Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Little Girl Lost
TITLE DETAILS

Little Girl Lost

1988-04-25 · 85 min · ★ 8.0

Drama · TV Movie

This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are trying desperately to adopt a helpless little girl they took in when she was in a foster care program. Clara and Tim Brady are in for the fight of their lives as they find that adopting Tella will not be so easy -- especially when social services puts her back into the care of her abusive father.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Sharron Miller
Production companies
Marian Rees Associates, ABC
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tess HarperTess HarperClara Brady
Frederic ForrestFrederic ForrestTim Brady
Patricia KalemberPatricia KalemberAndrea Newman
Lawrence PressmanLawrence PressmanLester
Christopher McDonaldChristopher McDonaldWolff
Sandy MartinSandy MartinViolet Young
Kathy TrageserKathy TrageserKelly Brady

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Girl in the Box
★ 6.7
Girl in the Box2016Drama · TV Movie

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

A Call to Spy
★ 6.8
A Call to Spy2020Drama

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

Won't Back Down
★ 6.2
Won't Back Down2012Drama

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.

Mansfield Park
★ 6.1
Mansfield Park2007Drama · TV Movie

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

Ray Donovan: The Movie
★ 6.8
Ray Donovan: The Movie2022Drama · TV Movie

A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each of them struggles to overcome their violent upbringing, but destiny dies hard, and only their fierce love for each other keeps them in the fight.

Anne of Green Gables
★ 7.2
Anne of Green Gables2016Drama · TV Movie

Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.

I Am Elizabeth Smart
★ 6.8
I Am Elizabeth Smart2017Drama · TV Movie

The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.

The Assault
★ 6.8
The Assault2014Drama · TV Movie

After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice. Based on the true story of the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.

Cheaters
★ 6.3
Cheaters2000Drama · TV Movie

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

TalhotBlond
★ 6.3
TalhotBlond2012Drama · TV Movie

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

Gigi & Nate
★ 7.6
Gigi & Nate2022Drama

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

A Bramble House Christmas
★ 6.4
A Bramble House Christmas2017Drama · TV Movie

While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim what he considers his family’s money, going undercover to investigate the bed and breakfast the nurse has recently taken over. When Finn meets Willa, he discovers she’s not a conniving gold digger at all, but a woman in need who put the money to good use. When she discovers his true identity, will it keep Willa from ever trusting him again?

Normal
★ 6.7
Normal2003Drama · TV Movie

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

Little Lord Fauntleroy
★ 7.3
Little Lord Fauntleroy1980Drama · TV Movie

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.

The Christmas Shoes
★ 6.8
The Christmas Shoes2002Drama · TV Movie

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.

Oslo
★ 6.6
Oslo2021Drama · TV Movie

The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
★ 7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault1996Drama · TV Movie

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

My Dinner with Hervé
★ 6.3
My Dinner with Hervé2018Drama · TV Movie

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
★ 7.0
Outlaws - For Greater Glory2012Drama

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

What Maisie Knew
★ 7.1
What Maisie Knew2013Drama

In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

Similar titles

Firefighters
★ 6.9
Firefighters2024Drama

Even in the harshest environments, firefighters must focus on extinguishing fires and rescuing everyone there. At 3:47 AM on March 4, 2001, the 119 emergency call center receives a phone call about a fire that has broken out in the Hongje-dong neighborhood. Firefighters, including newcomer Cheol-woong, rush to the scene.

Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
★ 6.1
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 71993Drama · TV Movie

Student nurses join some doctors to work in a medical station a few hours flying-time from the Mexican town of Catamaco. One of their planes goes down due to an engine malfunction and crashes in the rain forest. This is the story of the attempts to save the lives of the passengers (both nurses and doctors).

Chariots of Fire
★ 6.8
Chariots of Fire1981Drama

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

Private Parts
★ 6.5
Private Parts1997Drama

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.

Bully
★ 6.7
Bully2001Drama

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

Chopper
★ 6.8
Chopper2000Drama

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Gridiron Gang
★ 7.1
Gridiron Gang2006Drama

Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
Scar TissueDrama

The life of Anthony Kiedis, famed frontman of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, artist, addict, and ringleader, contains a deeply unconventional father and son story set against a substance-fueled 70s & 80s LA punk scene. This story examines, without judgement, how all of his experiences shaped the music that was eventually embraced by millions.

Lords of Dogtown
★ 7.1
Lords of Dogtown2005Drama

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

Two for the Money
★ 6.1
Two for the Money2005Drama

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.

Glory Road
★ 7.4
Glory Road2006Drama

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

Domino
★ 5.9
Domino2005Drama

The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Tight Lettuce
★ 10.0
Tight Lettuce2026Drama

A son films his father's addiction, hoping to document his recovery; but as he sacrifices everything to save him, he must decide how much he'll lose for someone who may not want saving.

Uncommon Valor
★ 6.2
Uncommon Valor1983Drama

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.

Rescue Dawn
★ 6.9
Rescue Dawn2007Drama

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Sukiyaki
Not rated
Sukiyaki2026Drama

In 1963, as Japan emerged from the shadows of war into an era of extraordinary transformation, an unlikely song made music history. "Ue o Muite Arukou," known internationally as "Sukiyaki," became the first Japanese song to top the U.S. Billboard charts, remaining at No. 1 for three weeks and captivating listeners around the world.

The Court Jester
★ 7.0
The Court Jester2024Drama

Unfolding during a 2004 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, fitness trainer Richard Simmons makes an appearance. Amid the chaos and liveliness of the behind-the-scenes, Richard encounters David, an overlooked and underappreciated segment producer struggling with self-esteem. In a serendipitous twist, Richard sees beyond David's invisibility, offering his unique brand of honest, uplifting kindness.

The Girl with the Needle
★ 7.6
The Girl with the Needle2024Drama

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Reagan
★ 6.3
Reagan2024Drama

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

Radium Girls
★ 6.6
Radium Girls2020Drama

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.