Movies like The Running Man

The Hunger Games swept up audiences with its tale of a dystopian society where young representatives must participate in a televised fight to the death. Its similarities to The Running Man lie in the lethal competition, the societal commentary, and the notion of viewership as entertainment.

Total Recall is a high-octane sci-fi action film featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in a role that, much like in The Running Man, blends muscle with a mind-bending narrative. If you appreciated the blend of dystopian future and Schwarzenegger's hard-hitting action in The Running Man, Total Recall's trip to Mars and its exploration of memory and identity will captivate you.

Demolition Man offers a blend of action, social satire, and sci-fi like The Running Man, featuring a future society with a sanitized veneer and a seedy underworld. Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes give performances that thrill, matched with a wit that gives food for thought beyond the action.

Escape from New York presents another dystopian challenge, with Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken character navigating a maximum-security prison that was once Manhattan Island. As with The Running Man, audiences are thrust into a life-or-death struggle that doubles as a critique of an authoritarian society.

In Death Race, audiences are treated to a dystopian future where prison inmates participate in a deadly car race for freedom. Fans of The Running Man's lethal game show concept and high-stakes action will find Death Race's brutal vehicular combat and survival theme right up their alley.

Gamer takes the concept of the controlling audience to the next level, as it imagines a world where players control actual humans in online games. The Running Man fans will appreciate the combination of high-stakes gameplay with a dark gaze on where entertainment and humanity intersect.