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10 Best Movies Like The Runaway Engine

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

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#1
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers

1987★ 7.4

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

After the death of Shaggy's Uncle Beaureguard, he, Scooby and Scrappy arrive at the late uncle's Southern plantation to collect the inheritance. But as soon as they arrive, they fi...

#2
I could have been offended!

I could have been offended!

2001★ 6.7

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

Live stage recording of the stand-up comedy show, with sketches and videos of old skits from 'Mai dire Gol'....

#3
Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II

1988★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Runaway Engine for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek ou...

#4
Shrek 2

Shrek 2

2004★ 7.3

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

Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after, as Shrek and the King find it diffi...

#5
Road of No Return

Road of No Return

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Runaway Engine for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Road of no Return follows the final nine days in the lives of four atypical hit men who are secretly brought together in a covert operation to fight the drug trafficking epidemic i...

#6
The Return

The Return

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Runaway Engine for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The Return is a 2016 documentary directed by Emmy Award winning director Erich Joiner chronicling Ford GT's return to 24 Hours of Le Mans after their 1966 1-2-3 victory....