Here we've displayed a list of the best Orphan films : Modern Times(1936), Turtles Can Fly(2004), The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior(2008), Forbidden Games(1952), Shoeshine(1946), Shoplifters(2018), Mr. India(1987), My Life as a Zucchini(2016), After the Wedding(2006), The Magdalene Sisters(2002), Miracle in Milan(1951), Zanjeer(1973) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1936
89 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Tiny Sandford Chester Conklin Hank Mann Stanley Blystone Cecil Reynolds
factory worker orphan police officer amusing witty playful countryside factory prison nightclub aspirations modernization man vs. machine adventure discovery escape underdog 1930s
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
War, Drama
Iran|France|Iraq
2004
96 Minutes
Soran Ebrahim Hiresh Feysal Rahman Avaz Latif Saddam Hossein Feysal Abdol Rahman Karim
young boy orphan brother tribal leader sister bleak raw sad iraq refugee camp border cliff market iraq war struggle kurds horrors of war saddam hussein precognition underdog
Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
Adventure, Action
USA
2008
109 Minutes
Michael Copon Randy Couture Karen David Simon Quarterman Tom Wu Andreas Wisniewski Natalie Becker Jeremy Crutchley
mercenary father orphan sorcerer goddess warrior woman thrilling spectacular melodramatic mesopotamia city greece labyrinth underworld father/son relationship magic betrayal magical artifact tyranny murder
A desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece.
Drama
France
1952
87 Minutes
Brigitte Fossey Georges Poujouly Lucien Hubert Suzanne Contal Jacques Marin Laurence Badie
orphan son father emotional endearing profound france small town world war ii war childhood death friendship growing up 1940s
A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
Drama
Italy
1946
93 Minutes
Rinaldo Smordoni Franco Interlenghi Annielo Mele Bruno Ortenzi Emilio Cigoli Pacifico Astrologo Maria Campi Enrico De Silva Antonio Lo Nigro Anna Pedoni
shoeshine boy orphan brother con artist police officer bleak emotional racetrack rome juvenile detention boat troubled youth corruption poverty freedom friendship underdog fall escape 1940s
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy, save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison where the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
Adventure, Comedy, Action
India
1987
179 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Boney Kapoor Sridevi Amrish Puri Satish Kaushik Ashok Kumar Harish Patel Venus Pujari Tapan Shah Ahmed Khan Annu Kapoor
invisible man orphan supervillain young woman henchman amusing hilarious moving touching heartwarming passionate india house bungalow orphanage good vs. evil invisibility death of a child megalomania family relationships
A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
orphan police officer amusing charming cheeky confident creative endearing heartwarming inspiring playful positive foster home switzerland france meaning of life trust true love growing up orphans
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|UK|Norway
2006
115 Minutes
Mads Mikkelsen Rolf Lassgård Sidse Babett Knudsen Stine Fischer Christensen Christian Tafdrup Mona Malm Neeral Mulchandani Meenal Patel Neel Rønholt Henning Jensen Thomas Voss
businessperson daughter orphan boss love interest touching inspiring orphanage restaurant denmark india infidelity class distinctions aspirations wedding money financial crisis discovery quest 2000s
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Drama
Ireland|UK
2002
119 Minutes
Geraldine McEwan Anne-Marie Duff Nora-Jane Noone Dorothy Duffy Eileen Walsh Mary Murray Britta Smith Frances Healy Eithne McGuinness Rebecca Walsh Eamonn Owens
teen girl mother superior nun rebel orphan inmate bleak disturbing ireland convent school orphanage church imprisonment sexism abuse religion pregnancy rape growing up
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Fantasy
Italy
1951
96 Minutes
Emma Gramatica Francesco Golisano Paolo Stoppa Guglielmo Barnabò Brunella Bovo Anna Carena Arturo Bragaglia Erminio Spalla
homeless person orphan adoptive mother capitalist uplifting charming quirky junkyard milan, italy shantytown office cabbage patch orphanage poverty miracles fantasy capitalism underdog 1940s
An open hearted and unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best out of his life on the streets of Milan.
Drama
India
1973
145 Minutes
police detective witness gang leader gang member police chief orphan melodramatic tense frenetic india city street police station murder witness protection gang war police work investigation rivalry quest
A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
USA|France|Japan
2010
95 Minutes
villain henchman orphan young girl rival banker heartwarming amusing quirky suburbia basement hideout bank household heist competition role reversal family redemption schemes
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
Romance
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn Frank Albertson E.E. Clive Ferike Boros Ernest Truex Leonard Penn Paul Stanton Frank M. Thomas Edna Holland
orphan playboy father mother grandfather baby hilarious heartwarming spirited department store orphanage apartment new york city abandonment marriage mother/child relationship love growing up love sacrifice
An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.
Drama, History
USA|Germany
2013
127 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Emily Watson Sophie Nélisse Nico Liersch Ben Schnetzer Levin Liam Barbara Auer Kirsten Block Carina N. Wiese Hildegard Schroedter Sandra Nedeleff
orphan foster father foster mother jewish refugee nazi ss officer bleak passionate sad germany house concentration camp world war ii nazi occupation book reading growing up escape fall 1940s
While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.
Kids & Family, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
2004
106 Minutes
Johnny Depp Kate Winslet Julie Christie Radha Mitchell Dustin Hoffman Kelly Macdonald Ian Hart Paul Whitehouse Freddie Highmore Joe Prospero Nick Roud
author mother son wife arthur conan doyle orphan charming emotional endearing london theater england friendship childhood parenthood grief marriage discovery transformation growing up
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Kids & Family, Musical
USA|South Korea
2007
113 Minutes
Freddie Highmore Keri Russell Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Terrence Howard Robin Williams William Sadler Leon Thomas III Jamia Simone Nash
orphan homeless person boy cellist mother father touching emotional new york city orphanage abandoned theater street chicago central park search music schemes paternity reunion unlikely friendship
An orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift to try to find his birth parents.
Drama
USA
1942
127 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Bob Cummings Betty Field Claude Rains Judith Anderson Nancy Coleman Kaaren Verne Maria Ouspenskaya Henry Davenport Ernest Cossart
doctor daughter orphan wife father melodramatic small town hospital family home railyard family dysfunction forbidden love mental illness accident class distinctions depression love growing up 1890s
The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.
Drama
Spain|Italy|France
1970
98 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Fernando Rey Franco Nero Jesus Fernandez Lola Gaos Vicente Soler
orphan nobleman artist guardian dark emotional household city toledo, spain may-december romance love exploitation illness amputation death love growing up fall revenge 1890s
Shortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.
Biography
Poland|Germany|UK
1990
115 Minutes
Wojciech Pszoniak Ewa Da?kowska Piotr Kozlowski Marzena Trybala Wojciech Klata Adam Siemion Karolina Czernicka Agnieszka Kruk Aleksander Bardini Robert Atzorn
pediatrician nazi orphan child friend jew bleak disheartening warsaw ghetto poland orphanage street orphans nazi occupation world war ii self-sacrifice holocaust janusz korczak rescue sacrifice
Account of the last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Jewish doctor Henryk Goldszmit, ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Margaret O'Brien Herbert Marshall Dean Stockwell Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Brian Roper Reginald Owen Aubrey Mather George Zucco Lowell Gilmore Billy Bevan
invalid orphan father son housekeeper uncle endearing uplifting sad england garden mansion abandonment maturing acceptance grief healing secret growing up transformation
A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|USA|France
2011
126 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Sacha Baron Cohen Asa Butterfield Chloë Grace Moretz Ray Winstone Emily Mortimer Christopher Lee Helen McCrory Michael Stuhlbarg Frances de la Tour Richard Griffiths
orphan uncle georges méliès inspector god-daughter father heartwarming dreamy spectacular train station museum paris toy shop movie set father/son relationship filmmaking imagination loneliness growing up quest
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2012
150 Minutes
Valeriu Andriuta Liliana Mocanu Doru Ana Cosmina Stratan Cristina Flutur Dana Tapalaga Catalina Harabagiu Gina Tandura Vica Agache Nora Covali Dionisie Vitcu
orphan best friend nun german romanian young woman engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming gripping thrilling orphanage germany romania church relationships friendship religion religious beliefs
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Other, Drama
Canada
1971
110 Minutes
Jean Duceppe Olivette Thibault Jacques Gagnon Claude Jutra Hélène Loiselle Lyne Champagne Lionel Villeneauve Mario Dubuc Lise Burnelle Alain Legendre Serge Evers
orphan uncle undertaker storekeeper adolescent emotional intricate moving profound quebec small town mining town undertaker general store coming of age mortality young love self-discovery christmas growing up
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.
Drama, Romance
India
1978
189 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Vinod Khanna Rekha Amjad Khan Kader Khan Rakhee Shreeram Lagoo
orphan rich girl friend prostitute wealthy man father emotional disheartening india street household graveyard bar class conflict friendship adoption smuggling unrequited love betrayal forbidden love
When a homeless and orphaned young man finds work in the house of a wealthy man, he falls in love with the daughter of that wealthy man. But things start to change a lot thereafter.
Documentary
Denmark|China
2016
90 Minutes
orphan parent social worker sibling inspiring disheartening gritty living space china orphanage abandoned child helping others childhood everyday life life understanding rescue growing up 2010s
The story of China's abandoned children longing for their imprisoned parents.
Comedy, Action
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Michael Jai White Kym Whitley Tommy Davidson Kevin Chapman Byron Minns Salli Richardson-Whitfield Cedric Yarbrough Mykelti Williamson Brian McKnight Bokeem Woodbine Arsenio Hall
vietnam vet kung fu master ex-cia agent brother mafia boss orphan hilarious amusing engaging witty playful orphanage comedy kung fu fight for justice fighting veterans relationships adventure discovery
Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.
Drama
USA
1999
131 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Charlize Theron Delroy Lindo Paul Rudd Michael Caine Jane Alexander Kathy Baker Erykah Badu Kieran Culkin Kate Nelligan Dwight "Heavy D" Myers
orphan love interest doctor mentor emotional touching farm maine orphanage incest world war ii drugs pregnancy friendship abortion growing up transformation pursuit 1940s
A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1960
134 Minutes
Hayley Mills Jane Wyman Richard Egan Karl Malden Nancy Olson Adolphe Menjou Donald Crisp Agnes Moorehead Kevin Corcoran James Drury Reta Shaw
orphan aunt doctor hypochondriac reverend amusing moving emotional small town carnival church house orphanage small-town life positivity politics family friendship optimism growing up
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.