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10 Best Movies Like The Escape

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

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#1
Copenhagen

Copenhagen

2014★ 6.6

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

After weeks of traveling through Europe, the immature William finds himself in Copenhagen, the place of his father’s birth. He befriends the youthful Effy, who works in William’s h...

#2
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.8

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

#3
Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Escape for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back....

#4
Possession

Possession

2002★ 6.0

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

Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash...

#5
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Escape for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

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