Escaped convict movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant escaped convict movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense and captivating films and TV shows about / with escaped prisoner, murder, violence, prison escape, prison, police, escape, convict, chases and races and chase plots mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as escaped convict: Desperate Hours (1990), Abducted (2007), Labor Day (2013), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), The Last House on the Left (2009), The Fugitive (1993), U.S. Marshals (1998), Identity (2003), The Chase (1994), T2 Trainspotting (2017).

List of escaped convict movies

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Desperate Hours (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A criminal holds a wealthy family hostage.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: home invasion, father son relationship, hostage, dysfunctional family, mind game, justice, fbi, police investigation, moral ambiguity, family relations, manhunt, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: utah, latin america, mexico
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 5.7
 911
Abducted (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack, a man wrongly convicted of murder is sent to a prison where the unscrupulous warden has political aspirations. The warden manipulates his wife, his political adviser/lover, the prisoners and the voters, all while maintaining a smiling ...
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, erotic ...
Plot: prison, prison warden, kidnapping, escaped prisoner, fall in love, couples, murder, love, kidnapped, danger, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 1900s, 21st century
Place: canada, idaho, washington state, portland oregon
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 6.9
 51K
Labor Day (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: unlikely relationship, stockholm syndrome, single mother, happy ending, fall in love, love and romance, single parent, family relations, boy, escapades, parents and children, love ...
Time: year 2013, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Style: melancholic, bleak, tense, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot: police officer, fugitives, prison, love triangle, chase, criminal heroes, escapades, on the road, passion, love, relationships, bittersweet ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, usa
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The Last House on the Left (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: rape, vengeance, psychopath, torture, violence, serial killer, rape and revenge, kidnapping, woman in danger, violence against women, murder, sadism ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.8
 316K
The Fugitive (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, detective, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, investigation, fugitives, death row, doctor, manhunt, corruption, fugitive ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
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 6.6
 113K
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: manhunt, cia, on the run, conspiracy, frame up, agent, fugitive, tough cop, corruption, car chase, murder, u.s. marshal ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.3
 266K
Identity (2003)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style: twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, mental disorder, investigation, psychology, murderer, mental illness, motel, split personality, psychopath, rainstorm ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, florida
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 5.8
 22K
The Chase (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car ...
Style: suspense, exciting, road movie, humorous, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, hostage, on the run, chase, gunfight, pursuit, kidnapping, car, on the road, escapades, unlikely couple, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: mexico, california, usa, los angeles
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T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style: exciting, intense, stylized, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night
Plot: drug addiction, junkie, heroin, addiction, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, sex scene, redemption, betrayal, violence, extortion ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s, year 1974, year 1979 ...
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, amsterdam, slovenia ...
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 7.1
 13K
The Chase (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. When it is learned that local baddie Bubber Reeves has escaped prison, Rogers' son is concerned because he is having an affair with Reeves' ...
Style: suspense, retro, neo noir, technicolor, crime drama ...
Plot: racism, social commentary, manhunt, small town, adultery, lynch mob, drunkenness, sheriff, murder, vigilantism, on the run, escaped prisoner ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, southern usa
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 4.3
 621
XII (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vengeance, psychopath, strong violent content, serial killer, murder, danger, masked killer, violence, xmas, escaped prisoner, pursuit, comeback ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.6
 689
Morgan's Ferry (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three escaped convicts hide out in the home a reclusive woman as they wait to catch a ferry.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Plot: dangerous attraction, on the run, fall in love, criminal heroes, confined, couples, isolation, woman in danger, danger, manhunt, escaped prisoner, farmhouse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern usa
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 7.1
 31K
Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, buddies, prison, unlikely partners, buddy, partner, runaway, odd couple, criminal heroes, bank robbery, friendship, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003
Place: france, europe
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Rites of Passage (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When lawyer DJ Farraday discovers his father has been having an affair, the two drive out to the remote family cabin to talk things over. What neither expects is that DJ's estranged gay brother Campbell will already be there, apparently ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: gay, gay slur, father son relationship, criminal, parents and children, estrangement, hostage, manipulation, family problems, father son estrangement, isolation, family in crisis ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, san francisco
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A Perfect World (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: 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.
Style: road movie, sincere, suspense, touching, neo noir ...
