The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.

Black Cat Run

1998

English

5.6

♡ 8

41%

D.J. Caruso Director

Jake Busey as Deputy Norm Babbitt

Peter Greene as D.J. Wheeler

Owen Bush as Mr. Bartlett

Rex Linn as Sheriff Ben Bronte

A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation with the boy friend, he is killed by escaped convicts and the daughter is kidnapped. Everyone, including the deputy, is convinced that the boy friend committed the murder and ran away with the girl. This sets up a chase of the convicts by the boy friend and of the boy friend by the police.

Killing American Style

1988

English

4.1

♡ 5

Amir Shervan Director

Delia Sheppard as Blonde Woman at tryouts

Jimmy Williams as Loony

Jim Brown as Lt. Sunset

Robert Z'Dar as Tony Stone

A gang of hot headed brutes lead by Tony Stone and sexual sadist John Lynch execute a robbery with some inside help. A bloody shoot-out with the LAPD ensues and the criminals are apprehended. After a brief stint in the slammer, the gang escapes a prison-bus with the help of Tony s brother Jesse who is critically wounded in the process. He needs a doctor, fast. A hospital visit too risky, they seek out other options. Now on the run, they commandeer a palatial residence, taking hostages. All - American good guy John Morgan returns home becoming a pawn; sent out to retrieve the doctor.

Road to Nowhere

1993

English

5.4

♡ 5

Michael J. Murphy Director

Luke Massy as Danny / boxer

John Flanagan as Dave

Kate Steavenson-Payne as Elise / Peter's sister

Julie Peters as Sarah

A psychotic convict escapes from jail, kidnaps his sister, and takes an American couple hostage in their seaside vacation home while planning his escape from the police.

Crashout

1955

English

7.0

♡ 2

50%

Lewis R. Foster Director

Fred Sherman as Cy Ellerby - Mechanic

Luther Adler as Pete Mendoza

William Bendix as Van Morgan Duff

Bing Russell as Young Man with Girl in Bar

Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by foot, car, train and truck to retrieve Duff's bank loot. En route, as they touch the lives of "regular folks," each has his own rendezvous with destiny.

The Adventurer

1917

English

7.3

♡ 11

71%

Charles Chaplin Director

Janet Sully as Marie

Frank J. Coleman as Prison Guard

Charles Chaplin as The Convict

Edna Purviance as The Girl

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…

After the Fox

1966

English

6.4

♡ 8

78%

Vittorio De Sica Director

Carlo Pisacane as 2nd Judge

Britt Ekland as Gina Romantica

Martin Balsam as Harry Granoff

Paolo Stoppa as Polio

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

Black Tuesday

1954

English

6.7

♡ 8

Hugo Fregonese Director

Harold Goodwin as Fire Commissioner

Jack Kelly as Frank Carson

Carleton Young as Radio Broadcaster

Edward G. Robinson as Vincent Canelli

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

Rawhide

1951

English

7.1

♡ 6

59%

Henry Hathaway Director

Robert Adler as Billy Dent

Louis Jean Heydt as Fickert

William Haade as Gil Scott

Edgar Buchanan as Sam Todd

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

Labor Day

2013

English

6.9

♡ 64

34%

54%

Action

based on novel or book

Jason Reitman Director

Kate Winslet as Adele

Tobey Maguire as Adult Henry

Josh Brolin as Frank

J.K. Simmons as Mr. Jervis

Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

House of Frankenstein

1944

English

6.2

♡ 6

Erle C. Kenton Director

John Carradine as Dracula aka Baron Latos

Elena Verdugo as Ilonka

George Lynn as Inspector Gerlach

Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot

Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.

Dark Passage

1947

English

7.5

♡ 17

90%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Delmer Daves Director

John Alvin as Blackie

Douglas Kennedy as Detective

Rory Mallinson as George Fellsinger

Agnes Moorehead as Madge Rapf

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

Thieves Like Us

1974

English

6.9

♡ 10

81%

72%

Action

based on novel or book

Robert Altman Director

Keith Carradine as Bowie

John Schuck as Chicamaw

Tom Skerritt as Dee Mobley

Bert Remsen as T-Dub

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.