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1. Escape From Death Row (1973)
directed by Michele Lupo
featuring Lee Van Cleef, Jean Rochefort, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech, Fausto TozziThis 1973 Italian production (remade by Simon Nuchtern for an American release two years later) is a buddy film with a small-time thug (Tony Lo ... More
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2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
directed by Frank Darabont
featuring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Bill Sadler, Clancy BrownIn 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's ... More
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3. Into the Sun (1992)
directed by Fritz Kiersch
featuring Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Paré, Deborah Moore, Terry Kiser, Brian HaleyAnthony 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
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4. 9 Souls (2003)
directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
From acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Toshiaki Toyoda (Blue Spring) comes this poignant tale of nine escaped prisoners hoping to find redemption in an ... More
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5. There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
featuring Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess MeredithAn offbeat 1970s black-comic Western with an all-star cast, this Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is set in 1883 in Arizona. Paris Pitman, Jr. (Kirk Douglas ... More
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6. Papillon (1973)
directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
featuring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony ZerbeThe autobiography of Henri Charriere, one of the few people to successfully escape from the notorious French penal colony of Devil's Island, served ... More
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7. The Escapist (2002)
directed by Gillies MacKinnon
featuring Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis, Gary Lewis, Jodhi May, Paloma BaezaScottish filmmaker Gillies MacKinnon directs the revenge thriller The Escapist. Escaped convict Ricky Barnes (Andy Serkis, Gollom in the Lord of the ... More
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8. Skidoo (1968)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark, Michael ConstantineProducer and director Otto Preminger reportedly experimented with LSD in the late 60's, which inspired him to make this notorious comedy in which ... More
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9. Gulag (1985)
directed by Roger Young
featuring David Keith, Malcolm McDowell, David SuchetIn this made-for-TV thriller, a sportscaster engineers a daring escape from a Soviet prison camp after being snared by a KGB scheme. Mickey Almon ... More
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10. Le Trou (1960)
directed by Jacques Becker
featuring Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Raymond Meunier, Marc MichelMarc Michel plays an imprisoned man awaiting trial for the attempted murder of his wife. He is transferred to another cell, where his fellow ... More
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11. The Ceremony (1963)
directed by Laurence Harvey
featuring Laurence Harvey, Sarah Miles, Robert Walker, Jr., John Ireland, Ross MartinList of all editionsActor Lawrence Harvey made his debut as a writer and director with this downbeat drama. Sean McKenna (Harvey) is awaiting execution in a prison in ... More
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12. How to Rob a Bank (2008)
directed by Andrews Jenkins
featuring Nick Stahl, Erika Christensen, Gavin Rossdale, Terry CrewsList of all editionsNick Stahl, Erika Christensen, and Gavin Rossdale star in a high-stakes caper film in which the only thing for certain is that nothing is as it seems ... More
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13. Les Dents de la nuit (2008)
directed by Stephen Cafiero, Vincent Lobelle
List of all editionsSex, blood and rock 'n' roll are on the menu at one frantic bash in this over-the-top comedy from France. Alice (Frederique Bel), Prune (Julie ... More
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14. Riot (1968)
directed by Buzz Kulik
featuring Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Mike Kellin, Gerald O'Loughlin, Ben CarruthersList of all editionsA desperate group of convicts stage a minor riot to divert attention in an escape attempt. Red (Gene Hackman) and two others perpetrate the uprising, ... More
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15. Escape from Hell (1979)
directed by Edoardo Mulargia
featuring Christina Lai, Luciano PigozziList of all editionsIn this exploitation adventure, a pair of curvaceous women bust out of a jungle prison to escape further torment at the hands of their cruel and ... More
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16. The Last Mile (1932)
directed by Sam Bischoff
featuring Howard Phillips, Preston S. Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison, Alan RoscoeThe Last Mile is the film version of the 1930 John Wexley play which previously brought stage fame to both Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable. Wrongly ... More
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17. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
directed by Don Siegel
featuring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred WardList of all editionsNo one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood). This Donald Siegel-directed nailbiter is a ... More
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18. A Man Escaped (1956)
directed by Robert Bresson
featuring Francois Leterrier, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Roger PlanchonList of all editionsIn 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
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19. Holes (2003)
directed by Andrew Davis
featuring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Dulé HillList of all editionsA boy being punished for a crime he didn't commit learns there's more going on at a juvenile correctional facility than meets the eye in this comedy ... More
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20. Doing Time (1979)
directed by Dick Clement
featuring Ron Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Peter VaughanList of all editionsDoing Time is the American title for the British-made Porridge. Based on a popular TV sitcom, the film stars Ronnie Barker as the unofficial leader ... More
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21. Born American (1986)
directed by Renny Harlin
featuring Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala, Albert SalmiList of all editionsIn an anti-Russian film that is a hangover from Cold War polemics, three young Americans knowingly cross the Finno-Russian border while on a hunting ... More
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22. The Clinic (2010)
directed by James Rabbitts
featuring Tabrett Bethell, Freya Stafford, Andy Whitfield, Clare Bowen, Marshall NapierList of all editionsAn expectant mother must fight for her life and the life of her child after being abducted, having her baby extracted, and being locked-up in a dingy ... More
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23. The Broken Melody (1934)
directed by Bernard Vorhaus
List of all editionsIn this interesting drama, an opera singer, falsely convicted of murdering his wife's lover, must escape from Devil's Island. His success inspires ... More
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24. Escape from San Quentin (1957)
directed by Fred Sears
featuring Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Richard Devon, Roy Engel, William BryantList of all editionsIf it worked for Frank Sinatra... Singing star Johnny Desmond goes dramatic in the low-budget Escape From San Quentin. Desmond plays escaped convict ...
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25. Scrapbook (1999)
directed by Eric Stanze
featuring Emily Haack, Tommy Biondo, Todd Tevlin, Elizabeth Hammock, Sam Maiden Jr.List of all editionsOne woman's harrowing torture at the hands of a madman leads her into a pit of madness from which she may never escape in this ultra-violent horror ... More







