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51. Return to Seoul (2022)
R | 119 min | Drama
A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Director: Davy Chou | Stars: Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young
Votes: 8,570
52. Airplane Mode (II) (2019)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
En route to Australia, Logan is terrified; it's his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the "influencers" aboard refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode. The internet is about to crash.
Directors: David Dinetz, Dylan Trussell | Stars: Logan Paul, Lauren Swickard, Juanpa Zurita, Lele Pons
Votes: 4,802
53. Sarah's Key (2010)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, War
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 17,959 | Gross: $7.69M
54. The Unforgiven (1960)
Approved | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Western
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon
Votes: 9,789
55. Darkwing Duck (1991–1992)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short, Action
A bumbling superhero battles crime with the help of his daughter and pilot sidekick.
Stars: Jim Cummings, Terence McGovern, Christine Cavanaugh, Katie Leigh
Votes: 17,750
56. Year of the Rabbit (2019)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Detective Inspector Rabbit, a dedicated, tough, thick, and oft-inebriated Victorian copper, sleuths his way across London with his two young partners: a doofy rookie and a brilliant Black policewoman no one ever believes.
Stars: Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma, Alun Armstrong
Votes: 4,017
57. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,756
58. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this macabre comedy, retired boxing champion Mike Tyson, his brainy adopted Asian-American daughter, a friendly but wimpy gay gentleman ghost and a cursed perverse mean-spirited talking pigeon solve weird mysteries together.
Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash
Votes: 5,668
59. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town prepares for the homecoming of superstar Roxy Carmichael, as does a young outsider, who believes Roxy is her mother.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown
Votes: 5,961 | Gross: $3.99M
60. The Shunning (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.
Director: Michael Landon Jr. | Stars: Sherry Stringfield, Sarah Maine, Willie Stratford, Danielle Panabaker
Votes: 2,086
61. Cathy's Curse (1977)
R | 82 min | Horror
A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her aunt, who died as a child in a car accident. Soon, people around her begin to mysteriously die off.
Director: Eddy Matalon | Stars: Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray, Randi Allen, Dorothy Davis
Votes: 1,247
62. Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
Not Rated | 186 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Naina, an introverted, perpetually depressed girl's life changes when she meets Aman. But Aman has a secret of his own which changes their lives forever. Embroiled in all this is Rohit, Naina's best friend who conceals his love for her.
Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Preity G Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bachchan
Votes: 75,719 | Gross: $1.79M
63. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
His life was emotionally closed off from the world, until an orphaned baby showed up at his house.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara
Votes: 6,105 | Gross: $3.43M
64. Big City (1948)
Passed | 103 min | Drama
Margaret O'Brien sings, dances and keeps the faith in this heartwarming musical drama co-starring Robert Preston, Danny Thomas and George Murphy.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy
Votes: 356
65. Marriage (2022)
TV-14 | 57 min | Drama
Follows Ian and Emma, a married couple, who deal with the ups and downs of their 30-year long marriage.
Stars: Sean Bean, Nicola Walker, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Chantelle Alle
Votes: 2,570
66. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake
Votes: 9,750
67. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 13,084
68. Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
R | 132 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts
Votes: 5,769 | Gross: $5.01M
69. The Unknown Woman (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Piera Degli Esposti
Votes: 16,062 | Gross: $0.02M
70. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
Not Rated | 159 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Ameesha Patel
Votes: 32,477 | Gross: $1.10M
71. The Official Story (1985)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Votes: 10,918 | Gross: $0.03M
72. The Replacements (2006–2022)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Two orphans are given access to a super foster agency that enables them to replace people in their life with aces and superhumans.
Stars: Nancy Cartwright, Grey Griffin, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie
Votes: 3,298
73. The Red House (1947)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun
Votes: 4,979
74. Act Naturally (2011)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist resort, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Director: J.P. Riley | Stars: Katie L. Hall, Liz Lytle, Susan May Pratt, Alan Cox
Votes: 1,128
75. Penny Serenade (1941)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 8,098
76. A Mother's Crime (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Released from prison after 7 years for killing her husband, a troubled woman is determined to reclaim the child she had abandoned as a baby from the loving care of the woman who has been raising her, her estranged sister.
Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: April Bowlby, Jenny Gabrielle, Matt Page, Brytnee Atkinson
Votes: 230
77. The Club (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso
Votes: 12,029 | Gross: $0.03M
78. Then She Found Me (2007)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
April, 39, wants a baby but her husband leaves her. When her adoptive mother dies, she's contacted by her biological mother, a TV talk show host. April starts seeing the divorced dad of one of her students at school.
