Movies Like Running

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Rolling Vengeance

1987·1h 32m·★ 5.6·Steven Hilliard Stern

2 shared crewDir. Steven Hilliard SternDP: Laszlo George

The Park Is Mine

1986·1h 42m·★ 6.1·Steven Hilliard Stern

2 shared crewDir. Steven Hilliard SternDP: Laszlo George

Young Again

1986·1h 29m·★ 6.2·Steven Hilliard Stern

2 shared crewDir. Steven Hilliard SternDP: Laszlo George

Morning Glory

1993·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Steven Hilliard Stern

2 shared crewDir. Steven Hilliard SternDP: Laszlo George

Mazes and Monsters

1982·1h 40m·★ 4.2·Steven Hilliard Stern

2 shared crewDir. Steven Hilliard SternDP: Laszlo George

Chariots of Fire

1981·2h 3m·★ 7.1·Hugh Hudson

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Prefontaine

1997·1h 46m·★ 6.8·Steve James

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The Devil and Max Devlin

1981·1h 36m·★ 5.0·Steven Hilliard Stern

Both star Susan Anspach & Chuck ShamataDir. Steven Hilliard Stern

Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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Annie Hall

1977·1h 33m·★ 7.9·Woody Allen

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Munich

2005·2h 44m·★ 7.5·Steven Spielberg

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Life as a House

2001·2h 5m·★ 7.4·Irwin Winkler

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Cool Runnings

1993·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Jon Turteltaub

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The Natural

1984·2h 17m·★ 7.4·Barry Levinson

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A Simple Story

1978·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Claude Sautet

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Tara Road

2005·1h 41m·★ 6.0·Gillies MacKinnon

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