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Amazon Prime Video
86
7.7
/37209/
76
/668/
73
/567/
4.0
/33887/
100
/32/
87
/474/
96
/15/

Red River (1948)
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
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NBC
81
7.4
/107219/
72
/3861/
70
/1433/
3.9
/591270/
91
/361/
74
/222/
93
/60/
cc age 15+

TÁR (2022)
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
poster
Disney Plus
77
IMDb 95
7.5
/553819/
75
/24983/
76
/13130/
3.6
/1985308/
76
/453/
92
/10881/
67
/68/
cc age 13+

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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Kanopy
75
6.6
/25750/
67
/1607/
63
/474/
3.8
/136705/
89
/239/
68
/86/
78
/44/
cc age 10+

After Yang (2022)
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
poster
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.
poster
Netflix
70
6.4
/29313/
67
/2318/
65
/451/
3.2
/166420/
90
/220/
81
/270/
74
/44/
cc age 16+

Joy Ride (2023)
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
67
7.1
/8700/
70
/137/
65
/117/
3.5
/5550/
94
/18/
75
/194/

Penny Serenade (1941)
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
67
7.4
/6755/
73
/202/
69
/104/
3.6
/2068/
78
/65/
76
/141/
60
/16/
cc age 16+

Any Day Now (2012)
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal system to adopt the child.
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Fandango at Home Free
60
6.1
/138967/
62
/8262/
62
/2946/
2.9
/459044/
67
/344/
63
/687/
63
/60/
cc age 15+

Knock at the Cabin (2023)
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.7
/19686/
70
/485/
63
/223/
3.4
/32814/
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.
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Hoopla
42
4.7
/73180/
53
/3096/
54
/1979/
2.2
/97054/
23
/111/
34
/3326/
40
/22/
cc age 16+

Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
poster
Kanopy
70
34
6.2
/678/
61
/21/
78
/10/
3.3
/1188/
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
/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
67
32
6.7
/858/
64
/31/
73
/31/
3.3
/1179/

Kids on the Slope (2018)
Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
poster
59
20
5.5
/428/
61
/26/
60
/143/
3.1
/243/

Two Stepmoms (2016)
What would happen if two sworn enemies, two opposed women in temperament and lifestyle find out to share the most incredible legacy: the child of their ex-husband?
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Kanopy
72
19
7.4
/923/
75
/36/
63
/19/
3.5
/294/
81
/8/

The Dark Matter of Love (2012)
Eleven year old Masha Kulabokhova is about to be adopted into fourteen year old Cami Diaz's family. Masha grew up in a Russian orphanage; Cami was born and raised in Wisconsin and has been the exclusive focus of her parents' love her whole life. The process of Masha becoming part of the Diaz family is going to change both girls forever. The Dark Matter of Love follows Masha as she leaves Russia to the spend her first year as part of the Diaz family, who have also adopted five year old twin boys Marcel and Vadim. When the reality of bonding with children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than they ever imagined, the Diaz's hire two of the world's best developmental psychologists to help them build their new family - through science. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, The Dark Matter of Love melds the story of the Diaz family learning to love, with rare archive footage of science experiments exploring parent-child love.
poster
Sun Nxt
35
16
3.5
/1626/
46
/53/
33
/13/
2.5
/1629/
15
/4/

Shakti (2011)
The central minister's daughter who secretly goes on a trip is targeted by some evil Egyptians who want her and a holy diamond in their custody, while a guide gets linked to the fight as he protects her from all possible dangers.
poster
68
10
6.5
/464/
69
/18/
58
/14/
80
/2/

Traces of Sandalwood (2014)
Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that Sita is alive and well in Barcelona. However, Sita's adoptive parents have erased all traces of her past. She is now called Paula, works as a researcher in Biology and has no recollection of her Indian background, let alone of Mina. Faced with the shocking truths of her past, Paula begins a long journey of self-discovery, aided along the way by her budding romance with the handsome Indian immigrant Prakash. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.
poster
?
80
/1/

Please, ̶D̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ Stay (2025)
The lonely routine of Camila changes when a boy shows up at her doorstep, and tries to create a connection with her.
poster
?
90
/2/

Adoption International: A Global Scandal (2024)
In the collective imagination, international adoption evokes images of children being saved from a life of destitution in poorer countries by being adopted by families in Europe or America. But the reality that has emerged is one of child trafficking, falsified documents and governments around the world turning a blind eye.
poster
?
10
/1/

Lenka (1982)
N/A
poster
?
6.3
/17/
10
/1/
80
/1/

Сколько лет, сколько зим! (1966)
N/A
poster
?
7.3
/18/
10
/1/

Pozdní léto (1974)
N/A
poster
?
6.7
/55/
50
/1/
80
/1/

The Twinning Reaction (2017)
An astounding exposé that gives voice to the unwitting subjects of an infamous American scientific experiment: the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard study of separated twins. Told from the perspective of the Jewish identical twins and triplets who were secretly split up in infancy and adopted through Louise Wise Services, a Jewish adoption agency, the documentary examines the traumatic, long-term effects of the separations — and continuing deception — on the children and their adoptive families.
poster
?
100
/2/

Born Forbidden (2005)
Story of a girl who was thrown on garbage after being born as a result of prostitution, picked up by the servant of a rich man and was adopted by his maid Zainab. BBC later on made a documentary about the child and a lady from England went and adopted that baby. When she grew up and watched the documentary somewhere, she came to know who she was and what happened with her. She went to meet that lady, Zainab, who adopted her first, and was still living in the same area. When she arrived to pass time with that family, people started pointing fingers on her, remembering her childhood. Zainab, once again could not accept the disrespect for her daughter (Meharun Nisa) and Mehar had to leave again to go back to Alina 's House, where she had been a respectable citizen always.
poster
66
?
7.2
/64/
45
/2/
80
/1/
3.4
/293/

Father, Mother, Child (1996)
A married couple decides to adopt a baby girl and raise her as their own, but internal family problems arise when the two are blessed with a biological child.
poster
?
5.4
/19/
25
/2/
80
/1/

Men Don't Cry (1980)
The holidays began and Pepík Janousek is playing with his friend Hadraba, whose nickname is Sun. Sun has to baby-sit his small brother in a pram and envies Pepík his nice adoptive parents because his own father beats him often. Pepík is happy - he will have soon the same surname Marek as his father and mother. Pepík is shocked when Sun tells him that Mrs Marková is pregnant. He falls from a height and ends up in hospital. Despite of all expressed love and care Pepík is afraid that the Mareks will no longer want him.
poster
?
5.0
/66/
50
/6/
42
/4/

Spermicide (2014)
Glen, a former sperm donor and recently diagnosed sociopath, takes his daughter on a murder spree of his sperm-donated offspring in the dark comedy, 'Spermicide.'
poster
46
?
6.5
/216/
10
/1/
63
/9/

The Scamp (1957)
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.
poster
?
7.8
/64/
10
/1/

Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa (1987)
It is a story of Angeli (Maricel Soriano), an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony (Eddie Garcia). Angeli's hardships as a child left her to be a possesive and selfish woman. Diony has an only son, Efraim (Gabby Concepcion). Angeli adores Efraim since childhood. Efraim and his dad have made Angeli the apple of their eyes. Santina (Lorna Tolentino) comes later in the picture and leaves Angeli vying head to head for the attention of his dad and the man he loves. Will Angeli win over Santina's delicate charm? Or will she be forced to accept where she really came from? Will Efraim pick Angeli over Santina?
poster
?
6.6
/43/
10
/1/
60
/2/

Sentimental Journey (1984)
A precocious child has a profound effect on the lives of a successful Broadway producer and her husband.
poster
46
?
5.2
/196/
40
/9/

Overseas and Under Your Skin (2009)
Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
poster
MGM Plus
?
5.9
/93/
10
/2/
60
/1/

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.
poster
73
?
5.7
/148/
68
/8/
95
/2/
72
/2/
cc age 10+

Camp Harlow (2014)
On the brink of a family crisis, Alex finds herself being sent to the last place she wants to be, summer camp. Knowing that a young admirer from school will be at the camp, Alex reluctantly agrees. Thrown into a group of people she has never met, Alex is determined to shut out the world. However, Alex is brought out of the corners of her own heart by the most unlikely of friends: a horse.
poster
57
?
6.5
/116/
65
/4/
43
/9/

Aurora (2014)
After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.
poster
?
7.8
/46/

Wo Ai Ni Mommy (2010)
From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now approximately 70,000 Chinese adoptees being raised in the United States. Ninety-five percent of them are girls. Each year, these girls face new questions regarding their adopted lives and surroundings. This is a film about Chinese adopted girls, their American adoptive families and the paradoxical losses and gains inherent in international adoption. The characters and events in this story will challenge our traditional notions of family, culture and race.
poster
?
5.1
/82/
30
/2/

No More Love No More Death (1993)
The prequel to Taylor Wong's With or Without You finds Prince being raised as a trained assassin by his "father." Meanwhile, he falls in love with Tweedy, a singer who teaches him how to love.
poster
?
6.5
/17/
30
/2/
50
/1/

Sluníčko na houpačce (1981)
Editor Julie and artist Vojta go to a children's home in Sumava to pick up a nine-year-old boy, Matěj Stibor, and bring him to Prague to receive the main prize in a children's drawing competition. Matěj drew a family of three by a swing with the sun shining over them. His real parents, however, are far from ideal. His mother disowned him after giving birth, his father struggles with alcohol addiction. Will the boy find a new family?
poster
64
?
6.2
/388/
68
/6/
62
/15/

Lezioni di volo (2007)
A pair of teen friends – known as "Chicken & Curry" because they are virtually inseparable – fail their high school finals and try to cover it by claiming that Curry is in the midst of an identity crisis that can only be solved by a visit to his ancestral homeland, India. While the ruse works wonderfully on their parents, this impromptu journey of self-discovery takes an unexpected detour when Curry locates his biological sister and remains captivated by the country he first despised, and Chicken falls for an older doctor working for Médecins Sans Frontières.
poster
?
6.3
/85/
10
/1/
57
/3/

No Place to Run (1972)
An adopted boy's parents are killed, and to keep him from returning to the state's custody, he and his grandfather run away.
poster
63
?
6.6
/219/
60
/2/
63
/6/

My Father (2007)
A U.S. soldier comes to Korea and tracks down his biological father in jail.
poster
51
?
5.1
/241/
45
/8/
47
/3/
3.2
/369/

Tales of the Third Dimension (1984)
This movie is made-up of three tales, the first one is, "Young Blood" it is about a married pair of vampires who adopt a child. In "The Guardians," a pair of avaricious grave robbers make a terrible mistake when they visit the St. Francis Abbey cemetery to do a little pillaging. The final episode, "Visions of Sugar-Plum" is set at Christmas time and is set at the home of a loving grandmother.
poster
?
6.1
/9/
60
/1/

Moon Child (2018)
A movie about two women who are mothers to the same child, and a child who belongs to two different worlds.
poster
?

Madame Nataly, fournisseure d'avenir (2024)
N/A
poster
?

The Boxes (2025)
While rummaging through dozens of boxes of family photos, films and papers that he has inherited, a man in his seventies, who knowingly had been adopted at birth finds the official papers of his adoption. At that point, in his life, he decides to try to find out his origins and where exactly he came from. But a surprise is waiting. By accident, he learns that he has a sister who lives in England who shares the same father. Amazingly enough, he learns that the old man is still alive. This film the story of this unexpected event and how to always discover the truth.
poster
?

Nic bych neměnila (2023)
N/A


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