20 movies like The Running Man, ordered by similarity : Hell Is a City(1960), The Fortune Cookie(1966), Argo(2012), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Rescue Dawn(2006), First Man(2018), Sexy Beast(2000), Side Effects(2013), Yella(2007), The Crowded Sky(1960), The Draughtsman's Contract(1982), The Holy Innocents(1984) ...
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
1966
125 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Ron Rich Cliff Osmond Judi West Lurene Tuttle Harry Holcombe Les Tremayne Marge Redmond Noam Pitlik Harry Davis
lawyer cameraman doctor athlete ex-wife investigator witty suspenseful cleveland stadium hospital household bar insurance friendly fire parallel universe food industry inventions great depression quest
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|UK
2012
120 Minutes
Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin John Goodman Victor Garber Tate Donovan Clea DuVall Scoot McNairy Rory Cochrane Christopher Denham Kerry Bishé
cia agent specialist hostage revolutionary ambassador wife brutal tense suspenseful thrilling tehran, iran cia office canada united states airplane protest iran hostage crisis on the run political intrigue schemes
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
War, Drama, History
USA|Luxembourg
2006
125 Minutes
Christian Bale Steve Zahn Jeremy Davies Galen Yuen Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul Chaiyan "Lek" Chunsuttiwat Teerawat "Ka-Ge" Mulvilai Yuttana Muenwaja Kriangsak Ming-Olo Pat Healy Toby Huss
pilot prisoner survivor military officer prisoner of war thrilling gritty laos prison camp jungle escape bombing mental illness hope violence torture escape quest 1960s
A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
neil armstrong astronaut wife son engineer test pilot thrilling intense confident inspiring moon florida space center space shuttle family home spaceship moon space exploration space travel life story
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Spain
2000
88 Minutes
Ray Winstone Ben Kingsley Ian McShane Amanda Redman Cavan Kendall Julianne White Álvaro Monje James Fox Darkie Smith
ex-convict gangster nemesis wife associate crime boss intense suspenseful witty spain villa london england bathhouse bank bank heist crime one last job going straight murder
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Jude Law Rooney Mara Channing Tatum Catherine Zeta-Jones Vinessa Shaw Ann Dowd Mamie Gummer David Costabile Michelle Vergara Moore Vladimir Versailles Mitchell Michaliszyn
wife husband psychiatrist murder victim thrilling suspenseful apartment doctor's office new york city depression medicine murder husband/wife relationship mystery wretched excess 2010s
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Germany
2007
89 Minutes
Nina Hoss Devid Striesow Hinnerk Schönemann Burghart Klaußner Barbara Auer Christian Redl Wanja Mues Michael Wittenborn
estranged wife blackmailer abusive husband businessman thrilling suspenseful brooding engaging germany office car estrangement abuse blackmail schemes fall wretched excess temptation 2000s
Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can't quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella's life takes an odd shift.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Dana Andrews Rhonda Fleming Efrem Zimbalist Jr. John Kerr Anne Francis Keenan Wynn Troy Donahue Joe Mantell Patsy Kelly Donald May Louis Quinn
navy pilot copilot soldier stewardess wife passenger engaging incredible suspenseful airplane cockpit flying flashbacks catastrophe equipment malfunction survival escape quest 1930s
Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
Comedy, Drama
1982
103 Minutes
Anthony Higgins Janet Suzman Anne Louise Lambert Dave Hill Hugh Fraser Neil Cunningham David Gant David Meyer
artist wealthy woman mother wealthy man father daughter crafty intricate suspenseful sultry england estate house moat art infidelity murder schemes investigation wealth
An artist (Anthony Higgins) trades 12 drawings for sex with the mistress (Janet Suzman) of a 17th-century English estate.
Drama
1984
105 Minutes
Alfredo Landa Francisco Rabal Terele Pavez Ágata Lys Agustín González Juan Diego
aristocrat peasant father son daughter wife powerful brooding spain estate plantation household family poverty pride class struggle sacrifice underdog wretched excess rivalry
Members (Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal, Terele Pavez) of a poor family obey the whims of the aristocrats they work for in rural 1960s Spain.
Drama
UK
1962
99 Minutes
Hayley Mills Alan Bates Bernard Lee Norman Bird Elsie Wagstaff Ronald Hines Gerald Sim Diane Clare John Arnatt Hamilton Dyce Howard Douglas
escaped convict young boy young girl father teacher police officer eerie charming suspenseful emotional lancashire, england barn farm family home town childhood innocence religion friendship mistaken identity
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owners three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Drama
2009
125 Minutes
Yvan Attal Anne Consigny André Marcon Françoise Fabian Alex Descas Michel Voïta Gerard Meylan Christophe Kourotchkine Maxime Lefrancois
industrialist wife kidnapper mistress police officer executive tense thrilling paris apartment office hideout kidnapping ransom adultery business gambling schemes fall wretched excess
Drama
UK
1965
98 Minutes
Steve Cochran Hildegarde Neff Vivi Bach Paul Hubschmid Martin Benson Dietmar Schönherr Gert van den Bergh George Leech
pilot crime boss young woman smuggler trafficker suspenseful thrilling raw brooding gory cockpit africa human trafficking helping others crime danger adventure discovery rise fall
An out-of-work and penniless American pilot is offered work in Mozambique and promptly becomes an unwitting pawn in a world of drug smuggling, kidnap and murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1993
127 Minutes
Harrison Ford Tommy Lee Jones Sela Ward Julianne Moore Joe Pantoliano Jeroen Krabbé Andreas Katsulas Daniel Roebuck L. Scott Caldwell
surgeon marshal widower wife gripping thrilling suspenseful chicago train mystery conspiracy murder escape pursuit quest 1990s
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Drama
USA
1966
129 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton George Segal Sandy Dennis Agnes Flanagan Frank Flanagan
professor wife teacher alcoholic bleak brash disturbing new england family home college nightclub abuse alcoholism marriage infidelity parenthood rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2013
87 Minutes
Anthony Montgomery Ian Sinclair Brina Palencia Leslie Hippensteel Joe Nemmers David DeLao Larry Jack Dotson Frederic Doss Michelle Sherrill J. Taylor
passenger survivors supernatural being victim foreigner disturbing frightening thrilling shocking suspenseful eerie united states aircraft carrier plane outdoors catastrophe world destruction terror conspiracy horror
Seven strangers find themselves unwitting participants in a U.S. government evacuation program gone horribly wrong.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Julie Christie Wilfred Pickles Mona Washbourne Ethel Griffies Finlay Currie
clerk friend hero waitress police officer quirky england cemetery restaurant playground jail imagination escape friendship wedding aspirations singing adventure escape discovery
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.