Top 20 movies like Running on Empty

Running on Empty

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

Running on Empty is of 1 hour(s) and 56 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Double Play, Lorimar Film Entertainment. It was released on 1988-09-09. It has the tagline: They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his. It has an average vote of 7.483 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaRomanceCrime

1. The President (Le Président)

The President

Aged 73, the former President of the French Council Émile Beaufort still plays a central role in the political life of the country. Writing his memoirs allows him to look back on his career and discuss his relationships with Philippe Chamalont, about to become President of the Council.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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2. Light It Up

Light It Up

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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3. School of Babel (La cour de Babel)

School of Babel

They just arrived in France. They are Irish, Serbs, Brazilians Tunisians, Chinese and Senegalese ... For a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed talks, conflicts and joys of this group of students aged 11 to 15 years, together in the same class to learn French.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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4. Bear Island

Bear Island

A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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5. A Night in Versailles (Versailles Rive-Gauche)

A Night in Versailles

A young man in Versailles invites a Parisian girl to his place for dinner. The evening is thrown into turmoil.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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6. Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)

Diary for My Children

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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7. Party Girl

Party Girl

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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8. Rollover

Rollover

An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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9. Casi 40 (Casi 40)

Casi 40

Two old friends. An ex couple. A music tour. Two lives to meet again.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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10. Voliminal: Inside the Nine

Voliminal: Inside the Nine

Voliminal: Inside the Nine is the third video album by American metal band Slipknot. Released December 5, 2006 through Roadrunner Records, the 2-disc DVD set features an 84 minute movie created by band member Shawn "Clown" Crahan. The set also includes live performances, music videos from songs on the band's third studio album, Vol. 3: , and the first unmasked interviews with all of the band members. The movie featured footage recorded from the recording of Vol. 3: through the end of the tour in support of the album spanning a total of 28 months.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

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11. To Kill a Dragon (Убить дракона)

To Kill a Dragon

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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12. School Daze

School Daze

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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13. Dad

Dad

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

It has an average vote of 6.219 on TMDB.

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14. Trust

Trust

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.

It has an average vote of 6.742 on TMDB.

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15. My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

It has an average vote of 7.059 on TMDB.

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16. The Forger

The Forger

While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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17. Koko-di Koko-da (Koko-di Koko-da)

Koko-di Koko-da

As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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18. Early Spring (早春)

Early Spring

A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

It has an average vote of 7.542 on TMDB.

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19. The Mummies of Guanajuato (Las momias de Guanajuato)

The Mummies of Guanajuato

Satan, a wrestler who sold his soul to the Lord of Darkness for fame but was thwarted by Santo's ancestor, who is now rising after a hundred years with his army of mummies to take revenge.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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20. Family Business

Family Business

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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