Escape Movies

List of the best escape movies selected by visitors to our site: A Time for Killing, Battlestar Galactica, Captain Lightfoot, Destination Gobi, Final Jeopardy, Hope for Love, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Story of Dr. Wassell, Transient Lady.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 5.4
Genrewestern, military, history
CountryUSA

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

A boggy swashbuckler of Irish freedom-fighter Michael Martin.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, adventure, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderous criminals with names like DOA, Ice and Slash. The couple are in for a night that they won't forget.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA

A young woman is faced with a tough decision to stay with her husband and father of her son who is cheating on her. She takes a vacation where she runs into an old flame and begins to rekindle their chemistry. Torn between the two, she intends to make a decision best for her son.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:40

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, history
CountryUSA

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:09

A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, melodrama, adventure, western, crime
CountryUSA

A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, western, crime, music
CountryUSA

When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien) suspect murder. Their suspicions are confirmed when Renfrew finds the control stick has been jammed, forcing the plane to fly in one direction until the gas ran out. Mine owner Louise Howard (Louise Stanley) reports that her superintendent is missing. The Mounties find him murdered and that too has been made to look like an accident. A new mail service pilot, Bill Shipley (Warren Hull), arrives. He had gone to training school with Renfrew but had been cashiered for misconduct. The Mounties discover that Raymond (Karl Hackett), who had been working for Louise, really owns the flying line managed by Yuke Cardoe (William Pawley.) They find proof that all the gold from the mine isn't being turned over to Louise, and suspect that Raymond and Yuke are stealing the gold and shipping it to Seattle by plane.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:09

A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the middle ages.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Deputy Commissioner of Correction Mark Braden finds a reform school in terrible condition and assumes control himself. He wins the boy's cooperation by being fair and falls in love with gang leader Frankie's sister Sue. This aides disgruntled employees in challenging Braden.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth; but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, West Germany, USA

TV Movie version of the story of Giacomo Casanova, the famous eighteenth century womanizer.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:38

An extremely nice guy falls for a really bad girl

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, adventure, crime, film noir
CountryUSA

Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryAustralia, USA

A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, adventure
CountryUSA

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrewestern
CountryUSA
Duration00:56

Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrewestern
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
Duration01:41

After Zane Ziminski is found dead five people received envelopes with details of an alien invasion. This group of five includes 3 scientists, Zane's brother Jack, and a reporter. Quickly, the group is down to three and then Jack and Bridget, the reporter. With a small piece of alien technology, they must escape from the aliens, who take human form, and try to convince others that aliens exist.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, western, biography
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration02:02

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, comedy, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sun cream to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genreaction, drama, adventure
CountryUSA

Mike Wein, an Alaskan bush pilot operating the the Bering Sea area, makes friends with John W. Wetherby, posing as a wealth United States businessman. But, in reality, he is a Russian spy on his way to Siberia carrying microfilms of the United States' defense installations. (imdb)

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby, a henchman of Luke Manning, knows something about the murder.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. The problems begin, however, when Venus falls in love with him.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
Duration02:05

When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man’s workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot)...

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

A scientist learns that the chimpanzees he's studying are to be subjected to radiation experiments, so he hatches a plan to steal them away to a wildlife preserve.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

A mob assassin (Cameron Mitchell) holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA

It's ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Taken from a backyard swing at his home at the age of six, he is forced to witness unspeakable crimes of a deranged madman. For years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a mystery...until now.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:10

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA

During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.

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