When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.

300 Miles to Heaven

1989

Polish

7.1

♡ 13

Action

based on a true story

Maciej Dejczer Director

Wojciech Klata as Grzes

Wieslaw Komasa as Komornik

Stanislaw Jaskulka as Lekarz

Aleksander Bednarz as Teacher

Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark.

Instant Family

2018

English

7.3

♡ 250

82%

83%

Action

adoption

based on a true story

Sean Anders Director

Rose Byrne as Ellie

Nicholas Logan as Jacob

Isabela Moner as Lizzy

Mark Wahlberg as Pete

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

Memory

2023

English

6.7

♡ 29

85%

Michel Franco Director

Josh Charles as Isaac

Merritt Wever as Olivia

Peter Sarsgaard as Saul

Jessica Chastain as Sylvia

Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

All Your Faces

2023

French

7.5

♡ 7

100%

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

social worker

traumatic experience

Jeanne Herry Director

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Chloé Delarme

Suliane Brahim as Fanny

Dali Benssalah as Nassim

Anne Benoît as Yvette

Since 2014, France's restorative justice programmes have offered a safe space for supervised dialogue between offenders and victims. Grégoire, Nawelle, and Sabine, victims of heists and violent robberies, agree to join one of these discussion groups alongside offenders Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, all convicted of violent robberies. Meanwhile Chloé, a victim of childhood sexual abuse, prepares for dialogue with her own agressor after learning he has moved back into town.

Mamorarenakatta mono tachi e

2021

Japanese

6.5

♡ 5

Takahisa Zeze Director

Hideko Hara as

Hiroshi Abe as Seiichiro Tomashino

Shingo Tsurumi as Shinonome

Takeru Satoh as Yasuhisa Tone

Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.

The Golden Child

1986

English

6.0

♡ 62

22%

Michael Ritchie Director

Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell

Shakti Chen as Kala

Charles Dance as Sardo Numspa

Frank Welker as The Thing

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

Short Term 12

2013

English

7.9

♡ 79

98%

parent child relationship

Destin Daniel Cretton Director

Brie Larson as Grace

Kaitlyn Dever as Jayden

Rami Malek as Nate

Diana Maria Riva as Nurse Beth

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

English

7.1

♡ 134

70%

parent child relationship

Romance

san francisco, california

social worker

transvestite

Chuck Jones Director

Robin Williams as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire

Rick Overton as Maitre D'

Sally Field as Miranda Hillard

Pierce Brosnan as Stu

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

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