these people have one thing in common
they have no choice but to run everybody
runs
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 movie fugitives for this list we’re
sticking to characters that are on the
run from the authorities please be
advised this clip contains spoilers
I’m sorry Todd
but you’re gonna have to run account
number 10 Douglas Quaid is not quite
Total Recall kicking off our list is the
man from the future who decides to take
a vacation using memory planting
technology however this leads him to
discover that he’s not he thinks he is
with everyone he knows trying to kill
him he ends up fleeing to Mars to get
answers not only is this fugitive
memorable for being Arnold freakin
Schwarzenegger but also for his creative
use of disguises kitsch get ready for a
surprise
number 9 Robert Clayton Dean enemy of
the state when the US government gets
embroiled in a conspiracy to expand its
surveillance powers an innocent
bystander played by Will Smith is
unsuspectingly past the evidence after
his life is systematically destroyed he
ends up on the run aside from Smith’s
signature charm this hapless fugitive is
unique for trying to escape the
government by playing the spy game and
involving a retired NSA agent in his
struggle you’re either incredibly smart
or incredibly stupid
we’ll see in a minute number eight John
Rambo first blood right
don’t look at me look at the road
returning home from the Vietnam War this
Medal of Honor winning veteran finds
himself alone and treated like a
criminal when an overbearing small-town
sheriff arrests him Rambo showcases his
deep psychological scars by overreacting
fleeing custody and hiding in the
mountains unlike others on this list
Stallone’s fugitive doesn’t fear his
pursuers but he does decide to turn the
chase into an all-out war number 7
Captain John Anderton Minority Report
you kept running John this fugitive
played by Tom Cruise is a member of a
special futuristic police force that
investigates pre-crime only this time he
catches himself in the act wait you say
something she yeah on the run from the
law he decides to try and prevent
himself from committing the crime by
discovering the victim’s identity of
course like all good fugitive plots he
stumbles onto a conspiracy and no
shortage of action-filled confrontations
number six Logan 5 Logan’s run in this
alternate future people live lavishly
within a dome until they turn 30 that’s
when they ride the carousel to oblivion
when Logan 5 a disillusioned enforcer
called The Sandman meets a beautiful
woman he secretly joins her in her
attempt to escape and locate her friends
this leads this iconic fugitive to face
off against his unsuspecting former
colleagues and to abandon his true
allegiance and mission in cathedrals I
was there
number five velma Dickinson and Louise
Sawyer Thelma and Louise Geena Davis and
Susan Sarandon played these two
repressed working-class women who decide
to vacation together
unfortunately their road trip becomes a
nightmare when Thelma is nearly raped
forcing Louise to come to her aid and
commit murder what did you say I said
suck my four suit by the authorities
these fugitives turned feminist icons
ultimately choose to end their lives
rather than continue to be victims
number four Jason Bourne the Bourne
Identity this former CIA assassin from a
top secret government program finds
himself on the lam with amnesia when the
United States government decides to
erase him what makes Matt Damon’s
fugitive stand out is how clever and
resourceful he is able to adapt on the
fly
he proficiently dispatches his pursuers
and doesn’t back down from his quest to
find answers and obtain his freedom I
don’t send you to kill I send you to be
invisible i send you because you don’t
exist now i want to know what happened
in marseille i don’t remember what
happened in marseille bullshit number
three Frank Abagnale jr. catch me if you
can
Brenda you love me right yeah I mean you
love me no matter what yeah I mean you
love me whether I was sick or whether I
was poor it didn’t write a different
name Frank where’d you get all that
money
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the teenage
thief who makes a life of check-forging
and identity stealing in this adaptation
of a true story
posing as a pilot doctor and other such
things he proves smart enough to lead
the FBI on a wild goose chase more than
just brilliant Abagnale is the rare
fugitive that uses his overconfidence
and charisma to keep one step ahead of
his pursuers keep pushing it keep
pushing till you make it true you walk
out that door they’re gonna kill you
that’s the truth
number two dr. Richard Kimble the
fugitive I didn’t kill my wife
I don’t care in this adaptation of the
60s TV series Harrison Ford plays the
surgeon who’s framed and sent to jail
for his wife’s murder but a bus train
collision gives him the chance to seek
out the true killer the one-armed man
incredibly his quick thinking allows him
to dodge a u.s. marshal who’s mounting
his own investigation leading the way
for some nail-biting tension and
jaw-dropping moments
Oh what happened way to go get a feeder
fan right here this damn right here
number one Roger Thornhill North by
Northwest
taking the top spot on our list is the
fugitive at the center of this Alfred
Hitchcock masterpiece mistakenly pursued
by a mysterious government organization
over a roll of microfilm this confused
every man is completely unprepared for
the deadly pursuit at hand do you know
this man
Cary Grant’s fugitive may not be as
versatile or as skilled as others on
this list but he is a relatable
archetype that helped popularize the
entire genre what happened to the first
two marriages my wives divorced me why I
think they said I bet $2 life do you
agree with our list
I’m not too stupid after all who is your
favorite movie fugitive for more
heart-stopping top 10s be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com all right can
we go home now
