Movies like The Running Man

“The Running Man (2025) is a 2020s US-UK near-future dystopian action-thriller that stages a televised death-game as a socioeconomic allegory. The protagonist's choice to enter lethal competition to save his daughter produces a conflict framed through chiaroscuro lighting, surveillance-like framing, and a ratings-driven televisual grammar. The film argues that media spectacle reconfigures civic ethics, making collective attention the decisive arena of power.”