Movies like The Running Man
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The Running Man (2025)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite - and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, dark comedy, game show, action thriller, surprise ending, political thriller, black comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
dystopia, survival, social commentary, fictional game show, violence, race against time, money problems, most dangerous game, megacorporation, media manipulation, escape, satire, chase, pursuit, cat and mouse, family drama, moral ambiguity, violent, celebrity culture, ethical dilemma, anti establishment, sniper, swat team, airplane, revenge ...
Time:
near future
Place:
maine, new york, boston
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Most similar movies to The Running Man
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about murder, explosion, tough guy, chase, shootout, deception and gunfight mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Running Man: Hardcore Henry (2015), The Purge: Election Year (2016), Equalizer 2000 (1987), 24 Hours to Live (2017), The First Purge (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through ...
Style:
stylized, grindhouse, intense, exciting, cult classic ...
Plot:
murder, violent, cyborgs, one man army, point of view, memory loss, fight scenes, hitman, violence, gunfight, found footage, car chase ...
Time:
near future, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
rough, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, distopia, chase, chases and races, dystopic future, prison, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, tough heroes, social commentary ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
politics, vigilante, revenge, gunfight, election, death, murder, violence, distopia, survival, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
near future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
washington d.c., florida
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
wasteland, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, distopia, exploitation, motorcycle gang, desert, machine gun ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Style:
suspense, perverse, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
redemption, gunfight, reincarnation, spy, rescue, haunted by the past, revenge, dark hero, tragic hero, one against many, conspiracy, near death experience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, africa, hong kong, florida ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, hood, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
blood, survival horror, social injustice, abuse of power, murder, atrocity, massacre, politics, nightmare, racism, killing spree, resistance movement ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2017
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, saga, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cure, vaccine, virus, disease, distopia, battles, desert, fight, maze, danger, post apocalypse, laboratory ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, coup d'etat, aikido, violence, assassination plot, revenge, murder, corruption, political corruption, spy, chase ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, cyber, erotic, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, robot, on the run, terminator, bare breasts, doomed love, assassination plot, corporation, androids and robots, hitman ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 ...
Style:
teen, saga, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, strong female lead, dystopia, resistance, chase, rebellion, dystopian future, brutality, chosen one, tough girl, female warrior, fight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, future, near future, year 2016
Similarity:
32%
74K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, action adventure, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, cia agent, spy, violence, swat team, terrorism, husband wife relationship, female agent, tough guy, espionage, secret service, prison ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
west virginia, london, big ben london, delaware, russia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, criminal gang, danger, betrayal, gunfight, police, fight, transformation, police investigation, friendship, vengeance ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
sydney australia, hong kong
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trapped in a high-security safe house after a terrorist attack in downtown Los Angeles, six government agents realize they must survive not just the enemy outside, but the potential traitor among them.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, twist ending, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
government agent, suspicion, paranoia, betrayal, claustrophobia, survival, mistrust, interrogation, false accusation, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, domestic terrorism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
31%
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, maze, epidemic, young heroes, apocalypse, dystopia, immunity, danger, zombie, on the run ...
Time:
future, year 2015, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such ...
Style:
bleak, action adventure, tense, apocalyptic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
solar flare, survival, mona lisa, dystopia, radiation, wasteland, mutant, quest, moral dilemma, rivalry, exploration, redemption ...
Place:
london, france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, dystopia, prison, utopia, psychopath, time travel, satire, maverick cop, totalitarianism, fish out of water, violence ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary, Spain, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
Style:
saga, action adventure, apocalyptic, tech noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terminator, time travel, robot, androids and robots, gunfight, technology, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, hand to hand combat, killer robot, escape, shapeshifter ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, year 2019, future, 90s ...
Place:
mexico, texas, mexico city, guatemala
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
30%
103K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
Style:
perverse, suspense, psychotronic, action thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
superpower, experimental drug, super powers, superhuman powers, drug lord, mad scientist, police, fight to the death, evolution, alligator, strength, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north america, new orleans, mississippi
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, laboratory, terrorism, terrorist plot, military, investigation, rescue, evacuation, gunfight, deception, soldier, bomb ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, big ben london, london, rome italy, ukraine
Similarity:
30%
110K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, nuclear explosion, train, mexican standoff, fighter jet, female warrior, male male relationship, danger, escapades, chases and races, rivalry, aviation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
utah, usa, pentagon, hong kong
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, action packed, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, terrorism, revenge, race against time, lone hero, heist, police, buddy cop, car chase, terrorist, police officer, bank robber ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his ...
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalyptic, dystopia, race against time, post apocalypse, heroic mission, escape, dystopian future, one man army, earthquake, apocalypse, catastrophe, lone wolves ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, latin america ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the future of post-Soviet and economically devastated Russia, Big Brother still rules with an iron hand of brutality, brain-washing and ruthless dictatorship. Into this cauldron of corruption and terror plunges American crook and smuggler John ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, tech noir, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, apocalypse, cyberpunk, woman fights a man, murder of a nude woman, capoeira, dystopian future, gangster, murder, betrayal, gang, prostitute ...
Time:
90s, future, near future
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing ...
Style:
suspense, perverse, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
female warrior, cannon, mossad, woman kills a man, computer cracker, geopolitics, shootout, woman in jeopardy, fugitive, bare chested male, crooked businessman, special forces ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, f word
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, bondage, kidnapped wife, bare chested male, dwarf, exploitation, male female relationship, village, biological warfare ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
30%
275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place:
seattle, big ben london, australia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals ...
Style:
suspense, harsh, suspenseful, exciting, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
survival, manhunt, human prey, most dangerous game, mountain, chase, homeless, psychopath, wilderness, revenge, death, money ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, washington state
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, changing the past or future, time loop, time machine, terminator, soldier, danger, imaginary, heroic mission, escapades, rescue, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, year 1993, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, seattle
Similarity:
30%
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