Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "foster-father"

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,176,977 | Gross: $204.84M

2. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith

Votes: 226,831

3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel

Votes: 761,496 | Gross: $389.81M

4. Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler

Votes: 125,445

5. Step Up (2006)

PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Tyler receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington

Votes: 127,060 | Gross: $65.33M

6. About Schmidt (2002)

R | 125 min | Drama

A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates

Votes: 133,719 | Gross: $65.02M

7. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Young Punky Brewster is abandoned with her dog, Brandon, in a supermarket. When she befriends Henry Warnimont, her new family life begins.

Stars: Soleil Moon Frye, George Gaynes, Cherie Johnson, Sandy

Votes: 6,117

8. Child's Play 2 (1990)

R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.

Director: John Lafia | Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise

Votes: 57,846 | Gross: $28.50M

9. The Sword in the Stone (1963)

G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.

Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand | Stars: Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews

Votes: 106,701 | Gross: $22.18M

10. Before I Wake (2016)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.

Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay, Annabeth Gish

Votes: 51,893

11. Ten Inch Hero (2007)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An artist gets a job at a beachside sandwich shop, where she hangs out with a techie, a flirt, a rocker, a hippie, and a Wiccan.

Director: David Mackay | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Clea DuVall, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 13,334

12. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,925 | Gross: $1.01M

13. Awareness (2023)

112 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A teenager who lives with his father on the outskirts by running small scams using Ian's ability to generate visual illusions upon unsuspecting victims. Things get complicated when his powers get out of control in public.

Director: Daniel Benmayor | Stars: Carlos Scholz, Pedro Alonso, Enzo Calleja, Jesús Castells

Votes: 2,836

14. Hotel for Dogs (2009)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family

Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.

Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Don Cheadle

Votes: 25,081 | Gross: $73.03M

15. Varisu (2023)

Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama

Vijay Rajendran is a happy to-go lucky man. Things change when his father becomes terminally ill, and he is left to manage his business empire.

Director: Vamshi Paidipally | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna, Shaam, Prabhu

Votes: 38,261

16. Second Best (1994)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: William Hurt, Nathan Yapp, Keith Allen, Chris Cleary Miles

Votes: 1,928 | Gross: $0.09M

17. One Deadly Summer (1983)

R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery

A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève

Votes: 5,376

18. Dinosaur King (2007–2009)

TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Max Taylor is the son of paleontologist Dr Spike Taylor and is a fan of dinosaurs.

Stars: Rebecca Soler, David Zen Mansley, Matt Hoverman, Megumi Matsumoto

Votes: 959

19. Madhouse (1974)

PG | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

Director: Jim Clark | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri

Votes: 4,529

20. An American Rhapsody (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama

A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s.

Director: Éva Gárdos | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johansson, Raffaella Bánsági, Tony Goldwyn

Votes: 4,602 | Gross: $0.85M

21. Vixen: The Movie (2017 Video)

Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Mari McCabe, an orphan who inherited her family Anansi totem, which allows her to have the speed and strength of any animal, must protect her totem, and 4 other elemental totems just like it, from her sister and others who try to take them

Directors: Curt Geda, James Tucker | Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Franz Drameh

Votes: 2,003

22. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 4,811

23. Superlopez (2018)

108 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Juan López, an ordinary and anonymous office worker, decides to expose his superpowers to turn into the first Spanish superhero: Superlópez.

Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Dani Rovira, Alexandra Jiménez, Julián López, Maribel Verdú

Votes: 4,216

24. Man of Evil (1944)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger

Votes: 637

25. The Sword in the Stone

Action, Adventure, Family | Announced

A young boy learns how to be a king with the help of a wizard. A live-action adaptation of Disney's animated feature film, "The Sword in the Stone."

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

26. In the Best Interest of the Children (1992 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.

Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sally Struthers, Lexi Randall, Gary Graham

Votes: 500

27. Bloodknot (1995 TV Movie)

R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

A grieving family opens its household to an unknown woman who claims to have been their dearly departed's girlfriend.

Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Margot Kidder, Allan Royal, Ashleigh Ann Wood, Patrick Dempsey

Votes: 326

28. Silas Marner (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Drama

When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.

Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart, Freddie Jones

Votes: 703

29. The Hollow Child (2017)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A troubled foster teen, Samantha, works to expose a dangerous supernatural impostor in her new family and rescue her foster sister.

Director: Jeremy Lutter | Stars: Jess McLeod, Hannah Cheramy, John Emmet Tracy, Jana Mitsoula

Votes: 1,732

30. Mother of Mine (2005)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, War

During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)), "... See full summary »

Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist, Michael Nyqvist

Votes: 4,612

31. Sound of the Desert (2014– )

Drama, History, Romance

Yu Jin was raised within the desert tribes of Xiong Nu, was forced to flee to Chinese capital Chang'an where she got caught into palace politics due to her romantic involvement to important men.

Stars: ShiShi Liu, Eddie Peng, Ge Hu, Fala Chen

Votes: 167

32. In the Name of God (I) (2013)

PG | 86 min | Drama

A teen feels unwanted after years of being in the foster care system. He moves in with a family, whose son doubts his parents' reasons for welcoming him into their home.

