Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "escaped-convict"

1. Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London.

Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley

Votes: 64,099

2. Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger

Votes: 59,078 | Gross: $40.90M

3. Nowhere to Run (1993)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Sam, an escaped convict, lands up on a farmland owned by a widow. When he learns that a ruthless contractor is trying to take over her land, he helps her to fight against the injustice.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine

Votes: 26,115 | Gross: $22.19M

4. We're No Angels (1955)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Three Devil's Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett

Votes: 10,773

5. Kika (1993)

Unrated | 114 min | Comedy

Kika, a cute cosmetologist, prepares Ramon for funeral when he revives. He proposes to the much older Kika who has his dad as lover. Did Ramon's dad murder his mom? What about the escaped rapist and the PSYCHOlogist video reporter?

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Peter Coyote, Verónica Forqué, Victoria Abril, Àlex Casanovas

Votes: 15,047 | Gross: $2.09M

6. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988 TV Movie)

Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth.

Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Raymond Adamson, Alastair Duncan

Votes: 5,846

7. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

Approved | 145 min | Drama, Romance

Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb

Votes: 3,055

8. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 TV Movie)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog.

Director: David Attwood | Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Matt Day

Votes: 2,633

9. Second Wind (1966)

Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga

Votes: 6,635

10. Agent Stoker (2021 Podcast Series)

Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The tale of a wounded man working for the Night Brigade, tracking data points that might just indicate coming apocalypse. A paranormal thriller - part Raymond Chandler, part Philip K. Dick, and all macabre all the time.

Stars: Chris Conner, Emily Deschanel, Amy Hill, Ato Essandoh

Votes: 22

11. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Passed | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Director: Joe May | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton

Votes: 5,289

12. In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Horror

The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.

Director: Sergio Bergonzelli | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pier Angeli, Fernando Sancho, Alfredo Mayo

Votes: 771

13. The Widow Couderc (1971)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance

John, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her,

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo, Jean Tissier

Votes: 2,021

14. The Red Tide Massacre (2022)

88 min | Horror

A rookie female reporter investigates a string of mysterious murders during an environmental disaster in Florida. The killings lead to an escaped convict, who has morphed into a bloodthirsty monster after he disappears into the red tide.

Director: John A. Russo | Stars: Michael Paré, Susan Elle, Sam Schweikert, Rich Sands

Votes: 73

15. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe

Votes: 2,103

16. Black Cat Run (1998 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

A gas-station attendant chases escaped convicts who have abducted his girlfriend, and is blamed for her father's murder.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Patrick Muldoon, Peter Greene, Amelia Heinle, Russell Means

Votes: 741

17. The Pilgrim (1923)

TV-G | 47 min | Comedy, Western

Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Mai Wells

Votes: 5,678 | Gross: $0.28M

18. Damon's Revenge (2022)

89 min | Action, Horror

A group of young adults spend the weekend at a friend's house by the lake. Joined by the local sheriff, the group encounters an escaped convict Native American chief, a copycat killer and the return of the terrifying masked stalker, Damon.

Director: David Gere | Stars: Chelsea Vale, Tom Sizemore, Robert LaSardo, Michael Madsen

Votes: 1,852

19. Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka

Votes: 1,278

20. Sharks' Treasure (1975)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An aging fisherman finds a sunken treasure in shark-infested waters and is attacked by five escaping convicts.

Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Yaphet Kotto, John Neilson, Cliff Osmond

Votes: 473 | Gross: $2.00M

21. Roughshod (1949)

Passed | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Robert Sterling, Gloria Grahame, Claude Jarman Jr., John Ireland

Votes: 798

22. Munger Road (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

On the eve of the annual Scarecrow Festival, two St. Charles police officers search for a return killer the same night four teenagers go missing on Munger Road.

Director: Nicholas Smith | Stars: Bruce Davison, Randall Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan, Brooke Peoples

Votes: 1,753 | Gross: $0.27M

23. Flaxy Martin (1949)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mob attorney Walter Colby is manipulated by showgirl Flaxy Martin into taking the rap for a murder committed by mobster Hap Richie's goons but he escapes and tries to get revenge.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Tom D'Andrea

Votes: 1,005

24. The Black Raven (1943)

Approved | 61 min | Horror, Mystery

A group of strangers are brought together in an old, dark house and must contend with two murders and $50,000 in stolen money.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Noel Madison, Robert Livingston

Votes: 825

25. Liberty (1929)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy

With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece?

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy, Sam Lufkin

Votes: 1,911

26. Bunny O'Hare (1971)

GP | 91 min | Comedy

Bunny is a penniless widow who blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade. Soon the pair starts a successful crime spree, and the cops aren't turning a blind eye.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Joan Delaney

Votes: 1,198

27. The Hidden Hand (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens)is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop, Willie Best

Votes: 677

28. Andar Baahar (1984)

Action, Thriller

Successful in robbing a bank of huge sums of cash; criminal don, Shamsher Singh alias Shera refuses to part the loot with his accomplice, Raja and instead try to shoot him which results in ... See full summary »

Director: Raj N. Sippy | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Danny Denzongpa, Moon Moon Sen

Votes: 194

29. Grand Central Murder (1942)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Classic whodunit mystery film about a gold-digging variety show actress who has many enemies and is found dead in her private railroad car at Grand Central Station in New York.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker, Virginia Grey

Votes: 1,067

30. Body and Soul (1925)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A malevolent phony preacher plots to take advantage of a woman from his congregation who happens to be in love with his long-estranged identical twin brother.

Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Paul Robeson, Marshall Rogers, Lawrence Chenault, Chester A. Alexander

Votes: 1,192

31. Deep Valley (1947)

Passed | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A girl living with her parents on an isolated California farm falls in love with a chain-gang convict working at a nearby highway construction site, and sets out to help him when he escapes.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ida Lupino, Dane Clark, Wayne Morris, Fay Bainter

Votes: 1,067

32. Criminal Affairs (1997)

R | Action

An escaped convict takes a couple hostage.

Director: Jeremiah Cullinane | Stars: Louis Mandylor, James Marshall, Renee Allman, Bill Murphy

Votes: 100

33. For You I Die (1947)

Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A young convict,Johnny Coulter, serving as a trustee and with only a year remaining on his sentence, is forced to participate in a prison break by one of the hardened criminals. They ... See full summary »

Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Cathy Downs, Paul Langton, Mischa Auer, Roman Bohnen

Votes: 286

34. Flesh and the Spur (1956)

Approved | 78 min | Western

A young cowboy searches for the killer of his twin brother.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 156

35. Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane, George E. Stone

Votes: 692

36. Danger on Dartmoor (1980)

56 min | Drama

A group of children, lost in fog on Dartmoor, encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.

Director: David Eady | Stars: Marcus Evans, Simon Henderson, Debby Salter, Barry Foster

Votes: 91

37. Going Bye-Bye! (1934)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy

After testifying in court against a dangerous criminal, the boys plan to skip town, but the criminal escapes prison and comes after them.

Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Walter Long

Votes: 1,526

38. Don't Turn Out the Light (1987)

R | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A gang of escaped convicts take over a farmhouse and hold the woman living there hostage. It turns out that her husband is a cop, who among other things is in trouble because he has accidentally killed an innocent girl.

Director: Robert Bergman | Stars: Robert Bidaman, Nadia Capone, Nial Lancaster, Erica Fairfield

Votes: 158

39. The Perfect Clown (1925)

55 min | Comedy

A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Larry Semon, Kate Price, Dorothy Dwan, Joan Meredith

Votes: 64

40. And All Through the House (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror

Twas the Night Before Christmas, and all through the house A creature was stirring, but it wasnt a mouse.

And All Through the House is a film about the morals of man and the consequences of ... See full synopsis »

Director: Ron McLellen | Stars: Roland Force, Dave R. Watkins, Kevin McKinney, Callan Wilson

Votes: 25

41. Deaf, Dumb and Blonde (1928)

20 min | Short, Comedy

A fortune predicts Poodles will meet and marry a beautiful blonde. Then he finds a purse a blonde lost and believes his destiny will come true--if he returns the purse.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Poodles Hanneford, Spencer Bell

Votes: 9

42. CHiPs (1977–1983)
Episode: Ponch's Angels: Part 1 (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ponch is assigned to train a female motorcycle officer who shares many of his rebellious traits; CHP officers try to recapture an escaped prisoner.

Director: John Florea | Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine, Trisha Townsend

Votes: 257

43. CHiPs (1977–1983)
Episode: Ponch's Angels: Part 2 (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jon, his female trainee and the rest of the CHP officers must work together to shut down the marina operation and recapture the escaped prisoner.

Director: John Florea | Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine, Trisha Townsend

Votes: 77

44. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
Episode: The Murder of Mark Sloan (1997)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A mad bomber whom Sloan helped put away breaks out of prison bent on revenge.

Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter, Michael Tucci

Votes: 91

45. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: The Connection (1972)

TV-PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The trio go undercover to take down an international drug ring.

Director: George McCowan | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 51

46. Superboy (1988–1992)
Episode: Metallo (1989)

TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A heart attack patient, who is also an escaped convict, transforms into a cyborg with a heart powered by kryptonite.

Director: David Grossman | Stars: Gerard Christopher, Stacy Haiduk, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Michael Callan

Votes: 37

47. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: Blown Apart (1995)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime

A man that Walker and others helped put into prison has escaped. He is determined to kill those responsible for his imprisonment, with Walker being the last one on his list.

Director: Tony Mordente | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 124

48. Adventures of the Seaspray (1966– )
Episode: The Black Sapphire (1967)

Adventure, Family

While visiting the farm of an old family friend, Sue Wells goes exploring and discovers a dying prospector in a remote cabin. The old man entrusts Sue with a note for a "Miss Daisy" and a ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Walter Brown, Susanne Haworth, Gary Gray, Leoni Lesinawi

49. Speed Racer (1967–1968)
Episode: The Man on the Lam (1967)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Speed is taken hostage by Lawson Lamster, an escaped convict searching for the money he stole before being captured. Unfortunately, Lamster's partners are right on his tail.

Directors: Seitarô Hara, Hiroshi Sasagawa | Stars: Katsuji Mori, Nair Amorim, Jack Curtis, Cleonir dos Santos

Votes: 40

50. John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)
Episode: A Killer Comes Home (2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Horror

The chilling story of an elusive killer who went on a murder spree in his hometown, recounted by the local newspaper editor and publisher who became his targets after covering the story.

Director: Jordan Roberts | Stars: Will O'Donnell, Andrew Buzzeo, Annette Holland, James McVan

Votes: 121