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Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
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.
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
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....
5) Hugo
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the tale of an orphan boy living 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.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Escape to Witch Mountain: Two orphan children escape from a scheming millionaire and discover they have come from another planet.
Return from Witch Mountain: The entire city of Los Angeles teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when the greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city from destruction....
7) The BFG
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
See the return of former super-villain Gru, who has retired from a life of crime to raise his three daughters. But things take an unexpected turn when he is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to track down an elusive criminal who is threatening the world. Now, with new partner Lucy Wilde by his side, Gru and the Minions set off on an unpredictable and unexpected adventure.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
For years, Mr. Meacham has told tales of the fierce dragon deep in the woods. To his daughter, Grace, these stories are little more than tall tales, until she meets Pete. Pete is a mysterious ten-year-old with no family who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot.
10) The BoxTrolls
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family....
11) Heidi
Language
English
Description
A little girl enjoys her life in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather until she is taken away by a cruel aunt and sold to a wealthy man as a companion to his invalid daughter. Based on Johanna Spyri's novel. Contains both the colorized and B&W versions.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Betsy is an orphan adopted by a kind hotel manager who rents rooms out to down-on-their-luck entertainers. The owner of the hotel complains about the noise her showbiz tenants make and threatens to close the hotel and send Betsy back to the orphanage.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself....
14) Curly top
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen format.
Language
English
Description
Edward Morgan, rich trustee of an orphanage, meets and is entranced with little Elizabeth and her older sister Mary. He adopts them and they come to adore Edward. Mary falls in love with Edward, and he has the same feelings; Elizabeth plays matchmaker.
15) Despicable me
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
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) Pollyanna
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Pollyanna becomes an orphan and moves in with her aunt in a little English town. Everyone is affected by Pollyanna's big heart. They get the opportunity to repay Pollyanna for her goodness when she has a terrible accident.
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