Highest-Rated Movies about 'Adopted Son', Sort by Popularity

Lion (2016), So Long, My Son (Di jiu tian chang) (2019), Three Identical Strangers (2018), Philomena (2013), The Omen (1976), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Jerk (1979) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Adopted Son movies.

#16. Brightburn (2019)

Storyline: After a difficult struggle with fertility, Tori Breyer's dreams of motherhood come true with the arrival of a mysterious baby boy. Brandon appears to be everything Tori and her husband, Kyle, ever wanted -- bright, talented and curious about the world. But as Brandon nears puberty, powerful darkness manifests within him, and Tori becomes consumed by terrible doubts about her son. Once Brandon begins to act on his twisted urges, those closest to him find themselves in grave danger.—twiztedhollow60

Plot Keywords: adopted son, adoptive mother, adoptive father, classmate, teacher, waitress, creepy ...

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#18. Christmas Child (2003)

Storyline: Christmas Eve-born Jack Davenport, a journalist who lives in Chicago, is in a low point in his life--he's about to turn 40, he and his wife seem on the verge of divorce and his career is at low point. He badly needs a story in Texas which requires him to be away from his wife and her family at Christmas time. He also realizes he is the reason why his marriage is flailing. His life seemed purposeless; his last known relative, his father, died almost a year ago. He actually was adopted at birth but has no information about his birth parents. When he goes into a safe deposit box, he finds what may be a clue as to his origins--an old black-and-white photograph of a church in Clearwater Texas. He decides to stop first there before pursuing his story in Dallas. Will he find the answers he seeks there? Or will he just find more road blocks and life's frustrations?

Plot Keywords: journalist, reverend, sheriff, judge, adopted son, melodramatic, emotional ...

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#21. The Sitter (2011)

Storyline: Noah is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.

Plot Keywords: slacker, girlfriend, neighbor, drug dealer, young girl, adopted son, hilarious ...

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#22. The Big Wedding (2013)

Storyline: Don and Ellie were once married and have two children, Lyla and Jared. They adopt a boy from Colombia, Alejandro. Eventually they would divorce, Ellie would move away and Don would hook up with Bebe, Ellie's best friend. When Alejandro is about to get married, he informs Don and Ellie that he never told his natural mother who is so traditional that they got divorced. And she is coming for the wedding so he asks them if they can pretend to still be married. Don and Ellie reluctantly agree to it and Bebe moves out who is also upset that Don doesn't want to commit. Lyla who is married is going through a rough patch in her marriage. And Jared who hasn't had much luck with women finds himself attracted to Alejandro's extremely sensual sister, Nuria.

Plot Keywords: ex-husband, ex-wife, adopted son, biological mother, bride, family member, amusing ...

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#23. Shocker (1989)

Storyline: A murderous TV repairman, Horace Pinker is killing people in a small town left, right and center. He eventually finds the home of Lt. Parker, who is investigating his crimes, and savagely murders Parker's wife, son and daughter. His other son, Jonathan has a strange connection to Pinker through his dreams, and he directs his father to Pinker's business, where a small group of officers enter. Pinker escapes in a horrific spree, killing four officers and then targeting Jonathan's girlfriend, Alison. Another dream leads Jonathan and his dad to a residence where they catch Pinker in in the act of kidnapping. Pinker is arrested after a fight with Jonathan and sentenced to die in the electric chair. When executed, Pinker - who supposedly had given his soul to the devil in exchange for the power to come back as an energy source - takes over people's bodies and continues committing murders, until Jonathan devises a plan to bring Pinker into the real world, and then cut off his power source...

Plot Keywords: serial killer, adopted son, police detective, girlfriend, televangelist, victim, frightening ...

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#25. Problem Child 2 (1991)

Storyline: Junior's back in his first adventure since his last! Junior and Ben move to Mortville which seems like the perfect town to live in. The Healys have a nice new house--and Junior get's a cool new room! And young women have formed a line at Ben's door in order to get a piece of him (romantically). Ben does feel he should get remarried so Junior can have a mom, so while Junior adjusts to his new school which includes a little girl who's as bratty as Junior and a teenage brain-dead ignoramous bully in Junior's sixth grade class, Ben finds some dates, which Junior sends running for the hills, in the meantime Junior pulls his infamous tricks on people: blowing up barbecues, taping the bully to the chalkboard, videotaping his babysitter and her boyfriend having sex and broadcasting it for the whole neighborhood to see, same old same old. Meanwhile, Ben meets the gorgeous school nurse (after the school's satellite dish get's pushed on his head) and they, well he, believes it's love at first ...

Plot Keywords: adopted son, single father, young girl, nurse, businesswoman, bully, unrestrained ...

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#26. Happiness and Tears (2001)

Storyline: Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), the adoptive son of business magnate Yash Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan), feels eternal gratitude to his father for rescuing him from a life of poverty. Yet, when Yash forbids his love of poor Anjali (Kajol), Rahul marries her and moves to London with new wife and sister-in-law, Pooja (Kareena Kapoor), breaking the heart of his mother (Jaya Bachchan). Ten years later, Rahul's younger brother (Hrithik Roshan) comes to London intent on brokering peace between father and son.

Plot Keywords: adopted son, patriarch, mother, son, wife, sister-in-law, melodramatic ...

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