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101. Beautiful Daughters (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
In February, 2004, with the help of Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda, a group of transgender women put on the first all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues", including a new monologue... See full synopsis »
Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Calpernia Addams, Christine D. Beatty, Lynn Conway, Verba Deo
Votes: 100
102. La vergüenza (2009)
90 min | Drama
A young married couple, not knowing how to deal with their new adopted son's behavior, decides to give him back.
Director: David Planell | Stars: Natalia Mateo, Alberto San Juan, Marta Aledo, Norma Martínez
Votes: 334
103. Boy! Gising! (1995)
Comedy
Totoy, a former boxer and his adopted children is living a poverty stricken life. But things are about to change after one of his son, Boy Gising, become a Sumo Wreastler.
Director: Bey Vito | Stars: Vandolph, Babalu, Manilyn Reynes, Aljon Jimenez
Votes: 18
104. Hong yan (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's ... See full summary »
Director: Yu Li | Stars: Xingrao Huang, Kechun Li, Yi Liu, Yizhu Wang
Votes: 308
105. The Escape (1939)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama
From the slums emerge a policeman (Richmond) and a criminal (Norris) whose sister (Duff) loves the policeman who father has been murdered.
Director: Ricardo Cortez | Stars: Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff, June Gale, Edward Norris
Votes: 45
106. Approved for Adoption (2012)
Not Rated | 70 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Comic-book artist Jung returns to Seoul for the first time since he was abandoned at the age of 5.
Directors: Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin | Stars: Maxym Anciaux, Mahé Collet, Christelle Cornil, William Coryn
Votes: 628 | Gross: $0.00M
107. Lady at Midnight (1948)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young couple struggles to raise their adopted daughter, but a mysterious murder reveals the child's unknown fortune and a greedy lawyer who is out to steal it.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Richard Denning, Frances Rafferty, Lora Lee Michel, Ralph Dunn
Votes: 105
108. Skolko let, skolko zim! (1966)
137 min | Drama
The young village teacher Vasiliy Ilyich Radetskiy, not convicted for the war, enters into a fictitious marriage with Katya, a relative of the repressed military leader, and takes her to ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolai Figurovsky | Stars: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Ninel Zhukovskaya, Valentina Kutsenko, Tamara Loginova
Votes: 10
109. Jibon Moroner Sathi (2010)
149 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rivalry between two families of a village comes to an end through the love affair of the children of those families.
Director: Shahadat Hossain Liton | Stars: Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas, Alamgir, Aliraj
Votes: 23
110. Tsygan (1980)
Drama, Romance
A life story of a gypsy man Budulai in search for happiness and love who appears in a village and meets his son whom he'd never seen before. His son was brought up by a Russian woman who ... See full summary »
Stars: Klara Luchko, Mihai Volontir, Olga Zhulina, Matlyuba Alimova
Votes: 172
111. Delinquent Parents (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Terry Walker
Votes: 67
112. Der Typ, 13 Kinder & ich (2009 TV Movie)
Comedy, Family
Raised as an orphan by his uncle Walter, Leon has banished everything that reminds him of childhood from his life - until he meets Esther, who is raising thirteen children.
Director: Josh Broecker | Stars: Tim Bergmann, Julia Brendler, Felix Vörtler, Zora Holt
Votes: 50
113. The Grouch (1952)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
A grumpy old man finds a baby on his doorstep and decides to adopt it, much to the amazement of the people in his neighborhood.
Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Orestis Makris, Mimis Fotopoulos, Dinos Iliopoulos, Georgia Vasileiadou
Votes: 132
114. No Hard Feelings (2010)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Thriller
When Sandra surprises her boyfriend with an unannounced visit she can't help but notice his strange behavior. The new after shave, the mysterious phone call, his secretiveness... What is he... See full summary »
Director: Jörg Bauer | Stars: Claudia Lenzi, Talin Lopez, Alice Grinda
Votes: 21
115. Moya lyubov (1940)
80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A girl named Shura is looked after by two young people at once. Suddenly Shura's sister dies and she adopts her sister's child. Now it becomes clear which of the boyfriends is worthy of her reciprocity.
Director: Vladimir Korsh-Sablin | Stars: Lidiya Smirnova, Vladimir Chobur, Ivan Pereverzev, Feliks Chernousko
Votes: 67
116. The David Dance (2014)
108 min | Drama
David, the host of a local gay radio show in Buffalo, New York, struggles with self-doubt when his single sister asks him to be the father figure for her soon to be adopted Brazilian child.... See full summary »
Director: Aprill Winney | Stars: Don Scime, Guy Adkins, Antoinette LaVecchia, Jordan Baker
Votes: 160
117. Isa-dalawa-tatlo: Ang tatay kong kalbo (1979)
Comedy, Family
Medel (Bembol Roco) is a petty thief who gives his earnings to his neighbors who needs it but his felonious activities stopped when he marries Frieda (Beth Bautista) and adopts Bimbo (Niño Muhlach).
