Highest-Rated Movies about 'Escaped Prisoner'

Casablanca (1942), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Papillon (1973), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Rogue One (2016), The Goonies (1985), The Fugitive (1993), One Way Passage (1932) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Escaped Prisoner movies.

#16. The Running Man (1987)

Storyline: In the year 2017, the world economy has collapsed. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications. Even so, a small resistance force led by two revolutionaries manages to fight the oppression. With full control over the media, the government attempts to quell the nation's yearning for freedom by broadcasting a number of game shows on which convicted criminals fight for their lives. The most popular and sadistic of these programs is "The Running Man," hosted by Damon Killian. When a peaceful protest of starving citizens gathers in Bakersfield, California, a police officer named Ben Richards is ordered to fire on the crowd, which he refuses to do. Subdued by the other officers, the attack is carried out, and Richards is framed for the murder of almost a hundred unarmed civilians. Following a daring jail break months later, Richards is...

Plot Keywords: game of death, oppression, government conspiracy, most dangerous game, dystopia, film starts with text, fictional game show ...

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#17. Exodus (1960)

Storyline: The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: israel, based on novel, based on true story, 1940s, jewish, flag, englishman abroad ...

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#18. Another Mother's Son (2017)

Storyline: Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Lou took in an escaped Russian POW and hid him over the war's course. The tension mounts as it becomes clear that Churchill will not risk an assault to recapture the British soil, and the island-community spirit begins to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty. Against this backdrop, Lou fights to preserve her family's sense of humanity and to protect the Russian boy as if he was her own.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: world war two, tragedy, female hero, death of protagonist, surrogate family, hunger, nazi occupation ...

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#19. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Storyline: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

Plot Keywords: paris france, sequel, wizard, witch, murder, second part, urban fantasy ...

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#20. Kika (1993)

Storyline: Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him. They might live happily ever after but first they have to cope with Kika's affair with Nicolas, the suspicious death of Ramon's mother and the intrusive gaze of tabloid-TV star and Ramon's ex-psychologist Andrea Scarface.

Plot Keywords: escaped prisoner, male nudity, stepfather stepson relationship, murder disguised as suicide, suicide note, serial killer, rape ...

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#21. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Storyline: Two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born two hundred years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on. Basically, they're fighters and killers, living from war to war throughout U.S. history. In modern times, a U.S. Colonel, Stryker, recruits them and other mutants as commandos. Logan quits and becomes a logger, falling in love with a local teacher. When Logan refuses to rejoin Stryker's crew, the Colonel sends the murderous Victor. Logan now wants revenge.

Plot Keywords: good versus evil, self healing, las vegas nevada, nuclear reactor, poker, regeneration, sentenced to death ...

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#22. The Last House on the Left (2009)

Storyline: After kidnapping and torturing two innocent teen girls, a group of people seek refuge in the home of the parents of one of the victimized girls. When the parents find out what happened to their daughter, they plot and carry out revenge on those that hurt her.

Plot Keywords: rape, psychopath, microwave oven, female sociopath, naked dead woman, hands tied behind back, remake of american film ...

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#23. Happy Death Day (2017)

Storyline: A teenage girl, trying to enjoy her birthday, soon realizes that this is her final one. That is, if she can figure out who her killer is. She must relive that day, over and over again, dying in a different way each time. Can she solve her own murder?

Plot Keywords: time loop, stabbed to death, birthday, masked killer, public nudity, twist ending, time travel ...

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#24. Grand Central Murder (1942)

Storyline: A convict being escorted in for retrial escapes at Grand Central and threatens his old girlfriend on the phone. She flees for her new beau's private railcar at the same station. When she is then found murdered the cops round up a motley group of suspects including the escapee, several guys feeling sore at the way the gold-digging broad had treated them, some jealous dames, and a private eye already on the case. Inspector Gunther soon has a problem - enough evidence to fry all of them.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: dead woman on floor, naked dead woman, implied nudity, off screen murder, manhattan new york city, times square manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city ...

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#25. Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

Storyline: English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Cavell aids him to reach Holland and safety. This leads to Cavell, a local noblewoman, the grandmother of the escaped prisoner-of-war, and others to form an organization to help Belgian, French, English and other soldiers escape as well. Eventually the Germans become aware of what's happening and take action.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

Plot Keywords: based on novel, retribution, catholic priest, defense attorney, war crime, traitor, betrayal ...

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#26. Taking Care of Business (1990)

Storyline: Jimmy Dworski(Jim Belushi) is a criminal serving the last 48 hours of a jail sentence. He wins a couple of baseball tickets by calling a radio quiz show. With help of other inmates, he escapes to go watch the game. When by chance he finds the Filofax of executive Spencer Barns(Charles Grodin) who loses it while traveling on a business weekend. Jimmy finds cash, credit cards and the key to a big mansion. He jumps on the opportunity and starts posing as Barns. While the real Barnes is trying to find his Filofax he gets in all sorts of trouble. How will things turn out when the two finally meet?—Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>

Plot Keywords: business deal, country club, hot tub, love interest, flirting, escaped convict, ex girlfriend ...

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#27. Lock Up (1989)

Storyline: Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

Plot Keywords: warden, prison, self sacrifice, solitary confinement, hero, prison fight, machine gun ...

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#28. Versus (2000)

Storyline: Set in the present where a group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, unwittingly, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead, with the assistance of the evil Sprit that has also come back, come back from ages past, to claim his prize. The final standoff between Light and Dark has never been so cunning, so brutal and so deadly. This is where old Japanese Samurai mysticism meets the new world of the gangster and the gun. Gruesome, bloody and positively bold.

Plot Keywords: forest, katana sword, sword, zombie, resurrection, portal, damsel in distress ...

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#29. Happy, Texas (1999)

Storyline: Two escaped convicts arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. Enjoying the celebrity and using their skill as con-men, the two adopt their persona to take on the task. Of course, as the two are heterosexual, their interest in the involved ladies intensifies. Ally Walker is a banker, who is distrustful of men and has given up on love. Illeana Douglas plays the dowdy, badly dressed teacher.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

Plot Keywords: gay, beauty pageant, escaped convict, texas, small town, pretending to be gay, sheriff ...

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#30. Billy Two Hats (1973)

Storyline: When someone gets killed during a bank robbery by Deans, half-breed Billy Two Hats and their partner, the robbers flee. Sheriff Gifford tracks the robbers, killing one of them and capturing Billy. Deans escapes, but during a successful plot to free Billy from the Sheriff, Deans is shot, leaving him unable to walk or ride a horse. Billy, not wanting to abandon his friend, builds an Indian cot to drag Deans behind the horse. With the Sheriff hot on their trail, Deans and Billy try to stay one step ahead of the many obstacles which threaten their lives and freedom.—E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: independent film, kissing while having sex, long range rifle, sharpshooter, social commentary, blood, navajo indian ...

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