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Directed by Stephen FrearsOrigin United-kingdomGenres DramaThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Buddy films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Judi Dench,
Steve Coogan,
Michelle Fairley,
Simone Lahbib,
Mare Winningham,
Charlie MurphyRating75%
London journalist Martin Sixsmith has lost his job as a government adviser. He is approached at a party by the daughter of Philomena Lee. She suggests that he write a story about her mother, who was forced to give up her toddler son Anthony nearly fifty years ago. Though Sixsmith is initially uninterested in writing a human interest story, he meets Philomena and decides to investigate her case.Directed by Chris MengesOrigin United-kingdomGenres DramaThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about familiesActors William Hurt,
John Hurt,
Jane Horrocks,
Alan Cumming,
Prunella Scales,
Keith AllenRating67%
Graham Holt (William Hurt) is a single man aged 42, who attempts to adopt a 10-year-old boy. Graham is a sub-postmaster in Warwickshire, England. James Lennards (Chris Cleary Miles) is a disturbed child brought up in care. Graham wants a son, but James doesn't want another father. , 1h49
Directed by Melville ShavelsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Sports films,
Basketball filmsActors Barbara Harris,
Joseph Bologna,
Tom Bosley,
Ruth McDevitt,
Haywood Nelson,
Lisa GerritsenRating57%
Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together., 1h50
Directed by Alan RudolphOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about familiesActors Matthew Modine,
Lara Flynn Boyle,
Fred Ward,
Tyra Ferrell,
Marisa Tomei,
Lori SingerRating56%
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are identical twins living in the fictional city of Empire with no knowledge of each other, separated at birth and given up for adoption., 2h17
Directed by Mani RatnamOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
WarThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical filmsActors R. Madhavan,
Simran,
Prakash Raj,
Nandita Das,
J. D. Chakravarthy,
PasupathyRating82%
The film begins in a small village in Sri Lanka called Mankulam, where Shyama (Nandita Das) is married to Dileepan (J. D. Chakravarthy), who along with few other Sri Lankan Tamils in the village, is part of the Tamil Tigers rebel association. While having a quiet moment, the couple hears sounds of Sri Lankan army troops approaching. He asks Shyama to leave while he remains in the forest. Shyama realizes that she is pregnant and waits in vain for Dileepan’s return. Her villagers begin fleeing to India to seek refugee due to the war. Shyama is initially stubborn to leave since one of the rebels says that he has seen Dileepan with bullet wounds in the forest, but her relatives convince her to seek refuge for her unborn child's sake. The villagers board a to the shores of Rameswaram. While a local collector takes down the names of the refugees, Shyama gives birth to a baby girl. However, the urge to find her husband and be with her people back home overwhelms Shyama and she leaves behind the newborn girl, hoping that the girl will lead a better life., 2h4
Directed by Thomas GilouOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about adoption,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about racism,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about school violenceActors Gérard Depardieu,
Nathalie Baye,
Mathieu Amalric,
Samy Seghir,
Catherine Hiegel,
Mohamed FellagRating65%
En 1960, la guerre d'Algérie bat son plein. Le jeune Messaoud, 9 ans, orphelin de mère, est confié à une famille d'accueil établie dans le Berry, constituée de Gisèle et de Georges, bourru au grand cœur, tandis que son frère aîné poursuit un autre destin. Georges, facteur de son état, ancien combattant de la France Libre et de la guerre d'Indochine, un brin raciste, ne sait rien de la confession musulmane ni de l'origine algérienne du garçon que son épouse a rebaptisé « Michel » (ou « Michou ») d'Auber puisqu'il est né à Aubervilliers, et dont elle a décoloré les cheveux bruns. Michou découvre alors la France profonde., 1h22
Directed by Joseph LoseyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about adoption,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about racism,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about school violenceActors Dean Stockwell,
Robert Ryan,
Barbara Hale,
Pat O'Brien,
Walter Catlett,
Samuel S. HindsRating66%
Finding a curiously silent young runaway boy (Stockwell) whose head has been completely shaved, small-town police call in a psychologist (Ryan) and discover that he is a war orphan named Peter Fry. Moving in with an understanding retired actor named Gramps (O'Brien), Peter starts attending school and generally begins living the life of a normal boy until his class gets involved with trying to help war orphans in Europe and Asia.