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1. Cruella (2021)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser
Votes: 265,631 | Gross: $86.10M
2. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 179,183 | Gross: $65.01M
3. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,382 | Gross: $3.31M
4. Lost and Delirious (2001)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 22,335 | Gross: $0.30M
5. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,011 | Gross: $3.71M
6. Secrets & Lies (1996)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook
Votes: 47,167 | Gross: $13.42M
7. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black
Votes: 30,640 | Gross: $1.44M
8. I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.
Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 99,763 | Gross: $2.04M
9. Lovely & Amazing (2001)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.
Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Troy Ruptash, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 7,686 | Gross: $4.19M
10. The Big Wedding (2013)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.
Director: Justin Zackham | Stars: Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried
Votes: 51,886 | Gross: $21.78M
11. Happy Endings (2005)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Happy Endings weaves multiple stories to create a witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself.
Director: Don Roos | Stars: Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 9,410 | Gross: $1.31M
12. Middle of Nowhere (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An irresponsible mother blows her eldest daughter's college fund on her youngest daughter's modeling campaign.
Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Eva Amurri, Anton Yelchin, Willa Holland, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 4,039
13. Admission (2013)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff, Gloria Reuben
Votes: 36,138 | Gross: $18.00M
14. The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Octavia Spencer
Votes: 5,301
15. Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Set in the 1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 6,011 | Gross: $0.06M
16. The Great Lie (1941)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson
Votes: 4,340
17. 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: 1,603
18. A Place for Annie (1994 TV Movie)
PG | 99 min | Drama
A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jack Noseworthy
Votes: 633
19. Jessie: The Golden Heart (2019)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a Scottish servant girl falls in love with her master, it not only turns her world upside down, but potentially all of Stratton Castle.
Directors: Zelie Dember-Slack, Peggy Roger | Stars: Kat Fairaway, Eric Roberts, Charlie Clark, Kirstie Pooley
Votes: 44
20. Amazing Racer (2009)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Family, Sport
The death of a teenager's father leaves her orphaned until she discovers the mother she never knew. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer. Together they win races and form new bonds that lead her back to happiness.
Director: Frank E. Johnson | Stars: Julianne Michelle, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Joanna Pacula
Votes: 809
21. Malice in Wonderland (2009)
R | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.
Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Maggie Grace, Danny Dyer, Matt King, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 3,378
22. To Each His Own (1946)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver
Votes: 3,024
23. Too Close to Our Son (I) (2015)
103 min | Drama
A tale of a couple of magistrates, a female judge and her husband advocate who are foster parents of a young teen whose the biological mother is in feud with the female judge, and in the same time begins an affair with the advocate.
Director: Yves Angelo | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Grégory Gadebois, Mathilde Bisson, Zacharie Chasseriaud
Votes: 268
24. Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Keke Palmer, Sherri Shepherd, Roger Cross
Votes: 1,288
25. The Dream Children (2015)
98 min | Drama
Troubled TV personality Steven Evans struggles to find meaning in his life in the face of the superficial world he has created. Smothered by celebrity and materialism, Steven's only respite... See full summary »
Director: Robert Chuter | Stars: Graeme Squires, Nicholas Gunn, Jessikah Brown, Chris Pender
Votes: 511
26. Not Wanted (1949)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.
Directors: Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino | Stars: Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn, Dorothy Adams
Votes: 938
27. Family of Strangers (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery, but when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted; later she learns that she was conceived from rape.
Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Martha Gibson, Gordon Clapp
Votes: 304
28. Thalapathi (1991)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An orphan named Surya raised in a slum befriends a good crime boss named Devaraj and works for him. Their existence is threatened when a new honest district collector arrives.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Shobana, Arvind Swamy
Votes: 13,233
29. Nanny Seduction (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Thriller
A recently-adopted child has gone missing and it's up to her parents to find her.