Plot: kidnapping, life philosophy, fugitives, prison escape, prison, moral ambiguity, on the run, boy, friendship, child abuse, small town, road trip ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 1963
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, birmingham alabama, alaska
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 6.9
 265
The Daltons (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: The Daltons are back in jail. And they want out. Real bad. Every episode is a new chance to escape.
Style: entertaining, satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: prison, jail, brother brother relationship, prison escape, escape attempt, escape plan, prisoner, escape, prison warden, prison guard, warden, arrest ...
Time: 19th century
Place: nevada
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 6.1
 41K
Splinter (2008)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. ...
Style: scary, bloody, psychological, suspense, creepy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: creature, zombie, infection, infected, macabre, monster, virus, parasite, death, body horror, supernatural, transformation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oklahoma, usa
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 5.0
 131
Family (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Eldon and Cole pick up a hitchhiker, Jean on their father-son trip to find perspective on the back roads of America, they quickly learn that everything is not what it seems. As the road unfolds in front of them, so do their lives begin to ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: abduction, on the road, on the run, fugitives, hidden identity, under the surface, chases and races, parents and children, escaped prisoner, child in peril, prison escape, hitchhiking ...
Time: 21st century
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 3.4
 250
Payback (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An escaped convict tracks down the cop who put him away.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, prison, murder, confined, rivalry, law enforcement, isolation, showdown, convict, escaped prisoner, danger, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Chief of the ‘Special Crime Unit’, OH Gu-tak, looks for the former gangster, PARK Woong-chul, whom he had worked with before, and recruits a con artist, KWAK No-soon, and a convicted cop, KO Yoo-sung in the new team. With new blood, the ‘Bad ...
Style: captivating, tense, absurd, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: group of criminals, crime investigation, mental patient, hitman, fight scenes, redemption, revenge, murder, police detective, fugitives, ex convict, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea
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The Waiting Place (2001)
Country: New Zealand
Story: Two escaped convicts hold up in a desolate psychiatric hospital while they await their "ride to freedom". Having little to do but talk about their past crimes, a growing conflict develops, enhanced by the dark mood of the grim setting. The ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: murder, delusion, criminal, hallucination, escaped prisoner, mental institution, fugitive, psychiatric hospital, prostitute, dead wife, abandoned building, loneliness ...
Place: new zealand
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Battlefield 2025 (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Weekend campers, an escaped convict, young lovers and a police officer experience a night of terror when a hostile visitor from another world descends on a small Arizona town.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, student film
Plot: evil alien, ufo, spacecraft, group of strangers, weapons, friends, alien creature, escaped prisoner, danger, hiking, sister sister relationship, fugitives ...
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 4.2
 2K
Point Blank (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, rescue, danger, race against time, one man army, brother brother relationship, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, confined, daring rescue, fugitives, escaped prisoner ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 256K
Escape Plan (2013)
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, exciting, suspense, clever, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: prison, prison escape, survival, escape, prisoner, revenge, escape plan, lone hero, outsmarting, planning, ship, convict ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: morocco, usa, colorado, florida, california ...
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 6.6
 161K
Happy Death Day (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer's identity.
Style: slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, murderer, college, college student, mystery killer, dying repeatedly, murder, repeated event, masked killer, surprise birthday party, alternate timeline ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: arizona
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's ...
Style: road movie, funny, dark comedy, slapstick comedy, surreal ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: prison escape, blues, on the run, treasure hunt, small town, music, great depression, obsessive quest, country music, on the road, runaway, dark humor ...
Time: 1930s, year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: mississippi, ancient greece, america, greece, persia ...
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 6.4
 46K
Lock Up (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style: suspense, intense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, prisoner, prison life, revenge, torture, tough guy, self sacrifice, electric chair, life is a bitch ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
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 5.7
 6K
Army of One (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, shootout, on the run, hostage, chase, one against many, fugitives, organized crime, frame up, criminal heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
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 7.9
 28K
The Red Circle (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing those of a notorious escapee and alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a ...
Style: neo noir, tense, stylized, suspense, noir ...
Plot: heist, gangster, robbery, caper, organized crime, nightclub, mafia, great ending, thief, prison, gunfight, existentialism ...
Time: year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, marseille, france
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