Running on Empty (1988)

Directed by Sidney Lumet
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The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

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  1. One Battle After Another (2025)
    "Lumet's film about radical-leftist parents on the run with their child is the closest single template for OBAA's premise: ex-revolutionaries living under assumed identities, raising a daughter inside that constraint." source

Running on Empty (1988), directed by Sidney Lumet, has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as One Battle After Another. Check out the citations below.