Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "adopted-girl"

1. Knock at the Cabin (2023)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird

Votes: 116,710

2. Malignant (I) (2021)

R | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White

Votes: 109,958 | Gross: $13.39M

3. Texas Chainsaw (2013)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance. Little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding killer is part of the reward.

Director: John Luessenhop | Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Trey Songz

Votes: 56,189 | Gross: $34.34M

4. When Marnie Was There (2014)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Anna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 48,247 | Gross: $0.77M

5. Return to Seoul (2022)

R | 119 min | Drama

A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

Director: Davy Chou | Stars: Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young

Votes: 8,538

6. Follow That Dream (1962)

109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore

Votes: 3,009

7. In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2016)

PG-13 | 129 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.

Director: Sunao Katabuchi | Stars: Non, Ava Pickard, Kenna Pickard, Karen Strassman

Votes: 12,517 | Gross: $0.17M

8. Cosmic Sex (2015)

TV-MA | 97 min | Drama

One night, Kripa is on the run from sex and violence when he meets Sadhavi, a woman who strangely resembles his dead mother. She gives him shelter and teaches him to travel inwards through sex.

Director: Amitabh Chakraborty | Stars: Rituparna Sen, Ayushman Mitra, Murari Mukherjee, Riwk Jaiswal

Votes: 859

9. Buffalo Girls (1995)

180 min | Drama, Western

Follows the life of the heroine of the Wild West: Calamity Jane and her best friend Dora Du Fran who runs a brothel.

Stars: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote

Votes: 965

10. Rose Plays Julie (2019)

100 min | Drama, Mystery

In this intimate exploration of identity, trauma and power, a young woman seeks out her birth mother, inadvertently triggering a string of events which change both their lives.

Directors: Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | Stars: Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen, Annabell Rickerby

Votes: 1,613

11. Sin identidad (2014–2015)

75 min | Drama

Mary a successful lawyer based in Madrid is shocked to discover she is adopted. A search for her biological parents soon leads to a web of deceit and betrayal. She uncovers a human trafficking operation, which leads her down a dark path.

Stars: Megan Montaner, Verónica Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Eloy Azorín

Votes: 779

12. The Clown at Midnight (1998)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Seven teenagers are stalked by a murderous clown while refurbishing an old opera house.

Director: Jean Pellerin | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Margot Kidder, Sarah Lassez, James Duval

Votes: 2,374

13. South Mountain (2019)

82 min | Drama

Lila (TALIA BALSAM) has built a fragile tranquility in the Catskill mountain home she shares with her husband Edgar (SCOTT COHEN) and their teen daughters. Soon after the girls leave for ... See full summary »

Director: Hilary Brougher | Stars: Talia Balsam, Scott Cohen, Andrus Nichols, Michael Oberholtzer

Votes: 268

14. A Storybook Christmas (2019 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

Event Planner Celeste is surprised when a nanny agency sends a man to take care of her niece during Christmas. However, she soon realizes she may have found the perfect nanny for her niece, and the perfect Christmas love for herself.

Director: Curtis Crawford | Stars: Ali Liebert, Jake Epstein, Habree Larratt, Victoria Maria

Votes: 994

15. Cet été-là (2022)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

Chronicles the passage from childhood to adolescence through the story of pre-teens who meet each summer as a family and share all the questions of entering adolescence.

Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Rose Pou-Pellicer, Juliette Havelange, Marina Foïs, Gael García Bernal

Votes: 219

16. Small Town Christmas (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A high-flying female novelist from New York takes a trip to the small town that inspired her latest best-seller.

Director: Maclain Nelson | Stars: Ashley Newbrough, Kristoffer Polaha, Preston Vanderslice, Bailey Skodje

Votes: 2,010

17. My Brother Loves Me Too Much (2017)

99 min | Drama, Family, Romance

She is a high school girl, but not any school girl. She is cute, attractive and popular. Many boys and men want her and go to great lengths to grab her. They will do whatever it takes. One ... See full summary »

Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Ryôta Katayose, Yûdai Chiba, Towa Araki

Votes: 340

18. Stevie (2008 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror

After a long and unsuccessful period trying to have a family, Claire and Adrian finally adopt a girl. The arrival of Isabel is welcomed by almost the whole family, but adjusting an ... See full summary »

Director: Bryan Goeres | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Jordi Mollà, Silvia Tortosa, Lana Buchyk

Votes: 627

19. Clarity (IV) (2015)

TV-MA | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When 22 year old Maggie suddenly collapses into a coma, the doctors diagnose her with a genetic kidney disease. Already in the end stage, she must receive a kidney transplant from a family ... See full summary »

Director: Peyv Raz | Stars: Nadine Velazquez, Dina Meyer, Maurice Compte, Tony Denison

Votes: 149

20. Finding My Daughter (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

At 16 Ashley was forced to give up her daughter. 18 years later, on the eve of their meeting for the first time, the girl disappears without a trace. The only person helping Ashley is Jake,... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Jesse Hutch, Al Sapienza, Cristina Rosato, Megan Best

Votes: 213

21. Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991)

Biography, Drama

An unreleased film about a white girl adopted by a black family in 1950s Nevada. Based on the early life of Fauna Hodel whose grandfather is prime suspect in the Black Dahlia murder case.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Charles S. Dutton, Jill Clayburgh, Bobby Hosea

Votes: 63

22. Karate Girl (2011)

TV-MA | 92 min | Action

A mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back.

