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2) Station Jim
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2007
Description
A young man working in a train station befriends a dog that can do amazing tricks. When the Queen of England is set to visit the station, an assassination attempt is put on her. Will the most unlikely of characters save the day?
3) Pollyanna
Publisher
Walt Disney
Pub. Date
2002, 1960
Description
A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Sarah Cain is sweet, successful, slightly self-absorbed and a city girl through and through. But when the untimely death of her sister draws her to Amish country for a funeral, she makes a discovery that will change her life: she is now the legal guardian to five Amish nieces and nephews! Desperately trying to juggle the kids, her career and her comfort level, Sarah must reevaluate her priorities as she prepares for the biggest culture shock of everyone's...
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In a far away land of jungles and wild animals, there lived a little orphan boy who was all alone in the world. But he knew that no matter how hard life can be, it's always better if you can share it with a friend. This is the story of how he found one, an elephant named Lucky. Together they face a changing world, but always manage to triumph. After a series of humorous challenges, they discover the Academy of Art, where elephants learn to paint....
6) Life of Pi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Formats
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. Limited quantities will included bonus DVD version of the film.
7) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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...
10) Leap!
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
11) Jane Eyre
Publisher
TGG DIRECT, LLC
Pub. Date
1971. 2012
Description
Jane Eyre, a young orphan with no prospects, lands a job as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester. As she goes about her duties at the manor Thornfield, love blooms between them. He asks for her hand in marriage and it appears her dreams will come true; but a dark secret looms over Thornfield that threatens to engulf them all.
12) Heidi
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
Story of a girl sent to live with her hermit grandfather in the Alps, where her influence reconciles her grandfather to the town. Then her aunt takes her away from the grandfather she has come to love, to live in Frankfurt as the companion of a crippled girl whom Heidi encourages to try walking again.
13) Barely lethal
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A teenage special ops agent yearning for a 'normal' adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as an exchange student in a typical American high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of being a teenager can be more difficult than international espionage.
14) Ticking clock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The journal of a serial killer, that contains the names of the people who will be butchered, is stumbled upon by a reporter. Every path the reporter takes throughout his investigations leads to a nine-year-old orphan who is living in a group home.
15) Heidi
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Description
When orphaned Heidi is sent away to the mountains to live with her grumpy grandfather, she gets a frosty welcome. Soon, with the help of her animal friends, the two grow to love each other.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A new adaptation of the classic series, the film is set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
18) Les misérables
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
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