Highest-Rated Movies about 'Running Away', Sort by Popularity

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Boy With Green Hair (1948), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Cure (1995), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Weathering With You (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Running Away movies.

#17. Sparrows (1926)

Storyline: Evil Mr.Grimes keeps a rag-tag bunch orphans on his farm deep in a swamp in the US South. He forces them to work in his garden and treats them like slaves. They are watched over by the eldest, Molly. A gang in league with Mr. Grimes kidnaps Doris, the beautiful little daughter of a rich man, and hides her out on Grimes' farm, awaiting ransom. When the police close in, and Mr. Grimes threatens to throw Doris into the bottomless mire, Molly must lead her little flock out through the alligator-infested swamp.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>

Plot Keywords: orphan, heroine, headmaster, wife, abductee, wealthy man, creepy ...

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#18. Nora Prentiss (1947)

Storyline: Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, daughter, doctor, singer, mistress, melodramatic ...

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#19. A Summer Story (1988)

Storyline: England, 1904. A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton, and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. When he twists his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby farmhouse and stays there for a few days. Innocent beauty Megan David catches the attention of Ashton. He decides to stay longer, and he and Megan fall in love, much to the displeasure of Megan's aunt and her loutish son. Before Ashton leaves the farm, he vows to return and take Megan away with him.—nitorch

Plot Keywords: attorney, farm girl, beautiful girl, aunt, charming, engaging, sad ...

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#20. The Apostle (1997)

Storyline: Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie. Suddenly his stable world crumbles: Jessie is having an affair with young minister Horace. Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a softball bat, putting him into a coma. After that he leaves town, takes a new name, 'Apostle E.F.' and goes to Louisiana. There he starts to work as a mechanic for local radio station owner Elmo, and Elmo lets him preach on the radio. E.F. starts to preach everywhere: on the radio, on the streets, and with his new friend, Reverend Blackwell he starts a campaign to renovate an old church.

Plot Keywords: preacher, wife, pretty woman, reverend, lover, racist, inspiring ...

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#21. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Storyline: Taking place six years after saving the arcade from Turbo's vengeance, the Sugar Rush arcade cabinet has broken, forcing Ralph and Vanellope to travel to the Internet via the newly-installed Wi-Fi router in Litwak's Arcade to retrieve the piece capable of saving the game.

Plot Keywords: video game character, friend, entrepreneur, gamer, opponent, villain, uplifting ...

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#22. The Kings of Summer (2013)

Storyline: Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.

Plot Keywords: single father, amusing, woods, wilderness, running away, life, destiny ...

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#24. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Storyline: Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man. Includes the whitewash episode, puppy love, the graveyard murder, the boys' running away to Jackson's Island, the salvation of Muff Potter, and the cave adventure.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: tom sawyer, aunt, huckleberry finn, murderer, girl, playful, amusing ...

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#25. Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed (2013)

Storyline: Spain, 1966, a high-school English/Latin teacher, Antonio, drives to Almeria in hopes of meeting his hero, John Lennon. Along the way, Antonio picks up two runaways. The movie title, Living is Easy With Eyes Closed, comes from a line in Lennon's song Strawberry Fields Forever which he wrote while filming How I Won the War in Almeria.—af_by94

Plot Keywords: teacher, fan, pregnant woman, teen boy, runaway, cheery, dreamy ...

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#27. Different for Girls (1996)

Storyline: Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same. Karl is now Kim, a transsexual, and she has no desire to stir up the past while she's busy forging a neat and orderly new life. Prentice, on the other hand, has charm but is a social disaster stuck in a dead-end job. His main talent is for getting them both into trouble. Amid the squabbles, they start to fall in love. One night, Kim invites Prentice to a romantic dinner at her flat. Prentice, finding the seduction unexpectedly effective, freaks out. He proceeds to make a public display of both of them and winds up in court. Humiliated and angry, Kim runs away. Only she can save Prentice now, but will true love triumph for a new made woman and an aging punk?—<jsharp@digitus.mozart.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: transsexual, bad boy, police officer, childhood friend, touching, cheeky, catholic school ...

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#28. The Conjugal Bed (1963)

Storyline: A 40 year old man, Alfonso, finally succeeds to marry a virginal, educated, beautiful and very Catholic woman. But soon she, Regina, starts stressing him because she wants to be pregnant. When the stress is at its peak Regina at last gets pregnant. Once the goal is reached the man is put aside and dies.—1felco

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, priest, cousin, friend, aunt, hilarious ...

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#29. The Rag Man (1925)

Storyline: Tim Kelly is an orphan who runs away after his orphanage burns down. Presumed to be killed in the fire, he is able to roam the streets of New York freely. He meets Max Ginsberg, an old Jewish junk dealer with rheumatism, and the two strike a partnership and a close friendship.—page8701

Plot Keywords: orphan, junk dealer, cop, attorney, wife, boss, amusing ...

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#30. Respiro (2002)

Storyline: Grazia is a mother of three who spends suffocating days packing fish while her husband Pietro is at sea. Her oft-erratic behavior leads Pietro into thinking she may need medical attention, and he prepares to send her off to a psychiatric institute in Milan. Their son Pasquale, the one person who understand his mother the most, vows to do whatever it takes to foil his father's plan.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: daughter, wife, husband, depressed person, fisherman, son, amusing ...

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