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A list of movies featuring characters who try to escape from various situations, such as prisons, islands, or dystopian worlds. See ratings, genres, summaries, and cast information for each film.
A list of 50 movies about prisoners and their attempts to escape from various confinements, ranked by user ratings and popularity. The list includes titles, genres, ratings, summaries, directors and stars of each movie.
Sep 28, 2012 · It's been ten years since the Black Plague ravaged the lands. A poor family sets out on a journey to find a better place to live. On a desolate mountain pass, the family is attacked by a pack of merciless killers. The only one to be spared is 19 year old Signe, who is taken hostage and brought back to camp.
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- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Roar Uthaug
- 2012-09-28
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- The Great Escape, dir. John Sturges (1963) The Great Escape, a based-on-a-true-events, three-hour-long epic about a group of Allied(/Antifa) prisoners who attempt a gigantic escape from a Nazi POW camp, has everything—and everyone!
- A Man Escaped, dir. Robert Bresson (1956) Robert Bresson’s harrowing prison escape drama (which has a much longer title in French: Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, which means “An inmate condemned to die has escaped, or the wind blows where it will”) will send your blood pressure through the roof.
- Cool Hand Luke, dir. Stuart Rosenberg (1967) There’s nothing quite like Cool Hand Luke, a stirring, multi-layered film about an “original” of a man named Luke Jackson (Paul Newman), who is sentenced to two years in a rural Southern prison (for the minor, anti-Capitalist crime of decapitating parking meters) and who completely refuses to conform to the warden’s behavioral rules, peacefully rebelling against petty tyranny and giving all the other prisoners hope.
- The Fugitive, dir. Andrew Davis (1993) Okay, so, technically in The Fugitive, the wrongfully-convicted Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) does not *break out of prison* so much as run away after several prisoners hijack their transport bus and attempt to escape, but the stakes are the same.
- Maze (2017) The story of Europe’s biggest prison escape since the Second World War, as 38 IRA prisoners break out of Northern Ireland’s Maze prison in 1983.
- U.S. Marshals (1998) An airplane bearing gruff U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) crashes in the wilderness. On board the same flight is Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes), a federal prisoner accused of double murder, who escapes during the ensuing chaos, but not before rescuing several people from the wreckage.
- Son of a Gun (2014) JR, a small-time, teenage criminal finds himself locked up for a minor crime and forced to adapt to the harsh realities of prison life.
- The Count of Monte Cristo directed by Rowland Lee. In the midst of the tumultuous Napoleonic era, Frenchman Edmond Dantes (Robert Donat) is charged with a trumped-up crime and sent to prison.
Feb 2, 2024 · A list of the best movies about characters trying to break out of their confinement, from classics to recent films. The list includes dramas, comedies, and adventures, with plot summaries and streaming options.
Jan 2, 2023 · A list of movies that feature top escapes in film, from prison breaks to war escapes to prison escapes. From Shawshank Redemption to Cool Hand Luke, these films will inspire you with their stories of bravery, ingenuity, and survival.