A Home of Our Own

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 5 Nov 1993 · English

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 countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.

Losing Isaiah

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 17 Mar 1995 · English

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 reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.

Philomena

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 1 Nov 2013 · English

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Ladybird Ladybird

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 18 Feb 1994 · English

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.

The Deep End of the Ocean

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 12 Mar 1999 · English

A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.

Lion

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 24 Nov 2016 · English

A 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 Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Finding Neverland

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 29 Oct 2004 · English

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

Oliver Twist

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 15 May 1997 · English

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Mr. Church

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 16 Sept 2016 · English

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

Skin

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 24 Jul 2009 · English

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Oliver Twist

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 23 Sept 2005 · English

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Sweetness in the Belly

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 6 Sept 2019 · English

Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.