escape attempt
18 movies and shows

Woman in the Dunes
Sat, 15 Feb 1964
A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

Nathalie: Escape from Hell
Wed, 28 Jun 1978
When a Russian doctor (Patrizia Gori) falls foul of the Nazis, she finds herself imprisoned at Fort Stilberg, a luxury brothel for German top brass where the women are overseen by sadistic SS officer Helga Hortz (Jacqueline Laurent). The doctor's medical skills bring her to the attention of Nazi Lieutenant Erik Mueller (Jack Taylor), who saves the lovely lady from becoming one of the establishment's 'hostesses' by assigning her to the infirmary.

Caged Heat
Fri, 19 Apr 1974
A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadistic doctor begins conducting illegal "therapeutic" experiments on the inmates, the ladies plot their revenge.

Sobibor
Thu, 03 May 2018
The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.

The Night of Varennes
Sat, 15 May 1982
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

Breakout
Thu, 01 May 1975
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

Iqbal, a Tale of a Fearless Child
Thu, 19 Nov 2015

Tau
Fri, 29 Jun 2018
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.

The Mayor of Hell
Sat, 24 Jun 1933
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

The River Wild
Fri, 30 Sep 1994
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.

99 Women
Wed, 05 Mar 1969
Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison. When an escape attempt goes awry, the fugitives discover that escaping can be as dangerous as remaining in the prison.

Rebellion of the Hanged
Wed, 20 Jan 1954
A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.

Infinity Chamber
Sat, 03 Dec 2016
A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.

Le Brasier
Wed, 18 Dec 2024

Jangan Sampai Lepas!
Sun, 09 Jun 2024
In the twilight of her years, an elderly mother plots to escape from her home, cleverly trying to outwit a hired housemaid her child placed there to keep her from leaving.

Sharkatraz
Sun, 26 Jun 2016
San Francisco Bay is home to various shark species. Alcatraz guards made sure the prisoners knew it, telling stories of sharks to stop escapes.

Haven
Tue, 09 Aug 2022
After their town is abandoned during a violent revolution, a young couple decides to leave home in the dead of night and attempt the perilous journey to safety.
Close Call
Tue, 16 Jan 2024
We follow the aftermath of Erik Lund’s heist when the police knock on his door. As he scrambles to conceal his crime, a single voicemail threatens to unravel his meticulously crafted alibi, leading to a suspenseful confrontation with fate.
