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Amazon Prime Video
84
7.9
/95092/
79
/3222/
77
/1377/
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.
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Hulu
83
7.8
/24337/
77
/1400/
80
/729/
4.2
/264378/
95
/147/
82
/21/
81
/25/
cc age 14+

Memoir of a Snail (2024)
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
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Disney Plus
77
7.6
/820040/
78
/64482/
76
/22598/
3.6
/1976280/
85
/423/
87
/6340/
67
/47/
cc age 12+

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
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The Roku Channel
76
7.2
/137640/
69
/2116/
68
/1332/
3.6
/53323/
86
/203/
74
/2734/
85
/40/
cc age 17+

About Schmidt (2002)
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
poster
Plex
75
6.8
/2099/
71
/44/
67
/39/
3.4
/679/
100
/5/
80
/18/

Second Best (1994)
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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Paramount+ Amazon Channel
74
7.2
/270643/
74
/18985/
73
/4362/
3.5
/720220/
91
/318/
92
/1943/
72
/57/
cc age 12+

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
poster
The Roku Channel
73
72
7.3
/14317/
76
/401/
70
/182/
3.4
/10488/
81
/363/

Ten Inch Hero (2007)
Four friends search for love and happiness while working at a California sandwich shop.
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Disney Plus
69
7.1
/113390/
73
/5852/
72
/4029/
3.4
/163066/
65
/31/
73
/3483/
61
/7/
cc age 5+

The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
poster
71
63
7.1
/5202/
70
/98/
69
/76/
3.5
/3493/
80
/15/
71
/81/

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.8
/4775/
64
/67/
63
/80/
3.2
/964/
56
/61/
66
/84/
51
/22/

An American Rhapsody (2001)
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.
poster
Netflix
62
6.2
/55747/
68
/4598/
64
/1940/
2.9
/67910/
67
/36/
48
/255/
68
/5/
cc age 13+

Before I Wake (2016)
An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.
poster
Hulu
60
6.5
/133263/
70
/4831/
68
/3834/
3.2
/203597/
22
/105/
83
/41634/
48
/23/
cc age 13+

Step Up (2006)
Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
5.9
/143583/
62
/10185/
64
/3533/
2.3
/303035/
49
/266/
85
/1128/
47
/50/
cc age 12+

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.
poster
MGM Plus
56
5.5
/26274/
64
/1187/
60
/899/
2.8
/70816/
47
/122/
55
/3432/
51
/25/
cc age 7+

Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
poster
55
6.0
/63643/
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.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
51
6.2
/5051/
64
/133/
62
/117/
3.2
/5827/
50
/6/
49
/97/

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.
poster
69
51
6.4
/2160/
68
/330/
68
/130/
2.8
/3255/
89
/13/

Vixen: The Movie (2017)
Originally from Africa, Mari McCabe grew up an orphan after her parents were killed by local greed, corruption and wanton violence. But Mari refuses to succumb to the terrors surrounding her. Inheriting her family's Anansi Totem, Mari can access the powers of animals - anything from the super-strength of a gorilla to the speed of a cheetah. As Vixen, she fights valiantly to protect the world from threats like those that claimed her family.
poster
54
49
5.4
/4489/
56
/675/
55
/278/
2.5
/6552/
67
/6/
47
/13/

Superlopez (2018)
Juan López must balance an office job with heroic feats to save the love of his life and native planet Chitón.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
48
5.9
/41089/
52
/247/
51
/56/
2.3
/15036/
66
/28/
cc age 13+

Varisu (2023)
Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the chagrin of his brothers. But can Vijay prove himself to be a worthy varisu and also reunite his now-broken family?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
39
5.4
/3592/
57
/586/
58
/203/
2.5
/2216/
11
/9/
52
/8/
cc age 15+

Awareness (2023)
Ian is a teenager who lives with his father on the outskirts by running small scams using Ian's ability to generate visual illusions upon unsuspecting victims. When one of his cons goes awry, his abilities publicly spiral out of control and Ian becomes the target of two rival organizations, each seeking to exploit his powers.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
31
4.9
/1895/
56
/166/
63
/153/
2.6
/983/
46
/8/

