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English
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Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
2) Life of Pi
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Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
Based on the bestselling novel by Yann Martel. A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Includes special features.
5) Hugo
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
An orphan boy lives 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. Special features: featurettes.
6) Bleak house
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. An all-star cast comes together for this Dickens classics.
7) Curly top
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Edward Morgan, rich trustee of an orphanage, meets and is entranced with little Elizabeth and her older sister Mary. He adopts them and they come to adore Edward. Mary falls in love with Edward, and he has the same feelings; Elizabeth plays matchmaker.
9) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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...
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English
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
11) Ballet shoes
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
13) Despicable me 2
Series
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the Anti-Villain League, Gru helps deal with a powerful new super criminal.
14) 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.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Betsy is an orphan adopted by a kind hotel manager who rents rooms out to down-on-their-luck entertainers. The owner of the hotel complains about the noise her showbiz tenants make and threatens to close the hotel and send Betsy back to the orphanage.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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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...
18) The Karma Club
Publisher
Shami Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Three orphaned brothers do whatever is needed to survive in a small Southern town. But after accepting a job from from a mysterious woman, the bond between these brothers will be tested like never before." --
19) Mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
20) Ticking clock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The journal of a serial killer, that contains the names of the people who will be butchered, is stumbled upon by a reporter. Every path the reporter takes throughout his investigations leads to a nine-year-old orphan who is living in a group home.
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