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7.9
/95097/
79
/3222/
78
/1378/
4.2
/146238/
98
/174/
92
/981/
82
/36/
cc age 16+

Short Term 12 (2013)
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
poster
72
IMDb 77
6.5
/8426/
69
/849/
66
/151/
3.3
/21532/
85
/108/
81
/50/
73
/15/
cc age 14+

Dust Bunny (2025)
Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
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68
6.7
/21796/
67
/519/
66
/441/
3.5
/32431/
87
/52/
66
/296/
65
/4/

The Sugarland Express (1974)
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
poster
79
58
7.7
/2057/
69
/63/
74
/32/
3.7
/677/
92
/37/
88
/47/
79
/25/
cc age 14+

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.
poster
58
6.4
/34712/
63
/747/
61
/424/
3.0
/16381/
56
/143/
52
/2805/
47
/27/
cc age 18+

Choke (2008)
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
poster
55
6.0
/63674/
65
/3205/
63
/1975/
3.2
/165019/
47
/15/
53
/2129/
37
/16/

Child's Play 2 (1990)
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.
poster
74
55
7.6
/4786/
71
/48/
66
/44/
3.6
/983/
86
/134/

Mother of Mine (2005)
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.
54
5.5
/45610/
62
/5256/
62
/1410/
2.3
/65846/
32
/114/
62
/135/
53
/31/
cc age 15+

Hypnotic (2023)
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
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49
6.7
/5163/
72
/214/
72
/132/
3.1
/3187/
40
/10/
59
/15/
36
/6/

Commitment (2013)
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.
46
5.5
/8440/
61
/719/
67
/178/
2.5
/21402/
29
/55/
58
/125/
39
/11/
cc age 16+

The Home (2025)
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.
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46
5.7
/3713/
58
/118/
58
/84/
2.9
/4337/
45
/63/

Mikey (1992)
Mikey just needs a good stable home. He's bounced from foster home to foster home his whole life. He finally lands himself with a new loving family, but their perfect little child is not what he appears to be. His previous caretakers all died of mysterious "accidents" that weren't really accidents at all. Mikey is a cold blooded killer, and it doesn't take long for him to aim his sights on his new adoptive family and anyone else who stands in his way.
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45
6.2
/5053/
63
/137/
61
/118/
3.2
/5859/
26
/19/

Madhouse (1974)
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after spending years in a mental institution, but the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
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41
5.5
/4183/
59
/213/
53
/150/
2.6
/4790/
50
/9/
cc age 16+

The Son (2019)
Painter Lorenzo's life spirals out of control as he fears his wife is trying to isolate him from their infant son.
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39
4.9
/4354/
62
/641/
51
/130/
2.3
/1468/
27
/11/
18
/25/

Havenhurst (2016)
A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil.
poster
59
35
6.5
/2342/
65
/26/
58
/33/
3.2
/1098/
43
/50/

Dillinger (1945)
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
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32
6.9
/937/
67
/48/
66
/17/
3.3
/723/
50
/10/
92
/15/
46
/4/
cc age 13+

So B. It (2016)
A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.
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30
5.4
/2099/
62
/109/
56
/83/
2.4
/1407/
41
/6/

Nanny Cam (2014)
Linda has a seemingly perfect marriage with her rugged and handsome husband Mark and an adorable 8 year old daughter, Chloe. But when Chloe is injured by an elderly babysitter who has slipped into dementia, Linda wants to ensure that her child is never hurt again. Initially, Heather, the new babysitter, seems like the ideal addition to this practically perfect family. But Heather is a schemer who exploits the cracks in Mark and Linda's relationship, and delights in the resulting chaos. As Linda later learns, to her horror, Heather's intentions go far beyond the mischievous.
poster
66
26
6.6
/855/
73
/19/
63
/77/
3.3
/506/
64
/15/

Michou d'Auber (2007)
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
poster
59
24
6.2
/1279/
57
/24/
64
/20/
3.1
/607/
54
/22/

Thousands Cheer (1943)
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
poster
63
15
6.5
/570/
54
/5/
65
/3/
70
/22/

