Escape movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant escape movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense and exciting films and TV shows about / with escape, violence, murder, survival, death, prison escape, prison, shot to death, confined and prisoner plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as escape: The Way Back (2010), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Escape From Pretoria (2020), The Fugitive (1993), Escape from Sobibor (1987), Cube (1997), Bangkok Hilton (1989), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Alone (2020), The Day Will Come (2016).
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122K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
epic, realistic, inspirational, road movie, rough ...
Plot:
survival, escape, prison escape, wilderness, war, freedom, journey, world war two, desert, gulag, pow, convict ...
Time:
2010s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
himalaya, russia, soviet union, asia, mongolia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, rough, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
prison, escape, freedom, prison break, rebelliousness, death, prison escape, dignity, escape attempt, prison life, fugitive, prisoner ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1967, 60s
Place:
florida, southern usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison…
Style:
political, suspense, tense, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison escape, apartheid, prison, political activism, escape, political prisoner, prison break, human spirit, human rights, freedom, political activist, politics ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
south africa, africa, cape town south africa, australia, south australia ...
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316K
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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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot:
concentration camp, escape, world war two, holocaust, pow, against humanity, genocide, military, brutality, captivity, nazi, prison ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
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246K
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, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, mathematics, maze, escape, group of strangers, survival horror, death, game of death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, detective, disturbing
Plot:
prison, escape, betrayal, injustice, interracial relations, heroin, fighting the system, smuggling, false accusation, prison life, women in prison, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, asia, australia, london, bangkok thailand ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, alcatraz, escape, island, prison life, freedom, prison warden, harassment, jail, convict, prison guard ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1979, year 1960, year 1962 ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa
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27K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, trapped, chase, psychopath, road rage, struggle for survival, kidnapped woman, maniac, lost in the woods, highway, escape, river ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres around two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the ...
Style:
touching, realistic, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
orphanage, abuse, brother, brother brother relationship, bully, violence, mockery, escape, rules, sexualized violence, humiliation, sexual abuse ...
Time:
60s
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85K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous ...
Style:
suspense, factual, psychological, art house, homoerotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, prison escape, island prison, friendship, life sentence, escape, thief, solitary, survival, wrongful conviction, human spirit, jungle ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1931, 1930s, year 1969, year 1970 ...
Place:
south america, colombia, france, venezuela, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, sentimental, suspenseful, twisted ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, false accusation, chase, police, murder, daring rescue, life turned upside down, judge, life is a bitch, investigation, danger, escapades ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, latin america
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57K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Luxembourg, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Style:
suspense, harsh, psychological, political, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
religious fanatic, kidnapping, religion, genocide, torture chamber, escape, sect, torture, military coup, prison, survival, military dictatorship ...
Time:
70s, year 2015, year 1973
Place:
chile, peru, south america, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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138K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
Style:
suspense, tension, bleak, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
skinhead, survival, murder, brutality, violence, punk, friendship, punk band, escape, neo nazi, revenge, heroin ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, astoria oregon
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
survival, memory loss, maze, apocalypse, teenager, distopia, trapped, fantasy world, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, suspense, brutal, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, chainsaw, psychopath, chainsaw murder, kidnapping, violence, rage, mental institution, psycho killer, sociopath, fear ...
Time:
year 1955, 1950s, year 1965, 60s
Place:
texas, southern usa
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447K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, suspense, psychological, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, isolation, captive, kidnapped, mother son relationship, escape, rape, room, child born of rape, abduction, survival, imprisonment ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, persia
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575K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, fugitives, escape, prison life, conspiracy, determination, confined, fbi, scheme, brother, self sacrifice, siblings relations ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, california, texas, usa
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298K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, kidnapping, trapped, blind man, murder, psychopath, thief, twists and turns, breaking and entering, survival, trap, violence ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, california, detroit
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
backwoods, lost in the woods, murder, abduction, cannibalism, forest, community, cannibal, hunter, escape, fear, characters killed one by one ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, appalachia
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256K
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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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot:
serial killer, gory, trap, kidnapping, torture, masked killer, sadistic horror, massacre, survival, psychopath, escape, crazy ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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327K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, cloning, escape, clone, conspiracy, fugitives, technology gone awry, island, dystopian future, lookalikes, utopia, on the run ...
Time:
future, year 2005, year 2019, 2010s, near future ...
Place:
fictional island, los angeles
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40K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat - or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychotronic, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, mind control, grandfather granddaughter relationship, super powers, escape, overprotective father, superpower, invisibility, neighbor, little girl, isolation, new world ...
Time:
year 2019, future, near future
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269K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, memory loss, investigation, amnesia, uncover truth, assassin, conspiracy, secret service, chase, disorder, danger, mysterious character ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, post apocalypse, survival, human existence, extinction, danger, changing the past or future, experiment, dangerous animal, imaginary, research ...
Time:
prehistoric times, jurassic, near future, prehistory, 22nd century
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138K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, grim, realistic, depressing ...
Plot:
prison escape, prison, escape, life philosophy, runaway, human spirit, prisoner, escape attempt, brutality, prison break, prison life, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 1973, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
persia, latin america, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, cyberpunk, prison, race against time, escape, post apocalypse, hostage, dystopian future, end of the world, rescue, distopia, darkness ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1981, distant future ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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252K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style:
suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, creature, survival, alien, space travel, alien life-form, one man army, outer space, dark hero, tough guy, anti hero, deadly creature ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place:
oceania, space western
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