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Time to Run (1973)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The protagonist is young runaway Barbara Sigel (a Golden Globe nominee for her performance in this film), who has a mad-on against the world. Refusing help from anyone over 30, the runaway likewise rejects the solace of the church. This generation gap can only be closed by total and willing acceptance of God and Jesus Christ. Randall Carver and Ed Nelson head the supporting cast, while Rev. Billy Graham makes a brief appearance as himself.
Style:
road movie, tense, suspense, period piece, christian film, independent film, moody
Plot:
escape, alienation, family conflict, identity crisis, frustration, character study, christian, rebellion, anger, isolation, desperation, moral ambiguity, confrontation, generation gap, anti establishment, domestic drama, road trip, runaway teen, vandalism, coming of age, pursuit, social commentary, anti hero, faith, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
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Most similar movies to Time to Run
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, independent film, realistic and tense films with plots about coming of age, character study, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, isolation, small town and alienation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Time to Run: The Prodigal (1983), No Autumn, No Spring (2012), 1 Angry Black Man (2018), Uncle (2018), Lighter Fluid (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
They were a family torn apart by redemption...kept apart by pride...but brought together by a miracle.
Style:
christian film, independent film
Plot:
religion, faith, assault, criminal, book, drunkenness, lecture, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, student, family relations ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador, Colombia, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
No Autumn, No Spring depicts modern day Guayaquil City and its invisible generation. Iván Mora Manzano’s punk ballad of rebellion, confrontation and the disenfranchised reveals the tribulations of young men and women who struggle deeply with the ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, independent film
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, youth, punk, adolescence, alienation, social commentary, youth culture, rebellion, identity crisis, urban, escape, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
ecuador
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mike Anderson is a senior at the quintessential New-England liberal arts school, Frost College. And Mike is eight weeks away from graduation. On this particular day he has his African-American Literature class with his favorite professor. But today, ...
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, realistic, moody
Plot:
african american protagonist, anger, character study, interracial relations, alienation, racial tension, college life, isolation, slice of life, intimate, campus, identity crisis ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
76%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Stranded on her way home, Sruthi hitches a long ride with KK who turns out to be her dad's buddy. Sruthi's mother seems to be reassured hearing that KK is with her daughter now. However her husband is troubled on hearing the news. ...
Style:
tense, dread, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, social commentary, moral ambiguity, confrontation, character study, ethical dilemma, mistrust, unsettling, coming of age, family honor, road trip, small town ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
An experimental look into the lives of teens and young adults in a dysfunctional town.
Style:
experimental, art house, melancholic, bleak
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
character study, small town, coming of age, alienation, young adult, friendship, aimlessness, apathy, youth culture, social isolation, slice of life, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unhappy teenager hits the road to meet up with a man in California whom she barely knows. Along the way the naive teen stumbles around trying to do her best to get by, but eventually falls prey to some unseemly characters willing to take ...
Style:
independent film, dark, bleak, period piece, road movie
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
hitchhiking, road trip, coming of age, runaway, journey, naivete, survival, street life, desperation, prostitution, alienation, isolation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
southern california, venice california
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Spoddy (Disend), a small-time car thief and master auto mechanic, hates cars and harbors contempt for most people, especially the losers of this world. Directed by Rob Nilsson, this film employs the aesthetic of Direct Action Cinema, which Nilsson ...
Style:
independent film, crime drama, tension, experimental, existential ...
Plot:
character study, anti hero, homeless, realism, outsider, car theft, urban, anti establishment, confrontation, intimate, slice of life, experimental narrative ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A socially and politically frustrated young man with a troubled past vents his frustrations through a social networking website and unwittingly sparks a revolutionary social movement.
Style:
tense, controversial, intense, political drama
Plot:
social commentary, social media, revolution, activism, frustration, internet culture, civil unrest, anger, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, alienation, media manipulation ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Teen friends, Steve, Carrie, Cooper, and Gameboy embark on a weekend camping trip lead by their church youth group leader Stuart (Sean Astin) and his wife Beth (Erin Bethea). Joining them is an outsider Ashley, a self-involved rich kid, whose ...
Style:
christian film, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
christian, true love, old testament, faith, church, bible story, husband wife relationship, storytelling, religion, religious, evangelist, christianity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, character study, alienation, dysfunctional family, drifter, piano, pianist, father son relationship, hitchhiker, oil field, diner ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1970
Place:
california, usa, washington state, oregon, northern california ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Drama - Richard Clayton is a maintenance man at the local police station of the small town of Montauk, Arizona. He spends his days keeping the offices clean and the equipment running. He spends his nights drinking and killing the occasional ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, loneliness, small town, isolation, character study, violence, alcoholism, moral ambiguity, serial killer, male protagonist, desperation, criminal psychology ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.
Style:
intense, tension, ambiguous ending, suspense, southern gothic
Plot:
trauma, small town, character study, coming of age, teen angst, mental health, loss, grief, moral ambiguity, violence, teen violence, family conflict ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Levi Layton is tired of his small town life and his workaholic father, but finds his way out when he receives a large inheritance. Eighteen years old and armed with $100,000, the life he wants is just a midnight escape away.
