Running for Grace

Running for Grace

Love is worth going the distance

Directed by David L. Cunningham

Produced by Kona Snow Pictures, Public House Films

2018110 min6.5 / 10

A tender period romance set in 1920s Hawaii that centers on found family, forbidden love, and the beauty of human connection across social divides.

An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.

Questions people ask

  • Does Running for Grace end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Running for Grace easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Running for Grace violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Running for Grace scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Running for Grace sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

37/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise44

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Running for Grace

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Running for Grace

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Running for Grace, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Running for Grace, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Running for Grace, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

Share thisXBlueskyReddit