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- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.To rebel against your overbearing parents, you (Chris) run away to the Alaskan wilderness.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTilda SwintonDaniel YorkOn vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.In the quest for real adventure, you (Richard) run away with two French tourists to a secluded beach community in the Gulf of Thailand.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordWill GeerDelle BoltonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.For no one knows what reason, you (Jeremiah Johnson) leave everything you had and run away to become a mountain man in 19th century Colorado.
- DirectorCaroline LinkStarsJuliane KöhlerMerab NinidzeMatthias HabichDue to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.To escape Nazi persecution you (Walter) run away with your family to rural Kenya.
- DirectorHarmony KorineStarsVanessa HudgensSelena GomezAshley BensonFour college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.To escape the boredom of everyday life, you (Candy) run away with your three best friends to Florida for spring break. Spring break forever!!
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungTony Leung Chiu-waiChang ChenA couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.You (Lai Yiu-fai) run away from your home country to Argentina with your partner in the hopes of starting your relationship over.
- DirectorPete DocterBob PetersonStarsEdward AsnerJordan NagaiJohn Ratzenberger78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.To fulfill a lifelong dream and promise to your late wife, you (Carl Fredricksen) run away with your involuntary sidekick Russell to Paradise Falls in South America.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanThomas GibsonA young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.To achieve the American dream and your own plot of land, you (Joseph) run away with Shannon to the wide open unclaimed lands of Oklahoma Territory.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.After learning of your husband's infidelity, you (Luisa), agree to run away with two young men to find a secluded beach in Mexico.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyBobby FarrellyStarsJim CarreyJeff DanielsLauren HollyAfter a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.To escape the terrible life slump you've found yourself in and with the hopes of finding the love of your life, you (Lloyd Christmas) run away with your best friend to beautiful Aspen, Colorado.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsRobert PattinsonReese WitherspoonChristoph WaltzJacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.After the tragic death of your parents, you (Jacob) drop everything and run away to join a traveling circus.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.Being pursued by relentless lawmen, you (Butch) decide with your sidekick and his lover to run away to Bolivia to pursue a more successful career as a robber.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsRyan O'NealMarisa BerensonPatrick MageeAn Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.With nothing tying you to your rural home and potentially powerful people out for revenge against you, you (Barry Lyndon) flee to the big city of Dublin to pursue your own fortune.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNicolas CageLaura DernWillem DafoeYoung lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.To escape your psychotic mother and her goon squad, you (Lula) hit the road with your boyfriend, dreaming of a better life in California.