Top Movies & TV Shows Similar to The Escapist List

  • Prison Break - Focuses on escape plans and survival in a prison setting.
  • The Great Escape - Classic film about WWII prisoners planning an elaborate escape.
  • Escape Plan - Involves a plot to escape from a high-tech prison.
  • Shawshank Redemption - Features themes of hope and escaping from prison.
  • The Fugitive - Involves a man who escapes from prison while being pursued.
  • Locked Up - Centers around life inside a women's prison with elements of escape.
  • Escape from Alcatraz - Based on a true story of a legendary prison escape.
  • The Count of Monte Cristo - Involves betrayal, imprisonment, and ultimately, escape.
  • Escape from New York - Set in a dystopian future where an entire city is a prison.
  • A Man Escaped - Real-life escape story set in a Nazi prison during WWII.
  • Banshee - Features themes of crime and living under a false identity.
  • The Green Mile - Explores prison life with strong characters and a supernatural twist.
  • Oz - A gritty look at life inside a maximum-security prison.
  • The Bridge - Involves intense survival and complex characters in a challenging environment.
  • The Escapists - Involves elaborate escape plans executed by the main characters.
  • Get the Gringo - A tale of incarceration and escape in a dangerous foreign land.
  • The Last Castle - Centers on a military prison and an attempt to rise against corrupt authority.
  • Papillon - Involves the escape from a notorious French penal colony.
  • Con Air - A story about convicts on a flight, with action and escape elements.
  • The Huntsman: Winter's War - Includes themes of imprisonment and rebellion against a tyrant.
  • Eye in the Sky - Focus on moral dilemmas around life and death, similar tension.
  • Escape at Dannemora - Based on a real-life prison escape with intense personal stories.
  • Inside Man - A clever heist film that involves intricate planning and execution.
  • The Intern - A focus on life choices and second chances tied to character exploration.
  • The Escape - A woman feeling trapped in her life seeks an escape.
  • The Purge - Survival and escaping a dangerous situation during a national event.
  • A Few Good Men - Intense courtroom drama with key themes of justice and truth.
  • Prisoners - Intense and dark, it explores the lengths a parent will go to for their child.
  • Law Abiding Citizen - Focuses on prison life, revenge, and clever deception.
  • The Count of Monte Cristo - Classic tale of betrayal and revenge with a prison escape.
  • Mindhunter - Intense psychological exploration of crime and criminal psychology.
  • The Change-Up - A take on identity change and life's unexpected turns.
  • The Terminal - A man stuck in an unusual situation, focusing on resilience.
  • Taking Lives - Involves complex identities, deception, and a psychological edge.
  • Reprisal - Focused on revenge with a dark, gritty backdrop.
  • The Last Prisoner - Explores themes of imprisonment and the quest for freedom.
  • Unbreakable - Themes of resilience and survival despite overwhelming odds.
  • The Green Book - The journey of two people from disparate backgrounds working towards freedom.
  • Burning - Psychological tension that builds around character interactions.
  • The Fall - Explores crime and the psychological aftermath of dealing with trauma.
  • The Last House on the Left - Explores dark subject matter surrounding crime and survival.

Last updated: 2024-09-26 19:08:29

# Name Year Country Genres IMDb Votes IMDb Rating Type Status CBFC
1
Prison Break
Prison Break
45 min
SS 5 EP 88
2005 United States of America 588002 8.3 Serie Ended TV-14
2 1963 United States of America 261224 8.2 Movie Released
3
Escape Plan
Escape Plan
115 min
2013 United Kingdom 259294 6.7 Movie Released
4
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
131 min
1993 United States of America 322755 7.8 Movie Released
5
Locked Up
Locked Up
50 min
SS 4 EP 40
2015 Spain 26429 8.1 Serie Ended TV-MA
6 1979 United States of America 149121 7.6 Movie Released PG
7 2002 United States of America 149935 7.7 Movie Released PG-13
8 1981 United Kingdom 159937 7.1 Movie Released
9
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped
101 min
1956 France 25387 8.2 Movie Released NR
10
Banshee
Banshee
50 min
SS 4 EP 38
2013 United States of America 127246 8.4 Serie Ended TV-MA
11
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
189 min
1999 United States of America 1425630 8.6 Movie Released
12
Oz
Oz
60 min
SS 6 EP 56
1997 United States of America 108022 8.7 Serie Ended TV-MA
13
The Bridge
The Bridge
60 min
SS 4 EP 38
2011 Denmark 77731 8.6 Serie Ended TV-MA
14 2008 8 8.8 Movie Released
15 2012 United States of America 112067 6.9 Movie Released R
16
The Last Castle
The Last Castle
131 min
2001 United States of America 86002 6.9 Movie Released R
17
Papillon
Papillon
151 min
1973 United States of America 139396 8 Movie Released PG
18
Con Air
Con Air
116 min
1997 United States of America 322306 6.9 Movie Released
19 2016 China 120685 6.1 Movie Released PG-13
20
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky
102 min
2015 United Kingdom 92207 7.3 Movie Released R
21
Escape at Dannemora
Escape at Dannemora
51 min
SS 1 EP 7
2018 United States of America 28499 7.9 Serie Ended TV-MA
22
Inside Man
Inside Man
129 min
2006 United States of America 402328 7.6 Movie Released
23
The Intern
The Intern
121 min
2015 United States of America 278841 7.1 Movie Released
24
The Escape
The Escape
102 min
2018 United Kingdom 2486 5.9 Movie Released
25
The Purge
The Purge
86 min
2013 France 242657 5.7 Movie Released R
26
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men
138 min
1992 United States of America 291492 7.7 Movie Released R
27
Prisoners
Prisoners
153 min
2013 United States of America 824685 8.2 Movie Released
28 2009 United Kingdom 323648 7.4 Movie Released R
29
MINDHUNTER
MINDHUNTER
74 min
SS 2 EP 19
2017 United States of America 344617 8.6 Serie Canceled TV-MA
30
The Change-Up
The Change-Up
112 min
2011 United States of America 197569 6.3 Movie Released R
31
The Terminal
The Terminal
128 min
2004 United States of America 500384 7.4 Movie Released
32
Taking Lives
Taking Lives
103 min
2004 United States of America 96214 6.2 Movie Released R
33
Reprisal
Reprisal
56 min
SS 1 EP 10
2019 United States of America 4803 7.4 Serie Canceled TV-MA
34
Unbreakable
Unbreakable
106 min
2000 United States of America 446195 7.3 Movie Released PG-13
35
Burning
Burning
148 min
2018 Japan 77946 7.4 Movie Released NR
36
The Fall
The Fall
57 min
SS 3 EP 17
2013 Ireland 121468 8.1 Serie Ended TV-MA
37 2009 United States of America 101356 6.5 Movie Released R
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