Director: Fely Crisostomo | Stars: Niño Muhlach, Bembol Roco, Beth Bautista, Allan Muhlach
Votes: 39
118. Mouse-Placed Kitten (1959)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Matilda and Clyde, a mouse couple, adopt a baby cat who was left out on the street. When he grows up they leave him for a lady so she will take care of him.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, June Foray, Hal Smith
Votes: 215
119. Prinsipe sabong (2009)
115 min | Family, Romance, Sport
It's a story about the search for Prinsipe Sabong. The best gamecock that beat Joey's 12-time Champion cock. He went back home to look for it. But Joey found Love instead. Love of his ... See full summary »
Director: Yeng Grande | Stars: Alan Paule, Katya Santos, Gardo Versoza
120. Molly (XII)
Drama | Announced
A newly married couple in Ireland finds their adopted child is the reincarnation of the wife who died tragically seven years earlier.
121. Tsygan (1967)
83 min | Drama
Klavdia Pukhlyakova, the mother of a baby girl, finds a boy near a gypsy-cab crushed by German tanks and adopts him. 17 years pass. The happiness of a mother who does not know about the ... See full summary »
Director: Evgeniy Matveev | Stars: Lyudmila Khityaeva, Evgeniy Matveev, Sergei Yermilov, Tatyana Grabovskaya
Votes: 23
122. Eksperto: Ako ang sasagupa! (2001)
Action
Director: William Mayo | Stars: Jeric Raval, Sharla Tolentino, Nognog, Ruel Vernal
123. The Commitment (2012)
20 min | Short, Drama, Romance
An interracial gay couple adopting a newborn baby meets the pregnant Asian birthmother and receives a surprise that threatens their relationship.
Director: Albert M. Chan | Stars: Albert M. Chan, Jason Lane Fenton, Mary Niederkorn, Kerri Patterson
Votes: 29
124. Tatlo silang tatay ko (1982)
Comedy
The journey from downright hostility to tolerance to acceptance and finally to filial love is a fun adventure guaranteed to amuse everyone. The story of the three conjoined triplets Brando ... See full summary »
Director: J. Erastheo Navoa | Stars: Niño Muhlach, Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon
125. Dare Remember (2012)
73 min | Documentary
A film about a serious rape that happened 25 years ago, about living with the memories and starting to dare to talk, about no longer giving way to questions of guilt, responsibility and reconciliation, about moving on in life.
Director: Ewa Cederstam | Stars: Ewa Cederstam, Peter Magnusson, Malte, Aziza Dhaouadi
Votes: 35
126. Palnan tyttäret (2008)
69 min | Documentary
A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love.
Director: Kiti Luostarinen
Votes: 24
127. A Waif's Welcome (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Troublemaking kid not happy with new adopted brother.
Director: Tom Palmer
Votes: 113
128. Yesli ty muzhchina... (1972)
70 min | Drama, Romance
The main character of the movie - the ordinary guy, the driver whose life not really successfully develops. At last the destiny has smiled to him, he has met true love, but in the wedding day one more test falls to his lot.
Director: Anatoli Chemodurov | Stars: Boris Tokarev, Nikolay Merzlikin, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Inna Gulaya
Votes: 14
129. Bleu comme la mère (2017)
8 min | Short
One morning, Lola, a 8 years old little girl, learns at school the irreversible law of the genetics. Later at home, she must face up to her parents and to this new revelation which will ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah-Laure Estragnat | Stars: Marie Coulangeon, Milo Da Mota-Redon, Jeanne Dauny, Barbara Grau
131. Visionary Iraq (2008)
17 min | Short
Channeling the Kuchar brothers, Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty play all the roles within a Portuguese family whose incestuous children - a son with Justin Bieber's hair (Crotty) and ... See full summary »
Directors: Gabriel Abrantes, Benjamin Crotty | Stars: Gabriel Abrantes, Benjamin Crotty
Votes: 23
132. Moon Child (2018)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Anna Korhonen | Stars: Anna Korhonen, Sani Ahre, Mei, Eve
Votes: 9
133. The Mother (2019)
11 min | Short, Drama, Family
A pregnant young woman is told by her adoptive American mother that her Chinese biological mom needs a bone marrow transplant and that she may be the only match. Her decision whether to ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Chen | Stars: Rachel Cherng, Melanie Collup, Roman Koidl
134. Strung Out (2015)
111 min | Documentary
This film tells the story of a group of young women living on the street, casualties of heroin and prostitution. Robbed of their childhood, they now find themselves trapped in a spiral of ... See full summary »
Director: Nirit Aharoni
Votes: 11
135. Shesh Uttor (1980)
Drama, Family, Romance
In disguise of an ugly lady, Amina and her maternal aunt visit their relative's house. While returning from the relative's house, a truck driver Rahman driver gives lift to them. Rahman ... See full summary »
Director: Azizur Rahman | Stars: Bulbul Ahmed, Shabana, Ilias Kanchan, Reshma
136.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Moses and the Ten Commandments
(1996)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Trace the story of the reluctant prophet who delivered his people from 2,000 years of bondage, and explore his very human frailties and failings.
Stars: Dianne Cohler-Esses, Carole Fontaine, Peter Graves, Charlton Heston
Votes: 115
137.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
A Crime for Mothers
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Jane and Ralph Birdwell get an unexpected and unwelcome visit from Mrs. Meade, their foster daughter's biological mother. It's been seven years since they took responsibility for the girl, ... See full summary »
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claire Trevor, Biff Elliot, Patricia Smith
Votes: 445
138.
The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
Episode:
The McMasters Story
(1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-gangster named David McMasters is gunned down by two men. What at first looks to be just another gangland hit could turn out to be something else entirely when Gower discovers that ... See full summary »
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Jack Warden, Arch Johnson, William Smith, Edward Binns
139.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Bad to the Bone
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A strong and tall man follows another man in the casino to the parking lot. Soon the CSI team comes to the casino to investigate the murder of the man, Tony Sciarra, who was brutally beaten... See full summary »
Director: David Grossman | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 806
140.
Degrassi High (1987–1991)
Episode:
Parents' Night
(1987)
TV-14 | 28 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Wheels is surprised by a visit from his birth father and has to deal with his feelings about being adopted. Meanwhile, 14 year-old Spike, who is pregnant, asks Wheels how it feels to be adopted.
Director: Kit Hood | Stars: Neil Hope, Pat Mastroianni, Stefan Brogren, Amanda Stepto
Votes: 81
141.
The Frank Sinatra Show (1957–1960)
Episode:
That Hogan Man
(1957)
30 min | Drama, Music
The friends and adopted children of a New York taxi driver try to play matchmaker for the unsuspecting single man.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Frank Sinatra, John Angelo, Johnny Crawford, Susan Cummings
Votes: 9
142.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
Episode:
Prodigal Sister
(1997)
Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Thirteen years after a raid by a group of renegade Amazons blinded Ruun, killed his parents, and kidnapped his sister, he still wants to rescue her and kill all Amazons -- but she may have become one.
Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Dean O'Gorman, Katrina Browne, Tina Cleary
Votes: 349
143.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Double Jeopardy
(1997)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When an Immortal uses poison gas to rob a jewelry store, killing several mortals, Duncan recognizes the MO of Xavier St. Cloud, who is dead -- isn't he?
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Stacey Travis
Votes: 157
144.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Happy Families
(1992)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The head of a wealthy but dysfunctional family is found bludgeoned to death in the family estate as Morse is forced to deal with the resultant media frenzy.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Sukie Smith, Gwen Taylor
Votes: 825
145.
International Detective (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Brenner Case
(1960)
26 min | Crime, Drama
When a woman engaged to be married to a pilot repeatedly flees from her home, her fiance engages the International Detective Agency to find her and learn what is causing her fear. They ... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Art Fleming, Julia Arnall, Frederick Schiller, Ingeborg von Kusserow
146.
Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003)
Episode:
When Nina Met Her Parents
(2000)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Nina nervously prepares to meet her birth parents. Elliott and Jack discover that Finch has a very special gift.
Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni
Votes: 134
147.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Cherished
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New assistant DA Abbie Carmichael aggressively investigates an infant's death and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor.
Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 340
148.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Slaves
(2000)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An attorney (guest star Andrew McCarthy) suspected of keeping a Romanian immigrant as a sex slave is linked to a woman's murder.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Michelle Hurd
Votes: 1,205
149.
Medical Investigation (2004–2005)
Episode:
Little Girl
(2004)
Drama, Mystery
A car with deadly ill people crashes into another car.
Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap
Votes: 16
150.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Baby Blues
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team learns of a baby selling ring when one of the children's mother comes to Miami looking for her child. The trail leads them to a sleazy lawyer. When the lawyer manages to tie up any... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 397