IF YOU LOVE ‘RUNNING POINT,’ TRY THESE FUN FILMS AND TV SHOWS
If you’re a binge watcher and love to do this with all the latest and greatest hyped titles, well the, sometimes we run out of (too quickly) stories we love. One of the titles currently enjoying lots of hype and success is Running Point. A Netflix comedy that also returns a familiar face to a lead role, let’s take a look as some films and TV watchalikes if you like Running Point, try these.
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In case you are unfamiliar with the recent release, in the comedy, from Mindy Kaling, Kate Hudson plays Isla Gordon, a smart, but overlooked “middle child” in the Gordon family. She’s also the only girl. When the family business and legacy is threatened, it’s up to Isla to save it which is how she ends up as the new president of the Waves, the basketball team her family owns.
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Fun and entertaining, Running Point is easily bingeable. Because of this, I wondered what other options there may be and so this is what we’re looking for today. Some are closer to the Netflix plot and others aren’t at all similar to the comedy with Kate Hudson. Then I know, there are some that should be here, but were (embarrassingly) forgotten.
FILMS and TV to WATCH if you like RUNNING POINT
CHEERS
This one is very different from Running Point but despite this, I’m including this because of the sports connection and for the change in “boss” later in the season’s run. The show follows Ted Danson’s ladies man character who was once a professional player but now he owns a bar.
Stream, at publication, on Paramount+ or select seasons on Hulu or Pluto TV; or digitally rent/purchase on places like Prime Video
FAIRLY LEGAL
A legal show, yes, but Sarah Shi plays quite the sassy and confident leading lady which brings to mind Hudson’s sassy Isla. In this story she plays someone who left behind the family business to forge her own career path only for that family business to return to her life in the aftermath of her father’s death.
Stream, at publication, on Peacock; or digitally rent/buy on Prime Video
MY BOYS
A female sports fanatic works in a male dominated world as well as living in one between her brothers and besties, most of whom are male. Jordan Spiro leads this one in a short-lived TV show that is quite funny.
At publication, this one is only available as a DVD set on places like Amazon
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS
Big on the sports theme, only in this it’s football, this short three season run series has Callie Thorne in the lead role as a psychotherapist, who ends up working for a professional football team when her private life crumbles.
Stream, at publication, on Peacock; or digitally rent/buy on Prime Video
PITCH
A short-lived Fox drama, this one follows a female baseball player and was really popular with viewers.
Rent or purchase this show with Prime Video
THE Z-SUITE
Lauren Graham stars in this new Tubi original playing a fierce boss lady who is pushed out of a company she helps build when a group of Gen-Z employees show her up. Not willing to give up, she determines to get her job back.
Stream, at publication, exclusively on Tubi
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13 GOING on 30
In an iconic role, Jennifer Garner plays a woman who dreams of being an important exec in a 30, flirty and thriving lifestyle. She wakes up in the 30-year-old body the day after her thirteenth birthday, all while still believing she’s only thirteen!
Stream, at publication, with Netflix; or digitally rent/purchase on places like Prime Video
CONFESSIONS of a SHOPAHOLIC
Based on the Sophie Kinsella novel, Isla Fisher stars in this. She plays a woman unable to manage her finances (which ruins her own life as well as her friendships) which forces her to get a job, and quite by accident, she ends up working at a finance publication.
Digitally rent or purchase the film on places like Prime Video
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Iconic as a film that probably shouldn’t be getting its rumored sequel, Anne Hathaway stars in this one about a girl who must put up with an impossible boss, but who eventually finds her footing. Funnily enough, in promotion for Running Point, Hudson has made comments that she was offered a role in this film and had to turn it down because of other commitments. Having seeing her in Running Point, do we think she’d have ruled in this?
Stream, at publication, on Prime Video; or digitally rent/purchase on places like Prime Video
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This one is perhaps the title least fitting on this list, but there is a workplace vibe because it’s about two working professionals who make a bet, little knowing that they’ve picked the one other person who is also making a bet. The film has no in-between (people either love or loathe it) and does feature Kate Hudson which is the second reason I’m including it here.
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Stream, at publication, with MGM+ or Paramount+; or digitally purchase/rent on places like Prime Video
NEW in TOWN
Like most of these titles, this one also isn’t “carbon copy” alike to Kate Hudson’s Running Point. However, it does evoke those feelings with its kind of fish-out-of-water heroine who finds her business acumen in a difficult situation, and ends up being a boss.
THE PROPOSAL
This one is all about Sandra Bullock’s stubborn and bossy boss character. It’s another one that’s a stretch to include, yes, but it’s still worth watching and like I said, it has a sassy boss in Bullock’s character.
Stream, at publication, on Hulu; or digitally rent/purchase on places like Prime Video
SECOND ACT
Jennifer Lopez plays a loveable woman with business smarts but she lacks the formal education to impress anyone. When a fake profile gets her an interview and lands her a job she isn’t on paper qualified for, her entire life shifts.
Digitally rent or purchase the film on places like Prime Video
SET it UP
This one is a workplace rom-com about two assistants who try to matchmake their bosses so that they can get a life. I think there is a sports connection, too, plus the banter is fabulous and this one features Glen Powell before he was Glen Powell.
Stream, exclusively, on Netflix
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Have you seen any of these? Which ones do you think fits the watch these if you like Running Point list? What Running Point watchalikes do you recognize? Share all the thoughts in the comment section.
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I haven’t watched Running Point yet, but it’s definitely on my watchlist. And I’m a ’90s kid, so most of these rom-coms give me nostalgia.
Right? So much nostalgia with so many rom-coms! I’ve rewatched many way too many times. :)