Highest-Rated Movies about 'Escape', Sort by Popularity

The Ring (1998), Grand Illusion (1937), Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse (2017), Zama (2017), Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998), The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987), Special (2019), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Escape movies.

#1. The Ring (1998)

Storyline: When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) sets out to investigate. Along with her ex-husband, Ryuji (Hiroyuki Sanada), Reiko finds the tape, watches it -- and promptly receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week. Determined to get to the bottom of the curse, Reiko and Ryuji discover the video's origin and attempt to solve an old murder that could break the spell.

Plot Keywords: reporter, ex-husband, teenager, niece, friend, creepy, frightening ...

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#5. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

Storyline: During the Cultural Revolution in China, Mao Zadong's regime sends countless adolescents, including a bright young girl named Xiu Xiu (Lu Lu), to rural lands in order to participate in various kinds of physical labor. Xiu Xiu is torn away from her caring relatives and close friends to live and work with Lao Jin (Lopsang), a rancher. Though he treats Xiu Xiu kindly, she yearns for her old life and eventually turns to a degrading life of prostitution in hopes of earning the means to return home.

Plot Keywords: young girl, rancher, mother, sister, father, friend, moving ...

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#6. The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)

Storyline: Jobless and desperate, World War I veteran Robert Eliot Burns (Val Kilmer) is arrested for theft and sentenced to work on a prison chain gang. Eager to get away from brutal Warden Hardy (Charles Durning), Burns busts out of jail. Suddenly free, he woos foxy stranger Emily Del Pino Pacheco (Sonia Braga). Soon, though, the romance sours, and, without cover from Emily, Burns is left with nowhere to hide. To his dismay, he might just find himself making a return journey to Hardy's chain gang.

Plot Keywords: criminal, prisoner, prison guard, warden, cellmate, beautiful woman, rousing ...

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#14. The Unloved (2009)

Storyline: Lucy is 11-years-old and lives with her father. One day, not for the first time, he beats her. The next time she returns to school, Lucy asks to see her social worker Jackie. Lucy is known to social services and has been in foster care before, but none of her foster parents have any placements available. Jackie takes her to a children's home, Crop Row, where she is left with nothing except the school uniform she is wearing.

Plot Keywords: child, father, social worker, teen girl, dark, sad, raw ...

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#15. The Circle (2000)

Storyline: Two women in Iran are given temporary leave from prison and attempt to flee to one of the women's hometown, but are caught by police. Meanwhile, one of their friends who has escaped jail is pregnant and in need of an abortion. "The Circle" tells the story of each of these women by shifting back and forth between them.

Plot Keywords: woman, friend, husband, prostitute, prisoner, pregnant woman, suspenseful ...

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