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    Relative Strangers 2006 POSTER

    Relative Strangers

    2006

    English

    5.3

    9

    31%

    31%

    acceptance

    Action

    Comedy

    looking for birth parents

    parent child relationship

    snobbery

    trailer trash

    wedding

    Greg Glienna Greg Glienna Director Neve Campbell Neve Campbell as Ellen Minnola Bob Odenkirk Bob Odenkirk as Mitch Clayton M.C. Gainey M.C. Gainey as Spicer Dave Bautista Dave Bautista as Wrestler
    An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.
    Joe Dirt 2001 POSTER

    Joe Dirt

    2001

    English

    6.0

    25

    9%

    64%

    Action

    Adventure

    Comedy

    Drama

    grand canyon

    looking for birth parents

    loss of loved one

    parent child relationship

    trailer park

    white trash

    Dennie Gordon Dennie Gordon Director Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker as Don, Brandy's Dad Kevin Nealon Kevin Nealon as Greasy Mechanic Jaime Pressly Jaime Pressly as Jill Amy Weber Amy Weber as Shorter Brunette Lifeguard
    Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks.
    The Big Wish 2019 POSTER

    The Big Wish

    2019

    Spanish

    4.8

    29

    Action

    animacion mexicana

    Animation

    day of the dead

    Family

    Fantasy

    looking for birth parents

    mexican

    mexico

    orphan

    Carlos Gutiérrez Medrano Carlos Gutiérrez Medrano Director Alena Prat Alena Prat as Additional Voices Jewels Jaselle Jewels Jaselle as Carmen Diego Osorio Diego Osorio as Fernandez Carlo Rota Carlo Rota as Morlett
    In the Mexican town of Santa Clara, Salma, a 16 year-old orphan who never got to meet her biological parents, has spent most of her life searching for clues of their identities and whereabouts, that is until she discovers a special book that is filled with stories of the town's past and the history of it's people.
    Mighty Aphrodite 1995 POSTER

    Mighty Aphrodite

    1995

    English

    7.0

    18

    78%

    73%

    Action

    adoption

    adoptive father

    adoptive mother

    childlessness

    Comedy

    Drama

    Fantasy

    looking for birth parents

    prostitute

    Romance

    Woody Allen Woody Allen Director Tony Sirico Tony Sirico as Boxing Trainer Dann Fink Dann Fink as Chorus Michael Rapaport Michael Rapaport as Kevin Peter McRobbie Peter McRobbie as Linda's Ex-Landlord
    When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
    Flirting with Disaster 1996 POSTER

    Flirting with Disaster

    1996

    English

    6.7

    17

    88%

    69%

    Action

    Comedy

    half-brother

    looking for birth parents

    lsd

    David O. Russell David O. Russell Director Josh Brolin Josh Brolin as Agent Tony Kent Ben Stiller Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin Téa Leoni Téa Leoni as Tina Kalb Celia Weston Celia Weston as Valerie Swaney
    Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.
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