What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedRun All Night
Jaume Collet-Serra · Film · 2015
If you loved Run All Night, start with The Gunman (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Jean-Patrick Manchette, 2015) — a book on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to Run All Night across media.
What hooked you in Run All Night was the desperate tension of men caught between the violent underworld and the people they love.
Books on the same thread
The Crossing
Michael Connelly · Book · 2015
Explores: Retirement and transition, Sibling rivalry and reconciliation, Miscarriage of justice.
Much like the weary hitman in Run All Night, this procedural captures the heavy burden of past sins and the relentless pursuit of justice within a complex moral landscape.
The Gunman (Movie Tie-In Edition)
Jean-Patrick Manchette · Book · 2015
Shares 3 threads with Run All Night: Redemption, Crime Thriller, Action Thriller.
If the grim path to redemption in Run All Night resonated with you, this lean, efficient novel delivers the same cold reality of a hitman facing his own history.
Pronto
Elmore Leonard · Book · 1993
Explores: Gambling, Mob life, Witness protection.
You will recognize the frantic, one-night-at-a-time survival instinct found in Run All Night, as this story follows a mobster fleeing for his life after a critical betrayal.
City on Fire
Don Winslow · Book
Explores: loyalty and betrayal, intergenerational conflict, criminal empire.
This sprawling saga mirrors the intergenerational conflict and deep-seated loyalty issues seen in Run All Night, showing how family ties inevitably bleed into the violence of organized crime.
Series on the same thread
MobLand
Ronan Bennett · Series · 2025
Explores: Family Loyalty, Power Struggles, Betrayal.
The power struggles and the heavy cost of family loyalty depicted here echo the central emotional core of Run All Night, where underworld obligations threaten to destroy everything.
Mr Inbetween
Scott Ryan · Series · 2018
Explores: Moral Ambiguity, Balancing Family and Crime, Working Class Criminal.
Just as the protagonist of Run All Night struggles to balance his life as a killer with his role as a father, this series explores that same grueling duality.
The Night Of
Richard Price · Series · 2016
Explores: Wrongful Accusation, Criminal Justice System, Moral Ambiguity.
The feeling of being trapped by a single fateful night, which drives the action in Run All Night, is expertly translated into this tense story of a man wrongly accused.
Crime Story
Gustave Reininger · Series · 1986
Shares a thread with Run All Night: Neo-noir.
This series captures the same obsessive, long-term cat-and-mouse game between a lawman and a criminal that defined the primary tension between the characters in Run All Night.
Podcasts on the same thread
Kill List
Podcast
Explores: Dark Net, Murder for Hire, Technological Crime.
If the high-stakes threat to life and the feeling of being hunted in Run All Night kept you engaged, this investigation into murder-for-hire will hold your attention.
Naked City
Podcast
Explores: Organized Crime, Criminal Underworld, Investigative Reporting.
The grit and danger of the criminal underworld explored in Run All Night come alive in these reports, which detail the real-world consequences of life in the mafia.
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Common questions
Is Run All Night based on a true story?
Run All Night is a fictional crime thriller directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The plot focuses on a Brooklyn mobster named Jimmy Conlon who must protect his estranged son from his former crime family, rather than being a biographical account of a real person.
What is the primary conflict in Run All Night?
The primary conflict in Run All Night involves Jimmy Conlon, a prolific hit man who must choose between his loyalty to a longtime mob boss friend and the safety of his own estranged son after the son becomes a target of the crime family.
Who directed the 2015 movie Run All Night?
The 2015 film Run All Night was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The story follows the life of a Brooklyn mobster named Jimmy Conlon as he attempts to protect his son while being pursued by a police detective who has tracked him for three decades.
How long has the detective been pursuing Jimmy in Run All Night?
In Run All Night, the police detective has been tracking the protagonist, Jimmy Conlon, for 30 years. This long-standing pursuit adds pressure to Jimmy as he attempts to navigate his complicated relationship with his past and his estranged son.