| Houdini (1998) | 5.6 | |
| The Next Three Days (2010) | 7.3 | |
| Croupier (1998) | 7.0 | |
| Hedd Wyn (1992) | 7.0 | |
| Houdini (2014) | 7.3 |
Escape artist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant escape artist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with escape artist, escape, death, investigation, magic, betrayal, chase, dialogue, runaway and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as escape artist: The Next Three Days (2010), Matilda: The Musical (2022), Escape (1971), The Great Houdinis (1976), Escape Plan (2013), Houdini (1998), The Magician (1973), The King of Jail Breakers (2009), The Handcuff King (2002), Now You See Me 2 (2016).
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List of escape artist movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on ...
Style:
suspense, romantic, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
innocent, twists and turns, danger, injustice, prison escape, false accusation, couples, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, escapades, murder, lawyer ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
venezuela, pennsylvania, usa, haiti, canada ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
singing, genius, female antagonist, library, child prodigy, escape artist, precocious child, circus, dysfunctional family, villain, heroes, child protagonist ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to stop him.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, heroic, period piece ...
Plot:
escape artist, scientist, investigation, rescue, private investigator, survival, fugitive, pursuit, kidnapping, conspiracy, ethical dilemma, abduction ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dramatic, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
magic, escape artist, biopic, occult, illusion, spiritualism, skepticism, magician, death, afterlife, seance, marriage ...
Time:
turn of the century
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, clever, twist ending, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
prison, prison escape, revenge, outsmarting, escape plan, betrayal, resourceful, escape, prisoner, maximum security prison, prison break, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, usa, miami, new orleans, colorado ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The life and times of escape artist/magician Harry Houdini.
Style:
period piece, suspense, educational, psychotronic
Plot:
biopic, escape artist, magic, illusion, seance, spectacle, spiritualism, fame, husband wife relationship, death, ambition, obsession ...
Time:
turn of the century, victorian era, 1900s, 1890s, 1910s ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense
Plot:
escape artist, crime solving, magician, showbiz, amateur sleuth, whodunit, police, crime investigation, stage magician, crime fighter, magic, misdirection
Time:
70s
Place:
america
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, surreal, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison escape, escape, prison, escape artist, jailed, island prison, escaped prisoner, maximum security prison, prison guard, runaway, criminal, prison sentence ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Story:
The story of David McMillan an Australian drug smuggler and the only person in history to escape from Klong Prem prison in Bangkok.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
smuggling, prison, escape, prison break, drug smuggling, criminal, gang, crime boss, bandit, smuggler, drug dealer, drug smuggler ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand, australia, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Finland, Sweden, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It is winter in the mid-1970s in Tornio, a village near the northern border between Finland and Sweden. Esko is a boy with a lot of problems. He has succeeded in getting on the wrong side of his gang.
Style:
period piece
Plot:
childhood, friendship, family relations, coming of age, youth, boy, small town, escape artist, bittersweet, slice of life, family drama, nostalgia ...
Time:
70s
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage high school student, stumbles across the secret of his father's death: his father was not only a magician, but the famous phantom thief Kaitou Kid, and was killed by an organization for reasons unknown. Taking up ...
Style:
anime, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
magic, murder mystery, treasure hunt, detective conan, murder, secret, murderer, illusionist, loss of father, hidden treasure, murder investigation, criminal ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Style:
entertaining, clever, surprise ending, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
heist, illusionist, con men, manipulation, twists and turns, con artists, wizard, magic, caper, magician, stage magic, card trick ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1984, 80s
Place:
london, macau, south america, new york, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, touching, mysterious, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
fairy, childhood, children, writers, world war one, friendship, child, beautiful scenery, family relations, miraculous event, heroes, hopes ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, year 1997, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A waitress (Rosanna Arquette), a barman (David Bowie) and an underwear designer (Eszter Balint) try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.
Style:
offbeat, independent film, absurd, hilarious, semi serious ...
Plot:
robbery, food, deaf, marriage of convenience, escape artist, rock, dishonesty, opposites attract, unlikely criminals, fall in love, love and romance, disorder ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
cons and scams, supernatural ability, love affair, parents and children, dishonesty, magic, paranormal phenomena, juggling, magician, clairvoyant, castle, psychic ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2007
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland, montreal
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
pow, world war two, military, soldier, love and romance, battles, love triangle, prison life, nazism, world war, danger, confined ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
london, germany, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Horror
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.
Style:
enigmatic, gothic, suspenseful, bloody, suspense
Plot:
female serial killer, temptation, castle, killing, loss of sister, domestic servant, investigation, serial killer, girl, monster, orphan, burned at the stake ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
hungary, transylvania, romania
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. ...
Style:
epic, slapstick, road movie, funny, spoof ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
swashbuckler, royalty, car, racing, sword fight, auto racing, mechanic, on the road, race, steampunk, cowboy, duel ...
Time:
1900s, turn of the century, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, paris france, alaska, siberia, america ...
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two single parents fall in love while fighting over a puppy to give to their children for Christmas.
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, dog, love, single parent, custody, fall in love, family relations, pets, rivalry, christmas eve, christmas romance, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
Style:
art house, spooky, independent film, scary, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snow, parrot, revenge, murder, prison life, prison, locked room mystery, farmer, macabre, underground, imprisoned, frame up ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
This is the 15th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced from Caesars Palace by David Copperfield himself, who describes an escapology number which would be performed in this location as the last feat of the special and is inspired by an illusionist ...
Plot:
magician's assistant, plan, theater, doll, recovery, passion, flying, bat, levitation, amazon, disappearance, fire ...
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, twisted ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, manhunt, prison, on the run, hidden identity, life is a bitch, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, chase, family life, dishonesty, shaolin ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, france, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Australia, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to Los Angeles to work on a television series. He uses his spare time to lend his expertise to rock band Sorcer. Page helps the band develop pyrotechnic magic tricks for their shows, and also recounts to his own ...
Style:
independent film, mockumentary
Plot:
stuntman, rock and roll, punk, underground, rock, car, rock band, daredevil, wizard, theatrical agent, male female relationship, backstage ...
Place:
los angeles, sydney australia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
'Hedd Wyn' is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic. Ellis Humphrey Evans, a farmer's son and poet living at Trawsfynydd in the Meirionydd countryside of upland Wales, competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the ...
Plot:
world war one, poet, great war, poetry, peasant, passion, curse, skinny dipping, wartime, celtic, death of protagonist, mysticism ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1917
Place:
wales, new zealand, balkan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style:
clever, tense, political, period piece, tricky ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, president, reporter, journalist, biopic, american politics, nixon, corruption, conspiracy, power struggle, scandal ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1977 ...
Place:
california, new york, washington d.c., north america, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, group of strangers, mathematics, maze, survival horror, death, fear, game of death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, croupier, writers, terrorist, cons and scams, caper, addiction, greed, relationships, career change, bet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
england, london, ireland, europe, south africa ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A new vigilante, Batwoman, is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. The dynamic duo must discover her true identity.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
superhero, batman, revenge, justice, masked man, female spy, fighting crime, heroic mission, righting the wronged, supernatural ability, save the world, save the day ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious ...
Style:
humorous, talky, witty, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
amateur detective, missing person, eternal youth, partner, couples, investigation, private detective, marriage, family relations, chase, love and romance, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, geneva switzerland
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