Movies like The Runner
If The Runner's mix of orphan, iran and childhood stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Runner's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A Separation
2011 · Directed by Asghar Farhadi · 123 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: iran · Also a Iranian drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
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The Salesman
2016 · Directed by Asghar Farhadi · 125 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: iran · Also a Iranian drama
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran.
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The Wind Will Carry Us
1999 · Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · 118 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: iran · Also a Iranian drama
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own…
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009 · Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh · 114 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: iran
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in…
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The Secret Garden
2020 · Directed by Marc Munden · 100 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: orphan
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle.