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1. The Animal Kingdom (2023)

128 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

An adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species.

Director: Thomas Cailley | Stars: Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Tom Mercier

Votes: 6,116

2. Twins (1988)

PG | 107 min | Comedy, Crime

A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb

Votes: 137,049 | Gross: $111.94M

3. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.

Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins

Votes: 449,145 | Gross: $216.65M

4. Home (II) (2015)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference.

Director: Tim Johnson | Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez

Votes: 111,416 | Gross: $177.40M

5. See You on Venus (2023)

94 min | Drama, Romance

An 18 year-old orphaned girl wants to travel to Europe to track down her biological mother, so when she meets a kind-hearted young man reeling from the guilt of a fatal accident, she convinces him to accompany her on the journey.

Director: Joaquín Llamas | Stars: Virginia Gardner, Alex Aiono, Rob Estes, Eowyn Nyby Krieger

Votes: 3,196

6. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson

Votes: 24,505 | Gross: $0.83M

7. August Rush (2007)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Music

A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.

Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard

Votes: 111,063 | Gross: $31.66M

8. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes

Votes: 85,045 | Gross: $12.80M

9. Deep Sea (2023)

PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden.

Directors: Xiaopeng Tian, Fabiola Stevenson | Stars: Tingwen Wang, Su Xin, Kuixing Teng, Yang Ting

Votes: 1,803

10. Kikujiro (1999)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Comedy

A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, The Great Gidayû

Votes: 22,146 | Gross: $0.20M

11. I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama

Regina Louise, an abandoned black child, is placed in a home where she demonstrates anger issues. Jeanne Kerr, a white counselor, empathizes with her and they form a bond which leads to a ... See full summary »

Director: Janice Cooke | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Angela Fairley, Sherri Saum, Monique Coleman

Votes: 559

12. Jack (I) (2014)

103 min | Drama

Jack is a young boy who lives in a troubled family with little money.

Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Ivo Pietzcker, Georg Arms, Luise Heyer, Nele Mueller-Stöfen

Votes: 1,356

13. A Place Further Than the Universe (2018)

23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A group of high school girls join an expedition headed towards the Antarctic.

Stars: Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, Saori Hayami

Votes: 2,763

14. Toppuresu (2008)

108 min | Comedy, Drama

The ever-lively and upbeat Natsuko tries to mend a broken heart by carrying on with a string of short-lived affairs after her break-up with Tomomi. But when Tomomi announces her plans to ... See full summary »

Director: Eiji Uchida | Stars: Mina Shimizu, Erika Okuda, Aya Ohmasa, Akifumi Uchida

Votes: 108

15. Breathing (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.

Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann

Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $0.00M

16. Mysteries of Lisbon (2011–2020)

Not Rated | 317 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.

Stars: Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, João Arrais

Votes: 3,608 | Gross: $0.11M

17. Steal Me (2005)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A 15 year-old kleptomaniac with a mother fixation finds his way into the small town family of his dreams.

Director: Melissa Painter | Stars: Danny Alexander, Hunter Parrish, Cara Seymour, John Terry

Votes: 299

18. Daughter of Rage (2022)

87 min | Drama

An 11-year-old and her mother are separated as the try to eke out a life on Nicaragua's largest landfill.

Director: Laura Baumeister de Montis | Stars: Virginia Raquel Sevilla Garcia, Carlos Gutierrez, Noé Hernández, Ara Alejandra Medal

Votes: 181

19. Belle and Sebastian (1981–1982)

TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure

The adventures of a boy searching for his mother with his only companion being a large Pyrenean mountain dog falsely accused of being dangerous.

Stars: Tôru Furuya, Keiko Yokozawa, Ichirô Nagai, Adrian Knight

Votes: 967

20. The Italian (2005)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama

Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.

Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Nikolay Spiridonov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Nikolay Reutov, Yuriy Itskov

Votes: 3,337 | Gross: $0.55M

21. Meant to Be (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A young man searches for his mother and discovers God's plan for him.

Director: Bradley Dorsey | Stars: Erika Eleniak, Bradley Dorsey, Erin Sossamon, Kristen Renton

Votes: 364

22. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

An Italian child goes on a journey to find his mother in Argentina.

