Movies like Runaways 2003
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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, independent film, psychological, sincere, humorous
Plot:
troubled youth, juvenile delinquency, 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, child abuse, teen drinking, mother son relationship, student, runaway ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and psychological films with plots about life is a bitch, youth, family relations, family problems, society, dysfunctional family and teenage life mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Runaways: Treading Water (2001), 1 Out of 7 (2011), Crutch (2004), The American Standards (2008), Engel & Joe (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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lgbt, lesbian, family gatherings, culture clash, fish out of water, eccentric family, addiction, couples, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, family relations, family problems ...
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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:
realistic, rough, sincere, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
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Plot:
escape, homeless, teenage life, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, love, dysfunctional family, youth, society, pregnancy, family problems, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
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809
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay ...
Time:
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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, family in crisis, parents and children, wedding anniversary, life turned upside down, love, father son relationship, hospital, society, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
83%
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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, sentimental, sincere, talky ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, punk, youth, kids in trouble, pregnancy, love affair, fall in love, grownups, street kid, family relations, couples, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
77%
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:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, rehabilitation, drug abuse, introspection, drug dealing, doctors and patients, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
teenage girl, forced sex, tattoo, mentally challenged, life is a bitch, introspection, tough heroes, teenage life, society, youth, love and romance, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
73%
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, touching, emotional, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, pregnant teenager, lifestyle, teenage life, family in crisis, hopes, high school, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
70%
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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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, rescue, youth, drug abuse, life turned upside down, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, society, prostitute, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
64%
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:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, youth, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
61%
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:
serious, realistic, touching, heartfelt, melancholic ...
Plot:
family relations, special needs, sibling relationship, life is a bitch, youth, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, family problems, brother sister relationship, caregiver, family drama, responsibility ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
891
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drug addict becomes a mother and has to deal with responsibility and self-respect.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
coping, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, downfall, youth, human nature, life is a bitch, destructive relationship, family problems, solitude, addiction, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
58%
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, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, nightlife, dysfunctional family, teenage life, lifestyle, mentally unstable, society ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
53%
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. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abuse, recovery, victim, women, substance abuse, trouble, family relations, alcohol abuse, dysfunctional family, rebellious youth, anger management, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
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.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
deaf, sexual abuse, sign language, family relations, mute or deaf, society, hopes, misfit, opposites attract, single parent, love and romance, introspection ...
Time:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
obsession, possessiveness, child abuse, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, parents and children, life is a bitch, single parent, family relations, family problems, teenage life, babies and infants ...
Time:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, sexual, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
pregnancy, single parent, working class, society, breakup, love and romance, youth, moral dilemma, starting over, parents and children, family life, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
51%
722
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, ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, youth, human spirit, teenage life, custody, family problems, society, hopes, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, family in crisis, sexual abuse ...
Time:
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Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Chantel Mitchell (Ariyan Johnson), a hip, articulate, black high-school girl in Brooklyn, is determined not to become "just another girl on the IRT" (the IRT is one of NYC's subway lines). She dreams of medical school, a family, and ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
black, pregnancy, women of color, urban, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager, homeless, nudity, poverty, solace, troubled youth, black history ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, indiana, new york, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, kids in trouble, teenage life, youth, drug dealing, gang, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory, twins, patient, terminal illness, hospital, couples, family problems, family relations, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, doctors and patients ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicated when her husband has a car accident and befriends a Czech mechanic, bringing the man into their dysfunctional home.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sincere, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
downfall, dysfunctional family, family problems, working class, life is a bitch, society, destructive relationship, couple relations, custody, crumbling marriage, couples, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a stint in prison, Sonny returns to his home in East Texas, determined to repair his relationship with his son. Standing in his way is his brother, who has turned the home into a crumbling meth lab (IMDb.com)
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, meth lab, family relations, redemption, estrangement, family problems, addiction, drug abuse, homecoming, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, small town ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
46%
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609
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, family problems, life is a bitch, siblings relations, family relations, college dropout, mentally challenged, amphetamine, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
437
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passionate but turbulent affair with an emotionally troubled girl results in pregnancy, a struggling writer and his tight-knit family are forced to decide how the story will end.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, family problems, parents and children, danger, love and romance, father son relationship, premarital sex, woman on top, sex scene, unwed pregnancy, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
46%
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 ...
Style:
romantic, touching, realistic, serious, inspirational
Plot:
deaf, child abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, mentally challenged, rescue, youth, deafness, skinny dipping, sexual attraction, tomboy, belief in ghosts ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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300
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, downfall, rehabilitation, addiction, couples, family problems, under the surface, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
44%
621
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style:
realistic, touching, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, gloomy ...
Plot:
addiction, friendship, juvenile delinquency, downfall, going straight, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, youth, drug abuse, overdose, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Style:
serious, psychological, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, native american, society, lifestyle, youth, parents and children, dysfunctional family, homecoming, american indian, deer hunting ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Similarity:
40%
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