San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.
An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details of the operation. When one them is captured by the Germans, a double agent must infiltrate occupied Paris, with the help of a high level German officer and the French Resistance.
Brave and his friends, Four Eyes and Freckle, end up spending a fortune online after a few careless clicks, which throws Brave’s father into complete chaos. Hoping to fix what happened, Brave brings home an old watch he bought as a present. Out of nowhere, the watch activates and pulls the trio into a strange and surreal world. There they find themselves working for Ruhi, a strict and demanding boss who makes them earn every cent. To get back home, the kids have to stay alert, stick together and understand what the watch has dragged them into.
When a master thief is sabotaged during a bank heist and left for dead, he seeks revenge on his former crew one target at a time. Now, with the cops and the mob closing in, he's in the race of his life to reclaim an untold fortune in cryptocurrency from those who double-crossed him.
A story of friendship between a young convict who is forced to work in a retirement home and a group of crazy old people. Together they organize their escape.
Nine Strangers each receive a mysterious invitation to a night in a seemingly empty house. Nobody has any clue as to why they are there, but when one of them shows up dead at the front door, they'll realise that leaving may not be an easy task.
After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
In the beginning of the Second World War, Germans, Austrians and persons without nationality living in France are sent to the concentration camp of Les Milles by France government. Commander Charles Perrochon is the responsible for this camp and he promises to the leaders of the prisoners to protect them from the Nazis. When France is invaded by the Germans, Commander Perronchon will disobey orders and his superiors trying to save these men. He gets a train, a ship and money from USA to send about eight hundred of these prisoners to the safety of Casablanca, in Marrocos.
Samantha Holt thought she had the perfect life—until a tragic accident shattered it all. One year later, Bruce Miller, a grieving father consumed by rage, kidnaps her in a twisted plan for revenge. Trapped and tormented, Samantha must confront her past to survive his deadly lesson.
Three moody geraniums take control over their fate and plan their escape from the windowsill they spent their entire boring life on.
From Bonaparte to Casanova, history is cast in the light of famous escapes from various European countries.
