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2) Big daddy
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Thirty-two-year-old Sonny Koufax has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man, he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up. In a desperate last-ditch effort, Sonny adopts five-year-old Julian to impress her. She's not impressed and he can't return the kid.
3) Juno
Series
Language
English
Description
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years old. After a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, she learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. During her pregnancy, which she treats with care but detachment, her relationships develop.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Rex is the world's most famous, and Hollywood's most pampered, pooch. He gets lost and is reluctantly adopted by a young boy. His father, the fire chief of a rundown station, agrees to the adoption only if his defiant son takes care of the dog. Little do they realize Rex will not only bring them closer, but also bring some much-needed faith back to the fire station.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After a toy factory owner and his wife get an unexpected visit from a precocious 7-year-old boy, their world will be turned upside down! When they decide to take him in as a foster child, the new parents begin a miraculous journey that showcases the joy of family.
7) Unexpected
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bob and Amy are at a crossroads: she wants to adopt a baby, but he doesn't. Music critic Bob is struggling with a demotion, addicted to Zoloft and trying to wrangle the menagerie of animals his wife Amy has accumulated. Will renovating a house and rescuing animals solve their problems? Will their new handyman and his son's pregnant girlfriend be the miracle they are looking for? Or is the solution to their problem completely?unexpected? A comedy...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Anne and "Poppy" Rose are the average American family, with three quirky kids. Anne has a good heart and gives lost cats and dogs a home - and one day also the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once. At first Poppy is worried and wants to get rid of her, but with love and patience they finally manage to integrate her into the family. Just then Anne invites another orphan, the aggressive handicapped Jimmy-John, to their...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Single dad and struggling animal handler Eddie works with lots of creatures, but at home, he has a strict No Pets Allowed policy. He won't let his son Billy keep the adorable stray dog Beethoven and his family of puppies. Beethoven crashes into Hollywood and into Eddie's heart as well.
10) Patrik, age 1.5
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Swedish
Description
Newly approved for adoption, Goran and Sven excitedly prepare for their baby's arrival, but after a mix-up, they instead find themselves the parents of a homophobic fifteen-year-old juvenile delinquent.
11) Adopted
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair. Famine, civil wars, and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, Bibles, and the magic of penicillin; more recently they have hosted rock concerts and sent plane loads of grain. And in the last decade of the 20th century they arrived and took babies home with them. First there was Angelina, then...
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"In a quest to find his biological parents, Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller)--joined by his wife (Patricia Arquette) and a sexy adoption counselor (Téa Leoni)--embarks on a cross-country search for his 'roots.' Yet as he careens from one outrageous situation to another, Mel finds himself tempted by the seductive counselor--even as his wife starts a flirtation of her own! By the time they meet up with his free-spirited birth parents, the whole situation is...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Steve Martin (Father of the Bride) shines in this heartwarming movie about a single dad who discovers the joys and pain of fatherhood after adopting a daughter. All is well with this special relationship until a local politician attempts to come between them. As they fight to remain a family, the bond between father and daughter is strengthened. With an all-star cast that features winning performances from Gabriel Byrne (Miller's Crossing), Stephen...
14) My blue heaven
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A popular husband-and-wife entertainer team, making their move from radio to television, believe their lives will be complete when they can start a family. When they decide to adopt, they face problems and disappointments and are ultimately rewarded with an overabundance of babies.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Adopted by the Newton household's three children, an adorable little St. Bernard puppy grows into 185 pounds of disaster-prone trouble ; There's trouble in the heir when Beethoven becomes the proud father of four pups, each one an adorable but mischievous bundle of joy ; When two bumbling thieves threaten the safety of his family on vacation, Beethoven sets out to put a bit on the bad guys.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Adopted by the Newton household's three children, an adorable little St. Bernard puppy grows into 185 pounds of disaster-prone trouble; There's trouble in the heir when Beethoven becomes the proud father of four pups, each one an adorable but mischievous bundle of joy; When two bumbling thieves threaten the safety of his family on vacation, Beethoven sets out to put a bit on the bad guys; It's a case of double trouble when Beethoven is misktaken for...
17) Juno
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. Initially she decides to have an abortion, but can't go through with it. So she decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. The next step is to find prospective parents...
Series
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years old. After a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, she learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. During her pregnancy, which she treats with care but detachment, her relationships develop.
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