Foster child movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant foster child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, sincere, emotional, captivating and sentimental films and TV shows about / with foster child, foster home, adoption, family relations, coming of age, teenager, foster parent, youth, friendship and family plots mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as foster child: Life Unexpected (2010), Ties That Bind (2015), The Fosters (2013), Pelican Blood (2019), The Unloved (2009), Mother of Mine (2005), Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007), The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), Escaping My Stalker (2020), White Oleander (2002).
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List of foster child movies
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: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Allison McLean is a tough and experienced police detective, mother and wife in suburban Seattle. When she and her police partner must arrest her brother for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as he's convicted and sent to prison, ...
Style:
detective, captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
female detective, police detective, moral dilemma, investigation, child care, foster child, motherhood, strong female lead, family drama, social problems, child custody, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
seattle
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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: 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: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Unloved is film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger. Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
child care, foster child, social worker, abandonment, orphanage, isolation, life is a bitch, hopes, abusive father, youth, estranged mother, abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She ...
Style:
emotional, touching, melancholic, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, children, foster child, coming of age, loneliness, wartime, family relations, life is a bitch, wartime life, adoption, society ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
finland, poland, tokyo, japan, germany
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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: 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
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: 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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32K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural ability, foster child, supernatural, experiment, genius, teenage life, mysterious character, secret organization, self discovery, teenage love, supernatural power, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A life-changing story of a man who has lived as a loner his entire life. Jae Shik begins to live together with a child with a hearing-visual disability, as they change each other's lives and try to find a way to communicate.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
foster child, child, deafness, blindness, loner, disability, bonding, empathy, changing lives, lifestyle change, child custody, family life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
korea
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161K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sad, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
lawyer, mentally challenged, father daughter relationship, single father, child custody, social services, custody, custody battle, disability, parents and children, foster child, love ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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265K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, inspirational, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, family friendly, date night, kids
Plot:
adoption, poverty, loneliness, courage, survival, childhood, mother son reunion, foster child, foster home, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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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: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The journey of a young African American girl who navigated over 30 foster homes and psychiatric facilities before age 18, and the one woman, Jeanne, who believed in her. After Jeanne’s unsuccessful attempt to adopt Regina due to a racially ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, uplifting, motivational
Plot:
black girl, adoption, foster child, abused child, interracial adoption, orphan, search for mother, strong female character, society, mother love, adult child friendship, teacher ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, compassionate, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, foster child, orphan, friendship, foster parent, adopted daughter, family drama, anne of green gables, parent child relationship, parents and children, family relations, foster home ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
This is a story about commitment and dedication to one's talent which resonates with the difficult topic of the mother's love deficit that is relevant for many.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
foster child, teenage life, teenager, lifestyle, adolescence, mother son relationship, parents and children, family relations, family problems, child, father son relationship, stand up comedian ...
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Best Years is a Canadian teen drama series set in Boston, Massachusetts. The series was created by producer and writer of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Aaron Martin. The first season was shown on Global in Canada and The N in the United States. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
college, teenage life, lifestyle, social differences, student life, foster child, youth, friends, college life, upscale, young adult, studying ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
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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, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is ...
Style:
funny, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, dark humor, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, disorder, children, child hero, foster child, boy, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business. Mon Oncle Antoine is Director Claude Jutra's masterpiece: A ...
Style:
art house, social, contemplative, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, small town, christmas, foster child, mining, uncle nephew relationship, youth, countryside, boy, infidelity, loss of son, catholic priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1971
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life ...
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, sentimental, visually stunning, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
abortion, coming of age, orphan, adoption, childhood, mentor protege relationship, storytelling, justice, love triangle, sexual attraction, unwanted pregnancy, sick child ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, year 1999, 90s, year 1943 ...
Place:
maine, usa, new england, atlantic ocean, north america ...
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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, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, teen, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
teenage life, female protagonist, twins, teenager, investigation, murder, lifestyle, youth, young adult, twin sister, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate pursues the case further.
Style:
captivating, no music
Plot:
birth mother, accidental incest, lawyer, adoptive mother, mother son incest, adultery, incest, older woman younger man, uncover truth, foster parent, marital problem, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style:
sincere, sad, uplifting, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay adoption, gay parent, gay, gay couple, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, homosexuality, couples, lgbt, gay slur, male male relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A working-class boy struggles to find himself through a series of jobs and romances.
Style:
poetic, picaresque
Plot:
coming of age, working class, nudity, male nudity, older woman younger man relationship, teenager, socialism, outdoor sex, on the road, foster child, world war one, labor union ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
eastern europe
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138K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys ...
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, depressing, sad, philosophical ...
Plot:
road trip, wedding, existentialism, parenthood, elderly, letter, salesman, fish out of water, dysfunctional family, self discovery, family life, life changing ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, colorado, denver colorado, kansas, california
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34K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Style:
sincere, touching, sexy, meditative, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, gay relationship, gay couple, gay club, homosexuality, gay romance, gay interest, homosexual, one night stand, gay sex ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, canada
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