20 movies like Papillon, ordered by similarity : Brute Force(1947), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Maze(2017), Papillon(2017), Brawl in Cell Block 99(2017), 12 Monkeys(1995), The Informer(2019), Toro(2016), A Quiet Place(2018), Death Race(2008), Shot Caller(2017), Badlapur(2015) ...
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1973
150 Minutes
Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe Robert Deman Woodrow Parfrey Bill Mumy George Coulouris Ratna Assan William Smithers
convict forger prisoner doctor indian nun gritty brutal dark fiery tense emotional french guiana prison camp cell jungle colombia devil's island imprisonment escape
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Roman Bohnen
prisoner warden guard wife criminal dark gritty prison doctor's office prison escape illness violence escape quest 1940s
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2017
92 Minutes
Martin McCann Niamh McGrady Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Barry Ward Eileen Walsh Andy Kellegher David Coakley Seán T. Ó Meallaigh Aaron Monaghan James Browne Ross McKinney
prisoner freedom fighter terrorist ira agent fascinating gripping tense thrilling prison europe ireland northern ireland prison break prison escape adventure quest escape 1980s
Inspired by the true events of the 1983 breakout of 38 Irish Republican prisoners from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
132 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Jennifer Carpenter Don Johnson Marc Blucas Thomas Guiry Udo Kier Rob Morgan Geno Segers Fred Melamed Dan Amboyer Pooja Kumar
boxer mechanic wife drug trafficker police officer inmate brutal bleak rousing tense unrestrained gritty house prison car boat interrogation room yard prison drug trade
A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1995
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Madeleine Stowe Brad Pitt Christopher Plummer Jon Seda Joseph Melito Michael Chance Vernon Campbell
convict crazy person doctor time traveler investigator tense dark eerie hospital prison hideout virus social activism escape time travel father/son relationship sacrifice quest pursuit adventure
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Rosamund Pike Clive Owen Common Ana de Armas Martin McCann Eugene Lipinski Valeria Vereau
reformed criminal soldier fbi agent mobster prisoner drug dealer brutal bleak tense thrilling gritty unrestrained prison informing prison drug trade mob pursuit escape fall
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
2016
105 Minutes
Mario Casas Luis Tosar Ingrid García Jonsson Jose Sacristan Claudia Vega Nya de la Rubia Ignacio Herráez Luichi Macías Manuel Salas Isabel Zayas José Manuel Poga
gang leader criminal brother niece murderer brutal powerful spirited suspenseful spain prison crime prison death new life family past crimes adventure rescue revenge
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|UK
2008
105 Minutes
Jason Statham Tyrese Gibson Ian McShane Joan Allen Natalie Martinez Max Ryan Jason Clarke Frederick Koehler Jacob Vargas Justin Mader Robert LaSardo
race car driver criminal warden convict prisoner innocent man tense dark thrilling prison battlefield track island car prison life freedom framed for murder competition race battle
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lake Bell Jon Bernthal Emory Cohen Jeffrey Donovan Benjamin Bratt Jessy Schram Evan Jones
stockbroker gang leader gang member husband inmate white supremacist brooding brutal dark gripping tense thrilling california chino state prison prison street city criminal underworld gang war gangs
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Keanu Reeves James Caan Vera Farmiga Judy Greer Peter Stormare Fisher Stevens Bill Duke Currie Graham David Costabile Danny Hoch
bank robber actress prisoner ex-wife thief woman amusing charming witty lighthearted melodramatic emotional united states prison bank bank robbery love love interest money prison
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA
2010
107 Minutes
Adrien Brody Topher Grace Alice Braga Walton Goggins Oleg Taktarov Laurence Fishburne Danny Trejo Louis Ozawa Changchien Mahershala Ali
mercenary fighter hunter alien soldier murderer brutal intense gritty thrilling jungle outer space spaceship alien planet camp hunting aliens mutiny survival assassination
A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Australia|USA|UK|India|Singapore
2018
125 Minutes
Armie Hammer Dev Patel Nazanin Boniadi Tilda Cobham-Hervey Anupam Kher Jason Isaacs Alex Pinder Amandeep Singh Suhail Nayyar Natasha Liu Bordizzo Yash Trivedi
couple militant terrorist chef baby husband intense gripping frightening uneasy brutal mumbai hotel kitchen apartment hotel room pakistan terrorism historical events murder
The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
79 Minutes
Dick Powell Rhonda Fleming Richard Erdman William Conrad Regis Toomey
ex-convict u.s. marine veteran wife police detective racketeer dark gripping suspenseful los angeles train station prison revenge robbery prison murder revenge discovery fall pursuit 1940s
Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Australia|USA|South Africa
2020
101 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Ian Hart Daniel Webber Nathan Page Stephen Hunter Mark Leonard Winter Jeanette Cronin Paul Harvey Ratidzo Mambo Martin Ayles PJ Oaten
prisoner south african man prison guard friend brash emotional gripping gutsy intense prison south africa apartheid injustice jailbreak activism african politics escape quest 1970s
Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|France|China|Cambodia|USA|Germany
2017
117 Minutes
Joe Cole Billy Moore Pornchanok Mabklang Panya Yimmumphai Chaloemporn Sawatsuk Komsan Polsan Sakda Niamhom Sura Sirmalai
boxer prisoners fighter brutal fiery prison boxing match boxing ring thailand tournament prison release escape 2000s
The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.