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Directed by Franklin J. SchaffnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
ÉvasionActors Steve McQueen,
Dustin Hoffman,
Victor Jory,
Don Gordon,
Bill Mumy,
George CoulourisRating79%
1930's France. Henri Charrière (Steve McQueen), a safecracker nicknamed Papillon because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest, is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp, he is being framed for the crime. He is sentenced to life imprisonment within the penal system in French Guiana. En route, he meets a fellow convict, Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), a forger and embezzler who is convinced that his wife will secure his release. Dega hires Papillon as his bodyguard, but the two eventually develop a friendship., 2h12
Directed by Jacques BeckerOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
ÉvasionActors Michel Constantin,
Philippe Leroy,
Catherine Spaak,
Jean Keraudy,
Raymond Meunier,
Marc MichelRating84%
Four long-sentence prisoners are determined to escape. They start digging a tunnel. While they are still at it, the prison direction puts the new convict Gaspard into their cell. They have no choice but to fill him in. At first he's enthusiastic about taking part in the getaway but all of a sudden it shows he will be released soon anyway because the main witness against him had a change in mind. Clueless as they are, Roland, Manu and Géo keep following through on their plan until it becomes evident that Gaspard has betrayed them., 2h45
Directed by John Sturges,
John FlynnOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Motocyclette,
Political films,
Évasion,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
James Donald,
Charles Bronson,
Donald PleasenceRating81%
In 1943, having expended enormous resources on recapturing escaped Allied prisoners of war (POWs), the Germans move the most determined to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant, Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger (Hannes Messemer), tells the senior British officer, Group Captain Ramsey (James Donald), "There will be no escapes from this camp." Von Luger points out the various features of the new camp designed to prevent escape, as well as the perks the prisoners will receive as an incentive not to try. After several failed escape attempts on the first day, the POWs settle into life at the prison camp., 1h52
Directed by Don SiegelOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Évasion,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Clint Eastwood,
Patrick McGoohan,
Fred Ward,
Jack Thibeau,
Larry Hankin,
Paul BenjaminRating75%
On January 18, 1960, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz, having been sent there after escaping from several other prisons. He is sent in to meet the warden (Patrick McGoohan), who curtly informs him that no one has ever escaped from Alcatraz. Eventually he meets his old friends, bank robber brothers John and Clarence Anglin (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), and he makes the acquaintance of the prisoner in the cell next to his, car thief Charley Butts (Larry Hankin). Morris befriends numerous other inmates, including English (Paul Benjamin), a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white men in self-defense; the eccentric Litmus (Frank Ronzio) who keeps a pet mouse and calls himself Al Capone, and the elderly artist and chrysanthemum grower Doc (Roberts Blossom)., 1h57
Directed by Mark RobsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
Évasion,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Frank Sinatra,
Trevor Howard,
Raffaella Carrà,
Adolfo Celi,
Sergio Fantoni,
Brad DexterRating70%
Colonel Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who is shot down over Italy. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to a POW camp, run by the cruel Blackshirt Major Basilio Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). The camp is mainly populated by British prisoners., 2h14
Directed by Peter WeirOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Political films,
Évasion,
Road moviesActors Jim Sturgess,
Colin Farrell,
Ed Harris,
Saoirse Ronan,
Mark Strong,
Dragoş BucurRating72%
During World War II, after the Soviet invasion of Poland, young Polish military officer Janusz Wieszczek (Jim Sturgess) is held as a POW and interrogated by the NKVD. The Soviets, unable to get him to say he is a spy, take into custody his wife from whom they extort a statement condemning him. He is sentenced to 20 years in a Gulag labour camp deep in Siberia., 1h36
Directed by Steven C. MillerOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
ÉvasionActors Sylvester Stallone,
David Bautista,
Jaime King,
50 Cent,
Huang Xiaoming,
Jesse MetcalfeRating39%
Des années après s'être échappé d'une prison high-tech surnommée « Le tombeau », Ray Breslin dirige désormais une équipe d’élite spécialisée pour faire évader des gens des prisons les plus impénétrables du monde. Shu Ren, son meilleur agent, est emprisonné dans un labyrinthe techno-terroriste informatisé et révolutionnaire connu sous le nom d'Hadès (H.A.D.E.S. pour High Asset DEtention Service ou HAvre de Détention et Sécurité en français), où les prisonniers se battent dans des luttes mortelles. Ray Breslin décide alors de s'y faire incarcérer pour le sauver., 2h41
Directed by David LeanOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Pont,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
ÉvasionActors William Holden,
Alec Guinness,
Jack Hawkins,
Sessue Hayakawa,
James Donald,
Percy HerbertRating80%
In World War II, British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), reminds Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour., 1h51
Directed by Andreï KontchalovskiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Évasion,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Film se déroulant dans un trainActors Jon Voight,
Eric Roberts,
Rebecca De Mornay,
Danny Trejo,
Kyle T. Heffner,
John P. RyanRating71%
The story follows the escape of two men from an Alaska prison, the efforts of a railroad dispatch office to safely stop the out-of-control train they are on, and the hunt by their warden to recapture them. Oscar "Manny" Manheim is a ruthless bank robber and hero to the convicts of Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison. After two previous escape attempts the doors to Manny's cell have been welded shut for three years. A court order compels Manny's nemesis, the vindictive and sadistic Associate Warden Ranken, to release him back into the general prison population. Manny intends to break out a third time with his older brother Jonah Manheim, but is forced to set his escape plan into action in the middle of winter. Ranken employs a serial killer to give Manny the incentive, by stabbing him grievously through his left hand. Jonah fatally stabs the serial killer to death in retaliation, and in turn is severely beaten by the prison guard, leaving him in a high-security hospital wing.