yeah
they have no choice but to run everybody
runs
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 movie fugitives for this list we’re
sticking to characters that are on the
run from the authorities please be
advised this clip contains spoilers
I’m sorry Todd
but you’re gonna have to run account
number 10 Douglas Quaid is not quite
Total Recall kicking off our list is the
man from the future who decides to take
a vacation using memory planting
technology however this leads him to
discover that he’s not he thinks he is
with everyone he knows trying to kill
him he ends up fleeing to Mars to get
answers not only is this fugitive
memorable for being Arnold freakin
Schwarzenegger but also for his creative
use of disguises kitsch get ready for a
surprise
number 9 Robert Clayton Dean enemy of
the state when the US government gets
embroiled in a conspiracy to expand its
surveillance powers an innocent
bystander played by Will Smith is
unsuspectingly past the evidence after
his life is systematically destroyed he
ends up on the run aside from Smith’s
signature charm this hapless fugitive is
unique for trying to escape the
government by playing the spy game and
involving a retired NSA agent in his
struggle you’re either incredibly smart
or incredibly stupid
we’ll see in a minute number eight John
Rambo first blood right
don’t look at me look at the road
returning home from the Vietnam War this
Medal of Honor winning veteran finds
himself alone and treated like a
criminal when an overbearing small-town
sheriff arrests him Rambo showcases his
deep psychological scars by overreacting
fleeing custody and hiding in the
mountains unlike others on this list
Stallone’s fugitive doesn’t fear his
pursuers but he does decide to turn the
chase into an all-out war number 7
Captain John Anderton Minority Report
you kept running John this fugitive
played by Tom Cruise is a member of a
special futuristic police force that
investigates pre-crime only this time he
catches himself in the act wait you say
something she yeah on the run from the
law he decides to try and prevent
himself from committing the crime by
discovering the victim’s identity of
course like all good fugitive plots he
stumbles onto a conspiracy and no
shortage of action-filled confrontations
number six Logan 5 Logan’s run in this
alternate future people live lavishly
within a dome until they turn 30 that’s
when they ride the carousel to oblivion
when Logan 5 a disillusioned enforcer
called The Sandman meets a beautiful
woman he secretly joins her in her
attempt to escape and locate her friends
this leads this iconic fugitive to face
off against his unsuspecting former
colleagues and to abandon his true
allegiance and mission in cathedrals I
was there
number five velma Dickinson and Louise
Sawyer Thelma and Louise Geena Davis and
Susan Sarandon played these two
repressed working-class women who decide
to vacation together
unfortunately their road trip becomes a
nightmare when Thelma is nearly raped
forcing Louise to come to her aid and
commit murder what did you say I said
suck my four suit by the authorities
these fugitives turned feminist icons
ultimately choose to end their lives
rather than continue to be victims
number four Jason Bourne the Bourne
Identity this former CIA assassin from a
top secret government program finds
himself on the lam with amnesia when the
United States government decides to
erase him what makes Matt Damon’s
fugitive stand out is how clever and
resourceful he is able to adapt on the
fly
he proficiently dispatches his pursuers
and doesn’t back down from his quest to
find answers and obtain his freedom I
don’t send you to kill I send you to be
invisible i send you because you don’t
exist now i want to know what happened
in marseille i don’t remember what
happened in marseille bullshit number
three Frank Abagnale jr. catch me if you
can
Brenda you love me right yeah I mean you
love me no matter what yeah I mean you
love me whether I was sick or whether I
was poor it didn’t write a different
name Frank where’d you get all that
money
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the teenage
thief who makes a life of check-forging
and identity stealing in this adaptation
of a true story
posing as a pilot doctor and other such
things he proves smart enough to lead
the FBI on a wild goose chase more than
just brilliant Abagnale is the rare
fugitive that uses his overconfidence
and charisma to keep one step ahead of
his pursuers keep pushing it keep
pushing till you make it true you walk
out that door they’re gonna kill you
that’s the truth
number two dr. Richard Kimble the
fugitive I didn’t kill my wife
I don’t care in this adaptation of the
60s TV series Harrison Ford plays the
surgeon who’s framed and sent to jail
for his wife’s murder but a bus train
collision gives him the chance to seek
out the true killer the one-armed man
incredibly his quick thinking allows him
to dodge a u.s. marshal who’s mounting
his own investigation leading the way
for some nail-biting tension and
jaw-dropping moments
Oh what happened way to go get a feeder
fan right here this damn right here
number one Roger Thornhill North by
Northwest
taking the top spot on our list is the
fugitive at the center of this Alfred
Hitchcock masterpiece mistakenly pursued
by a mysterious government organization
over a roll of microfilm this confused
every man is completely unprepared for
the deadly pursuit at hand do you know
this man
Cary Grant’s fugitive may not be as
versatile or as skilled as others on
this list but he is a relatable
archetype that helped popularize the
entire genre what happened to the first
two marriages my wives divorced me why I
think they said I bet $2 life do you
agree with our list
I’m not too stupid after all who is your
favorite movie fugitive for more
heart-stopping top 10s be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com all right can
we go home now
yeah
Please follow and like us: