Funny Movie With Escape in Title
by trident712 | created - 24 Nov 2010 | updated - 25 Nov 2010 | Public
The hopelessness of confinement, coupled with the constant tensions that surround escape, entertains many movie fans. Whether it is from a war camp, prison, dungeon, kidnapper, a gang, cult, or other relentless tormentor, the suspense is intensified by the desire for freedom that resonates in us all. Viewers are fully committed to the protagonist(s), as they visually and emotionally share the confinement experience. Participation is enhanced as moviegoers internalize or discuss what they would or wouldn't do in this or that situation. Since personal freedom is at the foundation of every human's will, it is easy to understand how the escape story has become one of the most successful and powerful plot lines to "capture" audiences.
120 min | Comedy, Drama, War
After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss
Votes: 55,524
Excellent mystery to solve in this war camp experience.
112 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau
Votes: 131,906 | Gross: $43.00M
Dark, cold, and edgy!
18+ | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man living in a futuristic sterile colony begins to question his circumscribed existence when his friend is chosen to go to the Island, the last uncontaminated place on earth.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 314,242 | Gross: $35.82M
A very creative rush!
110 min | Comedy, War
In 1943, a group of captured Allied military can't agree on an escape plan, The allies headquarters develop a plan and send in a man who they hope is captured, to coordinate the captives' escape.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley
Votes: 1,594 | Gross: $7.70M
Fun, funny, and feel good. A lighthearted approach to the seriousness of confinement...until a joker is played.
116 min | Drama, Sport, War
As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pelé, Bobby Moore
Votes: 30,110 | Gross: $10.85M
An escape no one saw coming.
PG-13 | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, War
A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier
Votes: 105,734 | Gross: $5.49M
You wouldn't want to be there!
99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 139,870 | Gross: $25.24M
Great concept delivered through 80s' edginess.
107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 204,518 | Gross: $61.28M
The title says it all.
103 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.
Director: Duncan Gibbins | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen
Votes: 1,714 | Gross: $4.64M
A lost gem!
107 min | Drama, Family, History
True tale about two men planing to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon
Votes: 1,440 | Gross: $8.00M
Arguably the greatest escape from East Berlin.
R | 125 min | Drama, War
A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser
Votes: 53,018 | Gross: $19.08M
Another tense war camp thrill-ride.
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Frank is 14 years into a life sentence when he decides to break out of the London prison to set things right with his ill junkie daughter. He plans an ingenious escape requiring 4 inmates with different skills.
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge
Votes: 16,907 | Gross: $0.01M
Wonderful Brit film. Non-linear storytelling suspends the viewer till the end.
Source: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000059071/
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