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10 Best Movies Like Breakout

If you loved Breakout, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Runaway Train

Runaway Train

1985★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakout for fans of Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while ...

#2
Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakout for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children....

#3
Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakout for fans of Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure....

#4
Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakout for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to...

#5
She Made Them Do It

She Made Them Do It

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakout for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender, a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most sought after fugitives....

#6
5lbs of Pressure

5lbs of Pressure

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakout for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking...

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