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Best prison break films

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Sharpen your nail files, distract the guards, dig a tunnel out: this week’s Showdown celebrates the best prison breaks in movie history. Whether innocent or guilty, incarcerated in a POW camp, Alcatraz, a prison colony in outer-space, or a chicken farm, we want your ten best jailbreaks on film. Collect some sheets for your makeshift hot-air balloon and we’ll see you at the border.

Most mentioned

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Great Escape
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Chicken Run
  • Room
  • Paddington 2
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Escape from New York
  • Finding Nemo
  • Get Out
  • Escape from Alcatraz
  • Toy Story 3
  • A Man Escaped
  • Star Wars
  • The Truman Show
  • The Shape of Water
  • Ex Machina
  • Green Room

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Melissa

Melissa 636 films

  • Oldboy
  • Green Room
  • Shutter Island
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Matthew Buchanan

Matthew Buchanan 10 films

  • The Great Escape
  • Paddington 2
  • 127 Hours
  • Panic Room
  • Split
alaharon123

alaharon123 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Chicken Run
  • Paddington 2
  • Natural Born Killers
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Zheddy

Zheddy 10 films

  • Stalag 17
  • Le Trou
  • Le Deuxième Souffle
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
  • Sitting Target
george_kaplan

george_kaplan 10 films

  • Public Enemies
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Down by Law
  • Con Air
Ryan

Ryan 7 films

  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Tango & Cash
  • Green Room
  • Escape from New York
  • The Running Man
Jared Guss

Jared Guss 10 films

  • Paddington 2
  • Oldboy
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Down by Law
  • Chicken Run
maddy

maddy 7 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Maniac Cop 2
  • Toy Story 3
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Finding Nemo
Robert Berlin

Robert Berlin 10 films

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Planet of the Apes
  • A Boy and His Dog
  • Star Wars
  • The Terminator
GargusSCP

GargusSCP 15 films

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Paddington 2
  • Chicken Run
  • X2
  • The Shape of Water
Ian

Ian 10 films

  • The Great Escape
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Star Wars
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Escape to Victory
Milo

Milo 10 films

  • Runaway Train
  • Con Air
  • Out of Sight
  • Death Race
  • Escape Plan
DisposableMiffy

DisposableMiffy 10 films

  • The Black Cauldron
  • The Brave Little Toaster
  • Capricorn One
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Escape Plan
lonestarr357

lonestarr357 15 films

  • Hart's War
  • Runaway Train
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Wedlock
  • Fortress
MoeMents

MoeMents 21 films

  • Iron Man
  • Paddington 2
  • Chicken Run
  • The Great Escape
  • The Dark Knight Rises
Conor Wade

Conor Wade 8 films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Shape of Water
  • Day of the Dead
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
  • The Defiant Ones
Buboven

Buboven 10 films

  • The Wild Thornberrys Movie
  • Madagascar
  • Logan Lucky
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
grag

grag 13 films

  • Army of Shadows
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Get Out
  • Out of Sight
  • Stalag 17
Collykibber

Collykibber 10 films

  • A Man Escaped
  • Stalag 17
  • Brute Force
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
  • Le Trou
Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly 20 films

  • Star Wars
  • Get Out
  • Finding Nemo
  • The Poseidon Adventure
  • Toy Story 3
Lane Stanberry

Lane Stanberry 8 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Next Three Days
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Escape from Alcatraz
  • The Great Escape
Rui Ozpinhead

Rui Ozpinhead 10 films

  • Stalag 17
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Cow and I
  • Pardon Us
  • The Defiant Ones
kierstonwoodley

kierstonwoodley 18 films

  • The Killing Fields
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Great Escape
  • Star Wars
  • Escape to Victory
Kurosawa

Kurosawa 11 films

  • His Girl Friday
  • White Heat
  • Stalag 17
  • The Great Escape
  • Cool Hand Luke
Davormkd

Davormkd 10 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Paddington 2
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • Raising Arizona
  • Room
Chad Marriotti

Chad Marriotti 10 films

  • A Man Escaped
  • The Great Escape
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Paddington 2
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Mattie Lucas

Mattie Lucas 10 films

  • Natural Born Killers
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Rescue Dawn
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
Kenny

Kenny 10 films

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Ex Machina
  • X2
  • A Man Escaped
nina

nina 10 films

  • The Shape of Water
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Colonia
  • Shutter Island
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
Ogi

Ogi 10 films

  • Tango & Cash
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • The Fugitive
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Patrick Russell

Patrick Russell 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Room
  • The Deer Hunter
  • Escape from New York
  • The Rock
Hayden Culpepper

Hayden Culpepper 10 films

  • Down by Law
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Papillon
  • Midnight Express
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Deborah Hildebrandt

Deborah Hildebrandt 10 films

  • The Great Escape
  • Paddington 2
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Chicken Run
  • The Shawshank Redemption
Ethan C. F. 🐇

Ethan C. F. 🐇 10 films

  • Green Room
  • Ex Machina
  • Room
  • For a Few Dollars More
  • The Dark Knight
Kyle 🔪

Kyle 🔪 5 films

  • The Great Escape
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Chicken Run
  • The Fugitive
Mike E

Mike E 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Green Mile
  • Star Wars
  • Chicken Run
Blake Petit

Blake Petit 11 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Deer Hunter
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Great Escape
  • Stalag 17
TajLV

TajLV 10 films

  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
  • Grand Illusion
  • Brute Force
  • The 400 Blows
  • Le Trou
elvisisking

elvisisking 10 films

  • Runaway Train
  • Midnight Express
  • A Man Escaped
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Out of Sight
Ruth Scouller

Ruth Scouller 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • War for the Planet of the Apes
  • Paddington 2
  • Star Wars
Jojo/Lily Maben

Jojo/Lily Maben 10 films

  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Escape
  • Shutter Island
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Chicken Run
battybats

battybats 11 films

  • Chicken Run
  • Con Air
  • Death Race
  • Escape from New York
  • Escape Plan
Ayden The NinjaPirateBear

Ayden The NinjaPirateBear 12 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Shawshank Redemption
Peter Nordel

Peter Nordel 2 films

  • Stalag 17
  • A Man Escaped
  • Le Trou
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Great Escape
Florin Scanlon

Florin Scanlon 15 films

  • Pinocchio
  • The Platform
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Paddington 2
  • Stalag 17
Matt Greene

Matt Greene 15 films

  • The 400 Blows
  • Grand Illusion
  • Down by Law
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Running Man
Lee Markham

Lee Markham 10 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Prestige
  • The Shape of Water
  • Logan Lucky
VladimirVader

VladimirVader 10 films

  • Fury
  • The Great Escape
  • Modern Times
  • Stalag 17
  • Raising Arizona
user543221

user543221 10 films

  • Prison Break
  • Shield of Straw
  • Miracle in Cell No. 7
  • Paddington 2
Farah

Farah 4 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Raising Arizona
  • Stir Crazy
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Holes
Gabriel Jewett

Gabriel Jewett 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Great Escape
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Midnight Express
Luis_989

Luis_989 15 films

  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights
  • Cube
  • X2
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Street Fighter
Wayne Little

Wayne Little 10 films

  • The Great Escape
  • Escape from Alcatraz
  • Escape from New York
  • The Next Three Days
  • Room
DNArington

DNArington 9 films

  • Chicken Run
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • The Shape of Water
  • Get Out
  • Green Room
paige

paige 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Natural Born Killers
  • The Truman Show
  • Get Out
𝕵𝖚𝖆𝖓 𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕰𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖟𝖆 𝕬𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖑𝖆𝖗