Stars: Rocío Garcel, Yoshiko Matsuo, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yukiko Nikaidô

Votes: 1,005

23. Missing Mom (2016)

85 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

Filmmaker Rob McCallum hits the road with his brother Chris Byford in search of their Mom who's been missing for almost 25 years.

Directors: Robert McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris | Stars: Christopher Byford, Robert McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris

Votes: 449

24. Unnatural & Accidental (2006)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Returning to her hometown of Vancouver on the news that her Caucasian father is on his deathbed, Rebecca learns from him before he dies that her aboriginal mother, Rita, did not abandon ... See full summary »

Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Tantoo Cardinal, Na'Ku'Set Shepherd, Tinsel Korey, Michelle Thrush

Votes: 268

25. Patch Town (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In a world where toys are living beings, a forgotten doll seeks out his former owner during the holiday season in Toronto, while putting himself at odds with the corrupt factory executive who created him.

Director: Craig Goodwill | Stars: Zoie Palmer, Julian Richings, Rob Ramsay, Suresh John

Votes: 525

26. Cenizas eternas (2011)

100 min | Drama

Caracas Ana travels to the Amazon with her husband, Andres Ana, leaving his daughter in Caracas. But during the trip there's an accident where Andres dies while Caracas survives and is lost... See full summary »

Director: Margarita Cadenas | Stars: Patricia Velasquez, Erich Wildpret, Rafael Coco Aguirre, Camila Alcantara

Votes: 91

27. Under the Stars of Paris (2020)

86 min | Drama

Christine is homeless in Paris. On a winter night she finds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Bound by their marginal conditions, they embark together on an emotional journey to find his mother in Paris.

Director: Claus Drexel | Stars: Catherine Frot, Mahamadou Yaffa, Dominique Frot, Jean-Henri Compère

Votes: 336

28. The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)

R | 108 min | Drama

A young woman, played by Martha Plimpton learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job in NYC and goes on a journey to find her birth mother - played by Jaqueline Bissett.

Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan

Votes: 425

29. Life Is to Whistle (1998)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Ana Victoria Pérez

Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.06M

30. Not of This World (1999)

100 min | Drama

The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.

Director: Giuseppe Piccioni | Stars: Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Carolina Freschi, Maria Cristina Minerva

Votes: 826

31. De prooi (1985)

97 min | Mystery, Thriller

18-year old Valerie and her mother Trudy live together in rural Oostdijk, a quiet little village near Amsterdam. When Trudy comes home one night, she gets run over by a car. She dies, and ... See full summary »

Director: Vivian Pieters | Stars: Maayke Bouten, Erik de Vries, Johan Leysen, Marlous Fluitsma

Votes: 351

32. Mary Lou (2009– )

35 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

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Stars: Angel Bonanni, Ze'ev Revach, Dana Frider, Maya Dagan

Votes: 250

33. Thanks Maa (2009)

Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama

A homeless petty thief attempts to find the biological mother of an abandoned baby.

Director: Irfan Kamal | Stars: Master Shams, Master Salman, Master Jaffer, Master Fayaaz

Votes: 741

34. Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988)

Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The story of the unlikely friendship between two teenage boys from vastly different cultural backgrounds. Sparrow is a working-class street kid and Sebastien a middle-class boy of privilege... See full summary »

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Alexander Bainbridge, Jeremy Angerson, Robert Coleby, Elizabeth Alexander

Votes: 46

35. Trans (1998)

80 min | Crime, Drama

Ryan Kazinski, 16, is in juvenile detention in Fort Myers, Florida. He gets away one day, and the world is all before him: where should he go, what should he do? Should he try to find his ... See full summary »

Director: Julian Goldberger | Stars: Lynn Boyd, Jon Daugherty, Ryan Daugherty, Stephanie Davis

Votes: 431 | Gross: $0.01M

36. All for My Mother (2019)

103 min | Drama

Olka is seventeen years old. For years, she had been looking for her mother. Her constant escapes from the orphanage landed her in a reformatory. She only wants her mother back.

