Adoption Movies

There are not many films that portray adoption and foster parenting in a positive light. CHOSEN does just that! This multi-plot film tells several...

Mrs. Kennedy tries to convince Edgar that he would make a good father.

The lives of Nick, Avery, Walter, Chief Payne, Kelly Smith, and a few new characters are brought to the forefront a decade after the original...

In Argentina, almost all adopted children are under 5 years of old. Luis and Valeria open the doors of their home and tell us their family story. A...

An astounding exposé that gives voice to the unwitting subjects of an infamous American scientific experiment: the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard...

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...

ᎠᏲᎧ is a portrait of Ahyoka Youngdeer, Cherokee culture bearer, teacher, and two-spirit activist. Weaving her own life with a...

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...

Following in the footsteps of two women in search of their origins, this documentary lifts the veil on a little-known page of the post-war era: the...

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

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...

Three siblings are forced to band together when their mother informs them of her plan to adopt another child.

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

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...

Actually, Tomas knows his parents. Born in Brazil in 1993 and adopted from there, he now lives with them in the Netherlands. Now he is faced with the...

What does it mean to adopted and brought up far away from your country of birth? In “Given Away,” this week’s moving new Op-Doc by...

After 48 years of emotional longing, a mother meets her son who she relinquished at birth. In the months after the reunion, Dorothy and Joe must...

Uplifting tale of Staten Island woman who creates modern underground railroad and rescues 2,000 dogs condemned to death in Amish Country puppy mills....