Movies like Escape
If Escape's mix of martial law, philippines and prison escape stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Escape's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Directed by Don Siegel · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape, escape plan · Also drama and thriller
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island.
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Get the Gringo
2012 · Directed by Adrian Grünberg · 96 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape, escape plan · Also action and thriller
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
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A Perfect World
1993 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 138 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
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.
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Prison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Directed by Kevin Hooks · 89 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape · Also action and drama
Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to break out the increasingly vulnerable…
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Runaway Train
1985 · Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky · 111 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape · Also action and thriller
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of…
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Escape Plan
2013 · Directed by Mikael Håfström · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape · Also action and thriller
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…