Director: Kevan Otto | Stars: John Ratzenberger, Eric Roberts, Patrick Davis Alarcón, Pete Freeland

Votes: 186

33. Krampus: The Reckoning (2015)

90 min | Horror

Zoe, a strange child, has a not so imaginary friend Krampus, who is the dark companion of St. Nicholas.

Director: Robert Conway | Stars: Monica Engesser, Amelia Haberman, James Ray, Kevin Tye

Votes: 1,487

34. Armaan (2003)

Not Rated | 158 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Dr Aakash Sinha has to marry a spoiled brat Sonia.By sacrificing his love for Dr Neha to full the dream of his late father Dr Siddarth Sinha.

Director: Honey Irani | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity G Zinta, Gracy Singh

Votes: 1,210 | Gross: $0.30M

35. The King of the Kongo (1929)

213 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A Secret Service agent searches the jungle for his missing brother, also an agent. He encounters a young woman there who is also searching, but for her missing father. They encounter a gang... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jacqueline Logan, Walter Miller, Richard Tucker, Boris Karloff

Votes: 63

36. Her Name Was Jo (2020)

104 min | Adventure

Ten year old Jo spends her days along the Shenandoah River with her imaginary best friend Selma, fishing, scrapping for metal-surviving. But when her abusive junkie stepdad dies, Jo decides... See full summary »

Director: Joe Duca | Stars: Mary Cate Williams, Elisa Duca, Jim Constable, Nichole Naccash

Votes: 258

37. The Children Nobody Wanted (1981 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Based on the true story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Fredric Lehne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matt Clark, Noble Willingham

Votes: 264

38. Kickoff (2011)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

In 5-man-a-side soccer, a newly formed gay team goes up against an established team with a deserved reputation for violence and a skittish first-time official, with more action off-field than on.

Director: Rikki Beadle Blair | Stars: Duncan MacInnes, Ian Sharp, Kyle Treslove, Ludvig Bonin

Votes: 490

39. Warat (1999)

108 min | Action, Drama

Rex and Rica are G.I. babies born to American fathers they never knew. Raised by a rich, gay adoptive father, Rex grew up feeling worthless and alone. Rica was brought up by an arrogant ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Jomari Yllana, Joyce Jimenez, Joko Diaz, Richard Quan

Votes: 399

40. The Wyvern Mystery (2000 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After hastening the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice falls in love with one of the ... See full summary »

Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Naomi Watts, Derek Jacobi, Iain Glen, Jack Davenport

Votes: 627

41. Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)

Passed | 267 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A mad scientist plots the domination of America and only the masked hero, The Copperhead, can stop him.

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Eduardo Ciannelli, Robert Wilcox, William Newell, C. Montague Shaw

Votes: 279

42. Lazybones (1925)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy, Virginia Marshall, Edythe Chapman

Votes: 578

43. Krantiveer (1994)

Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Disowned by his parents at a young age, a man ends up in a small village controlled by underworld dons and powerful politicians. Lazy, alcoholic, and unemployed, he gets influenced by a journalist with a positive mission.

Director: Mehul Kumar | Stars: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni

Votes: 2,373

44. Förortsungar (2006)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Kidz in da Hood is the gripping and warm story of Amina, who came to Sweden with her grandfather three years ago. Amina has not yet received her residency permit and when her grandfather ... See full summary »

Directors: Catti Edfeldt, Ylva Gustavsson | Stars: Beylula Kidane Adgoy, Gustaf Skarsgård, Embla Hjulström, Jennifer Brown

Votes: 965

45. Night of Evil (1962)

88 min | Drama

The story of a young girl who goes from being a high school cheerleader to a stripper who commits an armed robbery.

Director: Richard Galbreath | Stars: Lisa Gaye, William Campbell, Lynette Bernay, Remo Pisani

Votes: 97

46. Terminator the Second (2011 TV Movie)

96 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Terminator the Second is a parody of the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, constructed solely of lines and phrases from the plays of William Shakespeare.

Directors: Cody DeVos, Marshall Weber | Stars: Jamie Bradley, Randal Cooper, Jasson Cring, Phillip Currie

Votes: 6

47. María José (1995)

Romance

Maria Jose raised in poverty by her foster dad and the only thing she knows about her biological father is that he's a rich man.

Stars: Claudia Ramírez, Arturo Peniche, María Victoria, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Votes: 21

48. A Place to Be Loved (1993 TV Movie)

95 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and ... See full summary »

Director: Sandy Smolan | Stars: Richard Crenna, Rhea Perlman, Linda Kelsey, Cotter Smith

Votes: 149

49. We Are Dad (2005)

Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV

A gay couple who are pediatric AIDS nurses become foster parents to infants who are HIV positive, and decide to challenge the State of Florida's law banning adoption by gay people

Director: Michel Horvat | Stars: Roger Croteau, Steven Lofton, Alan Ball, Ron Brenesky

Votes: 100

50. March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017)

140 min | Drama

With friendship of other shogi players and the care of the Kawamoto sisters, Kiriyama Rei's frozen heart melts as he starts to truly appreciate shogi and the world he lives in. However, the... See full summary »

Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Hideaki Itô, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura

Votes: 271