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1) Bleak house
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. An all-star cast comes together for this Dickens classic.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Following clues left by his grandfather, Jake discovers Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and the dangers they face as he gets to know the residents, learns about their special powers, and finds that he alone has a power that will help him savehis new friends.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, "into the light", where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1992
Language
English
Description
A young English boy, orphaned in a foreign land and terrorized for his political belief, turns to boxing. As he grows up fighting with his fists and leading with his heart, he takes on the system and the social injustices around him--finding that one person really can make a difference.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.
6) Pollyanna
Publisher
[Walt Disney Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) are on a mission. Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, the young trio grows up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking and woo-woo-wooing their way into trouble. Now years later, with the orphanage forced to close its doors, the Three Stooges embark on a wacky mission to save the it. Hilarious mischief and mayhem ensues.
Publisher
Angelfish Films, Limited
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The supernatural terror returns and unspeakable evil sets its sight on new prey when a group of orphaned children are forced to move into the abandoned Eel Marsh House with their caretakers, Eve and Jean. As the children begin to mysteriously disappear, Eve makes a shocking discovery; it may not be a coincidence that she has come to reside in a place inhabited by the murderous Woman in Black.
9) Pan
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Peter is a mischievous twelve-year old boy with an irrepressible rebellious streak, but in the bleak London orphanage where he has lived his whole life those qualities do not exactly fly. Then one incredible night, Peter is whisked away from the orphanage and spirited off to a fantastical world of pirates, warriors and fairies called Neverland. There, he finds amazing adventures and fights life-or-death battles while trying to uncover the secret of...
10) Despicable me
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2010]
Language
English
Description
Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
11) Pollyanna
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Pollyanna becomes an orphan and moves in with her aunt in a little English town. Everyone is affected by Pollyanna's big heart. They get the opportunity to repay Pollyanna for her goodness when she has a terrible accident.
12) Ballet shoes
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
13) Mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
14) Candleshoe
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago. And that's what young orphan Casey and a sly con man are determined to find.
15) Pete's dragon
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Elliot, an enormous green dragon with a penchant for clumsy heroics, becomes friends with Pete, an orphan.
Series
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Language
English
Description
After the horrific murder of his parents, young Tetsu embarks on a quest for vengeance that threatens to consume his soul. His journey leads him to the inner sanctum of the Shinsengumi, a prestigious order of swordsmen at war with the very villains who cut down his mother and father. Contains episodes 1-24.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
日本語
Description
When four young orphans, Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura, first meet, their parents' bodies are being turned into dust. They are like zombies; devoid of all emotion. With no family, no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, the young teens decide that the first level of this new existence involves salvaging a gaming console, an old electric bass, and a charred wok from their former homes, just enough to start a band, and then conquer the...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself....
19) Pete's dragon
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For years, Mr. Meacham has told tales of the fierce dragon deep in the woods. To his daughter, Grace, these stories are little more than tall tales, until she meets Pete. Pete is a mysterious ten-year-old with no family who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot.
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