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10 Best Movies Like Runaway Train

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

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#1
Uuno Epsanjassa

Uuno Epsanjassa

1985★ 5.7

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

Uuno Turhapuro is searching for a job and takes a correspondence course in tour guiding. Eventually he gets a job in a small travel agency and takes a group of Finnish tourists to ...

#2
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

2013★ 5.6

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

Introverted Weichung has been married to Feng for nine years. They have one son together, and Feng would like to have another child with him. One day Stephen, an old friend who now...

#3
Ode to Nothing

Ode to Nothing

2018★ 7.9

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

Sonya, an old maid, is about to give up on herself until, one day, she meets a corpse in her family's embalming business that changes her life....

#4
The Amazing Transparent Man

The Amazing Transparent Man

1960★ 3.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runaway Train for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An ex-major forces a scientist to develop a invisibility formula, with which he plans to create an invisible army and sell it to the highest bidder. However there are side effects ...

#5
C'est La Vie

C'est La Vie

1990★ 5.9

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

A story is about young teenage girl, with sister and brothers, a pleasant uncle and aunt, an annoying nanny, a young boy interested in kissing her, a close relationship with the im...

#6
Norma Rae

Norma Rae

1979★ 7.2

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

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to...