Films like Instant Family

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   Short Term 12

   Film · 2013 · also drama

   Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough...

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   Losing Isaiah

   Film · 1995 · also drama

   Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reali...

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   A Home of Our Own

   Film · 1993 · also drama

   In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countr...

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   Bringing Down the House

   Film · 2003 · also comedy and drama

   Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he...

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   Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

   Film · 1990 · also comedy and drama

   Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city buildi...

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   The Boys of St. Vincent

   Film · 1994 · also drama

   The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

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   Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

   Film · 2024 · also drama

   Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in t...

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   Sleepwalking

   Film · 2008 · also drama

   When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon ru...

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   Nowhere Special

   Film · 2020 · also drama

   John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When Jo...

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    Fatherhood

    Film · 2021 · also comedy and drama

    A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

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