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10 Best Movies Like Man on the Run

If you loved Man on the Run, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man on the Run for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last....

#2
Against the Wind

Against the Wind

1948★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man on the Run for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, ...

#3
Small Local Trains

Small Local Trains

1960★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man on the Run for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Émile Durand, an insecticide manufacturer, is appalled to learn that his son Gérard has fallen in love with Suzy, the daughter of a travelling theatre company. Realising his fathe...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man on the Run for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man on the Run for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#6
The Insider

The Insider

1999★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man on the Run for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco....