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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
The Kid

The Kid

1962★ 7.7

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

A kid discovers he has heart disease, his mother was trying to keep that from him. He is depressed that he cannot play with the other children. For his mother there is a dilema: no...

#2
The Way Back

The Way Back

2019★ 6.8

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

Hüseyin Al Baldawi arrives in Brussels in August 2015. He has traveled thousands of kilometers until he got there from Iraq. A year after his arrival, he receives his residence per...

#3
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964★ 7.0

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

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the j...

#4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#5
Zeitgeist: Addendum

Zeitgeist: Addendum

2008★ 7.2

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

Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruptio...

#6
Barfly

Barfly

1987★ 6.9

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

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures t...