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Movies: Best "child abandonment" Movies


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Joe Dirt(2001)

2.8/5 (with 324 votes)

Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks.

Pietà(2012)

NR
| 1h 44min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 153 votes)

A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk - With Lee Jeong-jin, Jo Min-su, Kang Eun-jin, Woo Ki-hong, Cho Jae-ryong, Kwon Yul, ...

Coin Locker Girl(2015)

1h 50min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 42 votes)

A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.

Directed by Han Jun-hee - With Kim Hye-soo

Hick(2011)

R
| 1h 39min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 186 votes)

A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.

Mrs. Soffel(1984)

PG-13
| 1h 52min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.

Homecoming(1996)

PG
| 1h 45min | Drama, TV Movie
4.0/5 (with 4 votes)

When their mother disappears, a group of siblings are forced to fend for themselves, and make their way on their own. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in.

He Who Is Without Sin...(1952)

1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.

The Surface(2015)

1h 19min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.

Directed by Michael J. Saul

Bear Cub(2004)

PG-13
| 1h 39min | Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to forge a household together.

Directed by Miguel Albaladejo - With David Castillo, Elvira Lindo, Fernando Tejero, José Luis García Pérez, Arno Chevrier, Alfonso Torregrosa, ...

Děvčata, nedejte se!(1937)

1h 25min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Every Child(1979)

3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

This animated short follows an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house. The film is the Canadian contribution to an hour-long feature film celebrating UNESCO's Year of the Child (1979). It illustrates one of the ten principles of the Declaration of Children's Rights: every child is entitled to a name and a nationality. The film took home an Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film.

One Night(2019)

2h 3min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.

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A Place for Annie(1994)

1h 39min | Drama, TV Movie
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later she plans too adopt her -- but suddenly Annie's mother reappears and demands her back. And under the law, Susan, as foster-mother, has no claim to the child.

Directed by John Gray - With Sissy Spacek

Faith Connections(2013)

1h 55min | Documentary, Drama
2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

A filmmaker's insight into the biggest gathering on earth -the Kumbh Mela.

Directed by Pan Nalin

Knitting(2021)

1h 35min | Drama

Five brothers end up being raised by their older brother after their mother's death. One day, as adults, they receive the news that a comatose man in an ICU could be their father. In the hospital's waiting room, the brothers immerse themselves in their conflicts and memories, and through the knitting learned in childhood.

Broken Places(2018)

1h 16min | Documentary

An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims profiled decades ago, we learn how their experiences shaped their lives as adults.

The Drop Box(2015)

1h 19min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

One winter, a pastor finds an abandoned infant on his church steps, and builds 'a drop box' to rescue any future foundlings.

Directed by Bryan Ivie

Gold(1953)

1h 56min | Drama, Comedy, Music
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Anwar Wagdi plays vagabond musician Alfredo, who comes across an abandoned baby in the night. He tries his best to get our heroes someone to take it and raise it. When that fails, he has no choice but to raise it on his own. He names the child, Dabab, after the beautiful woman he's encountered on the street. Years pass and Dahab grows up to be the Faryuz, who is actually cute, talented and far less grating than our Ms. Temple. Many Chaplinesque hijinks ensue as Alfredo and Dahab play music on the streets, try to scam free food wherever they can and convince the owner of a successful nightclub to let Dahab perform.

Directed by Anwar Wagdi - With Fayruz, Magda Sabbahi

Sentimento Mútuo(2019)

7min | Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Olote(2021)

Julia is a child living in a Mexican town trapped in the war against drug trafficking. After waiting for days for his father’s return she meets Miria, a hitman boy.

Details(2019)

13min | Drama

Amelia falls in love with Dan, but she is fighting to escape a past that threatens to repeat itself. Can Amelia’s new relationship survive the hidden details?