The Orphans' Home Cycle

The Orphans' Home Cycle

CORRECT VIEWING ORDER: (1) Convicts (2) Lily Dale (3) Courtship (4) On Valentine's Day (5) 1918 // The Orphans' Home Cycle is a 3-part drama written by Horton Foote. Each of the three parts in the trilogy comprises three one-act plays: The Story of a Childhood (Part 1), The Story of a Marriage (Part 2), and The Story of a Family (Part 3). The focus is on Horace Robedaux (inspired by Foote's father) and Elizabeth Vaughn (inspired by Foote's mother) at the turn of the 20th Century to the beginning of the Depression, following Horace through three decades, as "seen through three generations of three families." Some of these plays were made into movies, released individually and not in order.

Movies in release order

  1. 1918 1985 · ★ 6.4
  2. On Valentine's Day 1986 · ★ 5.7
  3. Courtship 1987 · ★ 10.0
  4. Convicts 1991 · ★ 5.7
  5. Lily Dale 1996 · ★ 3.7