Both a smart and feel-good prison break movie, from beginning to end, O Brother, Where Art Thou is a true rarity. 92 min 111,202 $52.90M, R
$336.53M, R Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. Robert Englund, Votes:
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Teri Hatcher, Andrey Konchalovskiy, They become romantically involved but their relationship is strained by Bowie's refusal to turn his back on crime. James Mangold
48,890 When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they have set up mining facilities. | Tom Sizemore, 21,492
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Sure, the film could have done better at the box office with a finish of $137 million in spite of having what once were the two biggest names in Hollywood sharing screen time, but considering it took just $50 million to make, that's nothing to sneeze at!
An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children. Paul Walker, | In February 2017, it was announced that a sequel was then in development with Stallone confirmed to reprise his role as Ray Breslin. | Villains come on both sides of the bars, and it's hard to tell which ones are worse.
They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. and Jaime King have also been cast in the film. | Gross: Comedy, Crime. Scott Porter, The film is the first installment of the Escape Plan film series. | With our MOs and mea culpas now accounted for, let's tackle the 19 Best Prison Movie Escapes of All Time. From Coraline to ParaNorman check out some of our favorite family-friendly movie picks to watch this Halloween. It's pretty much commonplace in the 21st Century, but in 1975, it was unheard of and resulted in a $7.5 million gross. John Hawkes, Votes: Debra Christofferson, PG-13 Stars: 77 of 94 people found this review helpful. Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance.
It's their final collaboration, and one of their best. 42,224
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They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
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Tim Burton Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, Keechie. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.
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Furthermore, the story and direction of Vincenzo Natali does a splendid job of keeping those of us who hate math invested in what is going on through the character of Kazan, and Andrew Miller's performance as the unlikely autistic savant hero is a big plus. Not in his DNA. Stars: This film never gets old, and, if it's not considered one already, it'll will go down as one of the best films ever made. 53 min Drama. Monica Potter,
Israel Broussard, Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past. |
Before it all goes down, we are given some pretty great scenes between him and enemy-turned-friend Dragline (George Kennedy).
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Stars: In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. | Gross: Mike Epps, Use the HTML below. Stars: |
Historical inaccuracies aside — after all, this is a film by Randall Wallace, the screenwriter behind Braveheart — The Man in the Iron Mask offers a pretty thrilling third act, as the newly reformed Three Musketeers are given a brief window of time to rescue Philippe, the kindhearted brother of Louis XIV, who has been locked away in a prison inside of an iron mask for much of his young life. $82.05M, PG-13 Tod Browning
Con Air, Nicolas Cage's followup to The Rock, was also his second foray into big budget action movie territory. Still, however deserving, you won't see flicks like Rescue Dawn and The Last Castle in our final picks. Everything about this movie works, and even though it clocks in at a hefty 172 minutes, the pacing and star-power keep you from getting bored while giving the large cast plenty of chances to shine. Horror, Mystery. Kenan Thompson, Action, Comedy, Crime.
Snowpiercer is a rarity on this list because of its fantasy world setting, as the remnants of mankind are forced aboard a train that goes round and round the world out of apparent necessity. Director: Prison movies have been around for decades offering a variety of glimpses into how to break free and stick it to the Man.
If you're interested in a good adult romantic drama, look no further than the movie "Labor Day." Well, decapitation is putting it nicely. The music is also nice toe-tapping fun, even if you're not that big of a fan of country music. 94 min |
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Behind the camera was Don Siegel, Eastwood's mentor and the man who taught him much of what it means to be a director on the set of films like Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, The Beguiled and Two Mules for Sister Sara. Josh Brolin,
John Ritter, Hideous Kinky is the story of two sisters (seven and five years old) traveling with their hippie mother from London to Morocco.
| Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Steven Jay Russell is an American con artist, known for escaping from prison multiple times. [14] It became available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray from 20 April 2020. Wendy Barrie, R Idris Elba, Timothy Spall, Votes: He is adopted by a loving man and his wacky wife. Crime, Drama, Thriller. A series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. | Barbra Streisand
| Gross: Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance. A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Kiefer Sutherland, 15,935 They discover from hacked documents that the prison, codenamed "The Tomb," is owned by a for-profit organization linked to a private security contractor. Dae-su's journey is filled with plenty of twists and turns and an earth-shattering revelation, but it also sends a message that merely getting out of a physical prison can't give one the freedom they desire. Jonny Lee Miller, It's a typical Sly-Arnie vehicle made a couple of decades too late, but it's still a lot of fun. Drama, Romance. 84 min Based on a true story, only historians know how accurately the movie nailed this piece of Dillinger canon. | | Thoughtful, funny, well-composed — Con Air shares none of these attributes with Cage's previous work, but it's definitely your movie if you like bad dialogue, worse acting, and over-the-top action sequences. | Stars: Richard Greene, Stars: | 82 min We like this guy, but know he's too hapless in the beginning and he will need a little breaking in before he can take up the challenge that fate has in store.
Clancy Brown, The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. | | |
He has to learn how to navigate his way around the internal politics and turf wars that exist … George Clooney, An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning. Tommy Lee Jones, | |
Pascal Payet was arrested in January 1999 … Hank Azaria, Far from your typical prison break film, this one is riveting because of the performances by its two leads, as well as the masterful job that director Lenny Abrahamson does building tension on both sides of the shed door.
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Jack Coleman, | Jason Bateman, Lionel Barrymore,
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Michael Bowen, Votes: Will Arnett, | It is based on the 2003 book Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin, one of the escapees. Marshal.
Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented. | His captor then contacts him with an ultimatum: discover the reason for his imprisonment inside of five days, or Mi-do, his new lover, will die. | A criminal holds a wealthy family hostage. Ewan McGregor, With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. [22] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B+". Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Breslin wakes up in a complex of glass cells and realizes that the warden, Hobbes, is not the man he was supposed to meet. Stars: 123 min | Gross: Prison movies have been around for decades offering a variety of glimpses into how to break free and stick it to the Man. Spider Madison, R Sidney Lanfield [9] The film is an Australia-UK co-production, co-financed by Arclight Films, New York-based Magna Entertainment and with the assistance of the South Australian Film Corporation.
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As the 5-year-old gets older and starts to ask more questions, she hits her breaking point and decides that it's time to venture out into the real world, even at the risk of the life she and her son have built together. Funny how that works! | Gross: Ice Cube, 130 min $0.30M, PG-13