Adrift is a 1911 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company and directed by Lucius J. Henderson.

Adrift, like all other American silents of the day, had no musical accompaniment, but a letter written into a trade publication provides a score for the drama.

An official synopsis of the film was published in The Moving Picture World states: "Jack Thorne, a young artist, finds his efforts unappreciated, and he and his wife and little daughter are on the verge of starvation.

The final blow comes when his last painting, on which he had built much hope, was rejected by a rich man, whom an artist chum kindly brought to the impoverished studio.

The mother drops on her knees beside her child, and clasping her in her arms, raises grateful eyes to Heaven in a prayer of thankfulness.

Realizing that [this] is the inspiration and subject for which he has sought in vain, he calls for them not to move, and at once begins his great painting of them, which brings him fame and wealth.

Then he makes peace with his wife and daughter, who are joyfully ready to forgive, and tells them that their love will keep him [on] the right path for the rest of his life, and that the lesson he has been taught will never be forgotten.

[4] The New York Dramatic Mirror on February 4, 1914, stated that Henderson had directed about 150 one and two reel dramas for the Thanhouser Company.

A waltz accompanies the gallery scene until the picture is shown, leading to Some Day When Dreams Come True as the artist becomes famous.

No Place Like Home begins the next scene until the wife recognizes the emotional distancing of her husband when All I Ask is Love is played.

A review in The Moving Picture World was positive to the moral lesson the film asserted and found the acting to be satisfactory.

Walton of The Moving Picture News criticized the type of film as invoking sudden and unnatural changes in character for the sake of a moral lesson.