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1. Three Identical Strangers (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.

Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone

Votes: 39,604 | Gross: $12.32M

2. Instant Family (2018)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.

Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar

Votes: 119,499 | Gross: $67.36M

3. Thief (1981)

R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi

Votes: 38,912 | Gross: $11.49M

4. Baby Boom (1987)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy

Votes: 19,145 | Gross: $26.71M

5. 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: 8,351

6. Mother and Child (2009)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance

A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Alexandria M. Salling

Votes: 12,779 | Gross: $1.11M

7. Penny Serenade (1941)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 8,057

8. Immediate Family (1989)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama

An upscale couple unable to conceive arrange a brokered adoption with a pregnant woman who doesn't hold up her end of the deal to give up the baby.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon

Votes: 1,755 | Gross: $5.93M

9. Kona fer í stríð (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.

Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson

Votes: 11,292 | Gross: $0.85M

10. Gigantic (2008)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A mattress salesman's plan to adopt a Chinese baby is augmented by the arrival of a young woman who comes to his workplace, falls asleep on one of the beds, and upon waking starts to affect his life.

Director: Matt Aselton | Stars: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner

Votes: 9,947 | Gross: $0.10M

11. The Tunnel of Love (1958)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be the surrogate for him and his wife.

Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala

Votes: 1,493

12. 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

13. My Blue Heaven (1950)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Musical

Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt

Votes: 566

14. The Bigamist (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 4,725

15. In Safe Hands (2018)

G | 110 min | Drama

Theo was born an unwanted child. The social services set out to find the perfect home for his adoption.

Director: Jeanne Herry | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez, Olivia Côte

Votes: 2,598 | Gross: $0.00M

16. Naked Childhood (1968)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama

An anguished foster child takes to mischief and lies as his foster parents do their best to love and care for him. But it might be too little, too late in this emotionally devastating portrayal of the orphaned child.

Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Michel Terrazon, Linda Gutenberg, Raoul Billerey, Pierrette Deplanque

Votes: 2,697

17. Hate Crime (2005)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Robbie and Trey are gay, middle-class, suburban professionals. Life is good. Until the son of a fundamentalist preacher moves in next door.

Director: Tommy Stovall | Stars: Seth Peterson, Bruce Davison, Chad Donella, Cindy Pickett

Votes: 1,603 | Gross: $0.04M

18. Daddy's Girl (1996)

R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A girl's bright smile masks a psychopathic soul that will eliminate anyone who comes between her and her doting father.

Director: Martin Kitrosser | Stars: William Katt, Michele Greene, Roxana Zal, Mimi Craven

Votes: 780

19. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt

Votes: 2,293

20. 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

21. Stolen Child (2012 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

Amanda and John adopt a gorgeous baby girl from Europe. After years of angst and disappointment, they finally adopt the baby they had dreamed about. But something is not quite right and ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Tyler Allen, Tichina Arnold, Barry Barnholtz

Votes: 314

22. Get Christie Love! (1974 TV Movie)

74 min | Action, Crime

A beautiful policewoman goes undercover to break up a drug ring.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Louise Sorel, Paul Stevens

Votes: 370

23. Baby Sellers (2013 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

The shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking is exposed.

Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Jennifer Finnigan, Kirstie Alley, Arjun Gupta, Doron Bell

Votes: 465

24. 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: 270

25. My Baby Is Missing (2007 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jenna Davis wakes up at home to discover she's delivered a stillborn baby girl. Is the child a victim of a cunning prenatal nurse who no one remembers seeing, or is she the victim of her mother's own fractured psyche?

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Gina Philips, Warren Christie, Ellie Harvie, Jay Brazeau

Votes: 465

26. Close to My Heart (1951)

Approved | 90 min | Drama

A columnist and his wife deal with obstacles when they try to adopt an abandoned baby.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter, Howard St. John

Votes: 542

27. Low Profile (2012)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

There's nothing to keep Yvan in Paris any longer. His wife has left him to live in Thailand. His teenage daughters have chosen to live with his sister Ariane, who is as anxious as she is ... See full summary »

Director: Cécilia Rouaud | Stars: Denis Ménochet, Vanessa Paradis, Léa Drucker, Laurent Lucas

Votes: 228

28. Comme les autres (2008)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pilar López de Ayala, Pascal Elbé, Anne Brochet

Votes: 1,421

29. Lucinda's Spell (1998)

R | 105 min | Fantasy

A great wizard returns to Earth where he lands in New Orleans in search of a mate, but he runs into a woman with whom he had an affair 8 years previously resulting in a son that is unknown to the wizard.

Director: Jon Jacobs | Stars: Jon Jacobs, Christina Fulton, Shana Betz, Leon Herbert

Votes: 580

30. Nordeste (2005)

104 min | Drama

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life, changes both of their lives forever.

Director: Juan Solanas | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Aymará Rovera, Mercedes Sampietro, Ignacio Jiménez

Votes: 419

31. The Overbrook Brothers (2009)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

A road movie where two brothers search for their biological parents.

