Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "gay-adoption"

1. Modern Family (2009–2020)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.

Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 484,775

2. Knock at the Cabin (2023)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird

Votes: 115,961

3. Queer as Folk (2000–2005)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Romance

Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA.

Stars: Gale Harold, Hal Sparks, Randy Harrison, Michelle Clunie

Votes: 22,477

4. The Family Stone (2005)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An uptight, liberal businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton

Votes: 75,287 | Gross: $60.06M

5. Housekeeping for Beginners (2023)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

Despite never aspiring to be a mother, Dita finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend's two daughters. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together.

Director: Goran Stolevski | Stars: Samson Selim, Mia Mustafi, Dzada Selim, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 535

6. Brüno (2009)

R | 81 min | Comedy

Flamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu

Votes: 153,949 | Gross: $60.05M

7. Behind the Candelabra (2013)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman

Votes: 45,441

8. Falling (I) (2020)

R | 112 min | Drama

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.

Director: Viggo Mortensen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen

Votes: 6,996

9. Adam (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Director: Max Mayer | Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving

Votes: 35,793 | Gross: $2.28M

10. Camp (2013)

43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Little Otter Family Camp is a wicked slice of lake-side heaven. Parents decompress with gin while teenagers make gleeful mischief and fall in and out of love.

Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Thom Green, Dena Kaplan, Tim Pocock

Votes: 2,565

11. Eastern Boys (2013)

Unrated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A businessman makes a regular arrangement with a Ukrainian prostitute, despite the youngster's involvement in a controlling street gang.

Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Edéa Darcque

Votes: 3,847 | Gross: $0.02M

12. 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: 3,083

13. Any Day Now (I) (2012)

R | 98 min | Drama

In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.

Director: Travis Fine | Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher

Votes: 6,575 | Gross: $0.20M

14. The Dream Children (2015)

98 min | Drama

Troubled TV personality Steven Evans struggles to find meaning in his life in the face of the superficial world he has created. Smothered by celebrity and materialism, Steven's only respite... See full summary »

Director: Robert Chuter | Stars: Graeme Squires, Nicholas Gunn, Jessikah Brown, Chris Pender

Votes: 512

15. Broken Harts (2021)

85 min | Documentary

In 2018, two women drove themselves and their adopted children off a California cliff. None survived. Investigators expose the dark truth behind the family's picture online life and challenge a system that failed six innocent children.

Director: Gregory Palmer | Stars: Zaron Burnett, Joni E. Johnston

Votes: 289

16. It's All Relative (2003–2004)

30 min | Comedy, Romance

So you think Romeo and Juliet had family issues? Listen to this: Bobby is a bartender and the only son of gregarious, salt-of-the-earth Irish Catholic parents from Boston. His fiancée Liz, ... See full summary »

Stars: Lenny Clarke, Harriet Sansom Harris, Reid Scott, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 337

17. Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! (2009)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

Every Friday night Shirley invites another "perfect" woman for Shabbat dinner in hopes that her son, Nelson, will marry a nice Jewish girl. Nelson, however, has something to tell them...he's gay.

Director: Evgeny Afineevsky | Stars: Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Pastore, John Lloyd Young

Votes: 987 | Gross: $0.09M

18. Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)

Unrated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.

Director: Ella Lemhagen | Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Torkel Petersson, Tom Ljungman, Amanda Davin

Votes: 10,397 | Gross: $0.06M

19. Allen Gregory (2011–2023)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

A pretentious seven-year-old attempts to attend regular grade school after his family goes through hard times.

Stars: Jonah Hill, Nat Faxon, Will Forte, Joy Osmanski

Votes: 3,604

20. 101 Reykjavík (2000)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Will the 30 y.o. Hlynur ever move out of his mother's apartment in Reykjavík? Social welfare keeps him passive but things change when his mother's Spanish friend, Lola, arrives and stays through Xmas and New Year's Eve.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Victoria Abril, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir

Votes: 9,939 | Gross: $0.01M

21. A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy (2020)

Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary

An SUV with a female couple and their six adopted children plunge into the Pacific Ocean, leaving behind more questions than answers.

