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1) Annie
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The story of a plucky red-haired orphan girl who dreams of a life outside her dingy orphanage.
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.
4) August Rush
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008, 2007.
Language
English
Description
Having been orphaned and working as a street musician, a musically talented kid uses his gift to find his birth parents.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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.
8) Leap!
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Determined to become a dancer, a young orphan girl finds a mentor in the ballet school custodian and leans on another orphan for support.
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 3
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent from their home in India to the English estate of a distant family friend. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident occurred there. With the help of a local boy and Colin, her guardian's invalid son, Mary's spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
12) The BoxTrolls
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....
13) Spooky House
Publisher
Spooky House Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Max, a young orphan, tries to befriend a reclusive magician, the Great Zamboni, who lives in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers. As Max and his friends try to uncover the secret of Zamboni's past, they are harassed by a trio of teenage bullies who work for the town's eccentric crime queen. When the bullies chase the kids into the Spooky House on Halloween, a night of hilarious magic and spectacular illusions...
14) Life of Pi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling novel by Yann Martel. A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
15) Marrowbone
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Four siblings move to America with their mother to escape a troubled past. When she dies, they vow to stay together, no matter what. But when a ghostly presence torments what's left of their family, and a lawyer threatens their pact, the four must stand together or be torn apart forever in this chilling thriller.
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Isabel Sullivan has just moved to a small town to live with her uncle Paul who is the town's mayor. Isabel has recently lost her parents in a car accident. Feeling very alone and friendless, Isabel befriends a stray robot dog named ARCHIE. Though he looks like a normal dog, he is anything but. He can talk. He can run at blinding speed. He's got super strength and x-ray vision. Isabel and Archie become fast friends.
17) Bleak house
Publisher
BBC 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.
Series
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2001, 1999.
Language
English
Description
An orphaned girl wishes that her favorite mare won't die giving birth. When she sees the foal after its mother dies, she sees a real honest to goodness unicorn. She must then save the unicorn from several people who only mean to do the unicorn harm.
19) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
20) Jolene
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011, 2007.
Language
English
Description
At the age of fifteen, Jolene, a free-spirited orphan, embarks on a decade-long cross-country adventure, where she experiences life, love, heartbreak, and freedom.
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