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3) Gribiche
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Alexander Kamenka, the head of Albatros, thought Jacques Feyder the greatest French filmmaker, and secured his talent for the dazzling comedy-Jean Forest (Faces of Children, Crainquebille) is Gribiche, a working-class youth who allows himself to be adopted in the hope that his widowed mother can marry a man unwilling to take on a step-son.
6) Orphan
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther - this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be.
7) Brightburn
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to humanity, he proved to be something far more sinister? French audio description available.
8) October baby
Publisher
Provident Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
"As the curtain rises, Hannah steps onto the stage--only to collapse moments later. Countless medical test all point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. The doctor's diagnosis is nothing compared to her parents' revelation: Hannah was adopted--after a failed abortion attempt. Bewildered, angered, and confused, Hannah embarks on an incredible journey with Jason, her oldest friend. As she searches to discover her hidden past and find...
Publisher
Fox Lorber Films
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Beshkempir is an exquisitely composed and photographed child-to-man tale of a Kyrgyz villager. Beshkempir is just like any other kid, playing in mud, getting into trouble, experiencing the first pangs of sexuality, until a fight with his best friend leads to the revelation that he was adopted.
10) The protégé
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.
Series
Publisher
Pathfinder Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Divided into 10 days, the story focuses on the wealthy Van Horns. Orson Welles plays the eccentric tycoon who lives in an Alsatian chateau with his young wife and his adopted son, a sculptor given to hallucinatory fits that cause him to fear he has unknowingly committed murder. Of course, wife and son are having a passionate affair and being blackmailed, which sets in dizzying motion the complex plot.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As the extended Pritchett/Dunphy clan faces an uproariously unpredictable array of family vacations, holiday hassles, troublesome in-laws, and surprising secrets, they still somehow manage to thrive together as one big, loving family even as they drive each other absolutely insane.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
Thomas is a troubled teenager who was given up for adoption as a toddler and is now obsessed with finding his birth mother. After searching for years, Thomas finally finds his mother single, with a young child, and living in a nearby suburb. Thomas starts a relationship with her which is part courtship and part obsessive and eventually drives him to an act of madness.
14) Luce
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents...
15) Lion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Español
Description
Alicia, the wife of a successful businessman, faces the ultimate challenge when she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been stolen from a family of "los desaparecidos." Determined to find the truth, Alicia risks everything.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Enjoy a new chapter of love and laughter with the Seventh Season of the show. Quackery rules the roost when Phil adopts a trio of orphan ducklings and the rebellious Dunphy kids spread their wings. Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell face financial hurdles and wild frat boys, Jay and Gloria 'farm' out Joe's preschool education and Manny leaps into the dating game. But will the big question finally be answered: are Haley and Andy destined to be together.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The honeymoon is over, but the laughs continue in Season Six. As freshly hitched Cam and Mitch acclimate to the realities of wedded bliss, Phil and Claire find their marriage stressed by annoying neighbors, Thanksgiving dinner gone awry and Claire's online snooping. Meanwhile, a spy-camera drone wreaks havoc in Jay and Gloria's backyard and a close call on the highway leads to amusing changes in various members of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan.
Publisher
Virgil Films & Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Masha, an eleven-year-old Russian girl, learns to love her adoptive American family through a scientific intervention from Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Marvin, who has spent a lifetime developing a program to help children learn to love" --Container
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