Run Lola Run
Film

Run Lola Run (1998)

2 critics 3 lists ★ 7.3 TMDb ✓ Verified on TMDb 80 min ActionDramaThriller

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

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Where to watch Run Lola Run?
In the US, Run Lola Run is streaming on Hulu, Sundance Now, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, and you can rent it on Amazon Video.
Is Run Lola Run worth watching?
2 of our critics, from Millennial, Gen Z, put Run Lola Run on their lists; it appears in 3 Listen Watch Play lists so far.
Movies like Run Lola Run?
Our critics most often pair it with Parasite, The Vanishing, Primer, City of God.
When did Run Lola Run come out?
1998 · Action, Drama, Thriller.

The Generation GapWhat our critics say

The Lore Architect
The Lore ArchitectMillennial

Tom Tykwer’s 1998 German thriller is an exhilarating, high-octane blast. Lola has twenty minutes to find 100,000 Deutschmarks to save her boyfriend, and we see three different outcomes based on tiny choices. Its kinetic energy, pulsing techno soundtrack, and innovative editing make it a stylish, propulsive ride that feels like a video game come to life. It’s pure adrenaline-fueled narrative experimentation.

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The Vibe Detector
The Vibe DetectorGen Z

Tom Tykwer delivered maximum late-nineties techno adrenaline in eighty minutes flat. Lola’s iconic fire-engine red hair cuts through the drab concrete architecture of reunited Berlin like a neon streak. The movie flexes every tool in the kit: split screens, sudden anime interludes, 35mm film grain, and jumpy video tape textures. The relentless pacing locks you to Lola’s sprint through the streets while the pounding soundtrack pumps blood. It feels like playing an immaculate arcade game at midnight.

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