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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with...
3) The infidel
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Meet Mahmud Nasir, loving husband, doting father, and something of a relaxed Muslim. He may not be the most observant, but in his heart he is a true Muslim. After his mother's death, Mahmud finds his birth certificate, which reveals that he was adopted at birth and he's Jewish, with the real name of Solly Shimshillewitz!
4) Twinsters
Publisher
Ignite Channel
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Identical twins born in Korea--one adopted by a family in the U.S., the other by a family in France--find each other by accident on Facebook and are reunited after 25 years of separation.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Missie's adopted daughter Belinda is determined to become a doctor, but despite her dedication and ability, Doc Jackson believes women should stay at home-- and so does Belinda's suitor, Drew Simpson. But with faith and hard work, Belinda begins winning the hearts and minds of everyone around her, including a wealthy dowager, who just might help make Belinda's dreams come true.
6) The jerk
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
8) Malignant
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When a woman starts to have disturbing visions of murders, she discovers that the visions are real."--
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Set against the stark beauty of the English moor, the mysterious gypsy boy Heathcliff, who has been adopted by the Earnshaw family, discovers his soul mate in his stepsister Cathy. As a man unable to have the love of his life, he seeks vengeance against anyone who comes between them.
10) Mansfield Park
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Fanny is an impoverished young woman, snubbed by society, who earns the respect and love of her cousin in this BBC mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen classic set in 19th century England.
11) Congorama
Publisher
Facets Multi-Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
"When Michel, an uninspired inventor from Belgium who trades on the success of his father, discovers he is adopted, he sets off to find his birth parents in Canada under the guise of selling one of his pointless inventions"--Container.
12) Blue bayou
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home." --
13) Return to Seoul
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Follows a young woman who was born in South Korea, adopted as a child, and raised in France, as she returns to South Korea and searches for her biological parents.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Richard Clayton has it all: Ellen, his loving fiancée, two wonderful, supportive parents, a successful career as a psychiatrist and a self-help book on anger management climbing the best seller list. Everything in his life is right on course. That is until his jealous brother tells Richard he was adopted. A private investigator locates his birth parents. Frank and Agnes Manure are a couple of crude, unrefined and offensive Carnies. Frank and...
15) Aida's secrets
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this moving documentary, the discovery of records from WWII sparks a family's quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other." --
16) Rose plays Julie
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It is the story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that are both devastating and dangerous." --
17) Ema
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Follows the story of a reggaeton dancer who embarks on a journey of liberation when her marriage falls apart after they must give up their adopted son."--
19) Quo vadis
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. As a Christian, she doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia resents this, but falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile, Nero's atrocities become...
Publisher
Newport Public Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Longest yard: Filmed on location at the Georgia State Prison. Semi-pro football is played with the cons as the heroes and the guards as the heavies.
Any given Sunday: Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach, faces a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner who's sure Tony is way behind the times.
Concussion: A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu,...
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