Director: Yoshikatsu Kimura | Stars: Rina Takeda, Hina Tobimatsu, Tatsuya Naka, Kazutoshi Yokoyama

Votes: 596

23. Christmas Jars (2019 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

Based on the novel by Jason Wright, it tells the story of reporter Hope Jensen, who uncovers the secret behind "Christmas Jars" - jars filled with money and given anonymously to people in need. The phenomenon has changed countless lives.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Jeni Ross, Markian Tarasiuk, Tara Yelland, Zerha Leverman

Votes: 989

24. Class Enemy (2013)

112 min | Drama

Relations between the students and the new teacher of German are extremely tense. When one female student commits suicide, her schoolmates blame the teacher for her death. An awareness that... See full summary »

Director: Rok Bicek | Stars: Igor Samobor, Natasa Barbara Gracner, Tjasa Zeleznik, Masa Derganc

Votes: 2,286

25. Bloody Mary, the Movie (1987)

Drama, Horror

IF THE DRINK INTOXICATES THE SPIRIT, BLOOD MARY, THE VAMP, IMPELS BLOOD-SHEDDING.

Director: Cloyd Robinson | Stars: Ana Margarita Gonzales, Richard Bonnin, Gloria Romero, Liza Lorena

Votes: 13

26. Hear Me (III) (2019)

Short, Drama

A teenage girl struggling with selective mutism works through her traumatic past in order to help her speak.

Director: Kevin M Turner | Stars: Eden Helston, Reggie Ridgway, Kristal Keith, Tara Haner

Votes: 27

27. Red Apple (2018)

9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Adopted girl is telling us a story about how families come to be.

Director: Ana Horvat | Star: Marta Mustapic

Votes: 6

28. Land Legs (2015)

89 min | Drama

Dom has to choose between being a commercial fisherman or keeping custody of his two children.

Director: Samuel Collardey | Stars: Dominique Leborne, Matteo Leborne, Mailys Leborne, Vincent Bessonnet

Votes: 133

29. The Rocky Road (1910)

11 min | Short, Drama

The evils of drink cause a man to separate from his family. In time he becomes sober and prosperous. Then he meets and falls in love with a young woman, and they become engaged. Unbeknownst to him this young woman is his own daughter.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Stephanie Longfellow, George Nichols, Edith Haldeman

Votes: 86

30. Seeta Maryam Margaret (1978)

Drama

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Director: Hassan Tariq | Stars: Rani Begum, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Latif Baloch, Deeba Begum

31. Left in a Box

Documentary, Short | Announced

"Left in a Box" is a documentary that tells the story of a South Korean adoptee who currently resides in Denmark. She travels on a search in hopes of finding her biological parents.

Director: Vidhya Manivannan | Star: Luise Skov

32. 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

33. Big Love (2006–2011)
Episode: Sacrament (2009)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama

Bill convinces Ray Henry to go along with his idea to rescue the Henricksons' niece from kidnappers; Nicki has an unexpected visitor; Alby hatches a deadly plot to consolidate his power; Sarah makes a surprise, shocking announcement.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin

Votes: 214

34. Mayfair Witches (2023– )
Episode: The Witching Hour (2023)

TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Rowan's supernatural gift turns into a horrifying burden. In New Orleans, teenaged Deirdre rebels.

Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin

Votes: 949

35. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Font-Romeu (2023)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The small town of Font Romeu is in shock when Father-Baptiste is found murdered and mutilated near the training center. Lieutenant Thomas Errelbaz, in charge of the investigation teams up with Julie Delpech, freshly arrived from Paris.

Director: Marion Lallier | Stars: Béatrice de la Boulaye, Stéphane Henon, Karim Belkhadra, Carine Ribert

Votes: 37

36. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres aux îles de Lérins (2023)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

The corpse of the producer Christophe Beaumont has been found in the fort of the island of Sainte-Marguerite: the man was hit in the head and was wearing a iron mask.The police commander ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Fassio | Stars: Pauline Bression, Ophélia Kolb, Éva Darlan, Robinson Stévenin

Votes: 12

37. Orphan Black (2013–2017)
Episode: By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After the successful abduction of Kira, Sarah prepares to surrender to Rachel and the Dyad Group; but the Clone Club has other ideas as they band together to pull off the ultimate rescue.

Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard

Votes: 1,808

38. Veep (2012–2019)
Episode: Omaha (2017)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy

One year after losing the presidency, Selina attempts to secure her legacy, Dan tries to ingratiate himself at his new job, and Amy's brash D.C.-style personality proves too much for her new co-workers.

Director: David Mandel | Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott

Votes: 959

39. Merlí (2015–2018)
Episode: Zizek (2016)

TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gina forces Gerard to face the realities of dating Oksana. Pol apologizes to Ivan. Marc brings Pau to visit their mom at work and makes a plea.

Directors: Eduard Cortés, Menna Fité | Stars: Francesc Orella, David Solans, Carlos Cuevas, Pepa López

Votes: 152

40. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode: Lulu (2017)

Documentary, Biography, History

Lulu travels to Glasgow to uncover the story of her Catholic grandfather and Protestant grandmothers love affair across the sectarian divide.

Director: Eleanor Scoones | Stars: Lulu, Phil Davis, Jordan Frieda

Votes: 51