Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "adoptive-parents"

1. Smallville (2001–2017)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.

Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk

Votes: 138,735

2. Chaos Walking (2021)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo

Votes: 56,497 | Gross: $13.29M

3. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In addition to fighting evil, Superman has a burning romance with Lois Lane in both of his identities.

Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, K Callan

Votes: 26,577

4. The Unforgivable (2021)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 119,381

5. The Rescuers (1977)

G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.

Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens | Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn

Votes: 70,118 | Gross: $71.22M

6. The In Between (2022)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.

Director: Arie Posin | Stars: Joey King, Kyle Allen, Kim Dickens, John Ortiz

Votes: 10,256

7. 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

8. Wolves (2014)

R | 91 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A boy is trying to find out about his family history and stumbles upon a town of lycans.

Director: David Hayter | Stars: Lucas Till, Stephen McHattie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Merritt Patterson

Votes: 10,473

9. Omen IV: The Awakening (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 97 min | Horror

Two attorneys adopt a mysterious orphan girl as their daughter, unaware she is the new Antichrist, next in line to Damien Thorn.

Directors: Jorge Montesi, Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner, Madison Mason

Votes: 7,846

10. 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

11. Allen v. Farrow (2021)

TV-MA | 64 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow.

Stars: Mia Farrow, Fletcher Previn, Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow, Casey Pascal

Votes: 7,871

12. The Reckoning (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

The conclusion of the Beverly Lewis Heritage of Lancaster County trilogy.

Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Katie Leclerc, Rohan Campbell, Chad Connell, Jacob Blair

Votes: 447

13. Little Bird's Big Adventure (2017)

PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Even though everybody else thinks he's a sparrow - Richard himself holds tight to the conviction that he is in fact a stork.

Directors: Toby Genkel, Reza Memari | Stars: Tilman Döbler, Cooper Kelly Kramer, Shannon Conley, Christian Gaul

Votes: 2,335

14. Sacrifice (II) (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

After digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.

Director: Peter A. Dowling | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, Joanne Crawford

Votes: 4,835

15. Like Crazy (2016)

Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

Two quite different women escape a mental institution to see Tuscany in a stolen car and get to know each other.

Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti, Sergio Albelli

Votes: 10,290 | Gross: $0.11M

16. June (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 84 min | Fantasy, Horror

JUNE is a 9-year-old orphan girl who shares her body with an ancient supernatural being whose mission is to destroy mankind to allow nature to prevail on earth.

Director: L. Gustavo Cooper | Stars: Kennedy Brice, Victoria Pratt, Eddie Jemison, Lance E. Nichols

Votes: 1,777

17. Bad Blood (1988)

R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller

Artist who lives in an old mansion imagines that her dead husband has been reincarnated as her son.

Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Georgina Spelvin, Randy Spears, Linda Blair, Troy Donahue

Votes: 188

18. Wild Seed (1965)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her East Coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated... See full summary »

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Michael Parks, Celia Milius, Ross Elliott, Woodrow Chambliss

Votes: 407

19. Escaping My Stalker (2020 TV Movie)

Drama

Adopted teen Taylor (Ezmie Garcia) finds her new life threatened when an assailant breaks into her home. Returning to the back alleys of LA to find her stalker triggers a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Director: Linden Ashby | Stars: Ezmie Garcia, Andrew James Allen, Alexandra Paul, Linden Ashby

Votes: 244

20. Hepzibah - Sie holt dich im Schlaf (2010 TV Movie)

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Just before her 18th birthday, Kirsten leaves for a village called Selmen. All the girls kill themselves when they turn 18. Kirsten finds out that just before that, they all had problems ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Sigl | Stars: Eleanor Tomlinson, Finn Atkins, Christopher Elson, David Bamber

Votes: 274

21. Adopting Terror (2012 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A husband and wife learn that the biological father of their adopted baby daughter will stop at nothing to get her back.

Director: Micho Rutare | Stars: Sean Astin, Samaire Armstrong, Monet Mazur, Brendan Fehr

Votes: 968

22. A Father for Brittany (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Michael Learned, Teri Polo, Linda Sorensen

Votes: 271

23. Heat Wave (1991)

110 min | Crime, Drama

A woman follows in her late father's footsteps and becomes a gambler, only to meet her father's murderer at a game.

Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Kanako Higuchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Oginome, Masahiro Motoki

Votes: 303

24. Fatal Friend Request (2019)

TV-14 | 86 min | Thriller

Vanessa is thrilled to welcome her 10,000th online follower. Little does she know that her new fan is the biological mother of her adopted daughter Lacy, and she'll stop at nothing to get her back.

Director: Lisa France | Stars: Bree Williamson, Sarah Lind, Annelise Pollmann, Adam Hurtig

Votes: 247

25. Sole (2019)

102 min | Drama

Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he ... See full summary »

Director: Carlo Sironi | Stars: Claudio Segaluscio, Sandra Drzymalska, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli

Votes: 864

26. The Replacement (2009)

105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two young brothers who are identical twins get separated from the orphanage. Faris is adopted by a police officer and his wife and later becomes a policeman, while Nabil is adopted by a ... See full summary »

Director: Ahmad Ala El-Dib | Stars: Ahmed Ezz, Menna Shalabi, Muhammad Lutfi, Rasha Mahdi

Votes: 1,315

27. Healing Hands (2010 TV Movie)

90 min | Family

A near death experience gives a young man, engaged to be married, the ability to heal people.

