young woman who comes to his workplace, falls asleep on one of the beds, and upon waking starts to affect his life.
- CreatorPamela K. LongStarsDaniel Hugh KellyBetsy BrantleyJames MarsdenA writer marries a zookeeper. They adopt a passel of cute children and cute animals. Complications ensue.
- DirectorElla LemhagenStarsGustaf SkarsgårdTorkel PeterssonTom LjungmanA Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.
- DirectorEric MezaStarsAnthony AndersonIsaiah BarnesMax BeckerAdopted by a black family in L.A., Derrick grows up an Irish white boy who thinks he's black! When his mother catches him romantically entangled with a woman on her couch, he's thrown out with an ultimatum. In HD.
- DirectorTravis FineStarsAlan CummingGarret DillahuntIsaac LeyvaIn the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsConor DonovanJesse CamachoZoe WeizenbaumAfter his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsMel HarrisDwight SchultzAshley PeldonA pastor and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.
- StarsFlorencia BertottiFederico AmadorPaula MoralesNina Gomez, an young woman working at the Santei Huliana embasy, has her life turned around when the new ambassador and his 4 children arrive.
- DirectorPatrick WangStarsSebastian BanesPatrick WangTrevor St. JohnWhen his partner Cody dies in a car accident, Joey learns that their son, Chip, has been willed to Cody's sister. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are.
- CreatorScott FrankAllan ScottStarsAnya Taylor-JoyChloe PirrieBill CampOrphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsKate MaberlyMaggie SmithHeydon ProwseA young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.
- DirectorRadu MihaileanuStarsYaël AbecassisRoschdy ZemMoshe AgazaiA Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
- DirectorRoger AllersRob MinkoffStarsMatthew BroderickJeremy IronsJames Earl JonesLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
- StarsJeffrey LarsonErika SolstenCaleb McAlpinA young couple's lives are changed when an unexpected addition to their household shows them the true meaning of family.
- DirectorLou Diamond PhillipsStarsLou Diamond PhillipsSalli Richardson-WhitfieldMelinda DillonA young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman knows almost nothing of Native American traditions. He is doing his internship when he suddenly receives an amulet from the Lakota reservation in Sioux City. It is from his real mother. Jesse's curiosity is piqued, and he immediately travels to his birthplace to learn why she sent it. Unfortunately, by the time he arrives, his mother's body is discovered in the smoldering wreckage of her home. She was shot before she was burned. Jesse's investigation into her death is not welcomed by the local captain of police and his assistant. He is almost beaten to death but is saved by his grandfather, a shaman, and a Lakota woman. The newly healed Jesse begins to explore his tribe's customs. He then contacts his mother's spirit and she leads him to the film's conclusion.
- CreatorDebbie MoonStarsGabrielle GreenLeona VaughanShorelle HepkinMaddy Smith and her family are the only wolfbloods in Stoneybridge, which is a well-kept secret. They lead a peaceful life until Rhydian, a wolfblood, arrives and triggers chaos.
- DirectorTim KirkmanStarsKip PardueMichael KellyTess HarperThree overlapping stories of estranged families in three regions of North Carolina.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsDennis QuaidLouis Gossett Jr.Brion JamesDuring a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsPatrick TierneyBerj FazlianSirvart FazlianUnhappy living with his loveless parents, a young man convinces a family of Armenian immigrants that he's their long-lost son and moves in with them, improving all of their lives in the process.
- CreatorMoira Walley-BeckettStarsAmybeth McNultyGeraldine JamesR.H. ThomsonThe adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.
- DirectorAnita W. AddisonStarsAnne BancroftLynn WhitfieldAlice KrigeA white woman who was raped by a black man gives the baby up for adoption. The film follows the life of the child as she grows up and has children of her own.
- DirectorGianni AmelioStarsKim Rossi StuartAndrea RossiCharlotte RamplingMeeting his disabled son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
- DirectorDaniel GimelbergStarsDiego GentileRafael SpregelburdMarina BellatiMartÌn wants to adopt a child, but his partner harbours many doubts due to his own adopted upbringing. When MartÌn enters a support group for adoptive parents, their relationship faces a trial.
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsSteve CooganPaul RuddJesse LukenA bickering gay couple must suddenly deal with the unexpected task of raising a 10-year-old boy.
- DirectorMatthew O'CallaghanStarsWill FerrellDrew BarrymoreEugene LevyThe Man in the Yellow Hat is an oddball museum employee who looks after his pet monkey, an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.
- DirectorMarc MundenStarsThomas Brodie-SangsterAaron TaylorMichelle AsanteA 14-year-old leads his two half-brothers (one older, one an infant) on a journey to find and live as a family with his father after their mother dies.
- StarsGiles PantonEden GamlielKathleen BarrSaved from a plane crash and given supernatural powers, teen Tarzan joins forces with brave city girl Jane to protect his jungle home from threats.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsChristopher LambertAndie MacDowellRalph RichardsonA missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsMark HarmonDiana ScarwidRosemary DunsmoreElmer Jackson is a carpenter in a small Californian town in the 1930s. Struggling to bring up 4 young boys after the death of his wife, he is horrified when the Government (citing trumped-up charges of parental neglect) places the boys into various foster homes and institutions, unaware of the abuse that the boys would then be subjected to. The conditions imposed by the court and the difficulties caused by the Depression make Jackson's determined and vigorous quest to find his boys extremely difficult.
- DirectorRégis WargnierStarsCatherine DeneuveVincent PerezLinh-Dan PhamEliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsFreddie HighmoreKeri RussellJonathan Rhys MeyersA musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsDennis QuaidLouis Gossett Jr.Brion JamesDuring a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsConor DonovanJesse CamachoZoe WeizenbaumAfter his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.
- DirectorLorraine LévyStarsEmmanuelle DevosPascal ElbéJules SitrukTwo young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsEmily WatsonDermot MulroneyHugh ThompsonA father separates his son from his twin sister at birth to prevent him and the mother from knowing she was born with Down syndrome. Based on the novel by Kim Edwards.
- DirectorJonah MarkowitzStarsTrevor WrightBrad RoweTina HolmesWhen his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother.
- DirectorJános SzászStarsLászló GyémántAndrás GyémántPiroska MolnárTwin siblings enduring the harshness of WWII in a village on the Hungarian border hedge their survival on studying and learning from the evil surrounding them.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
- DirectorMarkus ImbodenStarsKatja RiemannStefan KurtMaximilian SimonischekA Swiss-German rural peasant family takes Max, a crude 15-year-old boy, into a foster situation of constant bullying. Soon, a foster girl is added to the mix.
- DirectorMike BinderStarsKevin CostnerOctavia SpencerGillian JacobsA grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
- DirectorÉva GárdosStarsNastassja KinskiScarlett JohanssonRaffaella BánságiA young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIdris ElbaCharlie HunnamRinko KikuchiAs a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsTom CavanaghBen ShenkmanNoah BernettEric, a sports announcer and former hockey player, doesn't know how to deal with the flamboyant young boy to whom he and his partner suddenly become guardians.
- DirectorLogan Marshall-GreenStarsEthan HawkeChristopher HeyerdahlElaine HendrixAn ex-felon discovers a live baby left in a dumpster.
- DirectorSandy SmolanStarsRichard CrennaRhea PerlmanLinda KelseyGregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and takes his natural mother to court to have her parental rights revoked so that he can be adopted by the Russes. The story is based on the real case of the boy who really did have to take this action to avoid being sent back into an unacceptable situation.
- DirectorMarcus ColeStarsRichard ThomasGerald McRaneyJonathan BanksA baby in a foreign land is adopted by the men on a U.S. Navy ship and brought to America.
- DirectorMasakazu HashimotoJong HeoTadashi HiramatsuStarsManaka IwamiMiyu IrinoYôko HikasaEscaping war, an immortal girl blessed with Eternal Youth finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsChris HemsworthAnthony HopkinsNatalie PortmanThe powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
- CreatorAva DuVernayColin KaepernickStarsJaden MichaelNick OffermanMary-Louise ParkerThis drama series from Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay explores Kaepernick's high-school years and the experiences that led him to become an activist.
- StarsBalthazar MurilloVanesa GonzálezAlberto AjakaThis gritty dramatization of the life of Carlos Tevez shows his rise to soccer stardom amid the harrowing conditions in Argentina's Fuerte Apache.
- DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsGérard JugnotFrançois BerléandJean-Baptiste MaunierPierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
- DirectorDouglas BarrStarsPeri GilpinTeri PoloMaria del MarIn the 1950s, two actresses set up a charity home for "orphans"--actually, children who were purposely abandoned and shunned because of their mixed ethnicity. The children find themselves being loved and looked after properly.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsMary Beth HurtMichael McKeanKathryn WalkerA seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsStephanie ZimbalistJames ReadDiane LaddWhen James and Janet Marston find, after the birth of their second son, that they can have no more they decide to adopt. The result is a huge family of up to sixty children of all nationalities, races and creeds and some with physical and mental disabilities. Their happiness, however, is not to continue without problems...
- DirectorBruce PittmanStarsDella ReeseCrystal BernardMadeline ZimaA drama about a young, neglected white girl in the rural South who, with the help of an unlikely couple, finds the solace and nurturing needed to transform her downtrodden life.
- DirectorJohn David ColesStarsMarlee MatlinMelissa GilbertPeter FrechetteCarrie Buck is an intellectually-disabled young woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after being declared mentally incompetent, therefore unable to raise her own child by herself. She is also threatened with sterilization so she won't have any more children who might also be disabled.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.