The Runner

About The Runner

Maia Marten, a brilliant London lawyer, has her life shattered by a single call on her morning run: her son has been taken. To get him back, she must keep running, obey every ruthless command, and trust no one-each second a test of how far a mother will go to save her child.

The Runner is a 2026 thriller film directed by Kevin Macdonald. Gal Gadot takes the lead as Maia, Damian Lewis as The Caller, Rory Wilmot as Noah, and Alfred Enoch as Ted.

Released in September 2026, it runs 86 minutes. Written by Mark Gibson. It was produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Rockwood Pictures.

Shelv files it under intimate, mother, child kidnapping, and abduction. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 717 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

Kidnap, The Christmas Setup, and Ransom! make useful companions to The Runner, all filed under kidnapping.