List of Adoption – Themed Movies

PLEASE NOTE: We recommend that parents always view an adoption-themed movie first to determine its appropriateness for THEIR child. While we believe that foster care and adoption-themed movies can be a great vehicle for opening the door to conversations about foster care and adoption, parents should always determine if they feel comfortable exposing their child to a movie’s story, messages or themes. It is also important for parents to be aware of foster care and adoption-themed movies that their children’s non-adopted peers are likely viewing. Movies can influence children’s attitudes about foster and adoptive families.

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Movies for Children:

Angels in the Outfield
Anne of Green Gables
Annie (both versions)
Cinderella w/Brandy & Whitney Houston
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
Free Willy
Finding Dory Read Ellen Singer’s movie review!
Harry Potter series
Kung Fu Panda (1, 2 and 3) Read Ellen Singer’s movie review!
Like Mike
Lilo and Stitch
Little Secrets
Martian Child
Meet the Robinsons
New! Moana Read Ellen Singer’s movie review!
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Prince of Egypt
Stuart Little
Stuart Little 2
Storks Read Ellen Singer’s movie review!
Superman & Superman (2013)
Tarzan
The Country Bears
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Kid
The Lost Medallion
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Rescuers Down Under
The Jungle Book
The Wizard of Oz

Movies for Adults:

Admission
Antwone Fisher
Babbette’s Feast
Blossoms in the Dust
Catfish & Black Bean
Chanell
Children of Paradise
Cider House Rules
Cinema Paradiso
Citizen Kane/Zelig
CoCo—The Story of CoCo
Come Back Little Sheba
Coming Home
First Person
Flirting with Disaster
Greystroke
High Tide
I Am Sam
Immediate Family
Into the Arms of Strangers
Juno Thief of Bagdad
King of Hearts
Les Miserables
New! Lion Read Ellen Singer’s Movie Review!
Live and Become
Losing Isaiah
Loggerheads
Lovely and Amazing
Miss Saigon
Mother and Child
Orphans
Philomena
Plural The King of Masks
Rear Window
Sauce Soldiers
Second Best
Secrets and Lies
Singing In The Rain
St. Vincent
Star Wars Trilogy
Steve Jobs
The 10 Commandments
The Big Wedding
The Deep End of the Ocean
The Italian
The Joy Luck Club
The Key of the Kingdom
The Miracle
The Official Story
The Other Son
The Searchers
The Spit Fire Grill
The Truman Show
Then She Found Me
To Each His Own
Twinsters
White Oleander