Votes: 138

22. Cachorro (2004)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and many friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When the arrangement becomes permanent , Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and Bernardo forge a household together.

Director: Miguel Albaladejo | Stars: José Luis García-Pérez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo

Votes: 3,688 | Gross: $0.10M

23. Dealin' with Idiots (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy

After experiencing the insanity of the adults connected to his son's baseball team, a comedian researches for a comedy movie about them.

Director: Jeff Garlin | Stars: Jeff Garlin, Steve Agee, Gina Gershon, Jami Gertz

Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $0.02M

24. Breakfast with Scot (2007)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Eric, a sports announcer and former hockey player, doesn't know how to deal with the flamboyant young boy to whom he and his partner suddenly become guardians.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett, Benz Antoine

Votes: 3,252 | Gross: $0.05M

25. Trail of Lies (2013–2014)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jealous of his adoptive sister, an unscrupulous man separates her from her newborn daughter, who is found and adopted by a lovable man.

Stars: Mateus Solano, Paolla Oliveira, Antônio Fagundes, Malvino Salvador

Votes: 798

26. You Don't Choose Your Family (2011)

103 min | Comedy

Alex wants to adopt charming 5-year old little Miley, who lives in Thailand, but according to Thai law, adoptive parents need to be a married couple. Alex recruits his bankrupt auto-dealer ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Clavier | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin, Héléna Noguerra

Votes: 1,825

27. Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.

Director: Patrik-Ian Polk | Stars: Darryl Stephens, Rodney Chester, Gary LeRoi Gray, Christian Vincent

Votes: 900 | Gross: $0.53M

28. The Baby Formula (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A family uproar is caused when a scientific breakthrough allows lesbian couple Athena and Lilith to have each other's child.

Director: Alison Reid | Stars: Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jessica Booker

Votes: 309

29. Adored: Diary of a Porn Star (2003)

Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

Set in the south of France, Riki Kandinski and his elder brother Fredrico, come back to their family castle for their father's funeral. They haven't seen each other in a long time and ... See full summary »

Director: Marco Filiberti | Stars: Luigi Diberti, Francesca d'Aloja, Claudio Vanni, Alessandra Acciai

Votes: 426

30. Comme les autres (2008)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pilar López de Ayala, Pascal Elbé, Anne Brochet

Votes: 1,423

31. The Other Family (2011)

127 min | Drama

The story of Hendrix, a 7-year-old child that's been abandoned by his crack-addict mother Nina. Ivana, her best friend rescues him, however, she can't take care of him because of an ongoing... See full summary »

Director: Gustavo Loza | Stars: Jorge Salinas, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Ana Serradilla, Bruno Loza

Votes: 894

32. A Christmas Exchange (2020 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance

This holiday season, Molly Cooper swaps her snow covered farmhouse for Patrick Kensington's posh London apartment. While enjoying Christmas time in the UK, Molly begins to look forward to ... See full summary »

Director: Justin G. Dyck | Stars: Laura Vandervoort, Rainbow Sun Francks, Yanic Truesdale, Martin Roach

Votes: 670

33. Outrage (I) (2009)

R | 90 min | Documentary

An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.

Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Barney Frank, James McGreevey, Kevin Naff, Dan Popkey

Votes: 1,754 | Gross: $0.04M

34. I Will Survive (2004)

102 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

This story follows four friends, 3 females and one gay man, who all strive to be good mothers in the midst of a world of conflicts and cares. It opens during the fifth wedding of Ma'am ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Maricel Soriano, Dina Bonnevie, Judy Ann Santos, Eric Quizon

Votes: 39

35. Get Your Stuff (2000)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A wealthy professional gay couple, who wish to adopt children, see their lives turned topsy turvy when they take in two misbehaving brothers, supposedly just for one night.

