6 Shows Like The Runarounds
Prime Video’s new series, The Runarounds, is a fictional drama but features a real band, The Runarounds, consisting of William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock, and Jesse Golliher. From Outer Banks creator Jonas Pate, the eight-episode series premiered on September 1 and and follows band members as they graduate from Wilmington, North Carolina and come together during the summer to form a rock band and search for stardom.
The series features original music performed by the band and also stars Lilah Pate, Maximo Salas, Kelley Pereira, Marley Aliah, Mark Wystrach, Brooklyn Decker, Hayes MacArthur, and Shea Pritchard.
If you’re looking for more music-centered shows like The Runarounds to check out next, here are 6 recommendations.
Daisy Jones & The Six (2023 miniseries)
Cast: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Suki Waterhouse, Will Harrison, Josh Whitehouse, Timothy Olyphant, Sebastian Chacon
Synopsis: “In 1977, Daisy Jones & The Six were on top of the world; the band had risen from obscurity to fame, and then, after a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, they called it quits; now, decades later, the band members agree to reveal the truth.”
Where to watch: Prime Video
Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
Cast: Madison Reyes, Charlie Gillespie, Jeremy Shada, Owen Patrick Joyner, Jadah Marie, Sacha Carlson, Savannah Lee Nassif, Carlos Ponce, Booboo Stewart
Synopsis: “High schooler Julie lost her passion for music after her mom died last year. But when the ghosts of three dreamy musicians from 1995 appear, they reawaken Julie’s own inner spirit and create a new band together: Julie and the Phantoms. Based on the original Brazilian series Julie e os Fantasmas.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Pistol (2022 miniseries)
Cast: Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Jacob Slater, Christian Lees, Louis Partridge, Maisie Williams, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Emma Appleton, Sydney Chandler, Talulah Riley, Dylan Llewellyn, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Francesca Mills
Synopsis: “Based on Jones’ memoir “Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol”, the limited series “Pistol” is the story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.”
Where to watch: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels (Canada), MGM+ Amazon Channel (UK),Plex (US)
Rebelde (2022)
Cast: Azul Guaita, Franco Masini, Sergio Mayer Mori, Andrea Chaparro, Jerónimo Cantillo, Lizeth Selene, Alejandro Puente, Giovanna Grigio, Estefania Villarreal, Leonardo de Lozanne
Synopsis: “As Elite Way School starts a new term, a familiar enemy — a secret society called the Lodge — threatens to crash the musical hopes of the first-years.”
Where to watch: Netflix
This Town (2024)
Cast: Levi Brown, Ben Rose, Eve Austin, Peter McDonald, Jordan Bolger, David Dawson, Nicholas Pinnock, Freya Parks, Michelle Dockery, Stefan Asante-Boateng
Synopsis: “An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ’70s and early ’80s which united black, white and Asian youths.”
Where to watch: Apple TV (Canada), BBC iPlayer (UK), SBS On Demand (Australia)
We Are Lady Parts (2021 – )
Cast: Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Juliette Motamed, Lucie Shorthouse, Aiysha Hart, Zaqi Ismail, Shobu Kapoor, David Avery
Synpopsis: “Geeky biochemical engineering Ph.D. student Amina Hussein becomes the unlikely lead guitarist of Lady Parts, an all-female Muslim punk band on a mission to get a proper gig. Saira, the band’s fierce and enigmatic frontwoman, sees something in Amina the others can’t. Saira leverages Amina’s desperation to find a husband and offers to set her up with potential matches if she agrees to join. Torn between her straitlaced university friends and members of Lady Parts, Amina tries to find her voice.”
Where to watch: Channel 4 (UK), Fubo (Canada), Peacock (US), Stan (Australia)
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