35 Best Escape From Prison Movies of All Time to Watch in 2022

35 Best Escape from prison movies to watch in 2022: Many people will agree with me that prison movies are one of the best genres of movies, owing to the fact that their storylines are more realistic compared to others, and this is due to the fact that most times, they’re based on true life events. And today, I’ll be showing you some of the best escape from prison movies you should definitely see this year.

So, you’re ready?

Sure, then let’s begin. #enjoy.

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The Best Escape From Prison Movies To See in 2022

MOVIES	YEAR RELEASED	WATCH TIME	IMDb RATING
Below Zero	2021	1h 46m	6.2/10
Escape from Pretoria	2020	1h 46m	6.8/10
40 Sticks	2020	1h 32m	6.7/10
Spenser Confidential	2020	1h 51m	6.2/10
Miracle In Cell No. 7	2019	2h 12m	8.2/10
The Platform	2019	1h 34m	7.0/10
Escape Plan: The Extractors	2019	1h 37m	4.4/10
Freedom At Midnight	2018	2h 18m	7.4/10
Escape Plan 2: Hades	2018	1h 36m	3.9/10
Papillon	2017	2h 13m	7.2/10
Maze	2017	1h 32m	5.9/10
Riot	2015	1h 27m	5.2/10
Convict	2014	1h 50m	5.4/10
Get the Gringo	2014	1h 36m	6.9/10
Escape Plan	2013	1h 56m	6.7/10
The Next Three Days	2010	2h 13m	7.3/10
Law Abiding Citizen	2009	1h 49m	7.4/10
I Love You Phillip Morris	2009	1h 38m	6.6/10
The Escapist	2008	1h 42m	6.7/10
The Count of Monte Cristo	2002	2h 11m	7.7/10
Murder in the First	1995	2h 2m	7.3/10
The Shawshank Redemption	1994	2h 22m	9.3/10
The Fugitive	1993	2h 10	7.8/10
Down by Law	1986	1h 47m	7.7/10
Runaway Train	1985	1h 51m	7.2/10
Victory	1981	1h 56m	6.6/10
Escape from New York	1981	1h 39m	7.1/10
Escape From Alcatraz	1979	1h 52m	7.6/10
Midnight Express	1978	2h 1m	7.6/10
Papillon	1973	2h 31m	8.0/10
Cool Hand Luke	1967	2h 7m	8.1/10
The Great Escape	1963	2h 52m	8.2/10
Le Trou (The Hole)	1960	2h 11m	8.5/10
A Man Escaped	1956	1h 41m	8.3/10

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• “Shot Caller”, now on Netflix.
• “A Quiet Place”, now on Netflix.
• “Good Will Hunting”, now on Netflix.

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is by far one of the most rated and fan-favorite prison movies to date. Released in 1994, it has been nominated for various types of awards, including Oscars, and has won a good bunch of them.

The story centers on two prison inmates, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) and Ellis Boyd Redding (Morgan Freedom) who become friends while serving time in prison, the ups and downs of prison life, and how Andy finally manages to escape, having directed Redd on how to find him if he eventually gets out of prison.

The Platform

The Platform is a Netflix original film released in 2019, it’s a mixture of Sci-fi, horror, and thriller all brought together to make up one of the best prison-inspired movies you can find on Netflix right now.

The film is set in a vertical prison system with one cell per level, and two inmates in a cell. Only one food platform, and two minutes per day to feed. The residents at the top cells get to feed as much as they want, with each level getting only the leftovers from the previous ones.

People at the bottom level will find a new means to survive the month either by drinking just water or by one cellmate killing the other and feeding on his/her carcass.

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Miracle in Cell No. 7 is a movie that will leave you with mixed emotions of both happiness and sadness as the film travels down a storyline of a mentally derailed father who was wrongly accused of killing a general’s only daughter, which earns him a death sentence by hanging and is afterward thrown in prison while waiting for the day of his execution.

He later found love in the prison from his fellow cell inmates, and later goes ahead to escape when one of the inmates decides to hang on the rope in his place.

Papillon (2017)

Papillon is a remake of the 1973 movie with the same title, which in return, was also based on the international best-selling autobiographical books “Papillon” and “Banco”.

The film follows the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a Paris safecracker who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.

But things never went as planned during the first and second escape attempts, until the third one, but not after having spent 8 years in prison, with 7 years of it in solitary confinement.

The Next Three Days

The Next Three Days tells a story of a wife, Lara Brennan (Elizabeth Banks) who was wrongfully arrested and convicted of murdering her boss. Her husband, John Brennan (Russell Crowe), after spending quite a few years trying to prove her innocence with no luck, decides to break her free instead.

Law Abiding Citizen

Released in 2009, Law Abiding Citizen tells the story of a man, Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler), who was made to watch the gruesome murder of his wife and daughter by two burglars who came into his home at night.

Frustrated by the justice system that lets one of his family’s murderers free just after a few years in prison, Clyde decided to take the laws into his hands, even if it takes him to go to prison while sneaking out at intervals through a secret tunnel he has dug in order to carry out his plans.

So, these are some of the very best escape from prison movies of all time that you can start watching right now.

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