-
1. The Great Escape (1963)
directed by John Sturges
featuring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, James Coburn
The Great Escape is based on the true story of a group of Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape from an allegedly impenetrable Nazi prison ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
2. The Colditz Story (1955)
directed by Guy Hamilton
featuring John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes
During World War II, the impenetrable Colditz castle in Germany was selected as the site for a POW camp. The Germans reason that, since Colditz has ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
3. The Way Back (2010)
directed by Peter Weir
featuring Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a World War II-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across ... More
See all Blu-Ray | | List of all editions
-
4. The McKenzie Break (1970)
directed by Lamont Johnson
featuring Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Patrick O'Connell, Caroline Mortimer
The McKenzie Break is an unusual POW escape drama in that the would-be escapees are German prisoners, held in a Scottish camp. When a Luftwaffe pilot ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
5. Essential Killing (2011)
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
featuring Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner
A soldier must fight for his own survival as well as the cause of his people in this powerful drama from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski ... More
See all | List of all editions
-
6. Escape of the Birdmen (1971)
directed by Philip Leacock
featuring Doug McClure
Some prisoners pin their hopes for freedom on a homemade aircraft in this made-for-television thriller. Based on a true World War Two story, Doug ... More
See all Blu-Ray | | List of all editions
-
7. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
directed by Lance Hool
featuring Chuck Norris, Soon-Teck Oh, Cosie Costa, Steven Williams, David Chung
While the first Missing in Action film told of a rescue mission by ex-POW Colonel James Braddock (Chuck Norris), the second concerns his original ... More
See all VHS | Blu-Ray | | List of all editions
-
8. Le Caporal Epinglé (1962)
directed by Jean Renoir
featuring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Jean Carmet, Jacques Jouanneau
The eponymous French corporal, played by Jean-Pierre Cassel, is ensconced in a German POW camp. Cassel plots with his friends Claude Brasseur and ... More
See all VHS | List of all editions
-
9. A Man Escaped (1956)
directed by Robert Bresson
featuring Francois Leterrier, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Roger Planchon
In a genre crowded with quality films, director Robert Bresson's POW drama has become legendary, in part because it strips down the experience of a ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
10. Victory (1981)
directed by John Huston
featuring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Pelé, Werner Roth
John Huston directed this exciting World War II action film, which culminates in a rousing soccer game. In a German prisoner of war camp, Major Karl ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
11. Rescue Dawn (2007)
directed by Werner Herzog
featuring Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog returns to direct his first feature since 2001's Invincible with this dramatic action film inspired by his own 1997 ... More
See all Blu-Ray | | List of all editions
-
12. A Case of Honor (1988)
directed by Eddie Romero
After escaping from a Vietnamese POW camp where they had suffered for five years, five American soldiers attempt to get out of the country before ... More
See all | List of all editions
-
13. Escape from Sobibor (1987)
directed by Jack Gold
During WWII, Sobibor was a notorious Nazi death camp. This gripping, fact-based drama chronicles the courage of an inmate who managed the largest ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
14. Last Flight Out (2003)
directed by Jerry Jameson
featuring Richard Tyson, Bobbie Phillips, Adriano Gonzalez, Rene L. Moreno, Cliff De Young
A down-on-his-luck pilot stuck repossessing private jets is offered one last shot at redemption in the form of a dangerous rescue mission in director ... More
See all | List of all editions
-
15. Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
directed by Raymond K. Johnson
In this crime drama, a jockey, wrongfully imprisoned for riding at an "illegal" racetrack, escapes from prison just prior to his parole so he can ... More
See all | List of all editions
-
16. The Wooden Horse (1950)
directed by Jack Lee
featuring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene, Peter Burton
Based on a true story (believe it or don't!), The Wooden Horse is set in a wartime German prison camp. It being the duty for every British POW to ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
17. Grand Illusion (1937)
directed by Jean Renoir
featuring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich Von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo, Julien Carette
Frequently cited as both one of the greatest films about war and one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion is an often ... More
See all VHS | Blu-Ray | | List of all editions
-
18. Night Crossing (1981)
directed by Delbert Mann
featuring John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Glynnis O'Connor, Doug McKeon, Beau Bridges
Two friends chart a daring path to freedom in this drama from Walt Disney Pictures. Peter Strelzyk (John Hurt) and Guenter Wetzel (Beau Bridges) are ... More
See all | List of all editions
-
19. Into the Sun (1992)
directed by Fritz Kiersch
featuring Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Paré, Deborah Moore, Terry Kiser, Brian Haley
Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Pare star in this ridiculous rip-off of Top Gun and Rambo III. Hall plays Tom Slade, a Hollywood pretty-boy star who ... More
See all VHS | List of all editions
-
20. The Count of Monte Cristo (1974)
directed by David Greene
featuring Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan, Donald Pleasence
Richard Chamberlain stars in this lavishly appointed adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas adventure story. When Count Edmond Dantes (Richard ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
21. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
directed by Rowland V. Lee, Wilfred Lucas
featuring Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Sr., Raymond Walburn
Few famous novels have been filmed as often as Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo--and few versions are as enjoyable as this 1934 adaptation ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
22. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
directed by Hardy Martins
featuring Bernhard Betterman, André Hennicke, Michael Mendl, Irina Pantaeva
The true story of a German soldier's long and difficult journey home after being sentenced to a Russian prison camp inspired this wartime epic. In ... More
See all | List of all editions
-
23. Libertad: The Dark Untold Story of Castro's Cuba (2000)
Cuban dissidents seek a new life in the United States, but discover the passage across the ocean is a dangerous and forbidding experience in this ... More
See all VHS | | List of all editions
-
24. Midnight Express (1978)
directed by Alan Parker
featuring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle, Paul L. Smith
Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his home. Billy Hayes (Brad ... More
See all VHS | Blu-Ray | | List of all editions
-
25. Demanty Noci (1964)
directed by Jan Nemec
featuring Ladislav Jansky, Antonin Kumbera
Diamonds of the Night is set in Czechoslovakia during World War II. Ladislav Jansky and Antonin Kumbera play two Jewish youths who escape from a ... More
See all | List of all editions







