The Shawshank Redemption
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
Why you'll love it
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
The Great Escape
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
Why you'll love it
A group of Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Papillon
Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Why you'll love it
The story of a man who escapes from a notorious French penal colony.
Escape Plan
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Why you'll love it
A security expert must escape from a high-tech prison he designed himself.
The Escapist
Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes
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.
Why you'll love it
A convict plans a daring escape from prison to see his dying daughter.