Director: Helen Hunt | Stars: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick
Votes: 10,241 | Gross: $3.74M
79. Glorious 39 (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, History, Mystery
The adopted daughter of a privileged British politician uncovers a family secret in the weeks leading up to World War II.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Romola Garai, Eddie Redmayne, Juno Temple, Toby Regbo
Votes: 5,712
80. Little Secrets (2001)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A fourteen-year-old aspiring violinist finds herself under an increasing amount of pressure to keep secrets for herself, her family and her newfound best friend.
Director: Blair Treu | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Angarano, David Gallagher, Vivica A. Fox
Votes: 3,437 | Gross: $0.41M
81. The Abandoned (2006)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An adopted woman returns to her home country and the family home that she never knew and must face the mystery that lies there.
Director: Nacho Cerdá | Stars: Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Goshev, Valentin Ganev
Votes: 13,320 | Gross: $1.26M
82. I've Loved You So Long (2008)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 20,739 | Gross: $3.17M
83. The Clown at Midnight (1998)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Seven teenagers are stalked by a murderous clown while refurbishing an old opera house.
Director: Jean Pellerin | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Margot Kidder, Sarah Lassez, James Duval
Votes: 2,374
84. The Godsend (1980)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror
When a strange woman has her baby at the Marlowe's house, then disappears, Kate Marlowe is forced to keep the baby, Bonnie. She loves the child, but when her own children are systematically killed, suspicion turns to Bonnie.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence, Patrick Barr
Votes: 1,273
85. Prowl (2010)
R | 84 min | Horror
In Famfield, the teenager Amber feels displaced and dreams on moving to Chicago. When she learns that she is the foster daughter of her mother, she decides to move to the big city. Amber ... See full summary »
Director: Patrik Syversen | Stars: Ruta Gedmintas, Josh Bowman, Perdita Weeks, Jamie Blackley
Votes: 5,151
86. Burning Palms (2010)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Thriller
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.
Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Dylan McDermott, Shannen Doherty
Votes: 3,086
87. Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A romantic teenage girl is adopted by a pair of elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley
Votes: 1,447
88. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989–1990)
165 min | Drama
Jessica, raised in a fanatical cult, endures brainwashing until her forbidden relationship with Melanie opens her eyes. They face cruel treatment for their 'unnatural' bond, but Jessica's spirit overcomes the oppressive teachings.
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Elizabeth Spriggs, Freda Dowie, Peter Gordon
Votes: 1,121
89. Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004)
170 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story starts in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos
Votes: 5,310 | Gross: $0.02M
90. Céline (1992)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
At 22, Céline receives several shocks: her father dies and she learns she was adopted; she rejects her inheritance, so her fiancé jilts her. She's suicidal. A nurse sees her weeping in ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Isabelle Pasco, María Luisa García, Danièle Lebrun, Daniel Tarrare
Votes: 608
91. Gigantic (2008)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A mattress salesman's plan to adopt a Chinese baby is augmented by the arrival of a young woman who comes to his workplace, falls asleep on one of the beds, and upon waking starts to affect his life.
Director: Matt Aselton | Stars: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner
Votes: 9,960 | Gross: $0.10M
92. Bloodmoon (1997)
R | 102 min | Action, Thriller
Martial arts action film finds a retired detective returning to action to stop a martial arts master with steel fingers who is killing champions from all sports.
Director: Siu-Hung Leung | Stars: Gary Daniels, Chuck Jeffreys, Frank Gorshin, Darren Shahlavi
Votes: 935
93. Far North (2007)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A soldier's unexpected arrival affects two women's simple existence.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec, Sean Bean, Gary Pillai
Votes: 3,248
94. Family of Strangers (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery, but when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted; later she learns that she was conceived from rape.
Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Martha Gibson, Gordon Clapp
Votes: 312
95. A Girl Named Sooner (1975 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
A young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made the ward of a childless couple.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Crenna, Don Murray, Anne Francis
Votes: 303
96. Allen v. Farrow (2021)
TV-MA | 64 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow.
Stars: Mia Farrow, Fletcher Previn, Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow, Casey Pascal
Votes: 7,873
97. Peeper (1975)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons. The case leads him to a rich oddball Beverly Hills family.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn, Michael Constantine
Votes: 932
98. Fascination (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.
Director: Klaus Menzel | Stars: James Naughton, Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Garcia, Stuart Wilson
Votes: 1,596 | Gross: $0.02M
99. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Drama, History
Alone yet Not Alone is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, two immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom.
Directors: Ray Bengston, George D. Escobar | Stars: Kelly Greyson, Natalie Racoosin, Clay Walker, Jenn Gotzon
Votes: 976 | Gross: $0.67M
100. Our Very Own (1950)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt
Votes: 658