In the collective imagination, international adoption evokes images of children being saved from a life of destitution in poorer countries by being adopted by families in Europe or America. But the reality that has emerged is one of child trafficking, falsified documents and governments around the world turning a blind eye.
Philomena
2013
7.3/10
In Safe Hands
2018
7.4/10
La Promesse
1996
7.2/10
Sound of Freedom
2023
8.0/10
Losing Isaiah
1995
6.5/10
Mommie Dearest
1981
6.4/10
The Imposter
2012
7.3/10
Three Identical Strangers
2018
7.3/10
Capturing the Friedmans
2003
7.1/10
Secrets & Lies
1996
7.6/10
Second Best
1994
6.8/10
Trafficked
2017
6.6/10
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
6.1/10
Any Day Now
2012
7.0/10
Who Took Johnny
2014
6.8/10
Abducted in Plain Sight
2017
6.5/10
Jolene
2010
6.3/10
A Home of Our Own
1993
6.9/10
Ransom
1996
6.7/10
An Open Secret
2014
6.9/10
What Is a Woman?
2022
6.865/10
