Please, Sir, Have Some More With These 9 Notable Film Orphans

Orphans tend to get a bad rap in films. Some are emotionally disturbed, some suffer stereotypically evil step-parents and most are left to escape their miserable realities through fantasy. Enter Sucker Punch's Babydoll (Emily Browning), a Lolita-lookalike dealing with all three conditions in this weekend's action-fantasy film from Zack Snyder. To mentally prepare you for the plight of cinema's latest little orphan Annie, Movieline revisits nine of the most noteworthy (and inspiring) strays to ever hit the big screen.

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