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Kanopy
88
7.9
/93485/
79
/3517/
78
/2201/
4.3
/274626/
99
/230/
91
/198/
93
/40/
cc age 16+

Shoplifters (2018)
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.0
/50683/
78
/750/
76
/696/
4.3
/56659/
95
/44/
91
/643/
92
/27/
cc age 15+

Secrets & Lies (1996)
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
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73
6.6
/86173/
68
/6963/
62
/1981/
3.3
/76143/
83
/239/
67
/923/
76
/44/
cc age 12+

Midnight Special (2016)
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
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Kanopy
72
6.7
/8073/
62
/109/
60
/86/
3.2
/9334/
86
/123/
64
/192/
75
/31/
cc age 17+

Lovely & Amazing (2002)
An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and short-lived.
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Disney Plus
72
7.3
/289564/
75
/16515/
79
/9804/
3.5
/1156882/
75
/415/
97
/3580/
59
/56/
cc age 12+

Cruella (2021)
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
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81
72
8.3
/10617/
77
/90/
76
/48/
4.0
/7569/
80
/5/
93
/90/

Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
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83
72
8.5
/15666/
81
/124/
80
/58/
4.1
/13235/
87
/289/

Thalapathi (1991)
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
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Kanopy
71
6.5
/1788/
65
/105/
58
/41/
3.3
/2849/
95
/63/
54
/10/
83
/14/
cc age 16+

Rose Plays Julie (2021)
A story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that are both devastating and dangerous.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
6.8
/32734/
69
/1241/
67
/731/
3.5
/49880/
77
/188/
76
/129/
67
/39/
cc age 17+

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.6
/102629/
67
/2835/
64
/1746/
3.4
/73022/
71
/160/
61
/4007/
65
/32/
cc age 17+

I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.
poster
66
6.0
/469/
55
/5/
51
/9/
3.3
/223/
83
/23/
57
/13/
76
/9/

The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.
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Hoopla
66
7.2
/1884/
62
/22/
58
/22/
3.4
/229/
73
/49/
65
/62/
62
/21/

Loggerheads (2005)
A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.
poster
66
6.8
/23241/
68
/590/
67
/518/
3.0
/32422/
51
/59/
78
/830/
53
/21/

Lost and Delirious (2001)
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
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The CW
62
6.5
/5614/
73
/656/
65
/242/
2.8
/3319/
65
/17/
70
/9/
47
/9/
cc age 9+

The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
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73
60
7.0
/1144/
62
/28/
66
/28/
3.4
/9580/
95
/39/
79
/12/

Young Mothers (2025)
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
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74
59
7.6
/3185/
71
/35/
68
/28/
3.8
/1764/
81
/16/
84
/40/
67
/7/

To Each His Own (1946)
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to another family, she devotes her life to loving him from afar.
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Starz
59
6.3
/9732/
60
/230/
55
/116/
3.1
/2287/
54
/104/
63
/657/
57
/31/
cc age 18+

Happy Endings (2005)
Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.
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Kanopy
58
5.9
/6189/
60
/355/
60
/182/
2.9
/3513/
58
/36/
37
/39/
62
/12/
cc age 17+

10,000 Saints (2015)
A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all major elements in this heart-aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late 20th century youth culture.
poster
68
57
7.1
/4637/
71
/49/
69
/50/
3.4
/1911/
60
/5/
70
/47/

The Great Lie (1941)
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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66
55
6.4
/4168/
64
/111/
57
/77/
3.1
/1198/
88
/51/
65
/38/

Middle of Nowhere (2008)
The film follows Grace, a young woman whose irresponsible mother blows her college fund on her younger sister's beauty pageant campaign.
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Hoopla
72
54
6.2
/1539/
67
/87/
74
/38/
2.5
/1119/
83
/6/
98
/1028/
cc age 10+

Lifemark (2022)
David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
51
5.9
/10606/
61
/239/
56
/174/
2.9
/1867/
50
/116/
44
/1197/
56
/27/
cc age 17+

Then She Found Me (2007)
A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
poster
49
5.7
/36998/
62
/1504/
56
/637/
2.7
/19816/
37
/154/
32
/1010/
48
/39/
cc age 13+

Admission (2013)
Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
poster
47
5.0
/1222/
56
/18/
49
/14/
2.9
/536/
22
/100/
45
/9/

Paternity (1981)
Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming into contact with several children, Buddy decides that he is ready to be a father. Buddy decides to hire a surrogate mother in the hope of having a son.
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Starz
47
6.0
/185240/
62
/8273/
58
/4729/
2.5
/82477/
29
/208/
35
/2777/
52
/43/
cc age 14+

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
poster
70
43
7.1
/770/
63
/19/
52
/18/
3.5
/379/
87
/30/
79
/62/
74
/13/

Prodigal Sons (2008)
Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother Marc. Things are complicated by the shocking revelation that Marc may be the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, forcing Kim and her family to explore questions of sexual orientation, identity, severe trauma and love.
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The Roku Channel
42
5.6
/53395/
62
/1954/
58
/1199/
2.5
/31483/
7
/106/
40
/873/
28
/32/
cc age 17+

The Big Wedding (2013)
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative Catholic biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
41
6.8
/1058/
65
/26/
68
/32/
3.5
/2356/
80
/5/
47
/8/

Not Wanted (1949)
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.
poster
65
40
6.7
/1461/
57
/20/
59
/16/
3.4
/269/
76
/17/
63
/46/
71
/10/

Marion Bridge (2003)
When three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother, old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
poster
64
39
7.0
/1841/
68
/25/
62
/29/
3.3
/204/
55
/47/
76
/37/
51
/19/

Km. 0 (2000)
Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo Miguel, who co-habitates with gay Benjamin. Sergio, a soon-to-be-married office clerk who can't wait to lose his virginity, makes the acquaintance of prostitute Tatiana, while gay dancer Bruno meets Maximo. Meanwhile, wannabe director Pedro arranges to meet up with Silvia, an actress who wants to work in musicals directed by Gerardo, and bartender Mario is caught between Amor, who wants to marry him, and her little sister Roma, who is truly in love with him.
poster
72
39
7.6
/2192/
69
/20/
69
/15/
3.5
/832/
78
/440/

Aradhana (1969)
Vandana's husband, Arun, gets killed in an air crash after they secretly get married but no one accepts their marriage. Thereafter, she is forced to put her child up for adoption and later work as his nanny to stay by his side.
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Amazon Prime Video
48
36
5.8
/3497/
60
/145/
53
/68/
3.0
/806/
10
/10/
48
/122/

Malice in Wonderland (2010)
A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab, she wakes with amnesia in a world that's a million miles from home - Wonderland. We follow her adventures as she's dragged through an underworld filled with twisted individuals and the lowest low-lifers, by the enigmatic cab driver, Whitey. She needs to find out who she is, where she's from and use what wits she has left to get back home in one piece. As her journey progresses she discovers nothing is what it seems, realizes that fate and life are terminally entwined, and finds true love lurking in the unlikeliest place.
poster
68
33
6.7
/608/
65
/13/
59
/19/
3.4
/262/
92
/13/
55
/5/
73
/8/

I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
Now a taciturn adult, an adoptee finds his biological mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.
poster
62
31
5.8
/360/
62
/8/
50
/11/
3.7
/1345/
67
/15/
77
/12/
47
/8/

By Hook or by Crook (2001)
Shy is a transgender man who leaves his small town after the death of his father, and heads to the big city to live a life of crime. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee, in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between these men and they become partners in crime.
poster
64
31
6.5
/1135/
60
/23/
67
/25/
3.2
/367/
68
/43/

Please Teach Me English (2003)
Young Ju is forced to take English classes after failing to assist a foreigner at her government office. At English class she develops feelings for classmate Moon Su, but he might not feel the same way.
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The Roku Channel
65
30
7.3
/730/
60
/10/
60
/20/
68
/138/

A Place for Annie (1994)
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent her from being placed in a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later, she plans to adopt her -- but suddenly Annie's mother reappears and demands her back. And under the law, Susan, as foster-mother, has no claim to the child.
poster
72
29
7.4
/1738/
71
/51/
73
/25/
3.5
/425/

The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) (1983)
Oliver B. Bumble finds an egg that, it turns out, has a cute little dragon in it. However, this dragon grows huge each time it gets excited or upset. As this causes a lot of problems, Bumble has to face a difficult dilemma.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
27
6.6
/1410/
72
/67/
77
/30/
3.1
/615/
68
/5/
cc age 13+

Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012)
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
poster
67
26
6.9
/806/
61
/12/
64
/15/
3.4
/312/
71
/68/

Three Secrets (1950)
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
poster
69
22
7.3
/1159/
75
/78/
66
/24/
3.1
/355/
67
/4/
cc age 9+

Christmas Jars (2019)
Aspiring reporter Hope Jensen uncovers the remarkable secret behind a holiday phenomenon: money-filled glass jars anonymously given to people in need.
poster
56
21
6.7
/680/
50
/3/
54
/11/
56
/123/

Our Very Own (1950)
During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
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Amazon Prime Video
51
21
5.8
/569/
42
/12/
46
/10/
60
/937/

Sioux City (1994)
A 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.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
18
6.5
/609/
68
/26/
57
/11/
72
/17/

Mary Christmas (2002)
Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
poster
41
16
4.6
/847/
42
/31/
43
/24/
33
/20/

See You in September (2010)
Feeling abandoned by her therapist who's gone on an extended vacation, beautiful Lindsay gets help with her fear of commitment from an ad hoc support group formed by other New Yorkers also left high and dry by their shrinks. But when her pals dare her to date fellow group member A.J., Lindsay begins to wonder if she's finally found her match.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
15
6.2
/345/
63
/3/
58
/5/
44
/99/

Family of Strangers (1993)
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.
poster
Kanopy
49
13
5.5
/573/
53
/37/
59
/27/
3.0
/205/
18
/2/

The Dream Children (2015)
Alex wants to become a father. Steven, his partner, has to confront his insecurities and fear of change after a lifetime smothered by superficiality. Unable to adopt legally, but still eager to become parents, they decide to turn to the black market, adopting a child from a desperate young woman, who's return with a dangerous new boyfriend, threatens to destroy everything they love.
poster
60
10
6.0
/297/
63
/8/
55
/13/
3.1
/341/

Karla & Jonas (2010)
Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.
poster
?
7.7
/9/

Just In Time
Justin enjoys a comfortable relationship with Camille, a loving and compassionate Puerto Rican woman. He is engaged to Mia, a smart and beautiful Latina. Everything is perfect until Justin receives a letter from Brandi, his birth mother.


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