20 movies like Seven Miles From Alcatraz, ordered by similarity : Canon City(1948), Papillon(2017), #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Marked Men(1940), Foreign Agent(1942), The Invisibles(2017), A Bag of Marbles(2017), The Captain(2017), They Came to Blow Up America(1943), Candlelight in Algeria(1944), The Light Between Oceans(2016), The Flemish Farm(1943) ...
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
James Craig Bonita Granville Frank Jenks Cliff Edwards George Cleveland Erford Gage Tala Birell John Banner Otto Reichow
convict gangster lighthouse keeper young woman spy nazi suspenseful patriotic gripping tense alcatraz island jail lighthouse island fugitives prison break espionage hostage situation patriotism nazis
After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
82 Minutes
Scott Brady Jeff Corey Whit Bissell Stanley Clements Charles Russell DeForest Kelley Ralph Byrd
escaped convict prisoner hostage police officer warden brash gripping tense melodramatic canon city, colo. prison house prison break fugitives hostage situation crime escape transformation sacrifice rivalry
Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Documentary, Drama, History
Italy
2019
92 Minutes
Helen Mirren Anna Migotto Anne Frank
anne frank jew nazi nazi collaborator holocaust survivor bleak chilling dark disheartening disturbing emotional engaging gripping incredible melancholy moving amsterdam concentration camp hideout holocaust
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
Drama
USA
1940
66 Minutes
Warren Hull Isabel Jewell John Dilson Paul Bryar Charles Williams Lyle Clement
college graduate wrongly accused escaped convict gangster henchmen bank robber suspenseful brooding intense tense engaging gripping arizona small town prison break new life frame-up wrongful conviction desert trek innocence
Bill Carver is a young medical-school graduate wrongly confined in prison. He escapes and finds a haven and romance in an Arizona small town. But his hopes of happiness and freedom are ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
John Shelton Gale Storm Ivan Lebedeff Hans Schumm William Halligan George Travell Patsy Moran Lyle Latell Herbert Rawlinson Kenneth Harlan Jack Mulhall
actress boyfriend nazi spy fbi agent roommate patriotic suspenseful tense gripping hollywood, calif. hideout apartment office ship espionage inventions race against time terrorism nazis
Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.
Drama, History
Germany
2017
110 Minutes
Aaron Altaras Max Mauff Alice Dwyer Ruby O. Fee Victoria Schulz Florian Lukas Andreas Schmidt Sergej Moya Lucas Reiber
jewish man jewish woman nazi german soldier tense suspenseful striking powerful moving engaging berlin nazi germany germany jewish people jewish identity nazis nazi occupation secret life world war ii escape
While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.
Drama
France|Canada|Czech Republic
2017
110 Minutes
Dorian Le Clech Batyste Fleurial Patrick Bruel Elsa Zylberstein Bernard Campan Kev Adams Christian Clavier César Domboy Ilian Bergala Emile Berling Jocelyne Desverchere
young boy jewish child brother nazi moving emotional bleak gutsy inspiring intense concentration camp nazi germany france escape nazi occupation nazis concentration camp survival brother relationship sacrifice
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
War, Drama, History
USA
2017
118 Minutes
Max Hubacher Milan Peschel Frederick Lau Waldemar Kobus Alexander Fehling Samuel Finzi Wolfram Koch Britta Hammelstein Bernd Hölscher Sascha Alexander Gersak Blerim Destani
soldier nazi nazi commandant prison guard prisoner deserter uneasy intense tense unrestrained brutal bleak concentration camp truck woods base camp office fraud nazi collaboration power
After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It's not long before Sarah begins to experience ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
73 Minutes
George Sanders Anna Sten Ward Bond Poldy Dur
german-american spy double agent nazi father wife patriotic intricate suspenseful tense new york city hamburg, germany hotel jail submarine courtroom working undercover dangerous mission world war ii deception
An FBI agent infiltrates a Nazi sabotage school in Germany where men are trained for strategic destruction inside American borders.
Drama
UK
1944
85 Minutes
James Mason Carla Lehman Raymond Lovell Enid Stamp-Taylor Walter Rilla Pamela Stirling Leslie Bradley Michael Morel Bart Norman Hella Kürty
spy nazi general woman frenchman disturbing melodramatic intense patriotic suspenseful profound algeria war zone bedroom nightclub algerian war danger spying travel adventure
An American sculptress in wartime Britain gets mixed up with a British agent and a Nazi spy who knows that a top-secret meeting of Allied military leaders will be taking place in Algeria--... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK|New Zealand|USA|India|Australia
2016
133 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander Rachel Weisz Bryan Brown Jack Thompson Emily Barclay Caren Pistorius Florence Clery Thomas Unger Jane Menelaus Garry McDonald
lighthouse keeper wife dead person baby friend family member brooding emotional intense lighthouse house boat bedroom yard island love miscarriage loss second chance secrets
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
Drama
UK
1943
82 Minutes
Clive Brook Jane Baxter Clifford Evans Philip Friend Brefni O'Rorke Wylie Watson
pilot nurse nazi squadron leader child intense melodramatic gory patriotic suspenseful france belgium england air force base world war ii nazis survival false identity pursuit rescue
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied Belgium for the honour of his regiment.
War, Drama, History
USA
2009
139 Minutes
Simon Abkarian Virginie Ledoyen Robinson Stévenin Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Lola Naymark Yann Trégouët Ariane Ascaride Jean-Pierre Darroussin Ivan Franek Adrien Jolivet Horatiu Malaele
resistance fighter wife bomber marksman volunteer nazi brooding gripping suspenseful france berlin countryside house resistance fighters husband/wife relationship nazi hunting world war ii vichy france nazi occupation revenge
Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
Drama
India
2008
101 Minutes
Tisca Chopra Shahana Goswami Deepti Naval Paresh Rawal Naseeruddin Shah Sanjay Suri Raghubir Yadav
young man young woman husband son wife neighbor gripping intense suspenseful emotional endearing sad india gujarat, india house police station street patriotism riots religious fanaticism
Chronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
War, Drama, History
France|Italy
1969
140 Minutes
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani Alain Libolt
engineer rebel traitor nazi intense gritty passionate paris marseilles, france london france submarine prison french resistance world war ii prisoners of war nazism underdog sacrifice 1940s
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
Drama
1961
108 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Serge Reggiani Fabienne Dali Monique Hennessy Michel Piccoli René Lefèvre Jean Desailly Philippe March
friend jewel thief informant ex-convict gangster superintendent suspenseful melodramatic tense france prison police station house car undercover operations theft murder gangs deception mystery
A former convict (Serge Reggiani) suspects his best friend (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a burglar with police contacts, of being a stool pigeon.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2020
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Edgar Ramírez Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Félix Moati Géza Röhrig Karl Markovics Bella Ramsey Alicia von Rittberg
resistance fighter resistance leader child jewish child jewish man nazi bleak brooding engaging gutsy heartwarming intense moving quirky sad suspenseful tense thrilling touching france
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico
2015
97 Minutes
David Oyelowo Kate Mara Michael Kenneth Williams Leonor Varela Mimi Rogers Jessica Oyelowo Claudia Church Gina Stewart
fugitive son drug addict hostage police officer single mother brooding emotional intense melodramatic moving heartwarming prison house apartment church restaurant car fugitives hostage situation
A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.