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85
8.3
/241315/
82
/5251/
81
/3079/
4.4
/477007/
91
/124/
92
/1356/
80
/42/

Incendies (2010)
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
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Kanopy
84
7.8
/32228/
78
/1959/
77
/1460/
4.2
/227608/
99
/136/
89
/148/
85
/28/
cc age 11+

My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
poster
81
7.6
/3057/
72
/42/
76
/90/
3.9
/1713/
86
/7/
85
/21/

The Stolen Children (1992)
Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the relation between Antonio and the children is tough, but it relaxes so they become temporary friends.
poster
Curiosity Stream
80
7.6
/106676/
75
/2611/
73
/1668/
3.7
/56932/
91
/199/
89
/2159/
77
/42/
cc age 15+

Philomena (2013)
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.4
/43771/
74
/909/
70
/457/
3.6
/36725/
90
/79/
81
/1371/
74
/11/
cc age 8+

Oliver! (1968)
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/44739/
69
/961/
72
/850/
3.8
/103362/
92
/53/
84
/878/
81
/15/
cc age 14+

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
78
7.6
/38873/
75
/534/
71
/463/
3.8
/16453/
87
/102/
87
/1570/
78
/29/

After the Wedding (2006)
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
poster
78
7.4
/169348/
73
/4082/
72
/3023/
3.6
/139757/
87
/180/
86
/12144/
74
/33/
cc age 15+

The Orphanage (2007)
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
poster
78
7.4
/74602/
73
/1921/
72
/1304/
3.8
/83666/
93
/120/
89
/2318/
78
/30/

The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
poster
76
7.4
/329179/
75
/16448/
74
/6843/
3.6
/233366/
84
/108/
75
/1462/
69
/28/
cc age 16+

Predestination (2014)
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
poster
Peacock Premium
76
7.6
/622253/
77
/35898/
72
/15699/
3.6
/1016727/
80
/201/
83
/13220/
72
/35/
cc age 6+

Despicable Me (2010)
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
poster
75
6.8
/2095/
71
/44/
67
/39/
3.4
/653/
100
/5/
80
/18/

Second Best (1994)
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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MGM Plus
77
71
7.3
/7037/
71
/133/
70
/119/
3.7
/9171/
92
/12/
71
/86/
91
/8/

Love Affair (1939)
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
poster
MGM Plus
69
7.4
/108525/
72
/1824/
70
/1234/
3.4
/36983/
72
/109/
77
/1774/
75
/32/
cc age 15+

The Cider House Rules (1999)
Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?
poster
75
69
7.4
/10357/
72
/170/
70
/159/
3.6
/7573/
89
/19/
77
/119/

Kiss of Death (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
poster
74
68
7.7
/19241/
73
/217/
67
/105/
3.5
/4078/
84
/2721/

Mr. India (1987)
A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
poster
67
6.8
/35361/
66
/808/
67
/1214/
3.2
/25629/
61
/140/
63
/700/
65
/36/
cc age 13+

Oliver Twist (2005)
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
67
7.2
/7193/
68
/157/
67
/120/
3.4
/4018/
89
/9/
80
/375/

The Little Princess (1939)
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
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Hoopla
67
7.0
/7460/
70
/167/
63
/105/
3.3
/1534/
64
/116/
78
/297/
55
/30/

Evelyn (2002)
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
poster
Hoopla
67
6.7
/8072/
67
/163/
64
/117/
3.4
/2313/
80
/35/
74
/138/
72
/24/

Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
66
6.9
/9828/
73
/696/
71
/246/
3.2
/5694/
62
/85/
98
/334/
44
/14/
cc age 13+

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
65
6.7
/7858/
70
/384/
64
/168/
3.3
/8607/
64
/173/
cc age 7+

The BFG (1990)
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
poster
Hoopla
65
7.4
/113875/
75
/3227/
74
/2779/
3.3
/58409/
36
/121/
82
/20278/
38
/27/
cc age 8+

August Rush (2007)
Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.1
/18727/
66
/1583/
67
/710/
3.0
/50029/
83
/24/
64
/68/
46
/5/
cc age 15+

