Top 25 best 'prison escape'-movies

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 25 best 'prison escape'-movies

This is a list of the best 25 'prison escape'-movies and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 25 best 'prison escape'-movies

1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Drama 142 minutes	4,42(16.161) 3
2	Ningen no Jôken (1959) Alternative title: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Drama, War 208 minutes	3,93(207) 3
3	Papillon (1973) Adventure, Drama 151 minutes	3,84(2.621) 3
4	Un Condamné à Mort S'est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut (1956) Alternative title: A Man Escaped Drama, Thriller 101 minutes	3,83(367) 3
5	Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) Alternative title: Second Breath Crime, Drama 150 minutes	3,82(123) 3

6	L'Instinct de Mort (2008) Alternative title: Public Enemy Number One (Part 1) Crime, Drama 113 minutes	3,80(1.377) 3
7	Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Drama, Thriller 112 minutes	3,77(3.355) 3
8	The Great Escape (1963) War, Drama 172 minutes	3,74(1.567) 3
9	Down by Law (1986) Comedy, Crime 107 minutes	3,66(628) 3
10	Face/Off (1997) Alternative title: Face Off Action, Thriller 138 minutes	3,64(3.578) 3

11	The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Adventure, Action 131 minutes	3,63(1.459) 3
12	The Rock (1996) Action, Thriller 136 minutes	3,61(3.368) 3
13	A Perfect World (1993) Drama, Crime 138 minutes	3,55(1.045) 3
14	Da Uomo a Uomo (1967) Alternative title: Death Rides a Horse Western, Action 120 minutes	3,55(263) 3
15	Dark Passage (1947) Filmnoir, Thriller 106 minutes	3,55(222) 3
16	Lonely Are the Brave (1962) Alternative title: The Last Hero Western, Drama 107 minutes	3,53(86)
17	Fast Five (2011) Alternative title: The Fast and the Furious 5 Action, Drama 130 minutes	3,51(2.362) 3
18	Deddo Ribusu (2004) Alternative title: Dead Leaves Animation, Scifi 55 minutes	3,50(321) 3
19	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Filmnoir, Crime 102 minutes	3,50(30) 2
20	Underworld (1927) Filmnoir, Crime 80 minutes	3,46(42)
21	Ging Chaat Goo Si III: Chiu Kup Ging Chaat (1992) Alternative title: Supercop Action, Thriller 95 minutes	3,44(136) 3
22	Runaway Train (1985) Adventure, Action 111 minutes	3,43(589) 2
23	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Alternative title: Mission Impossible 4 Action, Adventure 133 minutes	3,40(2.390) 2
24	Death Race (2008) Action, Scifi 98 minutes	3,38(2.773) 3
25	T2 Trainspotting (2017) Alternative title: Trainspotting 2 Comedy, Drama 117 minutes	3,38(929) 3