Best Orphan/Adoption Related Movies
Movies with themes on identity, belonging, abandonment, grief & loss, and search & reunion
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Juno (2007, PG-13)
Terribly witty and charming! |
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August Rush (2007, PG)
Romeo & Juliet meets Oliver Twist story with less tragedy and more of the feel-good stuff...simply magical! |
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Losing Isaiah (1995, R)
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Martian Child (2007, PG)
Not the most convincing plot, however there are many touching moments that remind you of the hardships of parenting and adoption |
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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997, R)
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Elf (2003, PG)
Surprisingly wonderful |
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Casa de los Babys (2003, R)
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The Kid (1921, Unrated)
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Annie (1982, G)
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The Italian (Italianetz) (2007, PG-13)
Rather bleak though still triumphant! |
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Batman Returns (1992, PG-13)
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Stuart Little (1999, PG)
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12 (2007, PG-13)
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Struggle for Identity: Issues in Transracial Adoption (, Unrated)
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Oliver Twist (2005, PG-13)
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Oliver Twist (1951, Unrated)
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Anne of Green Gables (1985, Unrated)
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The Baby Maker (1970, R)
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Bachelor Mother (1939, G)
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Blossoms in the Dust (1941, Unrated)
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A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992, Unrated)
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Ingen kan älska som vi (Only We Can Love Like This) (1988, Unrated)
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Big Daddy (1999, PG-13)
Gotta love Sandler! |
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Empire of the Sun (1987, PG)
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A Family Thing (1996, PG-13)
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Immediate Family (1989, PG-13)
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995, R)
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My Own Private Idaho (1991, R)
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Penny Serenade (1941, Unrated)
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Problem Child (1990, PG)
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Flirting With Disaster (1996, R)
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The Lost Child (2000, Unrated)
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Mommie Dearest (1981, PG)
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The Orphan of Anyang (Anyangde guer) (2001, Unrated)
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Secrets & Lies (1996, R)
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Superman (1978, PG)
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The Ten Commandments (1956, G)
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White Oleander (2002, PG-13)
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The Truman Show (1998, PG)
A darker funnier side of Jim Carrey |
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Twins (1988, PG)
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The Handmaid's Tale (1990, R)
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Second Best (2004, Unrated)
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The Shipping News (2001, R)
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Sioux City (1994, PG-13)
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Soapdish (1991, PG-13)
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Butterbox Babies (1995, Unrated)
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The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2006, Unrated)
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To Each His Own (1946, Unrated)
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Track 29 (1988, R)
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Les Muses orphelines (The Orphan Muses) (2000, Unrated)
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Two Family House (2000, R)
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Deep in My Heart (1954, R)
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China's Stolen Children (2007, Unrated)
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Angie (1994, R)
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Fortress (1993, R)
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Gloria (1999, R)
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Mondo (1997, Unrated)
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Central do Brasil (Central Station) (1998, R)
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For Keeps (1988, PG-13)
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Happy Endings (2005, R)
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Jack Be Nimble (1994, R)
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The Magdalene Sisters (2003, R)
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Buddha's Lost Children (2006, Unrated)
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L'Enfant (The Child) (2006, R)
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Marihuana (1936, Unrated)
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Next of Kin (1989, R)
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Ningen no joken I (The Human Condition I) (No Greater Love) (1959, Unrated)
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Thursday (1998, R)
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The Tie That Binds (1995, R)
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Heidi (1993, G)
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Heidi (1937, G)
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Heidi (1968, Unrated)
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Heidi (2005, Unrated)
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I Am Sam (2002, PG-13)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) (2001, PG)
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Lilo & Stitch (2002, PG)
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Susannah of the Mounties (1939, Unrated)
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Little Miss Broadway (1938, Unrated)
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A Little Princess (1995, G)
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The Little Princess (1939, G)
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Like Mike (2002, PG)
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Matilda (1996, PG)
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, R)
Quirky and funny! |
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An American Rhapsody (2001, PG-13)
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Antwone Fisher (2002, PG-13)
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Bella (Beauty) (2006, PG-13)
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Four Brothers (2005, R)
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Tarzan (1999, G)
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984, PG)
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Snow Dogs (2002, PG)
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Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945, Unrated)
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The Cider House Rules (1999, PG-13)
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Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988, R)
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Citizen Kane (1941, PG)
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Zelig (1983, PG)
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Come Back, Little Sheba (1952, Unrated)
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Coming Home (1978, R)
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High Tide (1987, PG-13)
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Into The Arms Of Strangers - Stories Of The Kindertransport (2000, PG)
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Le Roi de coeur (King Of Hearts) (1967, Unrated)
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Lovely & Amazing (2001, R)
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The Deep End of the Ocean (1999, PG-13)
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The Joy Luck Club (1993, R)
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Then She Found Me (2007, R)
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Meet the Robinsons (2007, G)
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Broken Flowers (2005, R)
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Vera Drake (2004, R)
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Gosford Park (2001, R)
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Boys Town (1938, Unrated)
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Say It Isn't So (2001, R)
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Ballet Shoes (2008, PG)
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Kolja (Kolya) (1997, PG-13)
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Vanity Fair (2004, PG-13)
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December Boys (2007, PG-13)
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Moll Flanders (1996, PG-13)
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996, Unrated)
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The Children of Huang Shi (2008, R)
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Kannathil Muthamittal (A Peck on the Cheek) (2002, Unrated)
Extremely moving |
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008, R)
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The Chorus (Les Choristes) (2005, PG-13)
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008, PG-13)
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Children Of An Lac (1980, Unrated)
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, PG-13)
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La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (The Legend of 1900) (1998, R)
Before August Rush there was 1900...a beautiful score by Ennio Morricone and an unforgettable performance by Tim Roth |
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The Blind Side (2009, PG-13)
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Secret Ceremony (1968, Unrated)
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Congorama (2007, Unrated)
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The Emerald Forest (1985, R)
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King of the Hill (1993, PG-13)
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Newsies (1992, PG)
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Hotel for Dogs (2009, PG)
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Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008, PG)
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Shot in the Dark (2002, Unrated)
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Relative Strangers (2006, PG-13)
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Ponette (1997, Unrated)
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Tom Jones (1963, Unrated)
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Salaam Bombay! (1988, Unrated)
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Solarbabies (1986, PG-13)
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Little Girl Lost (1988, Unrated)
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Redwood Curtain (1995, PG)
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Beshkempir (The Adopted Son) (1998, Unrated)
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Abandoned (2001, Unrated)
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Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (2004, PG-13)
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The Abandoned (2007, R)
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The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2008, Unrated)
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Safe Harbor (2009, Unrated)
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Prince of Central Park (2000, PG-13)
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Adoption (1976, Unrated)
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The Orphan (1979, R)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2007, Unrated)
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Maata meren alla (Ground Under Water) (2009, Unrated)
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The Orphan King (2005, Unrated)
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Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008, Unrated)
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Orphan (2009, R)
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Gigantic (2009, R)
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Despicable Me (2010, Unrated)
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The One and Only (2002, Unrated)
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Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) (2009, PG-13)
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Nenebelle posted 628 days ago
Excellent list,i am going to check out some of the films i have not seen,Nenebelle