Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "surrogate-family"

51. The Tigger Movie (2000)

G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Tigger goes looking through the hundred-acre-wood to find his family.

Director: Jun Falkenstein | Stars: Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom, John Fiedler

Votes: 20,394 | Gross: $45.55M

52. A Long Way Down (2014)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

Four people meet on New Year's Eve, and form a surrogate family to help one another with the difficulties of their lives.

Director: Pascal Chaumeil | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Aaron Paul

Votes: 34,657 | Gross: $0.01M

53. Palindromes (2004)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.

Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Matthew Faber

Votes: 12,878 | Gross: $0.55M

54. Jungle Book (1942)

Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.

Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia

Votes: 4,707 | Gross: $2.83M

55. Mad Max (2015 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

Max Rockatansky, a former highway patrol officer known across the post apocalyptic wasteland of Australia as Mad Max, has his V8 Interceptor stolen by Immortan Joe's warlord son, Scrotus. Max goes on a bloody crusade to take it back.

Directors: Frank Rooke, Neil Huxley | Stars: Elise Björner, Olivia Carmryd, Orion Acaba, Robin Atkin Downes

Votes: 3,955

56. When We Rise (2017)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama

A chronicled re-telling of the gay rights movement in the United States, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969.

Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Austin P. McKenzie, Mary-Louise Parker, Emily Skeggs

Votes: 3,377

57. A Few Best Men (2011)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

A groom and his three best men travel to the Australian outback for a wedding.

Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop

Votes: 13,575

58. Peter Pan (1924)

105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali, Esther Ralston

Votes: 1,267 | Gross: $0.63M

59. The Ignorant Fairies (2001)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

After a deathly car accident, Antonia starts dating her husband's friends and finds the truth about his life.

Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Gabriel Garko

Votes: 10,053 | Gross: $0.22M

60. December Boys (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.

Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Teresa Palmer, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers

Votes: 12,441 | Gross: $0.05M

61. Trapeze (1956)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado

Votes: 5,233

62. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)

Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Horror

A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki

Votes: 4,998

63. Another Mother's Son (2017)

103 min | Biography, Drama, War

Lou lives on the Nazi-occupied Island of Jersey during World War 2. She accepts to hide a young Russian POW at her house at the risk of being imprisoned herself and takes care of him as if he was her own son.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Brenock O'Connor, Amanda Abbington, John Hannah, Sophie Skelton

Votes: 1,649

64. The World of Henry Orient (1964)

Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss

Votes: 3,851

65. The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998 Video)

G | 77 min | Adventure, Family

Now your whole family can relive Disney's 'The Jungle Book', from Mowgli's point of view.

Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Brandon Baker, Sherman Howard, Clancy Brown, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 895

66. The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.

Director: Dee McLachlan | Stars: Jamie Williams, Billy Campbell, Roddy McDowall, David Paul Francis

Votes: 1,203 | Gross: $0.48M

67. Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl (1981)

97 min | Drama, Romance

A West German man, mistaken by the police for a left wing terrorist, hides in Vienna with a prostitute and her incestuous teen daughter. They become both a threesome and a happy surrogate family, but nothing lasts forever.

Director: Hans-Christof Stenzel | Stars: Volker Spengler, Lydia Kreibohm, Karina Fallenstein, Heinz Schubert

Votes: 150

68. The Perfect Circle (1997)

110 min | Drama, War

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The ... See full summary »

Director: Ademir Kenovic | Stars: Mustafa Nadarevic, Almedin Leleta, Almir Podgorica, Josip Pejakovic

Votes: 2,407

69. Pellet (2000)

88 min | Drama

Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.

Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón

Votes: 6,981

70. The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli (1989–2020)

TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

The adventures of Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, and his friends in the jungles of India.

Stars: Urara Takano, Banjô Ginga, Julian Bailey, Thor Bishopric

Votes: 1,574

71. Far From the Tree (V) (2017)

Unrated | 93 min | Documentary

Based on the NY Times bestselling book by Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another in a variety of ways.