Director: John E. Bryant | Stars: Nathan Harlan, Mark Reeb, Laurel Whitsett, John Jones

Votes: 247

32. Holy Lola (2004)

128 min | Drama

The trials and tribulations of a French couple's efforts to adopt an orphan baby in Cambodia.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carré, Bruno Putzulu, Lara Guirao

Votes: 759

33. Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête (1989)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from a former marriage with the police commissioner. When the gynecologist confirms they are ... See full summary »

Director: Didier Kaminka | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Patrick Chesnais, Claude Rich, Ariane Lorent

Votes: 116

34. Rakkauselokuva (1984)

72 min | Comedy, Drama

The Torniainen are a couple consisting of Raija, a flight attendant, and Hanski, a civil engineer. They have long wanted to have a child. Tests show that Hanski is infertile, and the doctor offers little hope.

Director: Anssi Mänttäri | Stars: Liisa Halonen, Antti Litja, Markku Toikka, Erkki Saarela

Votes: 48

35. In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (2010)

64 min | Documentary, Family, History

In the 1960s just before being adopted from a Korean orphanage by an American family, my identity was switched with another girl named Cha Jung Hee. I was told to keep the switch a secret, ... See full summary »

Director: Deann Borshay | Star: Deann Borshay

Votes: 28

36. 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: 30

37. Off and Running (2009)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean-Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Opper

Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.02M

38. Finding Family: Gay Adoption in the US (2007)

Short

The national debate over gay marriage is making way for its natural consequence: gay parenting. With a patchwork of laws concerning gay adoption, the states are anything but united in what ... See full summary »

Director: John Ireland

39. Blue Murder (2001–2004)
Episode: Missing Persons (2001)

Drama, Crime

Add a Plot

Director: Scott Summersgill | Stars: Maria del Mar, Joel Keller, Jeremy Ratchford, Maurice Dean Wint

Votes: 19

40. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: Showdown at San Ángelo (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance

J.R. uses Miss Ellie to gain access to the Southern Cross and John Ross. Ellie and Clayton meet and agree the custody issues is not their fight. J.R. threatens Sue Ellen and when that fails tries to convince Ellie to kidnap John Ross.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 141

41. Friends (1994–2004)
Episode: The One with the Birth Mother (2004)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Nervous and excited, Monica and Chandler travel to Ohio to meet a young pregnant woman, Erica Simmons, who is considering allowing them to adopt her child when it's born.

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 4,643

42. Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode: And Mama Makes Three (1989)

TV-PG | Comedy

Naomi and Vint decide to adopt a child because Vint can't get Naomi pregnant.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer

Votes: 61

43. Medical Investigation (2004–2005)
Episode: Little Girl (2004)

Drama, Mystery

A car with deadly ill people crashes into another car.

Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap

Votes: 16

44. Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
Episode: Hold My Hand (2005)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1954 Loretta Smith Sibley committed suicide in front of her son George. With the anniversary of September 9th approaching, George is haunted by her presence enough to distract him at ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose

Votes: 1,563

45. The Ropers (1979–1980)
Episode: Baby Talk (1979)

TV-PG | Comedy

Helen adores the Brookes' boy, David, which leads her to feel she and Stanley could adopt a baby. Stanley is against it. Still, she calls an agency and sets up a home interview.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Norman Fell, Audra Lindley, Jeffrey Tambor, Patty McCormack

Votes: 49

46. One Tree Hill (2003–2012)
Episode: Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace (2008)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Brooke is visited by an adoption agency and has an interview to find out if she would be a suitable mother. Lucas flies out to see Lindsey who says she will edit his novel. Dan gets Jamie ... See full summary »

Director: Gregory Prange | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz

Votes: 414

47. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: The Mountain King (2008)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Don drops off the Sterling Cooper radar and visits the wife of the man whose identity he stole. Back at the office, Bert and Roger consider the merger offer, Peggy makes a play for a real office, and Peter loses his father-in-law's account.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,709

48. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 More Behavioural Experiments That Went Terribly Wrong (2019)

15 min | Documentary

If you thought there were only ten botched behavioral experiments Simone is ready to cure your naivety with ten more. As if there aren't enough reasons why an social experiment can go awry,... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

49. Guiding Light (1952–2009)
Episode: Episode #1.15602 (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Remy begs Christina to accept the offer from the medical school. Dinah passes out. Shayne and Edmund reminisce about Lara. Mallet worries the adoption process will uncover his past.

Director: Rob Decina | Stars: Kim Allen, Mandy Bruno Bogue, Robert T. Bogue, Jeff Branson

50. Guiding Light (1952–2009)
Episode: Episode #1.15603 (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Blake surprises Coop with a book party for a novel that wasn't supposed to be published. Mallet tells Marina about his involvement with Griggs. Doris exploits Olivia and Natalia.

Director: Robert Scinto | Stars: Mandy Bruno Bogue, Robert T. Bogue, Orlagh Cassidy, Beth Chamberlin