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- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsJulie HarrisJena MaloneTed LevineAfter her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsTobey MaguireCharlize TheronMichael CaineA compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
- DirectorPeter KosminskyStarsMichelle PfeifferRenée ZellwegerRobin WrightA teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
- DirectorChristophe RuggiaStarsVincent RottiersAdèle HaenelRochdy LabidiOrphaned 12-year-old twins Joseph and Chloé have been on the run together. Chloé is autistic, non-verbal and fears being touched. Joseph dearly loves her and dreams she will recover if they find their parents and fight the system.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsKristen BellDiane LaddShedrack Anderson IIIA teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.
- DirectorMorgan J. FreemanStarsMark WebberAntonio OrtizBrendan Sexton IIIA petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.
- DirectorMenno MeyjesStarsJohn CusackAmanda PeetBobby ColemanA science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
- DirectorRod HardyStarsDaniel RadcliffeTeresa PalmerLee CormieOne summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsFreddie HighmoreKeri RussellJonathan Rhys MeyersA musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
- DirectorTony BillStarsSissy SpacekAlfre WoodardJodelle FerlandA troubled foster child with an affinity for drawing and artwork, becomes attached to her eccentric and forgetful new foster mother, also an artist.
- DirectorBill MaherStarsCharlize TheronNick StahlAnnaSophia RobbThe drama follows a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.
- DirectorJuliet MayStarsDakota Blue RichardsJuliet StevensonSaffron CoomberThe film follows the story of young teen April whose troubled life began in a dustbin - a new born baby, abandoned and alone, not celebrated, not wanted but discarded and left like so much rubbish in an industrial bin behind a pizza parlour. On the morning of her fourteenth birthday April has a devastating row with her foster mother, Marion and leaves the house determined to find out where she really comes from, who she really is and maybe, just maybe, find her real mother. Telling no-one what she's up to or where she's going, April skips school and begins the search she's dreamed about all her life. It's a blur of social workers, children's homes and special schools as April revisits and recalls the key scenes of her fragmented past. It's a painful journey, sometimes frightening but there's also friendship and love and laughter. And now she's started, there's no going back - April must find her mother.
- DirectorSamantha MortonStarsMolly WindsorRobert CarlyleSusan LynchA film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger.
- DirectorJon GunnStarsMira SorvinoBarry PepperCole HauserA young boy is torn away from his adoptive parents by his alcoholic, abusive birth parents.
- DirectorVic SarinStarsConnie NielsenAidan QuinnJohn BellA lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself.
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsPhilip JohnsonRosie O'DonnellRuby DeeDr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, which began when, as an infant, he was taken by authorities from his crack-addicted mother and placed into foster care. A short time of stability in his life occurred when he lived with Mrs. Harper, the elderly nanny of one of his foster families. He was reunited with his mother at one point, but she soon abandoned him and he went back into foster care. Full of anger and lagging behind in school, America retreats further away from society after years of sexual abuse. After attempting suicide, America is placed in a treatment center where Dr. Brennan helps him open up about his painful past and discover the support and courage he needs to get his life back on track.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie RenierAbandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
- DirectorPeter HedgesStarsJennifer GarnerJoel EdgertonCJ AdamsA childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
- DirectorHeather RaeA look at the Foster Care system in the United States.