Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "runaway-teenage-girl"

1. Searching (III) (2018)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.

Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La

Votes: 179,992 | Gross: $26.02M

2. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,819 | Gross: $1.01M

3. Dear Zoe (2022)

R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

When Tess and her family suffer an unimaginable loss, she finds support from a surprising source: her biological father - a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks - and the charming but dangerous juvenile delinquent next door.

Director: Gren Wells | Stars: Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi, Jessica Capshaw, Justin Bartha

Votes: 1,447

4. Dirty Girl (2010)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

It's 1987 and Danielle, the high-school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joa and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.

Director: Abe Sylvia | Stars: Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier, Milla Jovovich, Zach Lasry

Votes: 11,344 | Gross: $0.05M

5. Jolene (2008)

R | 121 min | Drama

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney

Votes: 5,151

6. Hick (2011)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

A Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.

Director: Derick Martini | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Rory Culkin, Eddie Redmayne

Votes: 20,835

7. Ode to Billy Joe (1976)

PG | 106 min | Drama

In 1950s Mississippi, teenager Bobbie Lee Hartley navigates her blossoming hormones as she is courted by Billy Joe McAllister, who is headed for tragedy.

Director: Max Baer Jr. | Stars: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak

Votes: 2,164

8. Born Innocent (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

A young girl runs away from her abusive family and ends up in a girls' juvenile detention center, where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker shows interest in helping her.

Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Linda Blair, Joanna Miles, Allyn Ann McLerie, Mary Murphy

Votes: 1,189

9. Ballet Shoes (2007 TV Movie)

PG | 85 min | Drama, Family, Musical

In 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.

Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Emma Watson, Yasmin Paige, Lucy Boynton, Emilia Fox

Votes: 9,176

10. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas

Votes: 11,090

11. Cherry (I) (2010)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

An Ivy League freshman gets an unexpected education when he falls for an older woman and her 14 year-old daughter develops a crush on him.

Director: Jeffrey Fine | Stars: Kyle Gallner, Laura Allen, Britt Robertson, Matt Walsh

Votes: 5,206 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Lola (1961)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott

Votes: 7,530

13. Bastards (2013)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Romance

Marco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy - though he is ill-prepared for her secrets as they quickly muddy the waters.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille, Michel Subor

Votes: 3,747 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Sin of Innocence (1986 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 134 min | Drama

When widower David marries divorcee Vicki, David's teenage son, Tim and Vicki's teenage daughter, Jenny become romantically involved. This makes David and Vicki VERY uncomfortable and Vicki's ex-husband Andy furious.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Bill Bixby, Dee Wallace, Megan Follows, Dermot Mulroney

Votes: 420

15. Broken Mirrors (2018)

104 min | Drama

Shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline, seventeen year old Ariella commits a grave error that her father isn't willing to punish her for.

Directors: Aviad Givon, Imri Matalon | Stars: Shira Haas, Yiftach Klein, Renana Raz, Yoav Rotman

Votes: 257

16. Little Ladies of the Night (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Kyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to ... See full summary »

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: David Soul, Louis Gossett Jr., Linda Purl, Clifton Davis

Votes: 216

17. 27 Missing Kisses (2000)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The summer adventures of teenaged Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father while being romanced by his teenaged son.

Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Nutsa Kukhianidze, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Shalva Iashvili, Pierre Richard

Votes: 1,522

18. Child Bride of Short Creek (1981 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

Partially based on the true events surrounding a rural religious cult in the American Midwest, and how the members' children suffered for their parents' fanaticism.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Diane Lane, Conrad Bain, Kiel Martin

Votes: 353

19. The Marker (2017)

80 min | Crime, Thriller

Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.

Director: Justin Edgar | Stars: Frederick Schmidt, Ana Ularu, John Hannah, Struan Rodger

Votes: 508

20. American Nightmare (1983)

R | 88 min | Horror, Crime, Thriller

A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Lawrence Day, Lora Staley, Neil Dainard, Lenore Zann

Votes: 569

21. Chloé (1996 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance

After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Then she finds Jean-Michel, a charming young man who will lead her to prostitution.

Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Anna Karina, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Claude Adelin, Nozha Khouadra

Votes: 426

22. Caroline? (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter of a rich man tries to solve the problems of his untrusting son and supposedly mentally handicaped daughter. But one question stands in her way: is she really Caroline?

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pamela Reed, George Grizzard, Patricia Neal

Votes: 516

23. My Skinny Sister (2015)

95 min | Drama

Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal.

Director: Sanna Lenken | Stars: Rebecka Josephson, Amy Deasismont, Annika Hallin, Henrik Norlén

Votes: 1,774

24. The Flapper (1920)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

Ginger grows up in a slow town. Because of her wild attitude, her father decides to send her to a strict boarding school. Despite the strictness, the girls have fun getting into flapper lifestyle trouble including flirting.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Olive Thomas, Theodore Westman Jr., William P. Carleton, Warren Cook

Votes: 430

25. Teenage Tramp (1973)

R | 80 min | Crime, Drama

Wayward, uninhibited young runaway Kim has fallen in with a bad crowd. She decides to flee them and head to the West Coast to reunite with her uptight, neurotic, estranged older sister ... See full summary »

Director: Anton Holden | Stars: Robin Lane, Alisha Fontaine, Anthony Massena, Don Jarrell

Votes: 188

26. Velké trápení (1975)

87 min | Drama, Family

After the separation of her parents from her father, a 13-year-old girl is placed in an orphanage where she has difficulty settling in, but then begins to break away from her father because she sees through his selfishness.

Director: Jirí Hanibal | Stars: Renata Masková, Jana Stepánková, Bozena Böhmová, Eduard Cupák

Votes: 31

27. Navidad (2009)

99 min | Drama, Romance

A young couple are shocked to find a teen runaway collapsed in their abandoned rural home. Unable to leave her alone, they allow her to join them on a strange night as they recover a few ... See full summary »

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Manuela Martelli, Diego Ruiz, Alicia Rodríguez

Votes: 296

28. Lotus (III) (2020)

17 min | Short, Drama

In 1941, a Greek teenager falls for an Italian soldier. She does not realize her kid sister has also fallen for the soldier. The younger girl's attempt to seduce her sister's boyfriend ends in tragedy.

Director: Marietta Pappa | Stars: Anna Valeria Giannotti, Loukia Konidari, Nikos Kaloudis, Natalia Kapodistria

29. Twisting Fate (2016)

107 min | Drama

Claire is 17 years old. With her family, she spends her holidays in South Africa when her family disappears in an accident. By a stroke of fate, she escapes the drama.

Director: Christophe Lioud | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Daniel Njo Lobé, Marie-Christine Barrault, Naomi Amarger

Votes: 74

30. Dead Girls (2014)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

Three stories of abused and forsaken girls who return from the dead to take their revenge.

Directors: Neal E. Fischer, Del Harvey | Stars: Jessica Oberhausen, Joe Caballero, Rebecca Mullins, Aubrey Joyce Tunnell

Votes: 238

31. Katorse (1980)

Drama, Romance

Too much too soon--a child--a woman at 13--and a mother at 14.

Director: Joey Gosiengfiao | Stars: Dina Bonnevie, Alfie Anido, Gabby Concepcion, Janet Bordon

Votes: 22

32. Divorce Iranian Style (1998)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

A documentary about real divorce cases in Iran's tribunals.

Directors: Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Votes: 554

33. La Grieta (2015)

3 min | Short, Crime, Drama

Clara, at only thirteen years old, has had to go through an experience that produced a crack inside her, that same break will allow her to see with different eyes.

Director: Victoria Giménez | Stars: Juan Casalas, Javier Diano, Rosa Gómez, Bernard Lamarque

34. Rebellious Daughters (1938)

Approved | 69 min | Drama

Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up with dirty pictures and blackmail.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Marjorie Reynolds, Verna Hillie, Sheila Bromley, George Douglas

Votes: 86

35. Delinquent Daughters (1944)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama

A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, Teala Loring, Mary Bovard

Votes: 409

36. L'eau vive (1958)

96 min | Drama

Old Félix, a prosperous land owner in Haute Provence, will be expropriated because a dam is being built on the River Durance and his estate is to be flooded. He receives thirty million ... See full summary »

Director: François Villiers | Stars: Pascale Audret, Charles Blavette, Henri Arius, Odette Barencey

Votes: 74

37. Next to Nothing (2004 Video)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

• DRAMA (2004) A young girl moves in with her estranged father. She joins a family with a new stepmother and two teenaged stepsisters.