Level 16 (2018)
The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
poster
Netflix
62
6.6
/8598/
71
/718/
74
/293/
3.0
/5795/
68
/25/
74
/57/
48
/7/
cc age 11+

Blue Miracle (2021)
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
5.7
/8873/
61
/684/
57
/207/
3.1
/20436/
92
/63/
45
/74/
64
/4/
cc age 16+

Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.
poster
Hoopla
59
5.5
/6358/
61
/464/
60
/166/
2.9
/12467/
84
/55/
47
/36/
60
/10/
cc age 15+

The Power (2021)
London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.
poster
59
6.3
/9181/
66
/466/
64
/250/
2.9
/6596/
45
/159/
76
/42/
50
/33/
cc age 15+

After the Wedding (2019)
Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.
poster
73
59
7.4
/4292/
77
/47/
70
/53/
3.5
/1888/
76
/557/

The Old Maid (1939)
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
poster
Hulu
58
5.4
/24074/
61
/751/
61
/553/
3.0
/36504/
57
/93/
52
/1136/
47
/27/
cc age 7+

Like Mike (2002)
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.
poster
72
57
7.7
/5034/
68
/40/
71
/64/
3.9
/2562/
55
/11/
87
/22/

Sundays and Cybele (1962)
The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
poster
57
6.0
/158099/
62
/6547/
61
/4523/
2.9
/321025/
66
/95/
41
/6390/
61
/32/
cc age 7+

Stuart Little (1999)
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.
poster
74
57
7.5
/3397/
70
/35/
66
/45/
3.6
/701/
91
/92/
70
/473/
74
/25/

The Italian (2005)
Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
poster
56
6.2
/145353/
65
/4190/
60
/2405/
3.0
/92251/
42
/43/
40
/2673/
50
/14/
cc age 13+

Twins (1988)
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
poster
55
6.5
/257225/
68
/8221/
66
/4622/
3.1
/272028/
33
/111/
63
/20244/
31
/21/
cc age 18+

Silent Hill (2006)
Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a desperate search to get her back. She descends into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.
poster
Kanopy
55
6.5
/12648/
63
/223/
60
/207/
2.9
/3652/
41
/70/
52
/1302/
56
/21/
cc age 13+

December Boys (2007)
For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
poster
66
55
6.7
/4512/
70
/96/
64
/92/
3.3
/2113/
65
/2862/

Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
poster
fuboTV
61
55
6.4
/6014/
68
/160/
61
/73/
3.2
/3164/
40
/10/
70
/160/

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
54
7.5
/2212/
75
/66/
72
/42/
3.4
/801/
100
/6/
80
/26/

The Boys of St. Vincent (1994)
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
5.9
/100383/
62
/3062/
65
/1769/
3.4
/216785/
39
/165/
55
/18374/
52
/36/
cc age 11+

Nacho Libre (2006)
Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación.
poster
79
53
7.9
/6460/
76
/153/
74
/76/
3.9
/2845/
89
/1/

The Day Will Come (2016)
Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the frightening battle against Headmaster Heck and his lethal tyranny. The film is based on actual events.
poster
78
50
7.9
/1171/
83
/81/
80
/221/
3.6
/4490/

Strings (2013)
María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.
poster
Kanopy
76
50
8.2
/1683/
77
/46/
69
/24/
3.6
/539/
73
/26/
88
/62/
71
/7/

Blood Brother (2013)
Rocky Braat went to India as a disillusioned American tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV/AIDS, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face. Or the love he would find.
poster
50
5.5
/34986/
62
/1274/
62
/884/
2.7
/25704/
43
/1136/
27
/12/
cc age 12+

Problem Child (1990)
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
poster
49
4.9
/35934/
61
/1115/
52
/713/
2.4
/18489/
47
/47/
37
/1547/
48
/23/

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
poster
Starz
49
5.2
/70136/
56
/6182/
59
/2603/
2.1
/93509/
30
/92/
65
/229/
44
/21/
cc age 17+

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
49
4.7
/6768/
53
/649/
59
/280/
2.1
/40591/
28
/68/
68
/8/
46
/23/
5.3
/12269/
cc age 8+

Earwig and the Witch (2021)
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
48
4.9
/7836/
56
/302/
56
/267/
2.6
/3216/
40
/5880/

Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.


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