Adoption Movies

A foster child is in search of a forever family who is holding his heart in the palm of their hands.

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

"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...

My Life Partner deals with the deep and intricate emotional relationship between two men. The movie narrates the story of two friends-turned-lovers,...

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

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...

A newly adopted girl is doted on by her adopted father but faces indifference from her adopted mother.

Despite the warm images in the family archive, photographer and filmmaker Jonnah misses an intimate bond with her (adoptive) parents. Over the years,...

A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's...

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...

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...

When Evans, a ten-year-old unwanted child, enters his home, Aaron's life is permanently transformed. Believing they have much to offer, Aaron and his...

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

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.

During the pandemic, living under an extreme right-wing government, filmmakers Bel Bechara and Sandro Serpa receive the news that would change their...

In this funny and moving documentary, acclaimed film-maker Daisy Asquith tells the very personal story of her mother's conception after a dance in...