NOTE: Inclusion on these lists does not necessarily mean endorsement. Furthermore, with all our resources, we highly recommend you preview them first to determine if there are any trauma triggers that your child may not be ready to handle. Transfiguring Adoption does not intend for its reviewers nor its review to be professional, medical or legal advice. These reviews and discussion guides are intended to help parents to better be able to connect and understand their children who come from traumatic backgrounds.
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| Adoption and Foster Care RX: Solutions for Wounded Families | adoptive parenting; foster parenting; www.orphanspromise.org | ||||
| Aladdin (2019) [Movie Review] | PG |   | |||
| America's Most Unwanted | aging out; foster care issues; LGBTQ youth in foster care http://mostunwantedfilm.org | ||||
| Angry Birds 2 | Coming Soon | ||||
| Anne with an "E" Season 01 Episode 01 [Read Review Here] | TV-PG |  | [View Here]
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| Annie (1982) | PG |  
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| Avengers: End Game | PG-13 |   | |||
| Belle | 18th century England | PG |   | ||
| Big Hero 6 [Read Review Here] | PG |  |  
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| Black or White | kinship adoption; race | PG-13 |  
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| Camp | foster care; summer camp | PG-13 |   | ||
| Captain Marvel [Read Review Here] | PG-13 | |   | ||
| Dark Phoenix | PG-13 |   | |||
| Despicable Me [Read Review Here] | PG |  |  
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| Despicable Me 2 [Read Review Here] | PG | |  
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| Detective Pikachu | G |   | |||
| Dolphin Tale | PG |  
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| Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Coming Soon | ||||
| Dumbo (2019) | PG |   | |||
| Earth to Echo [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Elf [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Feeling Wanted | foster care story http://fostercarefilm.com/feeling-wanted | ||||
| Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | NR |   | |||
| Fostering Change | foster care; adoption; international adoption; family story; www.fosteringchange.net | ||||
| Free Willy | G |   | |||
| Frozen 2 | Coming Soon | ||||
| Gimme Shelter | teen pregnancy; abuse; foster care; shelter; homeless teen; hope; based on true story | PG-13 |   | ||
| Given a Chance...A Little Girl's Journey | adoption; special needs; service dog; physical challenges; www.givenachance.com | ||||
| Guardians of the Galaxy [Read Review Here] | PG-13 |  
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| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | PG |  
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| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 | PG-13 |  
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| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 | PG-13 |  
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| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | PG-13 |  
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| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | PG |  
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| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | PG-13 |  
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| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | PG |  
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| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | PG |  
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| Hercules (Disney) | G |   | |||
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 [Read Review Here] | PG |   | |||
| How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World [Read Review] | PG | 4 Out of Five HOOTS
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| Hugo | PG |  
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| Hunchback of Notre Dame | G |   | |||
| Inside Out [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Jem and the Holograms [Read review here] | PG |   | |||
| Kids' Rights | adoption; controversial issues; gay adoption, outcomes for children in their birth countries, foster care in the United States, impacts of institutionalized care, the impact of the Hague Convention on intercountry adoption and the realities for children growing up without a family | ||||
| Know How | 5 New York teenagers; foster care; group homes | NR |   | ||
| Kung Fu Panda [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Kung Fu Panda 2 [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | PG |  
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| Lilo & Stitch [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Lion King (2019) | PG | Coming Soon | |||
| Lucky Bastard [Read the Review] | NR (Suggested 13+) | 
5 Out of 5 Hoots |   | ||
| Lucky Bastard
[Read the Review]
5 Out of 5 Hoots | Birth family relationships; closed adoption; identity | NR | | ||
| Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Coming Soon | ||||
| Martian Child | G |   | |||
| Mary Poppins Returns [Read Review Here] | PG | |  
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| Matilda | PG |   | |||
| Meet the Robinsons [Read Review Here] | G |  
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| MIB International | PG-13 | Adults |   | ||
| My Name is Faith | trauma; RAD; PTSD; adoption; www.mynameisfaith.com | NR |   | ||
| Noble | poverty; domestic violence; abuse; orphanage; street children; Vietnam; overcoming | PG-13 |   | ||
| October Baby | PG-13 |  
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| Oliver and Company | G |  
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| Paddington [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| Peter Pan / Hook | PG |   | |||
| Philomena | teen pregnancy; closed adoption; loss | PG-13 |   | ||
| Puss in Boots | PG |  
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| ReMoved [Review] | abuse; neglect; foster care www.removedfilm.com | ||||
| ReMoved 2: Remember My Story [Review] | abuse; neglect; foster care www.removedfilm.com | ||||
| Rio | G |   | |||
| Shaun the Sheep [Read Review Here] | PG |   | |||
| Short Term 12 Review of Short Term 12 | foster care, abuse, residential care | R | Adults |  
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| Spider-Man | PG-13 |  
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| Spider-Man: Far From Home | Coming Soon | ||||
| Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse [Read Review Here] | PG | 3 Out of Five HOOTS
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| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Coming Soon | ||||
| Tangled | G |   | |||
| Tarzan [Read Review Here] | G |  
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| The Amazing Spider-Man | PG-13 |  
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| The Blind Side | foster care, adoption, success, school issues, special needs | PG-13 |  
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| The Blind Side [Read Review Here] | PG-13 |
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| The Boxtrolls [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | PG |  
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | PG |  
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | PG |  
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| The Drop Box | Korea; abandoned babies; documentary | PG |   | ||
| The Fox and the Hound | G |   | |||
| The Good Dinosaur | PG |   | |||
| The Identical | closed adoption; secrecy; twins; separated at birth; fiction | PG |   | ||
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green [Read Review Here] | PG |  
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| The Secret Life of Pets 2 [Read Review Here] | PG | 4 Out of Five HOOTS
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| Toy Story | G | 3 Out of Five HOOTS |   | ||
| Toy Story 2 | G | 4 Out of Five HOOTS |   | ||
| Toy Story 3 | G |   | |||
| Toy Story 4 | Coming Soon | ||||
| Twin Sisters | documentary; Chinese twins; separated; adoption; reunification | NR |   | ||
| Ugly Dolls [Read Review] | PG | 4 Out of Five HOOTS
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| When Marnie Was There | PG |   | |||
| Wonder Park | PG |   | |||
| X-Men [Read Review Here] | PG-13 |  
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| Zoey to the Max | NR |   |