𝕵𝖚𝖆𝖓 𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕰𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖟𝖆 𝕬𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖑𝖆𝖗 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Get Out
  • A Man Escaped
  • Okja
  • The Fugitive
rsq2000

rsq2000 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • A Man Escaped
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Star Wars
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
James

James 15 films

  • Room
  • Ex Machina
  • Get Out
  • Detroit
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
Zeynerys

Zeynerys 11 films

  • Star Wars
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Room
  • Ex Machina
  • Ocean's Twelve
bas2804

bas2804 12 films

  • Down by Law
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Shape of Water
niklaskhf

niklaskhf 3 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Misery
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Toy Story 3
  • Chicken Run
Michael Peers

Michael Peers 10 films

  • Paddington 2
  • Finding Nemo
  • Chicken Run
  • Room
  • Midnight Special
Laura

Laura 10 films

  • Escape from Alcatraz
  • Battle Royale
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Holes
  • Brazil
Amarillion

Amarillion 13 films

  • Captain America: Civil War
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • Snowpiercer
  • Finding Nemo
mwatts

mwatts 7 films

  • Room
  • The Truman Show
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • But I'm a Cheerleader
  • Toy Story
brianna

brianna 6 films

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Toy Story 3
  • Iron Man
mattba

mattba 7 films

  • Paddington 2
  • Free Willy
  • The Truman Show
  • Ex Machina
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
Madison

Madison 13 films

  • Mad Money
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Lucy
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Ex Machina
kiki_witch

kiki_witch 21 films

  • Con Air
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • The Dark Knight
  • Escape to Victory
  • Ex Machina
goodbyesolo

goodbyesolo 22 films

  • Chicken Run
  • Con Air
  • Escape from New York
  • Logan Lucky
  • The Shape of Water
Brittany

Brittany 10 films

  • Down by Law
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Papillon
  • Midnight Express
  • The Great Escape
jmmink

jmmink 10 films

  • Sky High
  • The Shape of Water
  • Finding Nemo
  • Room
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
Kelcey

Kelcey 10 films

  • Cool Hand Luke
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Down by Law
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Con Air
hessli

hessli 7 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Paddington 2
  • Chicken Run
  • Logan Lucky
Kyle Bailey

Kyle Bailey 10 films

  • Le Trou
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Grand Illusion
  • White Heat
  • The Shawshank Redemption
Tynan @ 4 Star Films

Tynan @ 4 Star Films 10 films

  • A Man Escaped
  • Dogtooth
  • The Rock
  • Escape from New York
  • Cool Hand Luke
Wally

Wally 8 films

  • Paddington 2
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • But I'm a Cheerleader
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Finding Nemo
Maria

Maria 10 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Toy Story 3
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • X2
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Daniel Charchuk

Daniel Charchuk 10 films

  • Paddington 2
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Shape of Water
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Chicken Run
Allyson

Allyson 5 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Room
  • The Great Escape
  • The Dark Knight
  • Paddington 2
Gals

Gals 10 films

  • The Great Escape
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Escape from Alcatraz
  • Toy Story 3
Aaron Prescott

Aaron Prescott 10 films

  • Toy Story 3
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Chicken Run
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
Nathan Eberhardt

Nathan Eberhardt 10 films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Toy Story 3
  • Moon
cinemacl🎃wn

cinemacl🎃wn 10 films

  • Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
  • Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
  • Burning Paradise
  • The Big Doll House
Andreas K

Andreas K 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Down by Law
  • Escape from New York
  • Con Air
  • The Fugitive
Nick Moffitt

Nick Moffitt 10 films

  • Star Wars
  • Django Unchained
  • X2
  • Green Room
  • Escape from New York
Alex K.

Alex K. 9 films

  • Mad Money
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Chicken Run
  • Paddington 2
  • Finding Nemo
Tanita

Tanita 10 films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Get Out
  • Room
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Shrek 2
em laurie

em laurie 5 films

  • Paddington 2
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • A Man Escaped
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Dark Passage
Hannah D

Hannah D 10 films

Still from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)