The Runner
Dec 20, 1984 | IMDB 7.1
94 min Watch NowDrama
A young orphan named Amiro lives alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by shining shoes, selling water, and collecting deposit bottles. Although he sometimes finds himself at odds with both adults and competing older kids, he finds solace in dreams about departing cargo ships and airplanes—and by running.
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IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1966
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IMDB 5 | Sep , 2022
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IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1925
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IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 1998
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2017
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IMDB 7.6 | Apr , 1962
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IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1997
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2016
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IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1993
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IMDB 7 | Mar , 2000
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IMDB 8 | Nov , 2016
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IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 5.8 | Jun , 2007
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IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1943
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IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2007
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 1967
A group of WW2 orphans, now young people in their late teens, find out that one of them is a child of a war criminal. They are determined to discover his identity, even though this person could be any of them.