Films like Running on Empty (1988)

Running on Empty (1988) is crime, drama, romance. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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365 Days (2020)

Also crime and drama. 7.0/10

A woman falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.
Killer Heat (2024)

Also crime and drama. 5.8/10

An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
West Side Story (2021)

Also crime and drama. 6.9/10

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Step Up (2006)

Also crime and drama. 6.9/10

Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming…
The Next Three Days (2010)

Also crime and drama. 7.1/10

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family…
In Secret (2014)

Also crime and drama. 6.1/10

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a…
Days of Being Wild (1990)

Also crime and drama. 7.3/10

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
Carolina Caroline (2026)

Also crime and drama. 6.7/10

A young woman, desperate to leave her small town, runs away with a charming con man, embarking on a crime and passion-filled journey through the Southeast to find her estranged…
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Also crime and drama. 8.2/10

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Sea of Love (1989)

Also crime and drama. 6.6/10

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a…
Breathless (1960)

Also crime and drama. 7.5/10

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
All of a Sudden (1996)

Also crime and drama. 6.0/10

An erotic mystery in which two couples engage in multiple layers of passion, betrayal and murder.
West Side Story (1961)

Also crime and drama. 7.2/10

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite…
A Stranger of Mine (2005)

Also crime and drama. 6.8/10

In one long Friday evening, Takeshi Miyata, a straight-arrow businessman, will encounter a number of people (some only fleetingly) who have intertwining fates.
Les Misérables (1998)

Also crime and drama. 7.2/10

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean…
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Also crime and drama. 6.8/10

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet…
Better Days (2019)

Also crime and drama. 8.1/10

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
Notorious (1946)

Also crime and drama. 7.7/10

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they…
On the Waterfront (1954)

Also crime and drama. 7.9/10

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Beating Hearts (2024)

Also crime and drama. 7.2/10

Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence leads him to a darker destructive path. After years apart, the star-crossed lovers discover…
The Last Manhunt (2022)

Also crime and drama. 5.8/10

In 1909, Willie Boy and his love Carlota go on the run after he accidentally shoots her father in a confrontation gone terribly wrong. With President Taft coming to the area, the…
Into the Night (1985)

Also crime and drama. 6.5/10

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
The Best Offer (2013)

Also crime and drama. 7.8/10

Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness…
Young Adam (2003)

Also crime and drama. 5.9/10

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.