Prison Escape Movies

In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA...

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.

A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.

Two women who have been unjustly confined to a prison planet plot their escape, all the while having to put up with unhinged guards, crazed wardens...

Bennie, a clumsy criminal who's touchy about his weight, teams up with his adoptive father's biological (serial killer) son, his employees who in his...

The film takes on Ali, a member of a wealthy family, and his shared infatuation with a night club worker by the name of Tülay. Ali and...

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the...

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.

Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably...

A naive computer expert (Patrick Cassidy), a con artist (David Hemmings), and a tough guy (Bruce A. Young) join together in an escape from a...

In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a...

A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes are responsible for his brother being shot down by...

A crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars.

"American Criminal" is filmed entirely in one shot ... A police officer, a prosecutor, a judge, and a forensic scientist conspire to manufacture...

A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and...

Story of twin brothers - one trying to help another escape from prison.

Triad leader Roller and life-sentence inmate Scar maintain the balance of power as the bosses of the prison they're incarcerated at. Life at the...

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

A stagecoach owner goes to jail to catch a holdup gang.

The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman,...