By Vlad Zakh · September 11, 2026
Young people moving through the group home system is a tough subject, and these films treat it with care. Unbridled has an abused teenager finding healing at a ranch for survivors, Please Stand By has a young autistic woman running away on a cross-country trip, and 12 Mighty Orphans follows a Depression-era football team of orphans chasing a title. Catimini, Set Me Free and Warrendale round out the six.
01 An abused teenage girl sent to a ranch for survivors finds an unlikely path to healing alongside a horse.
Directed by John David Ware · 1h 55m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
02 Four children at different stages of the foster and group-home system cross paths at a reception honouring the family who once cared for them all.
Directed by Nathalie Saint-Pierre · 1h 51m
03 A young autistic woman runs away from her carer on a cross-country journey to deliver her Star Trek script.
Directed by Ben Lewin · 1h 33m · Rated PG-13
Stream: fuboTV, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
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04 A teenage boy nearly too old to stay at his children's home reaches a breaking point when his younger brother is threatened.
Directed by Kim Tae-yong · 1h 48m
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05 A landmark documentary observes daily life inside a residential treatment centre for emotionally disturbed children.
Directed by Allan King · 1h 41m
Stream: Criterion Channel
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06 A devoted football coach takes a team of scrawny orphans all the way to the state championship during the Great Depression.
Directed by Ty Roberts · 1h 58m · Rated PG-13
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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