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Publisher
Movie Classics
Language
English
Description
In the movie Little Princess, Shirley Temple plays Sara Crew whose widowed father is sent to the Boer War. When he is reported killed, the evil head mistress at her boarding school turns Sara into a servant. She suffers with dignity until her shell-shocked father returns.
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
3) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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...
Publisher
Synkronized USA
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Set in the Viking age, a ten-year-old boy witnesses the death of his father, along with his entire village. After his narrow escape, he is raised like a son by his uncle. Years later he discovers who is responsible for his family's death
6) Heidi
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005, c2006
Language
English
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
7) Mesmerized
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan's arranged marriage to a deranged, possessive businessman becomes so unbearable that she attempts to free herself of the relationship and, when her husband dies, is charged with his murder. Based on a true story
9) Seven alone
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When their parents die on the way to Oregon in 1843, seven children decide to complete the 2000-mile trek through the wilderness on their own.
10) Ticking clock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her; Anne, now a young woman, has become a teacher and dreams of meeting her ideal man; After a series of disappointments, Anne and her husband Gilbert return to Avonlea in search of happiness, but soon face the challenges of war when newly enlisted...
13) Despicable me 2
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the Anti-Villain League, Gru helps deal with a powerful new super criminal
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.
16) The quiet
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a deaf girl moves in with her godparents and their daughter, she finds out that not everything is as it seems, and secrets can be heard even when you can't
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
18) Despicable me
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
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
19) Neverland
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing ever before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of the mystical land forever
20) Auntie Mame
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In 1928, a 10-year-old boy goes to live with his eccentric, sophisticated aunt--a lady who throws a party for any occasion or nonoccasion that comes to mind
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