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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. Includes special features.

A crook planning to sell a streetwise Bosnian orphan in a black market adoption ring has second thoughts as he gets to know the child while trying to get him out of the country.

Set in 1955, in the redwood country north of San Francisco. Bulrusher is the name given to a baby girl found floating in a basket on the river. As the girl grows up she develops a gift for clairvoyance that makes her feel isolated until a new girl moves into town.

Orphaned sisters Sal and Rae think their dreams have come true when they find an abandoned puppy, and on the same day, they are adopted. When the girls arrive at their new pad they learn one strict rule: NO DOGS ALLOWED!

An orphan boy lives a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy. Special features: featurettes.

Misu takes a job playing Santa Claus in a department store on the very day that Liza the orphan runs away from an orphanage. Liza is looking for Santa, because she wants a bike for Christmas. On that cold, wintry day, perfect Christmas weather, Liza meets Misu and asks for the bicycle. Misu won't promise Liza the bike, and he can't buy one for her, but the determined little girl won't give up.

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.

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...

A high-ranking political leader falls ill and reminisces about his childhood at a political indoctrination camp and how it shaped his life.

Fourteen year old Gertie is singlehandedly raising her little sister, Izzie. Orphaned after their mother's death, the two girls are secretly living on their own, attempting to stay under the radar so they can remain together. Meanwhile Gertie's new teacher, Mrs. Freeman, and her husband struggle with their inability to have a child. Both Gertie and Mrs. Freeman have fallen from faith, but can these two "broken" families find renewed devotion by coming...