Orphan Movies

From 1950 to 1953, one hundred thousand children were orphaned by the Korean War. With no resources to mend the wounds, the two sides, North and Sout...

Musical romantic comedy about an orphan and the son of a Colonel and his snooty wife, who refuses to give them her blessing.

In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Circus.

Real-life clown Jack Thum, along with his devoted wife, Shirlee, cared for dozens of homeless children — 37 of them over the years — in the Chicago ar...

A feisty homeless orphan girl struggles with winter cold and hunger.

The story follows a young man on a quest to find his true love in a crowded Karachi neighbourhood. He must overcome the obstacles, both spiritual and...

At school, Luca is falsely accused of a prank and wishes he had a father who would defend him in front of the headmaster. His father is dead, but he m...

A group of WW2 orphans, now young people in their late teens, find out that one of them is a child of a war criminal. They are determined to discover...

In 18th century Venice, 20-year-old violin virtuoso Cecilia lives at the Pièta orphanage, where, despite her talent, she remains confined, knowing tha...

A historical drama about a Jewish child who is adopted by a German couple and is eventually removed from the home.

Red Ryder battles an unscrupulous fur thief named Hunter for the right to trap beaver and otter on the land of Chief Running Fox.

Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The...

A year in the life of children in the Province of Anhui in China, who have lost their parents to AIDS. Traditional obligations to family and village c...

Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell hi...

Felix, a 21-year-old loner and drifter who seeks a way of life comes to a humble village entrerriano and work relationship with a man who after losing...

150 underprivileged and orphaned students in the remote jungle of Thailand attending the country's first democratic school prepare a special celebrati...

A French orphan girl is adopted into the home of wealthy Americans. There she becomes romantically involved with a farm worker and at the same time en...

An orphan in 18th century London lashes out against the harrowing child labor market.

An exploration of entering and leaving consciousness from the perspective of non-human bodies trapped in everlasting cycles of abuse.