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1) The witches
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world₂s Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe,...
2) Pollyanna
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Pollyanna becomes an orphan and moves in with her aunt in a little English town. Everyone is affected by Pollyanna's big heart. They get the opportunity to repay Pollyanna for her goodness when she has a terrible accident.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
6) Leap!
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
7) Hugo
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This videodisc tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet isolation until his past sins catch up to him. Recreating the family which was stolen from him by a drunk driver, a young girl now lives with Norman, and when criminals kidnap her, he will do anything to save her.
12) Life of Pi
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
13) Mothering Sunday
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her employers out of town, a maid in 1920s England has a rare chance to meet with her secret lover, the son from a nearby manor. Class issues keep them apart, and although he is about to leave to marry a suitable wife, the events of this weekend could change their lives -- and love -- forever.
14) August Rush
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Having been orphaned and working as a street musician, a musically talented kid uses his gift to find his birth parents.
15) Ballet shoes
Publisher
Koch Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Three orphans raised by the niece of an eccentric explorer in 1930s London aspire to careers on the stage and in the theater.
16) Annie
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The story of a plucky red-haired orphan girl who dreams of a life outside her dingy orphanage.
17) Orphan
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When a family adopts Esther, a nine-year-old Russian orphan with a tragic background, mysterious and disturbing events start occurring around the family and Esther's new classmates in school.
19) Jolene
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old orphan Jolene embarks on a decade-long, cross-country adventure to experience all life has to offer.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.