Home Run

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Home Run is available in the US on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube TV, and in the UK on Amazon Prime Video right now. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. 63 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Scott Elrod — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Start it on Amazon Prime Video whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Home Run keeps coming up in conversation. Home Run trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team Scott Elrod and Dorian Brown Pham lead a cast that treats the material with real seriousness. It hit screens in 2013. Home Run resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with Home Run. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Scott Elrod is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

Home Run was released in 2013, directed by David Boyd. The full 114-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.