Director: Tim Everitt | Stars: Katherine Everitt, James Wellington, Georgiana Tarjan, Kim Knight

Votes: 23

38. Runaway (2001)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary

Runaway follows the stories of five young girls who arrive at a refuge in Iran's capital city Tehran, having run away from abusive or neglectful families.

Directors: Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Votes: 77

39. The White Sin (1924)

93 min | Drama, Romance

Smalltown runaway teen Hattie Lou is hired as maid for the Van Gore family, bound for the South Seas on their yacht. On board she falls for the son Spencer, who "marries" her in a mock wedding. A baby and hard times result from the union.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Madge Bellamy, John Bowers, Francelia Billington, Hallam Cooley

Votes: 31

40. To a Safer Place (1987)

58 min | Documentary

A victim of child abuse visits her family to heal the trauma she and her siblings experienced at the hands of their abusive father.

Directors: Beverly Shaffer, Shirley Turcotte | Stars: Shirley Turcotte, Gloria Demers

Votes: 10

41. The Girl in the Sneakers (1999)

110 min | Drama, Family

In love with a teenage boy, Tadaei leaves home in the morning heading for school but decides not to go to school and instead starts wandering in the streets of Tehran. She makes up her mind... See full summary »

Director: Rasoul Sadrameli | Stars: Pegah Ahangarani, Majid Hajizadeh, Akram Mohammadi, Abdolreza Akbari

Votes: 886

42. Groomed (II) (2021)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama

Every day, everywhere, hundreds of thousands of children are being 'groomed'- will you be prepared when traffickers try to target you or your loved ones? Know the signs and apply them.

Director: Travis Plunkett | Stars: Rebecca Cary, Bailey Clawson, Stephanie Clawson, Jordan Collins

43. The Clown Statue (2016)

9 min | Short, Horror

Susan is so grateful for a babysitting job. She hears something in the storage room but all she sees is a statue of a clown.

Director: David Heavener | Stars: Adena Heavener, D. Brent Heavener, David Heavener, HarmonieRose Heavener

44. Favourites (2019)

18 min | Short, Drama

After falling out with her mother, young Sofia hitchhikes southwards in search of the father she never had.

Director: Martin Monk | Stars: Renate Baier, Christian Dolezal, Günther Lainer, Lia Wilfing

Votes: 74

45. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: Runaway (1978)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance

Young Lucy's upcoming birthday party has everyone excited for various reasons, except Lucy, who can't even invite her mother to the party. It's only after she decides to run away and takes ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray

Votes: 208

46. East Side/West Side (1963–1964)
Episode: The Street (1964)

60 min | Drama

After her mother's boyfriend abuses her, a teenager runs away from home and tries to survive on the streets.

Director: Ron Winston | Stars: George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, Linden Chiles

Votes: 14

47. Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
Episode: The Way Home (1989)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jesse befriends and tries to help a runaway juvenile delinquent reunite with her worried upper class folks. However, two crooked cops stand in his way.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Martin Kove, Darcy Marta, Karen Landry, James Handy

Votes: 13

48. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Heart of Darkness (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Investigating a porn baron, Crockett and Tubbs become involved with an undercover FBI agent who may have gone native and become a criminal, and may have murdered an underage porn starlet. ... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 955

49. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.12 (2020)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Litten remembers a legal loophole that could save Greta's life. Charlotte visits the inn mentioned in her mother's love letters. Wall Street crashes.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 698

50. Movie Macabre (1981–1993)
Episode: The House That Screamed (1981)

TV-14 | Comedy, Horror

A strict headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.

Director: Larry Thomas | Stars: Cassandra Peterson, John Paragon, Tomás Blanco, Sofía Casares

Votes: 33