Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 8.0 | |
August Rush (2007) | 7.4 | |
Jet Boy (2001) | 7.1 | |
Orphan (2009) | 7.0 | |
Oliver! (1968) | 7.4 |
Orphan movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant orphan movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, serious, emotional, feel good and sentimental films and TV shows about / with orphan, youth, family relations, coming of age, child, friendship, adoption, children, parents and children and love plots mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
orphan
TOP 10 movies tagged as orphan: Jet Boy (2001), A Little Princess (1995), A Shine of Rainbows (2009), It Takes Two (1995), August Rush (2007), The Foster Boy (2011), Rails & Ties (2007), Anne with an E (2017), The Italian (2005), Oliver Twist (2007).
Best films
New films
The Tiger's Nest (2022) | 5.7 | |
65 (2023) | 5.4 | |
Beau Is Afraid (2023) | 6.7 | |
M3GAN (2022) | 6.4 | |
See You On Venus (2023) | 6.0 |
List of orphan movies
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave Schultz' feature debut Jet Boy is a drama about a boy attempting to figure out his future. Nathan (Branden Nadon) goes on a search to find his father after his mother dies of a drug overdose. Nathan has been prostituting himself in order ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, emotional, erotic ...
Plot:
orphan, kids in trouble, man boy relationship, child neglect, gay, youth, prostitute, boy, teenage prostitution, coming of age, lifestyle, lgbt teen ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's ...
Style:
touching, feel good, fairy tale, heartbreaking, serious ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
boarding school, orphan, childhood, imagination, princess, little girl, fantasy life, servant, children, girls' boarding school, magic, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 90s, future, victorian era ...
Place:
new york, india, england, africa, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O’Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
orphan, adoption, youth, island, friendship, human animal relationship, love, couples, family relations, family life, parents and children, orphanage ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.
Style:
sweet, feel good, funny, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
twins, mischievous children, summer camp, children, parents and children, adoption, orphan, single father, single parent, camp, wedding, tomboy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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111K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
music, musician, childhood, prodigy, orphan, child prodigy, dancing, child protagonist, genius, youth, chance meeting, children ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, xian, san francisco ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Plot:
adoption, orphan, friendship, survival, farm, child abuse, brother brother relationship, punishment, intergenerational friendship, dedicated educator, boyhood, con artists ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
orphan, train, family relations, friendship, terminal illness, family problems, father figure, grief, coming of age, parents and children, collision, suicidal ...
Time:
year 2007
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood ...
Style:
compassionate, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
orphan, friendship, coming of age, small town, teenage life, child's point of view, family relations, school, feminism, children's home, imaginary, society ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1890s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, breathtaking, inspirational ...
Plot:
orphan, children, orphanage, youth, boy, adoption, coming of age, friendship, adolescence, family relations, self discovery, hopes ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver ...
Style:
costume drama, sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
orphan, child's point of view, thief, victorian england, child abuse, street kid, friendship, social decay, injustice, danger, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
england, europe, london
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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:
sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids
Plot:
abortion, orphan, coming of age, adoption, mentor protege relationship, justice, premarital sex, love triangle, incest, childhood, self discovery, sick child ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 90s, year 1999, 1930s ...
Place:
maine, usa, new england
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic ...
Style:
touching, feel good, semi serious, exciting, detective ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, orphan, imaginary, friendship, young heroes, magic, youth, police, escapades, secret, supernatural, child ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 199 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, best friend, young heroes, love and romance, foster home, little girl ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place:
canada, america
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
child abuse, juvenile delinquency, orphan, dedicated educator, boarding school life, reformatory, gay rape, child rape, corporal punishment, sexual abuse, teachers and students, abuse ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939
Place:
ireland, europe, spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
wolf, world war two, orphan, survival, feral child, little girl, human animal relationship, young heroes, danger, obsessive quest, missing person, wilderness ...
Place:
belgium, germany, ukraine, europe, brussels
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly ...
Style:
touching, romantic, entertaining, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
adoption, baby, initially antagonists, parenthood, unlikely couple, love story, love and romance, opposites attract, godparent, orphan, babies and infants, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, surreal, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
children, coming of age, adolescence, camp, first love, boy scout, orphan, youth, island, search party, summer camp, journey ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965
Place:
new england, nebraska, rhode island, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When his loyal longtime partner, a widower, is killed in the line of duty and leaves behind three young children, Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton), a dedicated New York City cop and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), decide to take the kids in. But the lives ...
Style:
exciting, emotional, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, orphan, drug dealer, partner, murder, law enforcement, family relations, cop, drug dealing, fighting crime, working undercover, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Following his parents' tragic death, 24-year-old Charlie Salinger is back at home – and in over his head – as his siblings' legal guardian. Together, Charlie, 16-year-old Bailey, 15-year-old Julia and 11-year-old Claudia share the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sentimental, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
orphan, family relations, coming of age, siblings relations, child care, love and romance, dealing with death, family life, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, sister sister relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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40K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, feel good, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
adoption, father daughter relationship, foster child, orphan, rags to riches, music, hopes, rich and poor, parents and children, friends, kids and family, dancing ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, captivating, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, young heroes, orphan, imaginary, teenage life, family relations, youth, curses spells and rituals, magic spell, estate, rivalry, heroes ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, single father, mars, writers, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
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41K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Style:
visually appealing, sentimental, social, epic, dark ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, teen drama, adult
Plot:
orphan, street kid, broadway, dance, child, children, runaway, charles dickens, dog, dancing, happy ending, coming of age ...
Time:
19th century, year 1968, 1800s, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Belarus
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Anya, a young academic raised in an orphanage, is on the cusp of success when she’s accused of drug possession. While in limbo hiding from the police, she hits the road with Kristina, another orphan several years Anya’s junior, in search of her ...
Style:
touching, sincere, road movie, serious, tragic ending ...
Plot:
orphan, teenage life, friends, false accusation, odd couple, obsessive quest, escapades, friendship, young girl, escape, little girl, car accident ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, europe, kazakhstan, russia
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336K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, visual, fairy tale, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, filmmaking, magical, boy, street kid, friendship, robot, childhood, train crash, child, secret ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, post world war one, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, iran, madagascar, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The adventurous, young Madeline is very good at getting into trouble, but she's also fantastic at solving problems as well, and her school-mistress Miss Clavel is not too approving of her. The biggest problem comes up when Lord Covington ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
children, kidnapping, orphan, rescue, school, girl, chase, coming of age, childhood, mischievous children, friendship, amateur detective ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1998, 90s, 50s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style:
sentimental, touching, poignant, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
childhood, 9/11, autism, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, grief, orphan, disability, acceptance, single mother, children ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2011, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Young Hana had lost everything in the earthquake and tsunami and was being taken care of by a relative named Jungo. As Hana grew up she began to fall in love with her own relative.
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
father daughter incest, lolita, orphan, first sexual experience, older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, family relations, love and romance, single parent, obsession, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
offbeat, fairy tale, atmospheric, gothic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, orphan, death in the family, steampunk, danger, siblings relations, child in peril, book, happy ending, young heroes, child, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
Is relevant ?
7K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, ...
Style:
sincere, scenic, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, friendship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, children, kindness, salvation, female protagonist, strong female lead, death of mother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, royal family, found footage ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
alps, germany, swiss alps, switzerland, europe
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