Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Stockholm, Pennsylvania 2015

5.40

A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.

2015

Marilyn, Her Final Secret

Marilyn, Her Final Secret 2022

7.00

Thanks to DNA, this documentary establishes the identity of Marilyn's biological father, thus revealing her new paternal family, 60 years after the icon's death.

2022

Adoption International: A Global Scandal

Adoption International: A Global Scandal 2024

8.00

In the collective imagination, international adoption evokes images of children being saved from a life of destitution in poorer countries by being adopted by families in Europe or America. But the reality that has emerged is one of child trafficking, falsified documents and governments around the world turning a blind eye.

2024

Onni von Sopanen

Onni von Sopanen 2006

9.00

11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.

2006

The Foster Family

The Foster Family 2022

1

Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.

2022

Meine alles außer gewöhnliche Familie

Meine alles außer gewöhnliche Familie 2021

6.80

It is normal for 15-year-old Linn to have two mothers. But when she finds out that there are still numerous siblings, she realizes that she is part of an extraordinary extended family. Her father Eike not only had an appointment with Linn's mothers to donate sperm, Petra and Anny also have three children with him. A film crew followed this rainbow family for twelve years.

2021

Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth 2011

7.50

The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

2011

Life Unexpected

Life Unexpected 2010

7.71

16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the three form an unlikely family.

2010

Silver Spoons

Silver Spoons 1982

6.30

Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, until Embassy Communications moved the series to syndication. Silver Spoons was created by Martin Cohan, Howard Leeds and Ben Starr. The show's title refers to family wealth and to the expression that rich children are born with "silver spoons" in their mouths—they are given only the very best and want for nothing.

1982

Finding Carter

Finding Carter 2014

6.50

A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.

2014

Upper Middle Bogan

Upper Middle Bogan 2013

7.07

Follow the stories of two families living at opposite ends of the freeway. Bess Denyar is a doctor with a posh mother, Margaret, an architect husband, Danny Bright, and twin 13-year-olds at a private school, Oscar and Edwina. When Bess finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned, but even more so when she meets her birth parents, Wayne and Julie Wheeler. She also discovers that she has three siblings: Amber, Kayne and Brianna. The bogan Wheelers head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs and are thrilled to discover the daughter they thought they had lost.

2013

Time of Your Life

Time of Your Life 1999

5.70

Sarah Reeves Merrin adjusts to her new job and new life in New York City, while trying to learn more about her biological parents.

1999

Hit & Miss

Hit & Miss 2012

6.90

An assassin with a secret, Mia's life is changed forever by a letter from her ex.

2012