Films like Martian Child
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
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Carbon Copy
Film · 1981 · also comedy and dramaA middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-ex...
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Instant Family
Film · 2018 · also comedy and dramaWhen Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings,...
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Second Best
Film · 1994 · also dramaThe difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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Secrets & Lies
Film · 1996 · also dramaAfter her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working clas...
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A Home of Our Own
Film · 1993 · also dramaIn 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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Fatherhood
Film · 2021 · also comedy and dramaA 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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Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
Film · 2004 · also comedyRay and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids...
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3 Men and a Baby
Film · 1987 · also comedyThree bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
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Lion
Film · 2016 · also dramaA five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Austra...
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Ezra
Film · 2024 · also comedy and dramaStand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront difficult decisions...
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