The Hollow Child (2018)
Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.
poster
Public Domain Movies
70
30
7.2
/621/
56
/3/
65
/15/
3.5
/513/
91
/51/

Lazybones (1925)
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.
poster
66
30
7.0
/2023/
64
/12/
72
/16/
3.3
/471/
60
/331/

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
poster
75
24
7.4
/2637/
75
/33/
80
/13/
3.4
/496/
79
/3/

Krantiveer (1994)
Lack-lustred and alcoholic Pratap Narayan Tilak is given a rude awakening when he meets with journalist Megha Dixit, and decides to instill some sense of justice and fair play within his community, and get them to assertively defend their rights and freedom. He is met with strong resistance, both from within his very own community, the police, and some very powerful and influential politicians. Unable to bear the injustice, and frustrated at his community to act proactively, Pratap decides to take the law into his own hands, resulting in chaos, violence, and uncertainty for everyone, and a path to his own grave.
poster
Artiflix
59
18
6.5
/685/
70
/1/
51
/9/
3.3
/274/
50
/6/
52
/15/

Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
28
18
2.6
/1628/
41
/113/
34
/52/
1.5
/1442/
13
/14/

Krampus: The Reckoning (2015)
Zoe, a strange child has a not so imaginary friend the Krampus who is the dark companion of St. Nicholas.
poster
Hoopla
44
14
5.6
/455/
50
/32/
52
/31/
20
/1/

One Day My Father Will Come (2012)
Bernard - advanced rich snob, Gustave - the poor prodigal alcoholic. Both are absolutely sure that they are the fathers of Chloe and go along on her quest. Imagine their surprise when it turns out that Chloe's father's place is already occupied by an imposter...
poster
69
13
6.8
/289/
73
/12/
71
/17/
3.3
/250/

March Goes out Like a Lamb (2017)
The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
12
7.3
/771/
61
/15/
56
/13/
3.3
/244/
62
/6/

Silas Marner (1985)
Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
poster
51
12
5.3
/1257/
50
/12/
52
/6/
51
/11/

Armaan (2003)
Dr. Siddharth Sinha is a dedicated selfless doctor who dreams of building a state-of-the-art hospital with all the modern instruments and amenities for patient care . His foster son Akash shares his dream . Akash falls in love with Neha Mathur , an anaesthetist in the same hospital . In a friend's party , Akash meets Sonia who is a spoilt daughter of a millionaire Gulshan Kapoor . Sonia develops an infatuation for Akash . Gulshan Kapoor proposes to Dr. Siddharth Sinha that he will donate a big sum of money to his hospital , on the condition that Akash marries Sonia . Dr. Siddharth Sinha declines but dies of a heart attack a few days later . Burdened with fulfilling his father's dream , Akash decides to marry Sonia sacrificing his own love . But even after marriage Sonia is jealous of Neha and constantly accuses Akash of infidelity which leaves him in a dilemma , torn between two women .
poster
52
12
4.9
/990/
52
/14/
45
/12/
3.2
/372/

Kidz in da Hood (2006)
Kidz in da Hood is the gripping and warm story of Amina, who came to Sweden with her grandfather three years ago. Amina has not yet received her residency permit and when her grandfather dies everything seems to fall apart. She temporarily hides out with pierced and tattooed rocker Johan, who lives in a worn-down suburb. The wild girl Mirre lives on the same floor as Amina and together they begin fighting for Amina to stay in Sweden and live with Johan.
poster
45
10
5.2
/502/
52
/27/
51
/16/
25
/6/

KickOff (2011)
What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a gay team (pun intended) and finds they've finally met their match? Watch and wince as fledging referee Elton Glixton struggles to control this testosterone tsunami as rude-boy meets bum-boy in this outrageous new comedy set in the crazy gung-ho world of 5-a-side footie.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
35
8
4.6
/391/
27
/15/
49
/15/
20
/5/

Bloodknot (1995)
A grieving family opens its household to an unknown woman who claims to have been their dearly departed's girlfriend.
poster
42
8
5.7
/656/
48
/10/
48
/9/
18
/12/

The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.
poster
?
9.1
/12/
70
/1/

Terminator the Second (2011)
Terminator the Second is a parody of the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, constructed solely of lines and phrases from the plays of William Shakespeare. Only proper nouns, pronouns and verb tenses are subject to change.
poster
?
6.3
/29/

War Children (2003)
Documentary about the Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden during World War II.
poster
?
4.7
/40/
70
/1/

Antti Puuhaara (1976)
In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge of his childhood. Two actors, the tragedian and the comedian, who were banished from Tsarist Russia to Karelia, had predicted to the crooked merchant Markki Bohattov that Antti's fate would become intertwined with his own. When Antti falls in love with Bohattov's daughter Darja, the father has to arrange for her to marry the tar merchant Arho Mustahatu.
poster
?
6.8
/39/
60
/1/

Stickin' Together (1978)
A Hawaiian beach bum finds himself surrogate uncle to five orphaned children, helping them stay together, in this pilot movie for a TV series which turned up briefly in the spring of 1979 as "The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove."
poster
?
6.4
/15/
10
/1/

A Life for Do (1954)
N/A
poster
?
3.9
/18/
40
/1/

Robin Hood of the Range (1943)
Inasmuch as western star Charles Starrett gained screen fame as the Robin Hood-like "Durango Kid", it stands to reason that Starrett would head the cast of Robin Hood of the Range. The star plays Steve Marlowe, the foster son of railroad manager Henry Marlowe (Kenneth McDonald). When it becomes apparent that the railroad is using underhanded methods to drive local homesteaders off their land, Steve adopts the guise of "The Vulcan", a legendary champion of justice.
poster
?
20
/1/
10
/2/

Two Dads (1998)
Although in recent years the Dutch government has passed or prepared several laws to facilitate adoption and foster parenthood by homosexual couples, there are still many social prejudices against the raising of children by two people of the same gender. Aad and Ron, who are taking care of no less than six foster children, are confronted by this bigotry almost every day. Things become more harrowing when the father of the multi-handicapped Michael (8), who has been living for almost his entire life with the two men, obstructs adoption on account of the homosexual proclivity of the foster fathers. TWEE VADERS candidly documents one year in the life of Aad and Ron and their foster children.
poster
59
?
6.6
/160/
64
/5/
53
/6/

A Place to Be Loved (1993)
Gregory 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.
poster
?
10
/1/

Kambal Tuko (1952)
Kambal Tuko is undoubtedly one of Pugo and Togo's best vehicles with the comic tandem as the conjoined twins Momoy and Popoy.
poster
44
?
6.3
/283/
10
/2/
55
/8/

The Children Nobody Wanted (1981)
True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri.
poster
?
6.2
/31/
50
/2/

Forever Yours (2011)
Forever Yours is a film about children who have been taken into custody. Through the children, their biological parents and foster parents, the film depicts love in everyday life. The film explores the invisible bond between a child and a biological parent. Even when a child is taken into custody, the yearning for closeness to the biological parents and need for their approval never seems to disappear. This longing is a form of loneliness that the foster parents struggle to overcome. The film describes the entire foster care process: a child being brought into a shelter home, a teenager’s everyday life in a foster family, and siblings preparing to return to their biological mother, after five years in a foster family.
poster
?
6.9
/27/
70
/1/
66
/5/

The Public Girl (2013)
Since she was three months old, Yasmeen has been living with a foster family. Seventeen years have passed by and unbreakable bonds of love have formed between her and her parents and siblings. When Yasmeen is about to be adopted and officially recognised as a member of the family, a woman starts hassling her, claiming to be her mother.
poster
?
4.9
/94/
50
/1/
48
/4/

The Lion Man (1936)
A young British boy whose father was murdered by a treacherous Aran sheik finds himself in a position to exact revenge as an adult.


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