Movies like Runaways
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Runaways (2003)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in emergency hospital visits, Cheryl's loyalty is to her boyfriend. To protect her relationship with John, she "ditches" her son, having him arrested and locked in a correctional "mental" facility, before coercing her older brother Burt, who lives in Hollywood, to take him. Steve quickly discovers that Burt cannot even provide temporary lodging, but an administrator at his new high school directs him to a shelter for runaway kids where he soon learns to navigate his way.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, humorous
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, troubled youth, dysfunctional family, teenage life, on the run, downfall, pregnancy, youth, addiction, family relations, life is a bitch, society, family problems, estrangement, destructive relationship, prostitute, hospital, alcohol abuse, social misfits, family in crisis, domestic violence, teen drinking, mother son relationship, child abuse, couples ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and touching films with plots about life is a bitch, family problems, youth, society, family relations, teenage life and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Runaways: Hard Sun (2014), 1 Out of 7 (2011), Fifteen and Pregnant (1998), Treading Water (2001), An Adolescent (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the death of her parents, a young woman assumes primary guardianship of her special needs brother. But as she attempts to balance her new life with her brother and her own blossoming romance, it becomes painfully clear that life will only make ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, life is a bitch, youth, family problems, brother sister relationship, autism, guardian, sibling relationship, child care, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style:
rough, realistic, sincere, serious, bleak
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kids
Plot:
homeless, kids in trouble, teenage life, life is a bitch, love, dysfunctional family, family problems, youth, society, pregnancy, escape, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
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70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, family problems, lifestyle, teenage life, family in crisis, hopes, parent child relationship, sister sister relationship, youth, family relations, husband wife relationship, teenage pregnancy ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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70%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, coming out, fish out of water, eccentric family, culture clash, family gatherings, youth, parents and children, love and romance, family in crisis, family problems ...
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Tomokawa is a tough guy turned bored cop who spends much of his time sating lonely housewives and looking after retarded teen Sukemasa. One day while hanging out at a bar, he is approached by a 15-year-old enjo kosai named Yoko, offering a round of ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
teenage girl, tattoo, mentally challenged, introspection, life is a bitch, tough heroes, teenage life, love and romance, social misfits, prostitute, youth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At a crossroads in his life, Doc Jennings goes home to celebrate his mother's birthday and uncovers dramatic family secrets. Lies, affairs and afflictions bubble to the surface of his seemingly perfect family. Can they come back together or is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating
Plot:
family relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, family in crisis, wedding anniversary, life turned upside down, love, father son relationship, hospital, society, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, coming out, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, lifestyle, teenage life, dangerous attraction, social decay ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, mentally unstable, society, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, nightlife, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A harrowing journey down the dark spiral of drug addiction. As Stephen Jameson's carefully constructed life slowly falls apart, his belief system is shattered when he discovers that he's no longer the functioning addict that he once was.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, atmospheric
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental, talky ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, kids in trouble, punk, pregnancy, fall in love, love affair, life is a bitch, drug addict, grownups, street kid, couples, family relations ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Deena Marten wants the same freedom every teenager craves. But when she can't have her way, her rebellious temperament erupts in violence. Her parents, Stephanie and Todd, fear her new boyfriend, Garret, 17, is the cause. ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive stepfather. The three soon become friends and hope to get Alice an education and help her escape from ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jane, an HIV-positive heroin addict, meets Tony, a young AIDS victim with no family, and the two form a bond.
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sad, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts. Meanwhile, the rest of her family is falling apart, and her ...
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serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, emotional, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman with a hearing problem tries to get het life back together after a car accident that killed her husband.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jeff and Heather Baker were life long sweethearts and happily married... for a time. But at her greatest moment of weakness, Heather abandons Jeff, forcing Jeff to raise their young son alone. Ten years later, through a God ordained encounter, Jeff ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fifteen year old Deborah meets Jennifer who steers her into a career as an escort. Under the alias Bo she begins a new life that she cannot handle and starts a downward spiral that only she can end.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, sad ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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