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10 Best Movies Like Idle Running

If you loved Idle Running, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Running for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#2
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Running for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

#3
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Running for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#4
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Running for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#5
Class Act

Class Act

1992★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Running for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of ...

#6
The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Running for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school....

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