Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), The Fugitive (1993), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), 48 Hrs. (1982), Escape From Fort Bravo (1953), U.S. Marshals (1998), Canon City (1948), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Escapee movies.
Storyline: 30 years after the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire, Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku, finds a BB-8 droid that knows the whereabouts of the long lost Luke Skywalker. Rey, as well as a rogue stormtrooper and two smugglers, are thrown into the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the daunting legions of the First Order.
Plot Keywords: reboot, remake, obesity, cloning, crash landing, wisecrack humor, sabotage ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well.
Plot Keywords: one armed man, on the run, u.s. marshal, surgeon, chicago illinois, framed for murder, hospital ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After a lonely summer on Privet Drive, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returns to a Hogwarts full of ill-fortune. Few of students and parents believe him or Dumbledore (Sir Michael Gambon) that Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is really back. The ministry had decided to step in by appointing a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), who proves to be the nastiest person Harry has ever encountered. Harry also can't help stealing glances with the beautiful Cho Chang (Katie Leung). To top it off are dreams that Harry can't explain, and a mystery behind something for which Voldemort is searching. With these many things, Harry begins one of his toughest years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Plot Keywords: friendship, based on novel, godfather, good versus evil, teen angst, cult film, cult figure ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
Plot Keywords: cop, buddy cop, tough cop, maverick cop, police detective, action violence, bar fight ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A ruthless Union captain is renowned throughout his prison fort as the toughest soldier in the business, capable of capturing every escaped convict under his supervision. However, when he falls in love with a visiting woman some of the prisoners seize the advantage and try to escape while he is in a more "mellow" mood.—Jonathon Dabell <J.D.@pixie.ntu.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: arizona territory, indian war, u.s. cavalry, hairy chest, new mexico territory, arizona desert, desert ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a prisoner transport plane crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan, skillfully escapes and saves lives at the same time. Deputy Sam Gerard and his team of U.S. Marshals pursue relentlessly, but Gerard begins to suspect that there is more to the exceptional fugitive than what he has been told. Meanwhile, Sheridan struggles to avoid capture while seeking answers of his own. Until the final scene, both Gerard and Sheridan are in jeopardy of the unknown.
Plot Keywords: fugitive, interracial kiss, broken arm, handcuffs, knife, boat, sunglasses ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This movie centers around a prison escape from the Colorado State Penitentiary. There are 12 escapees and it shows the efforts placed to capture these men.—Gerald W. Riley
Plot Keywords: independent film, isolation, coward, snitch, killing, bravery, prison guard ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Plot Keywords: written by director, fugitive, directorial debut, storytelling, knocking on a door, clothesline, pipe smoking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young girl, Babydoll, is locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather, where she will undergo a lobotomy in five days' time. Faced with unimaginable odds, she retreats to a fantastical world in her imagination where she and four other female asylum inmates plot to escape the facility. The line between reality and fantasy blurs as Babydoll and the others, plus a mysterious guide, fight to retrieve the five items that will let them break free from their captors in time.
Plot Keywords: upskirt, short skirt, miniskirt, schoolgirl uniform, alternate reality, prostitution, escape ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on the Flannan Isle mystery. A small relief boat approaches a tiny, isolated island where a lighthouse is located. They're to replenish the stocks and replace the crew of 3. After they dock no one greets them. The winch is broken. The lamps are clean and refilled; the table's laid for dinner. There's an upturned chair, 2 sets of yellow oilskins are missing - the 3 men have vanished.—Andy Evans
Plot Keywords: lighthouse, greed, psychosis, escapee, gold, gold bar, castaway ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
Plot Keywords: home invasion, father daughter relationship, key, fiance fiancee relationship, lake house, revenge killing, killing spree ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Escaped convict Sam Gillen single handedly takes on ruthless developers determined to evict Clydie - a widow with two young children. Nobody knows who Sam is.
Plot Keywords: escaped convict, on the run, tough guy, martial artist, prison escape, widow, farm ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Leigh Ann Watson (Katie Holmes) is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle (Dame Helen Mirren), and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties, and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
Plot Keywords: irony of fate, irony, photography, man wears eyeglasses, man wears sunglasses, woman wears a bra, female psychopath ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Alex Bernier (Ledger) is a member of an arcane order of priests known as Carolingians. When the head of the order dies, Alex is sent to Rome to investigate mysterious circumstances surrounding the death. The body bears strange marks on the chest which may or may not be the sign of a Sin Eater (Furmann), a renegade who offers absolution, last rites and therefore a path to heaven outside the jurisdiction of the church. Alex enlists the aid of his old comrade Father Thomas (Addy) and of a troubled artist (Sossamon) upon whom he once performed an exorcism. He soon finds himself plunged into a mystery only to find himself at the heart of it.
Plot Keywords: exorcism, sin, church, stabbed in the chest, burial, christianity, forgiveness ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A violent teen and three others kidnap a young nurse while escaping from a Texas mental institution. Pursued by a vengeful sheriff, the disturbed young man embarks on a murderous rampage that shapes him into a legendary killer known as Leather face.
Plot Keywords: prequel, slasher, sheriff, barn, nurse, chainsaw, texas ...
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