Director: Max Mitchell | Stars: Cameron Watson, Anthony Meindl, Elaine Hendrix, Grady Hutt

Votes: 624

36. All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise (2006 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Documentary

A documentary on the maiden cruise of R Family Vacations, the travel company founded by Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell, which specializes in gay family vacations. Setting sail on July 11, 2004, ... See full summary »

Director: Shari Cookson | Stars: Poppy Champlin, Gavin Creel, Pam Elliott, Judy Gold

Votes: 312

37. Daddy and Papa (2002)

57 min | Documentary

Daddy & Papa explores the lives of gay men who have made a decision that is both traditional and revolutionary: to raise kids themselves.

Director: Johnny Symons | Star: Johnny Symons

Votes: 129

38. 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

39. In the Life (1992–2012)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

A newsmagazine focused on LGBT issues and culture, originally broadcast on PBS.

Stars: Harvey Fierstein, Katherine Linton, Bill Brochtrup, Michael Billy

Votes: 69

40. Two Men and a Baby (1994)

7 min | Documentary, Short

Ray and Tyrone are raising Ray's nephew Eric, whose mother died of AIDS-related illness. When Eric contracts pneumonia, they discover that he is HIV positive. A poignant story of living with AIDS and family love.

Director: Juanita Mohammed

41. Off and Running (2009)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean-Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Opper

Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.02M

42. He's Having a Baby (2003)

39 min | Documentary, Short

Jeff Danis is a successful Hollywood agent. Over 40 and with a steady lover he now feels that a child is necessary to make his life complete. Over the doubts of his lover he decides to ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Hartmann | Star: Cory Weisman

Votes: 7

43. A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration (2010 TV Movie)

TV-G | 40 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

What is a family? Rosie O'Donnell looks at the many answers to this question in this documentary that features original songs and thoughtful kids musing on love and family. The show ... See full summary »

Director: Amy Schatz | Stars: Rosie O'Donnell, Ziggy Marley, Elizabeth Mitchell

Votes: 123

44. The Right to Love: An American Family (2012)

88 min | Documentary

The Right to Love: An American Family chronicles one story of courage born out of the highly mediatized and controversial Prop 8 2008 election results in California.

Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Justin R. Cannon, Bryan Leffew, Jay Leffew, Denise Miney

Votes: 94

45. The Power of Harmony (2005)

70 min | Documentary, Music

The Power of Harmony, through the personal experiences of a gay men's chorus, takes an intimate look at controversial issues of the day: coming out and gay marriage, religious views on ... See full summary »

Director: Ginny Martin | Stars: Ron Gowans-Savage, Seth Gowans-Savage, Jason Munoz

Votes: 36

46. Bedfellows (2010)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

The film 'Bedfellows,' told in the style of an old children's fairy tale but set against the modern-day backdrop of New York City, follows the adventure of 20-something Bobby as he returns ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Stefanos | Stars: Paul Caiola, Bret Shuford, Tom Gualtieri, Kevin Duda

Votes: 239

47. Spinnin' (2007)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Spinnin' is a wonderfully exuberant, multi-layered Spanish drama. MADRID 1995. Garate and Omar are young, gay and in love, and want to have a child. After failed attempts with their female ... See full summary »

Director: Eusebio Pastrana | Stars: Damián Alcolea, Matilde Alcázar, María Brea, Ainhoa Calles

Votes: 184

48. Raising Heroes (1996)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

A succesful gay couple is in the process of adopting a child when one of them witnesses a mob hit.

Director: Douglas Langway | Stars: Troy Sostillio, Henry White, Edmond Sorel, Stewart Groves

Votes: 122

49. Fathers' Day (1990)

83 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Thomas and Stéphane are happy as lovers but feel that they need to adopt a child to make their lives more complete.

Director: Joy Fleury | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Alain Souchon, Gunilla Karlzen, Rémi Martin

Votes: 127

50. Laughing Matters (2004 Video)

Unrated | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, Romance

Documentary film about these 4 ground-breaking lesbian comediennes. Interviews are interspersed with stand-up material.

Director: Andrea Meyerson | Stars: Kate Clinton, Marga Gómez, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Karen Williams

Votes: 57