Close to My Heart (1951)
A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.
poster
57
9
6.1
/243/
76
/6/
58
/16/
33
/2/

A Year in My Life (2006)
In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.
poster
?
9.2
/18/

Kicked Out: From Care to Chaos (2017)
A deeply personal documentary in which film-maker Rebecca Southworth traces her own life, abused by her father and taken into care, and asks why so many people lead troubled lives after leaving care.
poster
?
5.1
/47/
42
/4/
65
/2/

The Unwilling Nanny (1959)
After returning from a masquerade, much to his surprise, a wandering textile salesman stumbles upon an abandoned and helpless baby. Will he find his parents--and if not--will the poor child finally find a loving foster family?
poster
?
7.9
/54/
10
/2/
77
/6/

The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure (2022)
Through a magical geyser the Great Wolf Pack where transport to whimsical worlds where they put to use the power of the Pack to overcome various dilemmas that come their way.
poster
?
6.0
/50/
10
/1/
34
/5/

Nudity (1990)
Young prisoner Jan, nicknamed Roughboy (Petr Cepek), tries to commit suicide. He was imprisoned for a fight in which he injured a functionary of the National Committee and for stealing material but actually by the blame for this crime was pinned on him by the road-builders in whose group he worked. The prison doctor knows that Jan is an emotionally deprived person who never knew his parents and spent all his childhood - except one year with foster-parents - in orphanages, homes for youth and reform schools. He arranges a five-day holiday for Jan, who wants to find his mother's grave.
poster
70
?
6.9
/885/
67
/7/
75
/6/

Love For Rent (2005)
Tells the story of Sofia (Angie Cepeda), a Colombian college student struggling with immigration issues in LA, who accepts a $50,000 offer to rent her body and soul and become a surrogate mother to a wealthy couple.
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6.6
/41/
75
/2/
56
/6/

NYC Dreams (2021)
A talented but struggling dancer in New York City uses his daydreams to escape and find love.
58
?
5.6
/134/
60
/1/

Broken Dreams (1933)
Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue his medical studies. Morley returns to his hometown six years later, now a successful doctor and engaged to be married to a beautiful socialite. He also feels differently about the boy and attempts to gain custody from his aunt and uncle.
poster
66
?
6.5
/165/
70
/1/
63
/3/

When The Bough Breaks (1947)
The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
?
6.8
/38/
35
/2/

Hector's Bunyip (1986)
The Australian Hector's Bunyip concerns the misadventures of impoverished inventor Robert Coleby. As if his money problems weren't enough, Hector is being hectored by land developer Brian Moll and child-welfare officer Joan Sydney. The latter antagonist wants to claim Hector's foster child and place the kid in an orphanage. But salvation comes in the most unlikely fashion. First telecast in the US on PBS' Wonderworks series, the 60-minute Hector's Bunyip debuted January 31, 1987.
poster
46
?
6.7
/154/
10
/1/
63
/3/

Girl on Approval (1961)
Sheila's fourteen. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home. Every family that's tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can't make a home for her, her future looks bleak.
poster
60
?
7.1
/53/
65
/11/
44
/5/

The Man Who Used HIV As A Weapon (2019)
The shocking accounts of five men who were abused by Daryll Rowe - the first ever person in the UK to be convicted after deliberately infecting men with HIV.
34
?
5.0
/129/
10
/1/
42
/4/

Night of Evil (1962)
A young woman's rise to fame after she wins a beauty contest is cut short when she marries an ex-convict.
poster
?
4.1
/14/
90
/1/

Deux mamans pour Noël (1998)
After years, Eric decides to track down his mother.
poster
71
?
6.3
/398/
80
/2/
72
/6/

Big City (1948)
A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.
63
?
6.3
/460/
69
/22/
64
/6/
75
/12/
59
/2/
51
/5/

Free the Mind (2013)
Brain scientist Professor Richard Davidson sets up his mind to conduct an unusual experiment: He will teach American war veterans and children meditation and yoga. Can veterans through meditation and yoga ease their pain and nervous system, find happiness and be more peaceful and get back to a life more like the one they had before the war?


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