Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Runaways

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

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#1
Have Dreams, Will Travel

Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaways for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life....

#2
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaways for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#3
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1981★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaways for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene....

#4
Palmer

Palmer

2021★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaways for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubl...

#5
Honey Boy

Honey Boy

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaways for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life....

#6
Three on a Match

Three on a Match

1932★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaways for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs....

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