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10 Best Movies Like The Runaway

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

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#1
Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going

2012★ 5.9

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

An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce....

#2
Palindromes

Palindromes

2005★ 6.2

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

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revo...

#3
Wicker Park

Wicker Park

2004★ 6.8

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

Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word ...

#4
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#5
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

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

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

#6
Solitary Man

Solitary Man

2009★ 5.9

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

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions....

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