Foster home movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant foster home movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, emotional, captivating, touching, sincere and feel good films and TV shows about / with foster home, adoption, foster child, family relations, coming of age, teenager, children, family, mother daughter relationship and teenage girl plots mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as foster home: Finding a Family (2011), The Reluctant Nanny (2015), Instant Family (2018), Life Unexpected (2010), The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007), The Fosters (2013), The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002), Gifted (2017), The Guardian (2001).
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, ...
Style:
dramatic, disturbing, clever, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
foster home, adoption, manic depression, boy, mental illness, mother son relationship, coming of age, family drama, family relations, son, sick mother, family problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
IT guru Libby gets more than she bargained for when, after losing her job, she reluctantly agrees to help a cop with fostering two abandoned kids.
Style:
romantic, sincere, captivating, entertaining, cute
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
foster home, foster parent, nanny, marriage proposal, in love, love story, employer employee relationship, male female relationship, fall in love, love and romance, kids and family, love interest ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
adoption, parenting, foster home, foster parent, adoptive father adopted son relationship, adolescence, couples, problem child, anger, substance abuse, amusement park, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Life Unexpected is a coming-of-age family drama that centers around 16-year-old Lux, who was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
foster child, teenager, adolescence, foster home, teenage girl, teenage life, adopted daughter, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, immature, guardian, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the ...
Style:
entertaining, sincere, captivating, feel good, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
foster home, foster child, birth mother, bully, social services, friendship, soul mate, brother sister relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, social worker, name calling ...
Place:
maryland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sad
Audience:
kids
Plot:
foster child, foster home, painter, adoptive mother, female artist, painting, drawing, sculptor, family problems, adoption, adoptive mother adopted son relationship, changing lives ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, melancholic, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adoption, foster child, teenage life, foster home, troubled teen, gays and lesbians, lesbian mother, teenage girl, parenthood, supportive parent, step siblings ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san diego california, usa, california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The Story of Tracy Beaker is a television programme adapted from the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on CBBC for five series, from 2002 to 2005 and also contained a feature length episode, Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me, ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, toddlers
Plot:
foster home, foster child, female protagonist, adoptive mother, 10 year old, childhood, friendship, farce, social issues, coming of age, unhappiness, loyalty ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, friendship, trial, school, child custody, happiness, children, teacher, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place:
persia, boston, florida, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, sensitive
Plot:
lawyer, legal, child in peril, closeted homosexual, law firm, friendship, society, rivalry, father son relationship, social worker, dysfunctional family, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style:
compassionate, sad, sweet, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, social worker, depression, troubled teen, teenager, foster child, adolescence, suicide attempt, coming of age, mental illness, problem child, self harm ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
adoptive mother, newborn baby, social services, motherhood, foster home, baby, unwanted pregnancy, hospital, society, divorced woman, parents, woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
brittany, france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, foster home, child abuse, road trip, haunted by the past, family problems, introspection, mother daughter relationship, friendship, single parent, loss of job, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, utah
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Basia and Marek have been on the run their whole lives. Along with their nine-year-old daughter Ula, they experience what it’s like to be an immigrant in Sweden. When a Swedish social worker visits their home, she witnesses Ula’s everyday ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
foster home, social worker, children, soccer, kidnapping, family drama, social services, immigrant, immigration, parent child relationship, child custody, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A street kid, Taylor, has been adopted by Sandy (Alexandra Paul) & Larry. They run a shelter for people in need, and rescued Taylor from the street, and a life of crime. Unfortunately, Taylor's past may be catching up with her. She's ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, mysterious
Plot:
grandmother grandson relationship, danger, homeless teenager, foster child, foster home, uncover truth, family relations, puzzle, evidence, haunted by the past, adoption, guilt ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, sentimental, sad ...
Plot:
single father, father son relationship, dying father, single parent, terminal illness, father and son, foster home, family relations, father, parents and children, relationships, kids and family ...
Place:
northern ireland
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Dumping Ground is a British children's television series, which premiered on 4 January 2013 on CBBC and BBC HD. The series is a spin-off from The Story of Tracy Beaker and Tracy Beaker Returns. The first series aired until March 2013, with ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, feel good, light, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
foster home, friendship, childhood, social services, children's home, orphanage, children, kids and family, family relations, friends, coming of age, social issues ...
Place:
britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Soon after arriving from Africa, Sahara, a mixed-race 15-year-old, is driven by CPS to a foster home in the suburbs. At the house, run by “Auntie,” she finds four teenage girls who object to her presence and make her life miserable. But, little ...
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
foster home, sorority, foster child, sisterhood, coming of age, friendship, problem, women, social issues, teenage girl, teenage life, social problems ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Some years after their son is killed, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep and things take a strange turn.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, sincere, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, christmas, healing, family relations, divine intervention, hopes, life turned upside down, sweetheart, angel, child as adult, starting over, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
abusive mother, pregnancy, homeless, abuse, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, survival, starting over, pregnant teenager, family problems, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wiebke, a professional horse trainer, faces a unique challenge when she adopts Raya, a five-year-old girl, who is prone to violent outbursts because of her traumatic past.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating
Plot:
foster child, adopted daughter, adoptive mother adopted daughter relationship, foster home, single mother, mother daughter relationship, mother, social problems, family problems, antisocial behavior, foster parent, family life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Style:
intense, disturbing, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, foster child, women's prison, manipulation, bad mother, murder, teenage life, mother daughter estrangement, borderline personality disorder, mental illness, adoption ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
island, foster home, friendship, school, family drama, hopes, foster child, life, remote island, kids and family, adoptive father, adoptive mother ...
Place:
okinawa japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Packed off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital where he's been confined.
Style:
sincere, captivating, road movie, philosophical
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
foster parent, foster home, father daughter relationship, teenage life, father and daughter, friendship, love and romance, relationships, family problems, love affair, escapades, parents and children ...
Place:
ireland
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775
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, precocious child, police, redemption, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri.
Style:
political
Plot:
ranch, hardship, orphan, homelessness, small town, teenager, young couple, family home, house, children, large family, bachelor ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, 60s, 50s
Place:
missouri
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, anamorphic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, whale, childhood, friendship, human animal relationship, animal, foster home, orphan, half brother half brother relationship, fire, teenage boy, boy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
astoria oregon, oregon, usa, washington state, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned ...
Style:
heartbreaking, realistic, emotional, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
foster home, adoption, family bonds, family drama, social issues, poverty, bittersweet, social realism, working class, child protagonist, sacrifice, resilience ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
the philippines, manila philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female nudity, single mother, foster home, pregnancy and birth, single parent, motherhood, family relations, pregnant girlfriend, kids and family, family life, adoption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, oakland california, california, bay area
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna, a young slave girl, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2ND Century Smyrna, and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the ...
Style:
christian film, philosophical, historical drama, religious drama, psychological ...
Plot:
christian, faith, roman empire, moral dilemma, ancient rome, bishop, martyrdom, persecution, religion, life philosophy, religions or cults, haunted by the past ...
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