Movies and TvShows featuring "adoptive-family" theme.

EastEnders is a British soap opera that follows the lives of various families and individuals in the fictional East London neighborhood of Walford. The show explores a wide range of social and cultural issues, including crime, drama, romance, and topical issues such as domestic abuse, racism, and HIV. It portrays the everyday lives of its diverse characters, showcasing their struggles, relationships, and triumphs.

After surviving an accident, the heiress to the throne of Yangdon Kingdom is brought to Philippines and grows into a spirited girl who helps her family make ends meet. Her life takes an extraordinary turn when she unexpectedly wins a trip to Yangdon.

Forever follows the journey of Dr. Henry Morgan, a medical examiner in New York City who has an intriguing secret - he is immortal. As he solves murder investigations, Henry must also navigate his relationships, including his deceased wife and adopted son, all while trying to keep his curse a secret.

In the movie 'Dinosaur,' a courageous and caring talking dinosaur, along with a group of friends, embark on a perilous journey to find a safe haven after an asteroid strike threatens their existence. They face challenges, encounter carnivorous dinosaurs, and work together to overcome obstacles, showcasing the importance of teamwork, friendship, and survivalism. With stunning animation and a heartwarming story, 'Dinosaur' takes viewers on an epic adventure in the prehistoric world.

Pete and Ellie, a married couple, decide to adopt a child after being taunted by relatives. They enroll in a foster parents course and meet Lizzy, Juan, and Lita, three siblings in need of a home. Despite initial doubts, Pete and Ellie take in the children and face the challenges of parenting. As they navigate through the ups and downs, they form a bond with the kids and realize the importance of love and family. However, their world is turned upside down when the children's biological mother wants them back. Pete and Ellie fight to keep the children and eventually succeed, adopting Lizzy, Juan, and Lita.

A Shine of Rainbows tells the heartwarming story of a young orphan boy named Tomás who is adopted by an Irish couple. Tomás struggles with feelings of rejection and abandonment but finds solace and joy when he develops a special bond with a gypsy woman and a talking seal. Together, they embark on a magical journey of self-discovery, love, and healing. Through his encounters with the gypsy woman, Tomás learns valuable life lessons about forgiveness, acceptance, and the power of unconditional love.

The Fury is a movie set in the 1960s and follows the story of a young boy who discovers a dark family secret. As he navigates through the decade, he comes of age and learns about love, lust, and the complexities of family relationships.

A married teenager sets out to find his long-lost brother and sister years after all three had been placed with different families following their abandonment by their migrant worker parents. Luckily, he finds a compassionate social worker who, at first reluctantly, decides to help him cut through the bureaucratic red tape.

After the death of her evangelist father, a young woman with a troubled past gets caught up in a dark and twisted world of violence, mental illness, and religious delusion. As she tries to come to terms with her own demons, she must confront an insane woman, a psycho killer, and her own increasing paranoia.

The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.

Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Years later, now a trained thief, he's adopted by eccentric 'Doc' Brown, retired miner and pharmacist. Doc and David become fast friends in their scenic outdoor rambles. But when they discover a hidden treasure, the idyllic interlude gives way to more troubles and a strange coincidence.

During the French and Indian War in colonial America, a white scout, with two of his Indian brothers, helps a British officer escort two women through dangerous territory, with both French troops and hostile Indians after them.

Palms tells the story of a young foster child who finds solace and friendship in a toy school bus. Through his journey, he navigates the challenges of foster care, longing for a place to call home and the love of a family. This heartwarming film explores themes of love, family, and resilience.

Moustapha Akkad, the man who brought you HALLOWEEN, invites you to keep an APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR. According to legend, Attis, King of the Woods, sacrificed his child to keep his own spirit alive and free to wander the earth at will. APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR casts this evil in contemporary terms: can a group of free-spirited teenagers and an inquisitive detective save a dying woman's infant from being Attis' next victim? The suspense is unrelenting as they - and you - keep an APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR.

Martha and Jed Richards live in Oregon in 1862. They and their two daughters moved there to make a new life, but the daughters died of cholera along the way. This has left Martha an emotional wreck, and she is unable to move on with her life. That is until an orphan named Danny comes to live with them. Jed immediately accepts Danny as his son, but Martha is still too upset to be able to love him. As time passes, however, she finds herself more and more able to accept him as part of the family.

An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her death, he refuses to take care of the baby and gives it to a family (Lavrentis Dianellos and Nitsa Tsaganea) to raise. The child (Jenny Karezi) is raised comfortably, and her natural father is too embarrassed to meet her - until she falls in love with a poor musician (Petros Fysoun), and her foster parents refuse to accept their relationship.

Six weeks is the period in which parents of newborn babies in Poland may decide to give up a child for adoption. Marcin Janos Krawczyk looks at one child's fate through the eyes of the mother who must make her irreversible decision and the joyful parents who adopt her baby.

An adaptation of the Diego Fabbri play.