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10 Best Movies Like Runaway

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

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#1
Evelyn

Evelyn

2002★ 6.4

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

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the child...

#2
Born Innocent

Born Innocent

1976★ 6.3

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

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal ...

#3
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1948★ 7.6

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

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young ...

#4
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

2005★ 6.7

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

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young ...

#5
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#6
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1992★ 6.6

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

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, ...

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