Adoption Movies

Sally gave her son Sam up for adoption 20 years ago and when they reunite, they fall passionately in love with devastating consequences.

A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's...

Traces the new Cold War between Russia and the West from the ban on American citizens adopting Russian children to the Kremlin’s anti-LGBTQ...

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

When Tuva's parents die in a car crash, she learns that she is adopted. Disappointed with those around her for never telling her the truth, she sets...

A foster child is in search of a forever family who is holding his heart in the palm of their hands.

The first part is pathetic and shows Eleanor Hamlin (Edith Roberts) severing home ties with her grandparents to be "adopted" by a party of idle rich...

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their...

An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with...

The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...

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...

A performance artist works tirelessly to fulfill her dream of adopting Sudanese twins, placing her marriage and career at risk in this documentary.

A grieving mother who suffered the tragic loss of her daughter must decide if she can provide a loving home to a child who's lost her parents.

Jackson betrays Lindsay and begs for her forgiveness. Her friends want revenge. Lindsay hopes she can find the grace and mercy to make the right...

Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide...

In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect...

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

Jackie Miller adopted her son, Scott, in the early 1970s. In 2008, Scott brought his mom to StoryCorps to ask her about that decision.