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Netflix
87
8.2
/212633/
83
/15689/
83
/5679/
4.2
/1193236/
97
/260/
98
/2978/
85
/46/
cc age 8+

The Wild Robot (2024)
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
poster
Netflix
81
IMDb 18
7.4
/193785/
75
/10208/
72
/1916/
3.8
/1831042/
92
/333/
93
/257/
80
/59/
cc age 13+

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
poster
HBO Max
81
7.4
/206152/
74
/7624/
71
/4158/
3.7
/248757/
87
/123/
86
/8466/
82
/21/
cc age 9+

Superman (1978)
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
poster
77
7.2
/7777/
71
/397/
68
/372/
3.4
/9560/
95
/41/
75
/18/
83
/16/

Being 17 (2016)
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
poster
fuboTV
77
7.3
/276314/
75
/14006/
74
/7796/
3.8
/816012/
83
/113/
76
/8719/
74
/22/
cc age 7+

Hercules (1997)
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
74
IMDb 73
7.1
/384286/
71
/21111/
74
/4229/
3.9
/2757629/
83
/501/
90
/4281/
68
/58/
cc age 12+

Superman (2025)
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
poster
72
7.1
/11664/
72
/574/
75
/288/
3.7
/21568/
75
/125/
93
/54/
58
/28/
cc age 14+

Blue Bayou (2021)
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
poster
72
6.9
/2349/
62
/24/
60
/50/
3.5
/1301/
93
/15/
79
/25/

My Favorite Season (1993)
Elderly woman Berthe leaves her house to live with her daughter Emilie. Emilie and her brother Antoine had a falling out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will resurface and impact both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.
poster
69
6.8
/2553/
53
/13/
61
/22/
3.5
/453/
80
/25/
72
/23/
66
/23/

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. Living in France with his wife, daughter, and an adopted son, the family travels an unconventional road which casts them as outsiders to others. Preaching a sexual freedom, his daughter's sexual discovery begins at an early age and betrays her when the family moves to Hanover in America. Her overt sexuality clashes with the values of her teenage American peers and gives her a problematic reputation. Meanwhile, her brooding brother copes with his own interior pain regarding his past, only comfortable communicating within the domestic space.
poster
Disney Plus
69
7.2
/177128/
62
/6457/
63
/3230/
3.1
/612826/
67
/349/
93
/5632/
59
/54/
cc age 8+

The Little Mermaid (2023)
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
6.8
/32938/
69
/1261/
67
/742/
3.5
/51045/
77
/188/
76
/127/
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
Kanopy
67
6.6
/16150/
68
/847/
63
/315/
3.4
/24460/
91
/171/
77
/75/
72
/31/
cc age 16+

Luce (2019)
A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
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Plex
77
67
7.2
/4258/
74
/83/
66
/90/
3.7
/4267/
100
/11/
81
/37/

Pursued (1947)
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
poster
Hoopla
66
7.2
/1886/
62
/22/
58
/22/
3.4
/232/
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
Kanopy
66
6.4
/33067/
62
/2005/
64
/1707/
3.3
/32432/
84
/105/
56
/196/
72
/24/
cc age 17+

Tale of Tales (2015)
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
7.1
/860661/
70
/34109/
66
/15887/
3.0
/869228/
57
/341/
75
/27135/
55
/47/
cc age 12+

Man of Steel (2013)
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.4
/22337/
68
/591/
64
/488/
3.1
/8680/
79
/14/
60
/270/
62
/11/

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
poster
Hoopla
63
7.1
/2566/
67
/57/
65
/51/
3.4
/423/
50
/10/
71
/67/
52
/4/
cc age 10+

A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O’Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomás as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around - and within - us all.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
6.2
/15671/
64
/1048/
61
/344/
3.4
/38463/
78
/100/
57
/131/
63
/23/

The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
5.7
/9748/
60
/666/
57
/190/
2.7
/30526/
71
/92/
60
/76/
57
/18/
cc age 16+

Somebody I Used to Know (2023)
On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her first love, Sean, and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Sean's fiancé, Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.
poster
76
60
7.4
/2756/
75
/41/
69
/48/
3.9
/3786/
88
/472/

Stars in My Crown (1950)
An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
poster
Netflix
60
5.8
/23449/
66
/1953/
66
/1466/
2.4
/49632/
73
/11/
49
/60/
cc age 10+

A Christmas Prince (2017)
When a reporter goes undercover as a nanny to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?
poster
Kanopy
61
59
7.4
/4588/
74
/352/
69
/112/
3.7
/6288/
10
/25/
70
/20/

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.7
/19781/
69
/488/
63
/228/
3.4
/33809/
50
/50/
72
/1228/
55
/13/
cc age 13+

Mommie Dearest (1981)
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
poster
fuboTV
58
5.9
/6205/
60
/357/
59
/183/
2.9
/3576/
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
58
55
5.7
/2982/
65
/348/
60
/247/
2.9
/4828/
54
/130/

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)
When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult dinosaur named Mr. Thicknose, head out to bring back their friend Spike, who has left his friends to be with members of his own species.
poster
Starz
54
7.3
/17935/
71
/342/
72
/468/
3.6
/6015/
9
/22/
67
/64/
34
/13/

Twice Born (2012)
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
poster
52
5.7
/1162/
65
/42/
53
/26/
3.1
/434/
40
/10/
47
/9/
48
/8/

Back Roads (1981)
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
poster
50
6.6
/527/
52
/4/
50
/10/
46
/14/

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface, and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
poster
Disney Plus
49
5.5
/13810/
62
/1448/
60
/1216/
2.6
/43380/
33
/6/
37
/176/
cc age 6+

Tarzan II (2005)
When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off without him.
poster
49
5.7
/37051/
62
/1519/
56
/642/
2.7
/20234/
37
/154/
32
/1012/
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
Disney Plus
47
4.3
/49632/
58
/5079/
51
/1837/
2.1
/86718/
43
/342/
26
/2413/
53
/52/
cc age 10+

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
poster
The Roku Channel
46
5.2
/23073/
58
/1010/
61
/1229/
2.4
/19068/
41
/347/
28
/17/

Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.
poster
The Roku Channel
42
4.5
/10240/
51
/802/
45
/312/
2.2
/7649/
46
/141/
16
/197/
57
/30/
cc age 17+

The Dinner (2017)
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
poster
Kanopy
70
36
6.2
/709/
62
/24/
75
/14/
3.3
/1304/
86
/14/

Endless Summer Syndrome (2024)
When the mother of two adoptees is tipped off about the possible affair her husband may be having with one of their children, her sense of duty takes a macabre turn.
poster
68
33
6.7
/607/
65
/15/
59
/19/
3.4
/267/
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
YouTube TV
57
33
6.0
/2555/
64
/50/
57
/43/
3.1
/456/
45
/392/

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.
poster
62
32
6.4
/1818/
70
/159/
63
/74/
2.9
/404/
59
/9/
cc age 10+

Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)
Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.
poster
68
22
7.1
/1689/
71
/30/
57
/14/
3.4
/357/
74
/15/

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
poster
Kanopy
54
21
5.7
/991/
60
/23/
51
/13/
2.9
/667/
45
/165/

Christmas Eve (1947)
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
poster
58
19
6.4
/915/
72
/44/
57
/20/
3.1
/778/
39
/5/

Child of Rage (1992)
A priest and his wife adopt a brother and sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.
poster
65
15
6.8
/364/
65
/11/
59
/17/
3.4
/505/

Joel (2018)
Unable to have kids of their own, Cecilia and Diego get a call from the adoption agency they registered to, some time ago. The sudden arrival of Joel, a 9 year old with a very hard backstory, will change the course of their lives.
poster
61
14
8.2
/706/
80
/8/
66
/15/
19
/16/

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)
Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.
poster
63
14
6.1
/778/
62
/18/
61
/17/
71
/3/

The Savage (1952)
The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian in very way. Years later, the white men and the Sioux threaten to go to war and the Indian-raised white man is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe.
poster
40
?
4.5
/217/
61
/24/
15
/2/

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch (2025)
When Butch Cassidy and his deadly band of outlaws pull off a high-dollar train robbery, the legendary Pinkerton detectives raise a deadly posse to hunt them down.
poster
?
50
/1/

Mother's Airfield (2016)
On the isolated grasslands of Inner Mongolia, a shepherdess adopts an orphan from the city. Years later after the boy has left to serve in the air force, a well-intentioned white lie gives the elderly shepherdess hope of seeing her adopted son one last time.
poster
?
4.2
/39/
10
/1/

Dharam Sankat (1991)
Dacait Jagira (Amrish Puri) has terrorized the entire country-side with his raids and cruelty. On one such encounter he kills Gopal's mother, leaving him an orphan. Durga (Rohini Hattangadi) takes care of Gopal and raises him as her own son, Birju. Years pass by, Gopal (Raj Babbar) and Birju (Vinod Khanna) have grown up. While another band of dacaits is raiding their village, the leader Sohn Kanwar (Sahila Chaddha) is about to kill Birju, when she is told that his mother is Durga, and she spares him, due to Durga being the wife of Dara (Dara Singh), another dacait. This revelation unleases a tide of hate against Birju and Durga, and they are forced to leave the village. To make matters worse, Gopal disowns any relationship he has had with both of them, and wants to marry Madhu (Amrita Singh), who loves Birju.
poster
60
?
6.5
/231/
56
/11/
60
/9/

Buud Yam (1997)
In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When Pughneere – his adopted sister – becomes ill, the villagers suspect Wend Kuuni. In order to save Pughneere's life (and his own) he must set out on a journey to find a healer. His quest brings him in contact with people around him and is a journey of self-discovery.


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