Best Prison Escape Movies

The 62 best-rated prison escape movies on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

The Shawshank Redemption 1994 ★ 8.7

The Great Escape 1963 ★ 7.9

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959 ★ 8.1

Papillon 1973 ★ 7.8

A Man Escaped 1956 ★ 7.9

The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 ★ 7.7

Fabricated City 2017 ★ 7.7

Escape from Alcatraz 1979 ★ 7.5

A Perfect World 1993 ★ 7.5

Le Deuxième Souffle 1966 ★ 7.7

Prison Break: The Final Break 2009 ★ 7.5

Down by Law 1986 ★ 7.3

Dark Passage 1947 ★ 7.3

Lonely are the Brave 1962 ★ 7.4

The Rock 1996 ★ 7.2

The Professional 1981 ★ 7.2

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011 ★ 7.1

Bad Boys for Life 2020 ★ 7.1

We're No Angels 1955 ★ 7.2

Face/Off 1997 ★ 7.1

The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008 ★ 7.0

Runaway Train 1985 ★ 7.0

T2 Trainspotting 2017 ★ 6.9

Silverado 1985 ★ 6.9