Most Similar Movies to The Escape Artist (1982)


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Papillon (2017), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951), No End (1985), The Field (1990), Escape by Night (1960), The Santa Clause (1994), Eddie Macon's Run (1983) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

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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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

6.6/10 Drama

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

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No End (1985)

No End (1985)

7.5/10 Drama

The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.

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The Field (1990)

The Field (1990)

7.4/10 Drama, Adventure

When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.

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Escape by Night (1960)

Escape by Night (1960)

7.2/10 Drama, War, Mystery, Thriller

Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.

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The Santa Clause (1994)

The Santa Clause (1994)

6.5/10 Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy

When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.

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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)

Eddie Macon's Run (1983)

5.7/10 Crime, Drama

A young man, harshly sentenced for a few minor infractions, escapes from a prison in Huntsville Texas and flees to Laredo, Texas, where he hopes to cross into Mexico for a reunion with his wife and small son.

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Race to Space (2001)

Race to Space (2001)

5.5/10 Drama

In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.

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Midnight Express (1978)

Midnight Express (1978)

7.6/10 Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Billy Hayes (Brad Davis), an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

7.4/10 Comedy, Music

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

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City of Hope (1991)

City of Hope (1991)

7.3/10 Drama, Adventure

An intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which, in one way or another, revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished.

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Brubaker (1980)

Brubaker (1980)

7.2/10 Crime, Drama

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

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I Am David (2004)

I Am David (2004)

7.2/10 Adventure, Drama

A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.

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The River's Edge (1957)

The River's Edge (1957)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama, Western

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

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Hannibal Brooks (1969)

Hannibal Brooks (1969)

6.6/10 Comedy, War, Drama

A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together they head for the Swiss border and freedom.

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Alone in Berlin (2016)

Alone in Berlin (2016)

6.5/10 Drama, History

After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.

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The First Auto (1927)

The First Auto (1927)

6.4/10 Drama

Hank owns horses, stables horses and races horses. He favorite horse always wins and he is prosperous and will known. His son (Bob), however dreams only of the future of the horseless carriage and not of the horse. This causes problems between Hank and Bob. As the people in the town convert from horses to autos, Hank detests those who switch - so he looses his friends...Read all

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Simple Things (2007)

Simple Things (2007)

6.0/10 Drama

In order for a big-city doctor to get the job of a lifetime, he must spend his summer in Dunn's Rock, North Carolina. Arriving with his 10-year old son, he discovers what is most important and learns to enjoy the simple things in life.

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