‘The Bad Orphan’: How to Watch the Lifetime Movie Online Without Cable

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Lifetime is reaching back into the headlines for The Bad Orphan, a psychological drama premiering on the network on Saturday (June 22).

Inspired by a true story, The Bad Orphan centers around a married couple who adopts an 8-year-old orphan with special needs. According to the movie description, the couple’s “ideas of a perfect family come into question when they discover that Gabby is a troubled little girl, and the family begins to believe things aren’t what they seem. As the unsettling behavior of their ‘child’ worsens and lies are uncovered, cracks in the family dynamic form with Jessica increasingly becoming concerned that adopted daughter Gabby is a threat to their family. Is Gabby just an innocent little girl? Or is there more to her story?”

The Bad Orphan stars Betsy Brandt, Chloe Coco Chapman, Mark Taylor and Eve Edwards. The movie was inspired by the real-life story of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born orphan with dwarfism who was adopted by a married couple, accused of being an adult and later abandoned by the couple. Grace, now 20, shared her story in the Investigation Discovery documentary series, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.

Keep reading for ways to stream The Bad Orphan.

Where to Watch & Stream The Bad Orphan for Free

The Bad Orphan premiers Saturday (June 22) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime. The movie will stream on Lifetime.com the next day.

Viewers who don’t have cable can stream Lifetime live on Philo and DirecTV. The movie will also be available on Prime Video after it premieres.

You can join Philo for free for the first week and just $28/month after that. The subscription lets you access 80+ channels including Lifetime, WEtv, ID, TV One, IFC, LMN, MTV, Nickelodeon, TLC, HGTV, Hallmark Channel, Discovery Channel and AMC+.

DirecTV offers a free trial for five days and access to 90+ live channels including local networks and cable channels such as Lifetime, HGTV, TLC, TBS, Food Network, AMC, Bravo, E!, VH1, MTV, Investigation Discovery, ion, OWN, Paramount Network and plenty of sports channels: ESPN, ESPN2, FS1, Bally Sports, Big Network, NBA TV and more.  

You won’t get a free trial with Sling TV, but you can join for just $20/month. Sling TV’s streaming plans feature dozens of channels (Lifetime, Freeform, QVC, Bravo, Fx, USA, TLC, Disney Channel, E!, Syfy and ESPN are among the lineup).

If you’re a fan Lifetime, the network has a slew of new movies on the way including Devil on Campus, The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story, Little Girl in the Window and Amish Affair.

Watch the trailer for The Bad Orphan below.