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1) Nacho Libre
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A mexican Friar (Jack Black) secretly lives his dream of becoming a professional wrestler while providing care for orphans with his winnings and hoping to win the heart of a nun.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer nonetheless feels the need to strike out on his own and experience the world outside. There he falls for the beautiful Candy and learns some powerful lessons about life, love and home.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Danish
Description
Jacob runs a struggling orphanage in one of India's poorest regions. Desperate to save an orphanage from closing, he returns to Denmark to meet Jorgen, a wealthy businessman and potential benefactor. What appears to be nothing more than a friendly gesture to attend a wedding sets in motion an increasingly devastating series of surprises, revelations, and confessions that will forever change their lives.
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Isabel has devoted her life to working with the children in a Calcutta orphanage. Theresa is the multimillionaire leader of a media company who lives with her artist husband in New York. When Isabel hears of a mysterious and generous grant for the financially strained orphanage, she must travel to New York to meet the benefactor, Theresa, in person, who then insists she stay for a family wedding.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp. LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A pastor encourages his congregation to foster orphaned children for the holidays after a fire burns down St. Jerome's Home for Children. Jessie is reluctant to take in foster children, but his girlfriend Maggie presses him to reconsider. Jessie comes home to find his father has already taken in two children!! After an icy introduction, Jessie works to get to know the children and plans a grand holiday party for them after hearing their life story!...
6) The Italian
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c2005
Language
Russian
Description
After discovering his mother is still alive, a six-year-old Russian boy runs away from his orphanage and sets out on a perilous journey to find her. Pursued by orphanage staff and the police, Vanya Solntsev must now face the most difficult challenges of his young life in this story inspired by true events.
7) Like Mike
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Calvin is an orphan boy who finds a pair of magic sneakers with the initials M.J. on the inside. Once he puts them on, he's got game, and wins a spot in the NBA. But his "skill" pits him against his team's star player - until the two rivals discover they have more in common than they could ever imagine.
8) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Lillian and Grace are sisters who open an orphanage in the 1916 Western town of Brookfield. As the two are caught between the traditions of cattle ranchers and the ambitions of a growing town, they strive to find romance and happiness while overcoming the challenges of helping the children in their care. Throughout their journey, they discover community, acceptance and love as they create the family they always longed to have.
10) Annie
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
11) Lion
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia.
Series
Publisher
Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
George Muller lived on radical prayer, depending on God to supply all his needs instead of asking others for help, even in his most desperate situations. By the time God opened his eyes to the neglected street children and the horrors of the workhouses, George did what he had always done, he prayed and trusted God to accomplish the impossible.
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