Style:
melancholic, tense, independent film
Plot:
escape, small town, teenager, father son relationship, coming of age, self discovery, loss of innocence, family conflict, friendship, inheritance, young adult, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trevor and Michelle live an average life in the suburbs. When new neighbors move in, however, they find their world turned upside down, and their neighborhood into a place of chaos and shame.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological thriller, suspense, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
seduction, lifestyle change, new neighbor, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, changing lives, relationship problems, neighbor, nosy neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl, who leaves her husband to search for her true identity. She doesn't quite know what she wants, but at least she knows what she's escaping from. Soon ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, identity crisis, urban, character study, social commentary, escape, murder, social realism, loneliness, isolation, suspicion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.
Style:
reflective, serious, realistic, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
faith, alcoholism, female protagonist, religious conversion, abstinence, religion, redemption, character study, spiritual awakening, religious community, crisis of conscience, drug addiction ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
Style:
christian film, biblical, disgusting, disturbing, scenic ...
Plot:
christian, christianity, faith, bible, manipulation, christian propaganda, religion, religious fanatic, religious persecution, religious, alternate universe, cross examination ...
Place:
phoenix arizona
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fighting Back is a 1982 Australian film about troubled teenagers.
Style:
intense, realistic, emotional, period piece, independent film
Plot:
troubled teen, juvenile delinquency, teen angst, character study, violence, rebellion, identity crisis, social realism, family drama, teacher student relationship, confrontation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hail, Hero! stars Michael Douglas in his screen debut as long-haired college student Carl Dixon. Reversing the usual procedure in late-1960s films, Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the ...
Style:
reflective, period piece, melancholic, satirical, independent film
Plot:
vietnam war, coming of age, military enlistment, social commentary, moral dilemma, counterculture, frustration, anti war, idealism, political unrest, activism, hippie ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
arizona, vietnam
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him ...
Style:
intense, tense, noir, f word
Plot:
coming of age, female friendship, toxic masculinity, small town, escape, sexual assault, loss of innocence, rebellion, violence, moral ambiguity, revenge, desperation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his ...
Style:
poignant, period piece, historical drama, atmospheric, tragic ...
Plot:
working class, coming of age, escape, dream, identity crisis, melancholy, class conflict, alienation, frustration, illusion, loneliness, literary ...
Time:
turn of the century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman, scared by motherhood and her new born baby, runs away from her home and family to find a shelter at her upstairs neighbour's place.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, parent child relationship, female protagonist, family conflict, domestic drama, character study, hiding place, identity crisis, social realism, compassion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Three disabled men--one blind, one with no legs and one with no hands--get together to pull off a museum robbery
Style:
suspense, period piece, tense, twisted, uplifting
Plot:
museum, heist, blind character, caper, teamwork, empathy, physical disability, blindness, escape, surveillance, social commentary, unhappiness ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Vietnam vet decides to undergo a sex change operation in the 1970's. Canadian / American production.
Style:
emotional, reflective, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
transgender, vietnam veteran, desire for fame, self discovery, identity crisis, social commentary, acceptance, mental health, introspection, alienation, isolation, family conflict ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly ...
Style:
christian film, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christian, faith, christianity, fatherhood, religion, god, life philosophy, propaganda, hopes, destiny, religious, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tokyo
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a time of forgiving and giving thanks, a reverend and his family take in a troubled boy named Mason after having lost a son of their own. It's a bumpy ride for Mason, butting heads with his new step-brother and the church counselor he's ...
Style:
christian film, melancholic, unusual plot structure, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
faith, troubled teen, teenage boy, christianity, family relations, support group, church, christian, foster child, respect, adoptive mother, foster home ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Petr is a courier, a messenger as a matter of fact. He is one of those young men who believe that on their bikes they have become part and parcel of the atmosphere of modern cities. He is a non-conformist who refuses to settle into today‘s ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, moody
Plot:
anti conformist, bike messenger, alienation, loneliness, rebellion, frustration, anti hero, anti establishment, identity crisis, existential crisis, angry, working class ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's dynamite stuff.
Style:
independent film, dramatic, realistic, melancholic, black comedy ...
Plot:
college, vietnam war, coming of age, marijuana, counterculture, friendship, social commentary, rebellion, generation gap, frustration, loss of innocence, youth culture ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A wealthy middle-aged man at the airport witnesses a tiny incident involving an unknown, perhaps Arab, young man and airport staff. After the young man is confronted directly at the airport toilets, he feels himself subject to an indefinable but ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller
Plot:
paranoia, obsession, suspicion, surveillance, cat and mouse, stalking, airport, confrontation, alienation, isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
42%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of Liam, a neglected teenager who lives in a family where alcohol, violence and sex play the main role. He grows up to be a confused youngster which ends in a very aggressive act to break with his past.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, family relations, domestic abuse, alcoholism, trauma, troubled past, foster home, life is a bitch, tragic past, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, young adult ...
Similarity:
42%
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