Directors: Rachel Dretzin, Jamila Ephron | Stars: Amy Allnutt, Jack Allnutt, Harry Burdick, Emily Perl Kingsley

Votes: 641 | Gross: $0.16M

72. The Ride (I) (1997)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Family, Sport

A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher.

Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Michael Biehn, Brock Pierce, Charles Young, Clarence Felder

Votes: 539 | Gross: $0.19M

73. Christmas at the Golden Dragon (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a beloved Midwestern Chinese restaurant announces its closure right before Christmas, their clientele re-examines their relationships in a series of interconnected stories amid the chaos of its busiest week of the year.

Director: David I. Strasser | Stars: Kara Wang, Osric Chau, Sara Canning, Barbara Niven

Votes: 1,021

74. Love Hina (2000–2001)

TV-14 | 544 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Keitaro had a childhood friend. When she had to move away, they promised to meet again at Tokyo University. Years later, Keitaro has failed his entrance exam twice, but he won't give up his promise, even though he can't remember her name.

Stars: Yûji Ueda, Yui Horie, Masayo Kurata, Yu Asakawa

Votes: 2,372

75. The Children of Times Square (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joanna Cassidy, David Ackroyd, Larry B. Scott

Votes: 427

76. Deep Red (1994 TV Movie)

R | 86 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Disillusioned private detective haunted by the past, Joe Keyes, must protect a strange little girl and her secretive mother from a homicidal scientist in search of immortality.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Lindsey Haun, Michael Biehn, Tobin Bell, Daniel W. Barringer

Votes: 798

77. Panda! Go Panda! (1972)

TV-Y7-FV | 34 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A Papa Panda and his son escape from the zoo in search of a home and find one with a little orphan girl. The pandas decide to stay with her and become her new family. They, then, find a lost circus tiger and help him find his way back.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Yoshiko Ôta, Yasuo Yamada

Votes: 1,992

78. What Alice Found (2003)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama

A young woman looking to escape her life is rescued on the highway by a friendly couple in an RV. But as the miles pass the couple's motives come into question and a strange mother/daughter relationship evolves.

Director: A. Dean Bell | Stars: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor

Votes: 1,049

79. Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to fit into both a posh private school and an ordinary public school.

Director: Cathy Randall | Stars: Danielle Catanzariti, Cassandra Jinman, Talia Monaghan, Yen Yen Stender

Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $0.01M

80. The Adventures of Felix (2000)

Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tale revolving around the carefree bon-vivant Felix, who is content living with his boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France. When Felix is laid off from his job, he ... See full summary »

Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot

Votes: 1,856 | Gross: $0.36M

81. The Boat Is Full (1981)

PG | 101 min | Drama, War

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: ... See full summary »

Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz, Curt Bois

Votes: 704

82. The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972 TV Movie)

73 min | Western

Due to a home-steading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a pickpocket, and a thief to pose as his family.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Karen Valentine, Lesley Ann Warren, Sandra Dee

Votes: 212

83. Maya (I) (2001)

105 min | Drama

For 12 year-old Maya, life is very simple in her village in rural India. From innocent pranks to small adventures in the nearby forest, she spends most of her time with her 11 year-old ... See full summary »

Director: Digvijay Singh | Stars: Anant Nag, Mita Vashisht, Nitya Shetty, Nikhil Yadav

Votes: 299

84. Strange Planet (1999)

96 min | Comedy, Romance

3 girls in Sydney share an apartment and friendship. The movie follows them as well as 3 guys for a year from New Year's Eve 1998. They'll meet each other before the year ends.

Director: Emma-Kate Croghan | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner, Tom Long

Votes: 986

85. Oh My Goddess! (1993–1994)

Not Rated | 160 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A college student receives an unexpected wish from a goddess and asks her to stay with him forever, but that brings complications.

Stars: Yumi Tôma, Aya Hisakawa, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kiyoyuki Yanada

Votes: 1,269

86. Hong Kong (1952)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The theft of a jeweled treasure is within an adventurer's grasp when he is restrained by his love for a good woman. Now he must help her and the kid he was hired to rob escape as the Chinese Civil War nears Hong Kong.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller

Votes: 253

87. Small Town Gay Bar (2006)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.

Director: Malcolm Ingram | Stars: Jim Bishop, Terry Capps, Bill Curtis, Rick Gladish

Votes: 1,174

88. The Mutants (1998)

113 min | Drama

Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.

Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares

Votes: 652

89. Outcasts (1986)

102 min | Drama, Romance

Ah-Ching, a young student gets cast off by his parents because he is gay. In a public park in Taipei he finds a group of other young gays and joins them to live in the house of a ... See full summary »

Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Yueh Sun, Ming-Ming Su, Hsin Shao, Wei-Hsin Chen

Votes: 78

90. Betty's Bunch (1990)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Betty is a foster carer in New Zealand, looking after kids who often get into scrapes.

Stars: Anthony Samuels, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Sarah Ford, Jessica Cardiff-Smith

Votes: 25

91. Ken the Wolf Boy (1963–1965)

25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Ken is a young boy who was raised by wolves in a jungle in the Himalayan Mountains. One day a meteor hits the jungle, causing a drastic change. This eventually leads to famine and a need ... See full summary »

Stars: Kenji Utsumi, Jôji Yanami, Hiroshi Ôtake, Hiroshi Masuoka

Votes: 39

92. Box Elder (2008)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy

Box elder bugs are loud, scary looking, and dependent on group swarming. Yet, they're also completely harmless and extremely passive aggressive. Using this metaphor to address a generation ... See full summary »

Director: Todd Sklar | Stars: Hina Abdullah, Kyle Ayers, Andy Cohen, David Crespy

Votes: 322 | Gross: $0.05M

93. Because Why (1993)

Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

After five years of travelling abroad, Alex arrives back in Montreal. All he has with him are a back-pack and a slip of paper with an ex-girlfriend's address scrawled on it. When this ... See full summary »

Director: Arto Paragamian | Stars: Michael Riley, Martine Rochon, Doru Bandol, Heather Mathieson

Votes: 134

94. Aylan Baby (2022)

Action, Crime, Drama

Alan Kurdi (Kurdish: Alan Kurdî ), initially reported as Aylan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian - The bodies of Kurdi and another child were discovered by two locals at around 6:30 am. The two men moved the bodies from the water,

Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Wilma Elles, Preity Üpala, Ali Sabri Belaid, Mike Mitchell

Votes: 8

95. A Star for Rose (2013)

98 min | Drama

Small town girl Marcy (Tara Walker) comes to LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on "Search For A Star." Instead, with little money and no friends, she finds herself ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Yost | Stars: Debbie Allen, John Savage, Tara Walker, Melinda Skilondz

Votes: 15

96. Family Fundamentals (2002)

75 min | Documentary

What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who "become homosexual?" FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS is filmmaker Arthur Dong's personal attempt to answer that explosive question.

Director: Arthur Dong | Stars: Brian Bennett, Kathleen Bremner, Paul Bremner, Guy Foti

Votes: 140

97. Adventures of a Jungle Boy (1957– )

30 min | Adventure, Family

African adventures of a boy who grows up in the wilds as an orphan when the rest of his family is killed in an airplane crash. He is assisted by a medical researcher, and his pet cheetah.

Stars: Michael Carr Hartley, Ronald Adam, Patrick Holt, Monica Stevenson

98. Terra Nova (1998)

85 min | Drama

A disturbed young woman (Jeanette Cronin) runs away from her New Zealand home and hides away in an Australian boarding house, named Terra Nova. There she finds that every one else in the ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Middleditch | Stars: Jeanette Cronin, Paul Kelman, Trent Atkinson, Angela Punch McGregor

Votes: 38

99. Amato: A Love Affair with Opera (2001)

66 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Sally Amato, Tony Amato

Votes: 23

100. Sons of a Gun (2008)

75 min | Documentary

Lance, Craig, and Ubaldo live with schizophrenia. They also live with Larry, their alcoholic caregiver/"Dad". And even though none of them is related by blood, they've lived together as a ... See full summary »

Directors: Rivkah Beth Medow, Greg O'Toole

Votes: 24