Movies & Documentaries

Here is a list of movies and documentaries about adoption, foster care, or involving characters who are adopted/fostered. This list will keep growing!

Drama/Realistic

Lion (2016)

Directed by Garth Davis

Philomena (2013)

Directed by Stephen Frears

Instant Family (2018)

Directed by Sean Anders

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The Blind Side (2010)

Directed by John Lee Hancock

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White Oleander (2002)

Directed by Peter Kosminsky

Family/Kids

Drama/Realistic

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Annie (1999)

Directed by John Huston

Kungfu Panda 1-4

Directed by Mark Osborne & John Stevenson

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Stuart Little (1999)

Directed by Rob Minkoff

Family/Kids

Documentaries

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Twinsters (2015)

Directed by Samantha Futerman & Ryan Miyamoto

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Somewbere Between (2011)

Directed by Linda Goldstein-Knowlton

Closure (2013)

Directed by Benjamin & Chelsea Peck

Found (2013)

Directed by Amanda Lipitz

Mercy Mercy – A Portrait of a True Adoption (2012)

Directed by Katrine W. Kjær

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (2010)

Directed by Deann Borshay

Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World (2020)

Directed by Glenn & Julie Morey

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Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Directed by Tim Wardle

ReMoved (2013–2015)

Directed by Nathanael Matanick

Foster (2018) – HBO

Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris