Running movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant running movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, suspense, clever and visually appealing films and TV shows about / with running, hopes, friendship, murder, mentor, storytelling, death, redemption, violence and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sport genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as running: Run Milkha Run (2013), Run Lola Run (1998), Warm Bodies (2013), Run, Fatboy, Run (2007), Marathon (2005), Terry (2005), If I Had Wings (2013), Left Bank (2008), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), A Quiet Place (2018).
Best films
List of running movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, inspirational, meditative, realistic ...
Plot:
rise to the top, running, talented, athlete's life, army, sport, lifestyle, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, rivalry, determination ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
india, pakistan, asia, rome italy
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186K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, surreal, mind bending, non-linear ...
Plot:
destiny, running, alternate reality, race against time, self sacrifice, desperation, choice, heroine, hopes, couple relations, couples, time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, future
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
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217K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Style:
offbeat, sentimental, humorous, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
zombie, supernatural romance, fall in love, forbidden love, love and romance, young man, young woman, zombie apocalypse, supernatural, danger, power of love, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, funny, light ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
training, love triangle, running, coach, marathon, bet, romance, rivalry, farce, loser, frustration, underdog ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, tower bridge london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
20-years-old Cho-Won (Cho Seung-Woo) is young man with autism. He lives with his highly protective mother Kyung-Sook (Kim Mi-Sook) and younger brother (Baek Sung-Hyun), who sometimes resents the attention his older brother receives from his mother. ...
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
family relations, disability, autism, marathon, running, athlete's life, young heroes, against the odds, parents and children, supportive parent, social misfits, hopes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
korea, asia, south korea
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487
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario when he died, one month before his 23rd birthday yet his memories will ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, realistic, sentimental, serious
Plot:
terminal illness, cross country, running, marathon, human spirit, ambition, athlete's life, disability, life is a bitch, sport, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
asthma, running, hopes, friendship, against the odds, blind man, ambition, unlikely partners, human spirit, teenage life, disability, follow your dream ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A chilling thriller about a woman, who upon moving in with her new boyfriend, becomes obsessed with the fate of the previous tenant and descends into madness.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
illness, running, missing person, mystery, supernatural, athlete's life, danger, mentally unstable, deadly, losing-it hero, memory loss, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, middle ages, 2000s
Place:
belgium, europe, antwerp
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, dramatic, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
depression, mental illness, love, mentally unstable, romance, social misfits, family drama, family relations, life philosophy, bipolar disorder, troubled, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2010s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, baltimore, new jersey
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392K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, surprise ending, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, sign language, deafness, monster, self sacrifice, silence, survival horror, creature feature, pregnancy, child in peril, creature ...
Time:
21st century, near future, 2020s
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
Style:
motivational, disturbing, sincere, captivating, christian film
Plot:
coach, running, christianity, student, cross country, mentor, sport, escapades, ambition, asthma, adaptation, society ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, exciting, touching, serious ...
Plot:
athlete's life, contests and competitions, society, follow your dream, lifestyle, ambition, running, friendship, ego clash, rivalry, sport, social differences ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past ...
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, twists and turns, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, changing the past or future, friendship, teenage love, supernatural ability, school, high school, student, supernatural, teenage girl, classmate, imaginary ...
Time:
21st century, future, contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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1.8M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
touching, sincere, uplifting, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
mentally challenged, human spirit, destiny, life philosophy, rise to the top, true love, storytelling, journey, human relationship, odd, selflessness, philosophy ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, 70s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., united states, new york, san francisco ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
A hiker's survival skills is put to the test when he stumbles upon the remains of an old abandoned camp and discovers its long dark secrets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, awful
Plot:
survival, psychopath, danger, homicidal maniac, running, hiking, masked man, maniac, murder, violence, fight, brutality ...
Place:
new jersey
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267K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
survival, end of the world, survival horror, fear, blindness, suicide, bird, murder, creature, post apocalypse, parents and children, chase ...
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123K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
Story:
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day ...
Style:
suspenseful, touching, serious, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, supernatural ability, teenage love, high school, supernatural power, teenage life, life turned upside down, transformation, youth, friends, high school life ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
mexico, usa, california, japan, france
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526K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, tense, thought provoking, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time loop, changing the past or future, hitman, destiny, on the run, neo noir, organized crime, sent to the past, time paradox, mafia, violence ...
Time:
future, 21st century, 2040s
Place:
usa, shanghai, kansas, shanghai china
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot:
single parent, athlete and trainer, hopes, training, high school, family problems, contests and competitions, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, redemption, teenage life ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c., seattle washington, united states
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
weight loss, running, female protagonist, dream, adaptation, society, friends, escapades, sport, hopes, transformation, marathon ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 417 min.
Story:
Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, exciting, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
fairy, adventure, good versus evil, creature, magical, supernatural ability, journey, imaginary, mythology, parallel world, friendship, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
new york, virginia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.
Style:
emotional, humorous, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
human spirit, against the odds, contests and competitions, elderly, aging, golden years, social relations, retirement home life, hopes, ambition, bittersweet, running ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany
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442
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll will never be the same after a medieval sex drug makes a comeback on the college party scene. Everyone wants to try this "orgasm" drug but no one considers the side effects.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
survival, violence, murder, party, college, running, drug use, halloween, police, trip, music, female nudity ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Leila is released from prison after five years of confinement. She will meet Yannick, a young athlete who became blind after an accident. This last practice race despite his disability, but to run it must be connected by a wire to guide a person ...
Style:
sincere, uplifting, emotional, serious, realistic
Plot:
ambition, human spirit, friendship, athlete's life, disability, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, hopes, sport, running, love, release from prison ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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186K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Style:
exciting, suspense, surprise ending, reboot, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, tough girl, female fighter, chase, peril, survival, island, rescue, jungle, treasure hunt, inheritance ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, london
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18K
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, touching, uplifting, semi serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, innocence, thief, running, on the road, travel, summer, bittersweet, road trip, goodhearted, disorder, loud ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the ...
Style:
dark humor, cynical, suspenseful, semi serious, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, robbery, vandalism, chase, nothing goes right, deadly, accident, cover up, police, secret, abortion ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, pimp, violence, prostitute, police investigation, disappearance, interrogation, search, race against time, woman in danger, chase ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul, asia, korea
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
frame up, investigation, murder, crimes, serial killer, corpse, crime, haunted by the past, disappearance, dishonesty, deadly, grief ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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368K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
found footage, monster, giant monster, survival horror, quarantine, survival, chaos, destruction, fear, escape, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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