Movies and TvShows featuring "group-home" theme.
The Guardian is a TV show that follows the story of a guardian who navigates the complex world of the legal system to protect and advocate for children in need. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the protagonist deals with various challenges such as drug dealers, custody battles, and low-income communities. Through his work, he creates a difference in the lives of children and families while facing personal struggles and trying to reconcile his own past.
In the 1930s, a group of orphaned boys at a Texas orphanage form a football team and are coached by a math teacher. They face numerous challenges including the Great Depression, abusive caretakers, and injuries, but with determination and teamwork, they become unlikely champions.
Short Term 12 follows Grace, a young supervisor at a foster care facility. She navigates through the challenges of helping troubled teenagers while dealing with her own personal turmoil. As Grace begins to form a connection with a new resident, she is forced to confront her own past and find strength in the face of adversity.
Retirement-home residents share their quarters with displaced kids after their orphanage is destroyed by fire. One of the youngsters was played by Fred Savage, whose next series was `The Wonder Years.'
Jack, a young boy, loses his father and is placed in a group home. Unsatisfied with his new situation, he decides to embark on a journey to find his mother. Along the way, Jack encounters various challenges and experiences that test his resilience and determination.
Lulu, a schizophrenic woman, goes on a journey to reconnect with her estranged son, with whom she shares a tragic past. Along the way, Lulu confronts her personal demons, learns about personal growth, and experiences first love. Through grief and attempted suicide, Lulu navigates through college, confronting her past, and finding love. The story explores themes of family, love, and personal redemption.
The seventeen year old 'Yeong-jae' was safely sent away to the group home 'Isaac's house'. He is old enough to leave now, but doesn't want to go back home to his irresponsible father.
The story of a macho straight and a well-educated gay man who have to share an apartment at a half-way house for aids-patients. Slowly they become friends.
Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in emergency hospital visits, Cheryl's loyalty is to her boyfriend. To protect her relationship with John, she "ditches" her son, having him arrested and locked in a correctional "mental" facility, before coercing her older brother Burt, who lives in Hollywood, to take him. Steve quickly discovers that Burt cannot even provide temporary lodging, but an administrator at his new high school directs him to a shelter for runaway kids where he soon learns to navigate his way.
Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big Parisian high school he goes to. There’s no reason for that to change. His two lives, his home life and his school life, must be kept separate at all costs.
After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, a professional wrestler takes a job at a group home for youth offenders. But when a psychopath wearing a wrestling mask begins butchering the teenage residents, their rehabilitation will become a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Originally filmed in 1994 but completed in 2019.
After being kicked out of his group home onto the grim summer streets, Fantasy A, a real-life autistic rapper, embarks on a quest for fame and a comfortable mattress. Set in Seattle, this ensemble comedy follows his odyssey to overcome obstacles and find success.
A man named Trevor is admitted into an insane asylum after he is found in a catatonic state. He meets other patients and is subjected to a series of bizarre experiments by a mad doctor named Dr. Ek, who is trying to help Trevor regain his memory. As Trevor goes through the experiments, he starts to experience strange visions and becomes increasingly confused about what is real and what is not. As the plot unfolds, it is revealed that there is a dark secret hidden in the attic of the asylum, and Trevor must confront his past to escape the horrors of his present.
I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story follows the true story of Regina Louise, a young African-American girl who navigates the foster care system and overcomes numerous obstacles to find her birth mother.
The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo (Naoto Takenaka) begins to work at the "Himawari So". He moves into the home with his daughter Mako (Shihori Kanjiya), who is mentally underdeveloped. Uyan (Takayuki Takuma) is a resident at the group home. Uyan and Mako begin to develop feelings for each, but Itpon becomes worried about them.
Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him under her wing.
Short Term 12 follows Grace, a young supervisor, and her co-worker, Mason, as they navigate the challenges and triumphs of working with troubled youth at a foster care facility. The film explores themes of love, loss, and the power of human connection.
Warrendale is a documentary film that provides an intimate look into the lives of troubled children living in a group home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The film explores various aspects of their mental health, struggles, and the challenges they face on a daily basis.
Cathy, 6, is taken by a social worker to a foster home in the countryside, where she slowly gets used to the strict rules imposed by her foster mother Réjeanne. Fortunately, her foster father, Reynald, is kind and gentle with the girl and patiently helps her break through her shell. Kayla, 12, is sent to a group home where she gets to know Morgane, a rebellious teenager who’s planning to run away. At about the same time, Manu is released from the system on the day she turns 18, but she finds it difficult to adjust to her solitary existence outside of the system. All four meet up at a reception honoring a foster family with whom they’ve all previously lived.
Girlhood is a gripping drama that follows the story of a young girl who finds herself in a brutal world of crime and violence after being sent to a juvenile detention center. As she tries to navigate this new and dangerous environment, she is confronted with the harsh realities of life and must find a way to survive.