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21) Lost in the sun
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
John is a rugged small time crook, running from a past full of mistakes and regrets. He soon crosses paths with Louis, a newly orphaned teenage boy, who becomes an unwilling accomplice on an open-road adventure fueled by robberies, guns and deception. John's lonely outlaw lifestyle soon catches up with him and he must confront his demons and decide if his life of doing wrong is still right for him and Louis.
22) Resistance
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Follows aspiring mime artist Marcel Marceau as he joins the French Resistance during World War II to help save thousands of orphaned Jewish children.
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!...
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. Anne's a dreamer with an unusual point of view, far removed from Marilla's pragmatic ways, and it's only on trial that Marilla agrees to keep Anne...if Anne can keep out of trouble, only Anne has a positive genius...
25) Heidi
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair, and must make a difficult decision.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
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...
27) Oliver Twist
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Carlton International Media Ltd
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1).
Language
English
Description
"Upon hearing of her mother's death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother's house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother's friends: Bobby Long, a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines" -- Container.
30) Heidi
Series
Shirley Temple volume 1
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When her aunt tires of caring for her, orphan Heidi goes to live in the Alps with her gruff grandfather, who comes to adore her. Eventually placed with another family, Heidi fights to join her grandfather again.
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Surprises from the Somas never cease as Tohru's living situation with them continues into summer. As her kindness begins to reach further into the family, she begins to notice subtle changes in everyone, especially from Yuki and Kyo. But as she meets more of the extended family, the secrets of their curse, their own shame, and their personal regrets begin to reveal themselves"--Container
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Surprises from the Somas never cease as Tohru's living situation with them continues into summer. As her kindness begins to reach further into the family, she begins to notice subtle changes in everyone, especially from Yuki and Kyo. But as she meets more of the extended family, the secrets of their curse, their own shame, and their personal regrets begin to reveal themselves"--Container
33) Made in Abyss
Publisher
Sentai Filmworks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When 12-year-old Riko learns that her mother may be alive deep in the Abyss, she and her robot friend Reg decide to try to find her despite all the risks.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The supernatural terror returns and unspeakable evil sets its sight on new prey when a group of orphaned children are forced to move into the abandoned Eel Marsh House with their caretakers, Eve and Jean. As the children begin to mysteriously disappear, Eve makes a shocking discovery; it may not be a coincidence that she has come to reside in a place inhabited by the murderous Woman in Black.
35) The BFG
Language
English
Formats
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
38) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
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