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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: 63,555
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: 58,911 | 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: 26,038 | Gross: $22.19M
4. 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: 3,046
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: 15,006 | Gross: $2.09M
6. 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: 10,748
7. 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: 5,836
8. 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: 6,616
9. 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: 2,627
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: 18
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: 5,268
12. 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: 740
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: 2,009
14. 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: 2,091
15. 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: 767
16. 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: 998
17. 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: 54
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: 1,850
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: 1,271
20. 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: 1,060
21. 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: 1,748 | Gross: $0.27M
22. 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: 5,663 | Gross: $0.28M
23. 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: 1,065
24. 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: 797
25. 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: 675
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: 1,195
27. 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
28. 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: 815
29. 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: 1,901
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: 1,184
31. 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: 686
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: 281
34. 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: 1,520
35. 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
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: 90
37. 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: 157
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41.
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: 256
42.
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: 76
43.
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: 89
44.
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
45.
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
46.
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
47.
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
48.
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: 39
49.
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: 115
50.
Detective Anna (2016–2017)
Episode:
Convict
(2016)
47 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
A convict flees from Siberia to accuse the prosecutor of Zatonsk in an unjust sentence. His only hope is Stolman, who will conduct a new investigation and establish the truth. But is the convict so innocent?
Stars: Aleksandra Nikiforova, Dmitriy Frid, Sergey Druzyak, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy
Votes: 50