We've put together a list of 15 of the best prison escape movies, and while most are dramatic thrillers we managed to squeeze in some comedy, action, and sci-fi antics as well.

A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his ...

A World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling ...

There is nothing good in prison, but there is that, there is humanity. Still, as the movies on this list will prove, you never want to end up there.

And, not content with a lead role in one of the best prison escape movies of all time, Freeman, 84, has lately been on the hunt for the best jailbreaks of all time. He joined Jamie Laing and ...

The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood ...