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Amazon Prime Video
84
7.9
/94880/
79
/3195/
77
/1370/
4.2
/143988/
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.
poster
Hulu
83
7.8
/23408/
77
/1336/
80
/700/
4.2
/248176/
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.
poster
83
8.0
/17557/
80
/699/
79
/494/
4.4
/76045/
90
/21/
88
/243/
78
/11/

Love Exposure (2009)
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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Kanopy
80
7.2
/12981/
71
/415/
70
/341/
3.8
/29098/
93
/111/
76
/43/
85
/26/

Beanpole (2019)
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/170222/
71
/8034/
69
/5364/
3.6
/375333/
90
/49/
80
/11508/
85
/12/
cc age 5+

Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.1
/101688/
71
/5971/
74
/1249/
3.7
/774924/
89
/266/
79
/524/
75
/40/
cc age 16+

Bring Her Back (2025)
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
poster
Netflix
73
7.8
/736314/
76
/18448/
76
/13383/
3.7
/873210/
72
/254/
80
/37444/
70
/37/
cc age 15+

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.1
/23126/
73
/727/
68
/475/
3.5
/20382/
92
/12/
73
/189/
61
/6/

Evil Under the Sun (1982)
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
poster
Kanopy
81
71
7.4
/4231/
77
/399/
77
/306/
3.9
/9625/
97
/30/
91
/11/
73
/4/
cc age 5+

The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017)
The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
7.1
/858140/
70
/33844/
66
/15821/
3.0
/840567/
57
/341/
75
/27139/
55
/47/
cc age 12+

Man of Steel (2013)
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.8
/4762/
64
/67/
63
/79/
3.2
/917/
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
The Roku Channel
62
7.6
/160706/
76
/3298/
75
/2414/
3.5
/82339/
35
/144/
86
/12306/
28
/33/
cc age 14+

I Am Sam (2001)
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
poster
Netflix
62
6.6
/415797/
69
/21837/
68
/10326/
2.9
/1093595/
64
/170/
58
/2154/
51
/26/
cc age 16+

Bird Box (2018)
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
poster
Netflix
62
6.2
/55543/
68
/4567/
64
/1933/
2.9
/65543/
67
/36/
48
/254/
68
/5/
cc age 13+

Before I Wake (2016)
An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.
poster
59
6.5
/132706/
70
/4793/
68
/3812/
3.2
/187028/
22
/105/
83
/41633/
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
/142666/
62
/10050/
64
/3498/
2.3
/291374/
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
Hulu
56
5.5
/10092/
63
/1041/
58
/145/
2.7
/32511/
46
/59/
50
/214/
54
/14/
cc age 13+

Nutcrackers (2024)
Just as Mike is on the heels of closing the biggest deal of his career, he's pulled away from his bachelor life in the big city to a farm in rural Ohio in order to help his recently orphaned nephews find a new home.
poster
MGM Plus
56
5.5
/26172/
64
/1178/
60
/895/
2.8
/67972/
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
/63342/
65
/3179/
63
/1960/
3.2
/156864/
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
Netflix
55
5.6
/52001/
65
/4032/
66
/1361/
2.4
/46057/
43
/114/
62
/340/
45
/26/
cc age 16+

The Mother (2023)
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
poster
74
55
7.6
/4773/
71
/48/
66
/43/
3.6
/941/
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.
poster
The Roku Channel
58
51
6.2
/5015/
64
/133/
62
/116/
3.2
/5236/
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
/2156/
68
/323/
68
/130/
2.8
/3200/
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
50
5.4
/4467/
56
/667/
56
/276/
2.5
/6223/
67
/6/
46
/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
Criterion Channel
54
45
6.4
/3823/
64
/86/
64
/104/
3.2
/8426/
33
/6/
39
/51/

Crisis (1946)
A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's biological mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.
poster
70
44
7.4
/3296/
62
/28/
61
/28/
3.5
/604/
81
/779/

Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
Sikandar, an orphan, makes many friends and foes as he works his way up to become rich, but his heart only yearns for his unfulfilled childhood love, Kaamna. Though he finds temporary comfort in an enchanting prostitute named Zohra, all hell breaks loose when Kaamna falls for Sikandar's best friend.
poster
60
44
6.4
/2031/
60
/50/
55
/38/
3.4
/2887/
57
/44/

Private Parts (1972)
In the sleaziest corner of Los Angeles, the King Edward Hotel has a new arrival in the form of Cheryl, a runaway teen. She's hoping to put her life back together but somewhere in the musty halls of the King Edward lurks another guest — who just loves to chop people apart!
poster
73
44
7.7
/4420/
73
/43/
72
/27/
3.6
/2892/
73
/5/

Big B (2007)
Four brothers try to find the mystery behind the murder of woman who raised them.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
44
5.6
/51682/
62
/1451/
55
/831/
2.5
/12343/
10
/134/
35
/769/
37
/33/
cc age 15+

Bad Company (2002)
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
41
7.3
/1118/
66
/19/
69
/31/
3.8
/1724/
100
/19/

Diary for My Children (1984)
After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.
poster
Starz
37
4.7
/54869/
55
/6414/
56
/1358/
1.5
/127191/
10
/167/
48
/312/
26
/36/
cc age 14+

Borderlands (2024)
Returning to her home planet, an infamous bounty hunter forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle monsters and dangerous bandits to protect a young girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
37
6.5
/636/
71
/44/
58
/13/
3.4
/268/
88
/16/
94
/34/
cc age 14+

Princess of the Row (2020)
The inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her homeless, mentally-ill veteran father who lives on the streets of LA's skid row.
poster
64
34
6.5
/2822/
65
/58/
62
/23/
3.3
/894/

Little Crumb (1999)
The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.
poster
The Roku Channel
70
33
7.4
/1246/
66
/30/
66
/22/
77
/27/

Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.
poster
69
32
7.2
/1133/
68
/22/
68
/60/
3.5
/791/

Thumbelina (1964)
A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
31
4.9
/1889/
57
/162/
63
/153/
2.6
/902/
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
The Roku Channel
50
28
4.7
/2349/
61
/102/
58
/55/
2.5
/787/
34
/9/

Dirty Teacher (2013)
When a high school senior discovers her teacher is seducing her boyfriend, events turn deadly after the teacher tries to cover it up.
poster
65
27
7.0
/549/
56
/6/
50
/8/
85
/91/

In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
poster
The Roku Channel
33
27
3.4
/2890/
47
/236/
35
/76/
1.7
/2127/
16
/24/

Shark Lake (2015)
Meredith Hendricks happens to be the best cop in her quiet town on Lake Tahoe. When a black-market exotic species dealer named Clint is paroled from prison, something he let loose begins to make its presence known. Swimmers and land-lovers alike begin to become part of the food chain at an unbelievable rate. Meredith and her team discover that they're not just hunting one eating machine, but a whole family of them. Not everyone will make it out alive, but those who do will never forget this summer at Shark Lake.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
26
6.5
/1359/
62
/17/
59
/17/
3.3
/354/
67
/9/
40
/16/

Everyday People (2004)
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery
poster
45
18
5.2
/734/
40
/11/
51
/13/
40

Pleasant Days (2002)
Peter returned from prison in his native city, in the hope that it will begin happy days. With surprise he learns that his sister became a foster mother to the newborn boy, but a real mother of the child - extravagant and slutty Maya wants to take it back. Peter falls in love with Maya. He's torn between his girlfriend and trying to manipulate sister. But he has to make a choice, and the happiness was so close, melt into thin air.
poster
54
17
5.6
/799/
62
/21/
56
/12/
3.1
/328/
38
/78/

The Babysitter (1980)
Overprotective mother Liz Benedict meets 18-year-old orphan Joanna Redwine and hires her as house help and live-in companion to rambunctious daughter Tara. Liz's husband Jeff isn't too thrilled with the arrangement, and his fears soon prove justified when Joanna begins to manipulate everyone and to slowly destroy the family. Meanwhile, next-door neighbor Dr. Linquist investigates and discovers Joanna has a disturbing past.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
29
17
2.6
/1612/
41
/108/
33
/51/
1.6
/1330/
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
63
16
6.5
/369/
63
/24/
59
/9/
3.4
/971/

Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me (2004)
Tracy Beaker's 13th birthday and as a suprise Cam wants to foster Tracy again. Tracy is delighted. An unexpected visitor turns up at the Dumping Ground, Tracy's real mum.
poster
68
8
7.4
/72/
71
/6/
60
/10/
3.5
/245/

The Black Cop (2021)
The Black Cop follows a former police officer’s experience of being both the victim and perpetrator of racism within the police. It’s a riveting confessional about compromise, fortitude and self-discovery - to find a way through systemic racism and homophobia, by pioneering and championing rights within the force and wider society.
poster
67
8
6.4
/123/
70
/2/
64
/12/
3.5
/216/

Ein bisschen bleiben wir noch (2020)
Chechen refugee children, Oskar (8) and Lilli (13), who have been living in Austria for six years, are about to be deported along with their mother. However, her sudden attempted suicide results not only in the short-term suspension of their deportation but also in the forced separation of the family. The children’s hope that they will be reunited with their mother is nourished by their love for each other and challenges all bureaucratic obstacles with passion and poetry. A bittersweet odyssey about the many ways of perceiving the world around you in order to survive.
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.


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