Director: Emily Moss Wilson | Stars: Austin Highsmith Garces, Wes Brown, Valerie Azlynn, J. Teddy Garces
Votes: 299
30. Paternity (1981)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.
Director: David Steinberg | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Paul Dooley
Votes: 1,111 | Gross: $18.84M
31. Sioux City (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Diamond Phillips | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Melinda Dillon, Lise Cutter
Votes: 519
32. Three Secrets (1950)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three women who secretly gave up their newborn sons for adoption in 1945 wonder if the 5-year-old survivor of a plane crash, named in the the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy
Votes: 669
33. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
34. Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Drama, War
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her real mother, she begs to be taken to Sri Lanka, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Keerthana Parthiepan, Simran, Madhavan, Nandita Das
Votes: 9,222
35. Marion Bridge (2002)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama
Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother and old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld | Stars: Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith, Marguerite McNeil
Votes: 1,428
36. Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983)
84 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Bumble the Bear (Olivier Bommel) finds an egg that, it turns out, has a cute little dragon in it. However, this dinosaur grows huge every time it is upset. As this causes a lot of problems, Ollie Bommel has to face a difficult dilemma.
Directors: Harrie Geelen, Bjørn Frank Jensen, Bert Kroon, Jay Kamen | Stars: Fred Benavente, Trudy Libosan, Luc Lutz, Lo van Hensbergen
Votes: 1,654
37. Strange Relations (2001 TV Movie)
R | 106 min | Drama, Comedy
A 39 y.o. NYC Jewish shrink has leukemia. His mom tells him that he was adopted from a teen Catholic girl in Liverpool, UK. He visits his bio mom and finds that he has two brothers (bone marrow donor?).
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Paul Reiser, Amber Sealey, Lachele Carl, George Wendt
Votes: 813
38. Our Very Own (1950)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt
Votes: 655
39. Deep in My Heart (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama
A white woman who was raped by a black man gives the baby up for adoption. The film follows the life of the child as she grows up and has children of her own.
Director: Anita W. Addison | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono
Votes: 463
40. Personal Affairs (2009– )
Drama, Mystery
An off-beat, fast-paced, funny, sexy and candid depiction of office life which follows the fortunes of four Desperate Workwives trying to break through the glass ceiling.
Stars: Kim Calera, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy, Ruth Negga
Votes: 196
41. Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A Vietnamese brother and sister raised by an African American couple are reunited with their birth mother after 22 years.
Director: Chi Muoi Lo | Stars: Chi Muoi Lo, Sanaa Lathan, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice
Votes: 516 | Gross: $1.32M
42. See You in September (2010)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Lindsay is abandoned by her therapist all August. All NYC therapists are on vacation. She complains on Craigslist - hundreds respond. Ten start a group (therapy session).
Director: Tamara Tunie | Stars: Justin Kirk, Estella Warren, Liza Lapira, David Eigenberg
Votes: 815
43. Aradhana (1969)
Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Arun meets Vandana during a vacation and very soon they secretly get married. Arun is an Air Force pilot and dies in a crash, leaving pregnant Vandana heartbroken--and unable to prove that ... See full summary »
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Sujit Kumar, Farida Jalal
Votes: 2,006
44. 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
45. Loggerheads (2005)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Three overlapping stories of estranged families in three regions of North Carolina.
Director: Tim Kirkman | Stars: Kip Pardue, Michael Kelly, Tess Harper, Adrian Lee
Votes: 1,853 | Gross: $0.12M
46. 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: 242
47. 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: 987
48. Km. 0 (2000)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedic look at the love lives of 14 different people and how they interconnect during one hot August afternoon around the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, Spain.
Directors: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra | Stars: Concha Velasco, Georges Corraface, Silke, Carlos Fuentes
Votes: 1,811
49. By Hook or by Crook (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
By Hook or by Crook chronicles the tale of two unlikely friends who commit petty crimes as they search for a path to understanding themselves and the outside world. Silas Howard plays Shy (... See full summary »
Directors: Harry Dodge, Silas Howard | Stars: Silas Howard, Harry Dodge, Stanya Kahn, Carina Gia
Votes: 342 | Gross: $0.00M
50. Bombay Dreams (2004)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
The teenager Ebba, has no idea who her real mother is, or where she is. In India, she and her friend Camilla go on a search for Ebba's mother.
Director: Lena Koppel | Stars: Gayathri Mudigonda, Nadine Kirschon, Sissela Kyle, Peter Dalle
Votes: 701