
10 Best Movies Like Running with Scissors
If you loved Running with Scissors, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Inventing the Abbotts
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running with Scissors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer...

The Cement Garden
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running with Scissors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a b...

The Prince of Tides
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running with Scissors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process....

Like Dandelion Dust
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running with Scissors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family a...

The Savages
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running with Scissors for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father....

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running with Scissors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally...