Orphanage Movies

Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to...

An adventurous group of friends dare to break into the abandoned orphanage and quickly find themselves trapped and fighting against unnatural forces.

When a desolate and vulnerable girl is forced to enter an orphanage with her younger siblings, she must overcome harsh adversity and hardship to...

On his deathbed, Ludovico entrusts his daughter Margot to the housekeeper, Felicia, asking that the family villa be transformed into an orphanage so...

A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.

At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon...

When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.

A kindly but firm priest mentors a troubled young boy at the famous Boys Town, a residential care community for troubled youth.

A ranch owner turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II. His evil female lawyer covets the ranch and uses a...

An American doctor establishes an orphanage in Ecuador to help the starving and homeless children of the Amazon rain-forest.

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him...

The animated documentary - a mix of live-action footage and animation - tells of the brutal everyday life in the orphanages of the 60s / 70s. Often...

A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

Veronica is a flighty girl who lives in an orphanage. At the age of 5, a fairy godmother gives her a charmed bag, which can fulfill every wish.

A happy child is sent to a harsh institution for orphans where the headmaster dislikes her, but her hopes for a customary Christmas treat spark magic.

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage...

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.

The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the...

Girls of a corrupt orphanage are being sold by the sadistic matrons to a badly disfigured doctor. His sinister motive is to use the girls as guinea...