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A list of movies featuring characters who try to escape from various situations, such as prisons, mazes, or dystopian worlds. See the ratings, genres, directors, and stars of each film, from The Shawshank Redemption to Unbroken.
50 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Shot Caller. 2017 2h 1m R. 7.3 (100K) Rate. 59 Metascore. A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California. Director Ric Roman Waugh Stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Omari Hardwick Lake Bell. 2. Get the Gringo.
Oct 18, 2013 · A structural-security expert is imprisoned in a secret and secure facility and has to escape with help from another inmate. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about this 2013 movie.
- (258K)
- Action, Thriller
- Mikael Håfström
- 2013-10-18
Six strangers use their wits to survive a series of deadly mystery rooms that cater to their worst fears -- or die trying. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Escape from New York
- Escape from Alcatraz
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Victory
- The Great Escape
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Papillon
- A Man Escaped
- Escape from Pretoria
- Cool Hand Luke
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When Escape from New York premiered in 1981, it was set in the not too distant future of 1997. Maybe it's a little dated, but John Carpenter's tale of Manhattan turned into a maximum security prison is one of his better films. Snake Plisskin (Kurt Russell) is a convicted bank robber turned hero tasked with navigating the lawless New York borough to...
When Clint Eastwood wasn't busy playing Dirty Harry or making spaghetti westerns, he was hatching a plan to get out of the most notorious prison in the United States. Long before Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage were making their way onto The Rock, Clint was busy trying to Escape from Alcatraz. His character, Frank Morris, executes a plan that has eve...
Ellis Boyd Redding (Morgan Freeman), or "Red," says it best: "He had a quiet way about him, a walk and a talk that just wasn't normal around here. He strolled, like a man in a park without a care or a worry in the world, like he had on an invisible coat that would protect him from this place." He was, of, course referring to Andy Dufresne (Tim Robb...
With the World Cup just coming to a close, we'd be remiss not to include this terrific escape entry starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, and Pele as prisoners of war in a Nazi camp. When the head of the facility (Max von Sydow) organizes a soccer match between an international group of imprisoned allies and their Nazi captors, a treacherous ...
With an amazing ensemble cast that includes Hollywood icons likeSteve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, and Charles Bronson, The Great Escapeis a remarkable classic that details the escape of a group of POWs being held in Germany after their capture during World War !!. In a joint effort between American and British prisoners, a complex plan tha...
Alexander Dumas' seminal revenge novel about Sir Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is also a terrific escape movie. In The Count of Monte Cristo, when a simple man with a simple wish to marry the woman he loves, Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk), is wrongfully arrested and imprisoned by a man that he counted as a friend, Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce), he toil...
Steve McQueen stars in yet another gem of an escape movie in the 1973 classic Papillon. Nicknamed "Papillon" by fellow inmates because of a butterfly tattoo on his chest, the film is based on the true story of Henri Charriere, a small-time con man falsely convicted of murder who will stop at nothing to escape from a work camp in French Guiana, Sout...
While we're on the topic of French themed prison escape films, this true story based on the writings of prisoner of war and French Resistance fighter, Andre Devigne Fontaine is the oldest, but maybe the best of the genre. Played by Francois Leterrier, Fontaine's story outlines an elaborate prison break that is dealt a major setback when he is assig...
Memo to Daniel Radcliffe — you're not at Hogwarts anymore, Harry! Imprisoned for spreading pro-integration and anti-apartheid literature in South Africa during the '70s, freedom fighters Tim Jenkin (Radcliffe) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webster) are subjected to abuse at the hand of a cruel prison captain and staff. With an assortment of homespun wood...
The boss of the chain gang (Strother Martin) inCool Hand Luke maintains that, "What we have here, is a failure to communicate!" Maybe he's right, but that doesn't stop Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) from becoming a habitual rule-breaker in this magnificent epic set in under the blistering sun on a Florida prison yard. Luke's mentality of, "if at first ...
If you love thrilling stories of prisoners breaking free from their captors, check out this list of the best escape movies. From classics like The Great Escape and Papillon to modern gems like Escape from Pretoria and The Count of Monte Cristo, these films will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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May 29, 2024 · A list of the best movies about prisoners breaking out of their confinement, from classics to modern adventures. See the rankings, genres, and stories of films like The Way Back, The Grand Illusion, and Rescue Dawn.
23 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Cube. 1997 1h 30m R. 7.1 (249K) Rate. 61 Metascore. A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
