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2) Adoration
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
While trying to find out the truth behind the death of his parents, a high school boy doing a class assignment claims that his father was a terrorist trying to kill his mother and goes in online chat rooms to discuss the controversy that follows his story.
Publisher
Espresso Media International
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories of orphaned baby elephants living at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) due to the loss of their mothers and habitats. They discover ways to cope with trauma while living with their adopted mother elephants at the nursery, and learn to communicate with their "mahouts" - lifetime trainers and companions. The film goes on to chronicle the experiences of adult "working" elephants and their mahouts, dragging logs in the teakwood...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amy is a young teenager when her mother is killed in a car accident. Because of it, she moves in with her estranged father. Amy finds her new life absolutely miserable. But, she finds abandoned goose eggs behind her home from when developers tore up the forest. They soon hatch and Amy becomes their 'mother' and takes care of them. Winter quickly arrives, and the geese must go south. Someone or something needs to show them the way. It is up to Amy...
5) Broker
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Korean
Description
Two brokers sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her employers out of town, a maid in 1920s England has a rare chance to meet with her secret lover, the son from a nearby manor. Class issues keep them apart, and although he is about to leave to marry a suitable wife, the events of this weekend could change their lives -- and love -- forever.
7) Bright eyes
Language
English
Description
A little girl is forced to live with her mother's employers after she is killed in an accident. An aviator who wants to adopt the little girl gets involved in a custody battle with the employer's uncle. Contains both colorized and black & white versions.
8) The Italian
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
Russian
Description
A six-year-old boy living in an orphanage in a small Russian village has been adopted by a wealthy Italian couple, but the boy escapes, determined to find his natural mother at any cost.
9) Chimpanzee
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterwards, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group.
10) Raising Izzie
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Gertie is singlehandedly raising her little sister Izzie. Orphaned after their mother's death, the two girls are secretly living on their own, attempting to stay under the radar so they can remain together. Meanwhile Gertie's new teacher, Mrs. Freeman, and her husband struggle with their inability to have a child. Both Gertie and Mrs. Freeman have fallen from faith, but can these two 'broken' families find renewed devotion by coming...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Esther's terrifying saga continues in this thrilling prequel to the original and shocking horror hit 'Orphan.' After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Yet, an unexpected twist arises that pits her against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous 'child' at any cost.
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A long-lost letter from her errant father, discovered under the floorboards in Green Gables, causes Anne to delve into long-buried memories. While writing a play, she relives the troubled years after her mother died and before she arrived as an orphan at the Green Gables farm.
13) Shoot 'em up
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Smith is not the best idea for looking after a child, yet after stumbling upon a blazing shoot-out, helping to birth a child amidst a hail of gunfire, and seeing the mother die before his eyes, he becomes determined to protect the young innocent at all costs. His adversaries are equally determined, and they will not stop until the newborn is dead. Now, in order to ensure that maniacal criminal mastermind Mr. Hertz and his gang of henchmen do not...
14) Pan
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Peter is a mischievous twelve-year old boy with an irrepressible rebellious streak, but in the bleak London orphanage where he has lived his whole life those qualities do not exactly fly. Then one incredible night, Peter is whisked away from the orphanage and spirited off to a fantastical world of pirates, warriors and fairies called Neverland. There, he finds amazing adventures and fights life-or-death battles while trying to uncover the secret of...
15) Live and become
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
עברית
Description
A young boy who isn't an orphan is transported away from his home during Operation Moses at a Sudanese refugee camp, in order to honor his mother's wishes of finding a better and safer life.
16) Cria cuervos
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
Español
Description
Growing up in Franco's Spain, a young girl conjures a fantasy world as she grieves her mother's death.
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Penelope, better known as Polka-Dot, is a spunky young girl who has a knack for helping people, particularly her ailing mother. While out looking for a part-time job, Polka-Dot befriends a hard-nosed police officer and his tracking dog, Luey. When Polka-Dot's mother's condition worsens, Luey helps Polka-Dot find the strength and faith inside to help her move forward.
18) Lost Christmas
Publisher
Inception Media
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On Christmas Eve, ten-year-old Goose hides his fireman father's keys to prevent him from going to work. Instead, his mother drives his dad which has tragic results. A year later, a mysterious stranger arrives to with a special gift which enables a troubled Goose to find what he has lost on Christmas Past.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When his mother dies of a heroin overdose, seventeen-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his estranged relatives in a Southern California beach town. Heading up their petty crime dynasty are J's manipulative grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, whose iron-fisted, velvet-gloved tough love controls her four sons; adopted right-hand man "Baz"; intense, mentally disturbed Pope; tough, hyperactive Craig; and troubled "baby," Deran.