Adoption Movies

The life of Marie and Peter seems perfect, but their greatest wish remains unfulfilled: a family of their own. After several painfully failed...

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with...

An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary...

"Complexity" is about a young woman stuck in a place of complete uncertainty. When she meets Scott, a man who will turn her world upside down and...

A family of cats find an abandoned kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets...

This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need...

A couple loses their only child in an accident and subsequently unknowingly adopts an innocent looking little girl with paranormal powers that she...

A performance artist works tirelessly to fulfill her dream of adopting Sudanese twins, placing her marriage and career at risk in this documentary.

Five years ago, Christine went after the baby she gave up for adoption, claiming he'd been stolen, and wound up killing Alex Williams' wife and the...

A young couple embarks on the exciting journey of adoption, preparing to welcome a new member into their family. As they navigate the ups and downs...

Jan's father is not his father at all. The directors knows this and takes this fact as the starting point for a very personal documentary film...

When he finds out his girl is pregnant, a troubled teen changes his ways and tries passionately to prepare for fatherhood, but he has an extremely...

Directed by Don Owen, this follow-up to Graham Parker’s 1964 film Joey revisits the life of the eponymous young boy, who at the age of seven...

This feature documentary tells the complex and touching story of Winnipeg city councilor Glen Murray and his 17-year-old adopted son Mike, whose...

Paul, a former concert pianist, lives in the picturesque town of Krems with his adopted son Rico. Since the accidental death of his wife Anna, he has...

An adopted eight-year-old Peruvian boy wants to look like his typically Dutch father; however, an encounter with a band of Peruvian-Indian street...

Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four...

A woman's granddaughter is placed for adoption. Her only hope of seeing her grandchild again is to put clues to her birth family's identity in the...