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Eddie Cibrian, Patrick Duffy, Lisa Sheridan, Meagen Fay

Votes: 362

28. Inseparable (2001 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

12-year-old Éric has been placed in a reintegration center in La Rochelle, awaiting adoption. He becomes friends with Petia, a young boy of Russian origin, older than him, a street juggler ... See full summary »

Director: Thierry Redler | Stars: Katty Loisel, Corinne Touzet, Jim Redler, Romain Redler

Votes: 47

29. Rivals (2010)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two adopted sisters separated as children reunite as adults and unknowingly fall for the same man. This story revolves around revenge, love, and family.

Stars: Bea Alonzo, Gretchen Barretto, Derek Ramsay, Erich Gonzales

Votes: 25

30. Stolen Babies (2016 TV Movie)

91 min | Crime, Drama

A devastated mother's desperate search for her daughter.

Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Hélène de Saint-Père, Philippe Lelièvre, Amélie Remacle

Votes: 24

31. One Street Organ, One Life (1958)

77 min | Drama

A poor musician loses his wife from childbirth complications, he gives his newborn daughter for adoption to a wealthy family. He is ashamed about his action but he is the only one who helps her when she fell in love with a musician.

Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Orestis Makris, Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Dinos Iliopoulos

Votes: 145

32. La recogida (1974)

96 min | Drama

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Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Maria Fernanda Ayenza, Verónica Castro, Fernando Larrañaga, Bertha Moss

Votes: 23

33. Veselé vánocní hody (1999 TV Movie)

47 min | Comedy, Horror

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Director: Filip Menzel | Stars: Jan Cempírek, Ivana Andrlová, Oldrich Vízner, Rudolf Hrusínský

34. 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

35. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Bahnhofsbaby (1989)

59 min | Crime, Drama

An unknown woman meets before a college the 11 years old Markus and gives him an envelope: he must return to college and give the envelope to Karsten Winterberg.The math professor receives ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 22

36. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Die Schwestern und der Tod (2000)

Crime, Drama

The young Severin Valesco has noticed that a woman was always spying him.So he asked to a friend to take pictures of the woman.At home he shows a picture of the woman to his father Frank ... See full summary »

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 16

37. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: Kelly's Kids (1974)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family

A couple Mike and Carol know adopt a young boy, but the boy soon misses his two best friends--one African-American, one Asian-American. As a result, the couple decides to adopt all three boys.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Ken Berry

Votes: 311

38. 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: 82

39. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: The Pack Rat (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

As Matt escorts a wounded prisoner to Ft. Union, his camp is invaded by a thieving young boy, whom Matt takes into custody. In Dodge City the journey to Ft. Union is joined by two women, ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 154

40. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: All Shook Up (1994)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Superman flies into space to stop an asteroid headed toward Earth. The impact leaves him with no memory. It's up to Martha and Jonathan to make him remember who he is and how to use his powers before the asteroid wipes out all human life.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 357

41. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: The Green, Green Glow of Home (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

While investigating a mysterious government operation in Smallville, Clark gets his first exposure to its true goal, kryptonite.

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 387

42. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: The Man of Steel Bars (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

During an unnaturally extreme winter heat wave, Superman is accused of being the cause.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 370

43. 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

44. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Child of Sorrow, Child of Light (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a young woman dies in a car bombing, Julie goes undercover as an unmarried pregnant woman in order to infiltrate an adoption agency enriched by exploitation and extortion.

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 48

45. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Verhängnisvolle Heimkehr (2003)

43 min | Crime

The body of a young woman has been found in a parking place of the highway near the airport of Leipzig. Her name is Claudia Hellberg and she lives in Stuttgart. She came from Stugatt to Leipzig by plane.

Director: Patrick Winczewski | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

46. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part II (1996)

Unrated | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Young Clark Kent learns of his alien past, as well as his full power, and decides to move to Metropolis to be both reporter and superhero.

Directors: Curt Geda, Scott Jeralds | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 702

47. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: The Last Son of Krypton: Part III (1996)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After saving Lois, Superman stops Lex Luthor's plans for an illegal arms deal, which is the beginning of their ongoing conflict.

Directors: Dan Riba, Bruce Timm | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 680

48. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Nebel über Schloss Kilrush (2007)

88 min | Drama, Romance

After the death of her fiance Keira lives in the family castle in South Ireland.Her father and her mother have an important stud that is managed by Jacob,Keira's brother.Keira feels that ... See full summary »

Director: Andi Niessner | Stars: Lara-Joy Körner, Hendrik Duryn, Reiner Schöne, Mathias Herrmann

Votes: 43

49. The Closer (2005–2012)
Episode: Problem Child (2008)

Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A 13-year-old boy goes missing, and the more Brenda's team looks into it, the more they can't find anyone who wouldn't want him dead.

Director: Scott Ellis | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett

Votes: 374

50. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Albi (2020)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After many years of absence Annabelle Dalmasio has come back to her home town Albi with her 10 years old daughter Pauline.She is the new female police commissioner and the first black ... See full summary »

Director: Delphine Lemoine | Stars: Léonie Simaga, Bruno Debrandt, Frédérique Kamatari, Hélène Vincent

Votes: 101