30 Escape from Confinement Movies to Watch
Explore 30 escape from confinement movies to watch, selected for strong topic relevance and audience interest, with summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
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The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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Escape from Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
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The Great Escape
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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4MoviePapillon
1973★ 7.8
5MoviePapillon
2017★ 7.3
6MovieMidnight Express
1978★ 7.4
7MovieA Man Escaped
1956★ 7.9
8MovieLe Trou
1960★ 8.2
9MovieThe Escapist
2008★ 6.2
10MovieEscape Plan
2013★ 6.7
11MovieEscape Plan 2: Hades
2018★ 5.2
12MovieEscape Plan: The Extractors
2019★ 5.4
13MovieCube
1998★ 6.8
14MovieCube 2: Hypercube
2002★ 5.5
15MovieCube Zero
2004★ 5.7
16MovieThe Platform
2019★ 7.0
17MovieRoom
2015★ 8.0
18Movie10 Cloverfield Lane
2016★ 7.0
19MoviePanic Room
2002★ 6.8
20MovieBuried
2010★ 6.6
21Movie127 Hours
2010★ 7.1
22MovieOxygen
2021★ 6.6
23MovieMeander
2021★ 5.9
24MovieThe Maze Runner
2014★ 7.2
25MovieMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015★ 6.7
26MovieMaze Runner: The Death Cure
2018★ 7.1
27MovieThe Island
2005★ 6.7
28MovieThe Truman Show
1998★ 8.2
29MovieChicken Run
2000★ 6.8
30MovieThe Way Back
2010★ 7.0
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Explore 30 escape from confinement movies to watch, selected for strong topic relevance and audience interest, with summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
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