Most Similar Movies to Papillon (1973)


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Escape From Pretoria (2020), Papillon (2017), The Seventh Cross (1944), The Walk (2015), True North (2006), Chronicle of an Escape (2006), Lure of the Wilderness (1952) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Escape From Pretoria (2020)

Escape From Pretoria (2020)

6.8/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

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Papillon (2017)

Papillon (2017)

7.1/10 Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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The Seventh Cross (1944)

The Seventh Cross (1944)

10.0/10 Mystery, Thriller

Seven escapees from a concentration camp meet with different fates as they attempt to flee Nazi Germany.

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The Walk (2015)

The Walk (2015)

7.3/10 Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller

In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

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True North (2006)

True North (2006)

6.9/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.

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Chronicle of an Escape (2006)

Chronicle of an Escape (2006)

6.7/10 Mystery, Thriller

Labeled a subversive by Argentina's oppressive military regime, soccer player Claudio Tamburrini (Rodrigo de la Serna) is kidnapped, blindfolded and taken to a secret prison. Left naked and handcuffed, often tortured without mercy, Tamburrini endures days of pain and humiliation. Eventually he and three fellow prisoners, including Guillermo Fernandez (Nazareno Casero), devise a plan to escape the prison, knowing that failure will likely cost them their lives.

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Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

6.5/10 Mystery, Thriller

In a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.

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Wildcat (2021)

Wildcat (2021)

6.2/10 Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A captive reporter must figure out a way to escape from the militants who ambushed her convoy in the Middle East.

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The Yellow Balloon (1953)

The Yellow Balloon (1953)

6.9/10 Mystery, Thriller

In post-war London, a small boy who blames himself for the accidental death of a friend, falls under the bad influence of a street criminal.

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Jungle (2017)

Jungle (2017)

6.7/10 Biography, Drama, Thriller

A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.

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Outback (1971)

Outback (1971)

9.6/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But John gets waylaid in a mining town where a gambling spree leaves him completely broke. He quickly falls in with the hard-drinking locals, who constantly ply him with alcohol and force him to participate in a gruesome kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John tries to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, begins to contemplate suicide.

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Island of Doomed Men (1940)

Island of Doomed Men (1940)

5.9/10 Mystery, Thriller

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

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Julia (2014)

Julia (2014)

5.7/10 Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After joining an unorthodox therapy group, a rape victim (Ashley C. Williams) embarks on a bloody quest for revenge and empowerment.

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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

7.6/10 Thriller, Drama, Crime, Biography

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

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The Foster Boy (2011)

The Foster Boy (2011)

7.3/10 Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A Swiss-German rural peasant family takes Max, a crude 15-year-old boy, into a foster situation of constant bullying. Soon, a foster girl is added to the mix.

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Prisoners of the Sun (2013)

Prisoners of the Sun (2013)

3.7/10 Horror, Mystery, Action, Adventure, Thriller

A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the Apocalypse.

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Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)

Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)

7.0/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Inspired by horrifying true events, Nothing Bad Can Happen follows Tore, a young lost soul involved with an underground Christian punk movement who falls in with a dysfunctional family who test his seemingly unwavering faith.

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The Finest Hours (2016)

The Finest Hours (2016)

6.7/10 Drama, History, Thriller

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

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