Is the movie Running with Scissors available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?
On behalf of the Stream Tracker team, here’s a quick introduction to Running with Scissors (2006) and where to find it on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, or Apple TV+. Based on Augusten Burroughs’ shocking memoir, the film follows young Augusten as he survives an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, is handed over to Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years inside Finch’s bizarre extended family — a blackly comic, surreal coming-of-age story full of domestic chaos and oddball characters. Running with Scissors drew attention on the awards circuit, notably earning a Golden Globe nomination for Annette Bening. In the rest of this article we’ll track the film’s current streaming status across the major platforms and explain how to watch it today.
Synopsis
A child of an alcoholic father and an emotionally unstable mother, young Augusten is placed in the care of his mother's psychiatrist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescence living inside Finch's eccentric household — a strange, unpredictable environment that furnishes the raw material for a startling memoir.
Watch on which platform Running with Scissors
Updated on 12/03/2026Netflix
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