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10 Best Movies Like The Sugarland Express

If you loved The Sugarland Express, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Midnight Special

Midnight Special

2016★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sugarland Express for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers....

#2
A Perfect World

A Perfect World

1993★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sugarland Express for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal....

#3
Little Man

Little Man

2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sugarland Express for fans of Crime & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a jewelry store for the mobster Walken. They are chased by...

#4
John Q

John Q

2002★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sugarland Express for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover i...

#5
Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sugarland Express for fans of Crime & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen....

#6
Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives

1989★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sugarland Express for fans of Crime & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to...

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