Director: Malgorzata Imielska | Stars: Zofia Domalik, Maria Sobocinska, Malwina Laska, Magdalena Celmer

Votes: 260

37. From the Apennines to the Andes: The Movie (1980)

107 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop ... See full summary »

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Kiyoshi Kawakubo, Yoshiko Matsuo, Ichirô Nagai, Yukiko Nikaidô

Votes: 44

38. Heavy Girls (2012)

77 min | Comedy, Drama

Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut, she suffers from dementia. They share their lives, their flat and even the bed. During the day Sven works at a bank and Daniel looks after his mother. ... See full summary »

Director: Axel Ranisch | Stars: Ruth Bickelhaupt, Heiko Pinkowski, Peter Trabner, Paul Pinkowski

Votes: 245

39. Mga mata ni Anghelita (2007– )

35 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The story of a blind girl who was given the eyes of the Virgin Mary.

Stars: Krystal Reyes, Sheryl Cruz, Lucy Torres-Gomez, Marvin Agustin

Votes: 17

40. Glenn (2008 TV Movie)

59 min | Drama

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Director: Tapio Piirainen | Stars: Leif Andrée, Lia Boysen, Anders Ekborg, Oscar Forsberg

Votes: 49

41. 300 millas en busca de mamá (2007)

90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Ariel and Rocío, two kids mistreated by their grandmother, flee from home in order to meet their mother, who is working in another country. The kids face menacing challenges and drift through several countries to find her.

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Lida Aquise, Rimber Caballero, Obdulia Pezo Ochoa

42. Eva & Leon (2015)

72 min | Drama

A privileged woman and an orphan boy meet and somehow become friends.

Director: Emilie Cherpitel | Stars: Clotilde Hesme, Florian Lemaire, Yannick Choirat, Peter Coyote

Votes: 205

43. Honey for Oshun (2001)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama

When his father dies, a Cuban man who was raised in the United States, learns that he was not abandoned by his mother but illegally taken out of Cuba. He goes back to the island and is helped in his search by a cousin and a taxi driver.

Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Isabel Santos, Mario Limonta, Saturnino García

Votes: 196

44. Tinieblas (1957)

79 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Due to her inexperience, a young woman falls into the clutches of an exploiter who wants to use her sexually to take her down the path of prostitution.

Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Ana Bertha Lepe, Rosario Granados, Tito Junco, Félix González

Votes: 9

45. Saan nagtatago si happiness? (2006)

83 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Crazy and heartwarming! Finding happiness isn't part of Tikyo's everyday plan. For him, at the age of 50, nothing is as simple as selling sorbetes, his only source of living. Everything's ... See full summary »

Director: Florida Bautista | Stars: Andy Bais, Mica Torre, Caridad Sanchez, Nanette Inventor

Votes: 10

46. Forgotten Twins (2004 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

Mathieu Bretagne, an abandoned child who has been brought up by foster parents, has become a petty criminal. One day he incidentally discovers that he has a twin brother, Adrien, who is the... See full summary »

Director: Jérôme Cornuau | Stars: Clément Sibony, Isabelle Renauld, Christian Charmetant, Gabriele Barialai

Votes: 35

47. Scenes from Family Life (1979)

80 min | Romance

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Director: Aleksandr Gordon | Stars: Marina Yakovleva, Anatoliy Romashin, Valentina Talyzina, Larisa Malevannaya

Votes: 20

48. Whispering Smith (1961)
Episode: The Quest (1961)

Approved | 24 min | Western

A young woman arrives in Denver searching for her mother, a former Mississippi riverboat entertainer, who has sent her to live with a cousin fifteen years earlier. Smith and Romack take an ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Arrigo | Stars: Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell, Elen Willard, Kay Stewart

Votes: 25

49. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Bait (2006)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team must stop a student, holding six classmates hostage, from detonating a bomb.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 903

50. Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
Episode: Little Brother (2007)

44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In the future, courtrooms exist without human judges or juries, and automated justice is the law of the land.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Clifton Collins Jr., Jorge Vargas, Lorena Gale

Votes: 232