Movies like Better Start Running: 20 to watch next
If you loved Better Start Running (2018) — a drama and comedy film directed by Brett Simon — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Better Start Running most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like road movie. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Kodachrome 2017★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for good. Along with Ben's nurse Zooey, the three navigate a world changing from analogue to digital while trying to put the past behind them.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Treasure 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Uncorked 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Juniper 2021★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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 life around.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Road to Paloma 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.
Stream in India on Ultraplaybox Amazon Channel
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The House of Tomorrow 2019★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In the Soup 1992★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Stream in India on Brew
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Hooking Up 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Almost Friends 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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 serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Stream in India on Plex
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Small Apartments 2012★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 2024★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Family Weekend 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Enforcer 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Code 3 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Somewhere in Queens 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fat Kid Rules The World 2012★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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About Alex 2014★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mexicali 2026★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Good Neighbor 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Jane Got a Gun 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now