6 Best Group Home Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 11, 2026

Drama intense

From a Depression-era football team of orphans chasing a state championship to a documentary capturing daily life inside a residential treatment center, these are the best movies about young people finding their way through the group home system.

Unbridled (2019) 01

Unbridled (2019)

IMDb ★ 6.7

An abused teenage girl sent to a ranch for survivors finds an unlikely path to healing alongside a horse who has suffered the same.

Catimini (2012) 02

Catimini (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.8

Four children at different stages of the foster and group home system cross paths at a reception honoring the family who once cared for them all.

Please Stand By (2018) 03

Please Stand By (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver on a cross-country journey to deliver her Star Trek script to a writing competition.

Set Me Free (2014) 04

Set Me Free (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A teenage boy nearly too old to stay at his children's home reaches a breaking point when his younger brother is abandoned there too.

Warrendale (1967) 05

Warrendale (1967)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A landmark documentary observes daily life inside a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed children.

12 Mighty Orphans (2021) 06

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A devoted football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.