A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy, and particularly with a power-hungry administrator. After many delays, they deny his application. Then, he finds a way to turn the tables on them for the boy's own good.

Myeong-ja, a flower vendor in Seoul, and her young brother Yong-pil, are orphans who have been taken...

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a F...

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...

A dutiful son, a prince in his fathers' eyes, retains his purity of character despite the many chall...

In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to I...

The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on...

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resol...

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old ...

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger com...

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit h...

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr....

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but als...

Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her ad...

The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germ...
An orphan in 18th century London lashes out against the harrowing child labor market.

When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor "Uncle" ...

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenl...

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an al...

A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one o...

As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelt...