On the run movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant on the run movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, suspense and fast films and TV shows about / with on the run, chases and races, chase, murder, car chase, shot to death, shootout, dishonesty, police officer and car crash plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
on the run
 2658
on the run movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as on the run: The Fugitive (1993), Shooter (2007), Taken 3 (2014), Enemy of the State (1998), The Getaway (1972), Premium Rush (2012), U.S. Marshals (1998), Run (1991), Midnight Special (2016), The Bourne Legacy (2012).

List of on the run movies

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The Fugitive: The Chase Continues (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Fugitive is a remake of the 1963 TV series of the same name that aired for one season on CBS between October 6, 2000 and May 25, 2001. It stars Tim Daly as Dr. Richard Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as lieutenant Philip Gerard, and Stephen Lang as ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the run, manhunt, chase, frame up, murder, murder suspect, chases and races, bounty hunter, nypd, black cop, uncover truth, escaped prisoner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: chicago
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 7.8
 316K
The Fugitive (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, detective, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, investigation, fugitives, death row, doctor, manhunt, corruption, fugitive ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
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 7.1
 353K
Shooter (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style: intense, exciting, suspense, action packed, political ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, corruption, assassination, revenge, cover up, manhunt, military, false accusation ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: montana, philadelphia, virginia, tennessee, langley virginia ...
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 6.0
 203K
Taken 3 (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, fast paced, action packed ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, on the run, murder, one man army, hostage, chase, bodyguard, police investigation, framed for murder, runaway, frame up ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, europe, usa, malibu california ...
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
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 7.3
 35K
The Getaway (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
Style: neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, road movie ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, on the run, prison, betrayal, car chase, murder, bank robbery, robbery, caper, shootout, gunfight, infidelity ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place: texas, el paso texas, austin texas, persia, san antonio texas ...
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 6.5
 118K
Premium Rush (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, action packed, road movie, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: chase, delivery, organized crime, race against time, cycling, bicycle, police corruption, corrupt cop, on the run, chinese immigrant, justice, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, china
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 6.6
 113K
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: manhunt, cia, on the run, conspiracy, frame up, agent, fugitive, tough cop, corruption, car chase, murder, u.s. marshal ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.2
 3K
Run (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: While conveying a Porsche from L.A. to Atlantic City, student Charlie has to make a stop due to engine trouble. Mistaken as rich, he's invited to a big poker game -- and wins big time. However Denny Halloran, son of a mighty mobster, is a bad ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, black comedy, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, gangster, on the run, gambling, organized crime, car chase, law student, hitman, car crash, framed for murder, accidental death, corrupt cop ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: boston, usa
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Midnight Special (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Style: futuristic, road movie, atmospheric, tricky, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: father son relationship, supernatural, on the run, chase, superhuman powers, parallel universe, kidnapping, supernatural ability, fbi, goggles, existentialism, survival ...
Time: distant future, year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style: exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret service, secret agent, on the run, cia agent, chase, assassin, intelligence, intelligence agency, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, seoul ...
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Night of the Running Man (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: hitman, on the run, gangster, chase, heist, tough heroes, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, pursuit, murder, crime boss ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, usa, salt lake city utah, los angeles
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 6.8
 269K
Unknown (2011)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, memory loss, investigation, amnesia, uncover truth, assassin, conspiracy, secret service, chase, disorder, danger, mysterious character ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, germany
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 6.5
 117K
Safe (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, organized crime, chase, gunfight, lone hero, protector, ex military, on the run, mafia, tough heroes, revenge, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, iran, brooklyn new york city, north america
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intellectual, serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, manly
Plot: spy, cia, conspiracy, amnesia, espionage, on the run, hitman, revenge, assassin, secret agent, tough heroes, dark past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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 6.6
 115K
Run All Night (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, stylized, tense, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, manhunt, assassin, on the run, murder, redemption, swat team, hitman, father son relationship, organized crime, brutality, mobster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, peru, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, robbery, mechanic, carsploitation, car, police, exploitation, partner, reckless driving, mind game ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, southern california
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Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993)
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, apocalyptic, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, cyberpunk, on the run, robot, artificial intelligence, sex with a robot, androids and robots, corporation, assassination plot, androids, hitman, rivalry ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: spy, espionage, mission, gunfight, cia, female spy, on the run, tough guy, chases and races, top secret, save the day, working undercover ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, budapest, iran, bay area, washington state ...
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 22K
The Chase (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car ...
Style: suspense, exciting, road movie, humorous, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, hostage, on the run, chase, gunfight, pursuit, kidnapping, car, on the road, escapades, unlikely couple, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: mexico, california, usa, los angeles
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A Fork in the Road (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An escaped convict and a woman ponder what to do with a not-quite-dead body.
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: on the run, murder, kidnapping, convict, escape, partner, chases and races, odd couple, danger, nothing goes right, confined, missing person ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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Eyes of an Angel (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, tension ...
Plot: on the run, doberman, protection, daughter, family relations, dog, father, family life, aerial combat, gangster, father daughter relationship, brother in law ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: california, chicago, usa
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The Bourne Identity (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style: political thriller, intense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, amnesia, cia, secret agent, secret service, hitman, tough heroes, espionage, one against many, on the run, escape, black ops ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
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Enough (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, scary ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: domestic violence, abusive relationship, violence against women, self defense, violent husband, strong female character, abusive husband, life is a bitch, woman in danger, husband wife relationship, revenge, stalking ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
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 5.6
 56K
Chain Reaction (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, frame up, on the run, chase, conspiracy theory, fbi, disaster, murder, hacking, cia, secrets, laboratory ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: chicago, usa, wisconsin, langley virginia, virginia
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Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first ...
Style: road movie, touching, funny, humorous, exciting ...
Plot: friendship, terminal illness, life philosophy, escapades, last wish, odd couple, friends, on the run, gangster, life is a bitch, chase, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, europe
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The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Canada, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Style: buddy comedy, action comedy, captivating, tense, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: hitman, chase, on the run, killer, two man army, bodyguard, tough guy, assassin, criminal, one against many, protection, car chase ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, netherlands, london, buckingham palace, manchester ...
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style: road movie, controversial, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: lovers on the run, bank robbery, heist, fugitives, on the run, bank robber, on the road, gang, true crime, murderous pair, great depression, chase ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1967
Place: texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 2K
The 39 Steps (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when secret agent, Scudder, bursts into his room and entrusts him with a coded notebook, ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, clever, period piece ...
Plot: on the run, agent as target, world war one, manhunt, race against time, uncover truth, espionage, undercover, who to trust, political conspiracy, false accusation, heroes ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: united kingdom, england, scotland, europe, london
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