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Zozo (2005), Santa Mesa (2008), In America (2002), Alan & Naomi (1992), The Edge of Heaven (2007), The Visitor (2007), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Zozo (2005)

Zozo (2005)

6.6/10 Drama

A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.

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Santa Mesa (2008)

Santa Mesa (2008)

6.0/10 Drama, Other, Comedy, Fantasy

A photographer takes a troubled young Philipino boy under his wing. Starring Jaime Tirelli (TV's Kidnapped) and Oscar Winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter).

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In America (2002)

In America (2002)

8.9/10 Drama

A handsome actor (Paddy Considine), his wife (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters emigrate from Ireland and search for success in New York.

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Alan & Naomi (1992)

Alan & Naomi (1992)

8.0/10 Drama

A Jewish boy (Lukas Haas) uses dolls to communicate with a war-shocked refugee girl (Vanessa Zaoui) in 1944 Brooklyn.

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The Edge of Heaven (2007)

The Edge of Heaven (2007)

7.8/10 Drama

A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.

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The Visitor (2007)

The Visitor (2007)

7.6/10 Drama

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

6.9/10 Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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Flower & Garnet (2002)

Flower & Garnet (2002)

6.7/10 Drama

A widower's (Callum Keith Rennie) inability to provide guidance has disastrous consequences for his two children (Jane McGregor, Colin Roberts).

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A Test of Love (1985)

A Test of Love (1985)

6.7/10 Drama

Due to an ignorant misdiagnosis, a three-year-old disabled girl was institutionalized and subsequently spent her entire childhood in a hospital for the severely retarded. A caring therapist helped her to prove her intellectual capability.

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Never Steady, Never Still (2017)

Never Steady, Never Still (2017)

6.1/10 Drama

A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.

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Wonder (2017)

Wonder (2017)

8.0/10 Drama, Family

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

7.8/10 Comedy, Drama, Animation

After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.

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After the Wedding (2006)

After the Wedding (2006)

7.7/10 Drama

A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

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Butterfly (1999)

Butterfly (1999)

7.6/10 Drama

For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Monch...Read all

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Mother and Child (2009)

Mother and Child (2009)

7.2/10 Romance, Drama

A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

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Bella (2006)

Bella (2006)

7.2/10 Romance, Drama

A chef with a mysterious past spends the day with a waitress who needs a friend.

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A Child Is Waiting (1963)

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

7.2/10 Drama

Psychologist Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of the Crawthorne State Training Institute, one of the first boarding schools for developmentally challenged children. Dr. Clark is sympathetic but demanding of his teachers and students. His approach of tough love is controversial. He takes a chance at hiring former aspiring concert pianist Jean Hansen as the school's music ...Read all

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Fathers & Daughters (2015)

Fathers & Daughters (2015)

7.1/10 Drama

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

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