20 movies like Breakout, ordered by similarity : Mile 22(2018), Deadly Pursuit(1988), Brawl in Cell Block 99(2017), Instrument of War(2017), Safe House(2012), The Inglorious Bastards(1978), Hell or High Water(2016), Storm Catcher(1999), Kidnap(2017), The Bourne Identity(2002), The Humanity Bureau(2017), Greenland(2020) ...
Action
1975
96 Minutes
Charles Bronson Robert Duvall Jill Ireland John Huston Randy Quaid Sheree North Alejandro Rey Paul Mantee Roy Jenson Alan Vint Jorge Moreno
prisoner wife pilot wrongly accused accomplice agent tense suspenseful intense engaging spirited striking mexico texas prison break frame-up incarceration chase false identity suspicion
A woman (Jill Ireland) hires a bush pilot (Charles Bronson) to free her husband (Robert Duvall), framed for a murder, from a Mexican prison.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|China|Colombia
2018
95 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Lauren Cohan Iko Uwais John Malkovich Ronda Rousey Carlo Alban Natasha Goubskaya Chae Rin Lee Sam Medina Keith Arthur Bolden Jenique Hendrix
cia agent team leader soldier police officer gang member crime boss brooding brutal thrilling suspenseful tense intense southeast asia garage car prison police station vehicle mission cia
A small team of elite American intelligence officers, part of a top-secret tactical command unit, try to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of Indonesia.
Action
1988
109 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Tom Berenger Kirstie Alley Clancy Brown Richard Masur Andrew Robinson Kevin Scannell Frederick Coffin
fbi agent thief guide fiancée jewel thief boyfriend confident engaging suspenseful tense thrilling intense pacific northwest canadian border jewelry shop mountain wilderness city hostage situation extortion
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) and his mountain guide (Tom Berenger) track a killer trying to cross from Washington into Canada.
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.
War, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Ashton Elliot James Langridge Daniel Betts Rupert Simonian Urs Rechn Andrea Deck Andreas Wisniewski Callum McGowan Barney White Ethan Vincent
bomber pilot prisoner of war british soldier nazi german soldier tense suspenseful gripping dark engaging nazi germany world war ii prisoners of war survival captivity oppression escape pursuit quest rescue
When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins -- to keep hope alive. Now behind German barbed wire and oppression, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Africa|USA|Japan
2012
115 Minutes
Denzel Washington Ryan Reynolds Vera Farmiga Brendan Gleeson Sam Shepard Ruben Blades Nora Arnezeder Robert Patrick Liam Cunningham Joel Kinnaman Fares Fares
cia agent rogue agent boss mercenary british intelligence agent girlfriend thrilling suspenseful tense intense cape town, south africa safe house pentagon embassy shantytown cape town espionage car chase betrayal on the run
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
War, Action
1978
93 Minutes
Bo Svenson Fred Williamson Ian Bannen Peter Hooten Jackie Basehart Michel Constantin Debra Berger Raimund Harmstorf Michael Pergolani
soldier deserter thief assassin prisoner lieutenant intense confident gutsy thrilling dark patriotic france world war ii prison break dangerous mission captivity nazism friendship adventure
Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action, Western
USA
2016
97 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Chris Pine Ben Foster Gil Birmingham Marin Ireland Katy Mixon Dale Dickey Kevin Rankin
divorce brother son ex-convict banker texas ranger brooding raw intense texas house bank casino car office brother relationship foreclosure desperation search family
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
Action
USA
1999
95 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Mystro Clark Jon Maynard Pennell Robert Miano Yvonne Zima Kylie Bax
pilot co-pilot friend general wife fbi agent suspenseful rousing intense washington, d.c. jet jail cell blackmail false accusations kidnapping family politics military technology rescue
A renegade general (Robert Miano) plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man (Dolph Lundgren) is capable of flying it. So... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Halle Berry Sage Correa Chris McGinn Lew Temple Kristin McKenzie Christopher Berry Jason George Arron Shiver
single mother son kidnapped child police officer kidnapper mother intense gripping gutsy tense suspenseful powerful park freeway car police station vehicle amusement park kidnapping single mothers
A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|Czech Republic|France
2002
113 Minutes
Matt Damon Franka Potente Chris Cooper Clive Owen Brian Cox Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Gabriel Mick Walton Goggins Josh Hamilton Julia Stiles Orso Maria Guerrini
jason bourne girlfriend assassin government official killer amnesiac gripping thrilling intricate intense europe bank car government offices italy on the run identity memory loss pursuit government agents
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2017
95 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Sarah Lind Hugh Dillon Jakob Davies Vicellous Shannon Kurt Max Runte Destee Klyne Nikolas Filipovic
outcast agent investigator single mother son senior citizen bleak thrilling disheartening tense suspenseful disturbing american midwest house wasteland warehouse office car global warming outcasts
Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK
2020
119 Minutes
Gerard Butler Morena Baccarin Roger Dale Floyd Scott Glenn David Denman Hope Davis Andrew Bachelor Joshua Mikel Claire Bronson Gary Weeks
traveler estranged wife young boy son neighbor soldier bleak frightening intense gripping suspenseful earth road safe house military academy airport greenland threat of extinction comet sighting apocalypse
A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Comedy, Action
USA|Mexico
2020
124 Minutes
Will Smith Bilall Fallah Martin Lawrence Vanessa Hudgens Jacob Scipio Alexander Ludwig Kate del Castillo Joe Pantoliano Charles Melton Paola Núñez Nicky Jam
wife son drug lord detective partner bad guy cheeky amusing intense passionate hilarious miami mexico city crime scene street car revenge vengeance killing spree
Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett must face off against a mother-and-son pair of drug lords who wreak vengeful havoc on their city.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Michael Jai White Julian Sands Eamonn Walker Dante Basco Nona Gaye Michelle Belegrin Bob Sapp Richard Williams Ron Yuan
prisoner fighter enemy manager man engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping brutal los angeles ghetto fighting underground scene prison released from prison danger anger rivalry
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Crime, Drama, Action
Canada|India
1983
140 Minutes
Shashi Kapoor Sharmila Tagore Parveen Babi Raj Babbar Nadeem Baig Babita David Abraham
canadian indian son daughter kidnapper profound brooding suspenseful thrilling intense gory canada canadian culture affair divorce kidnapping reunion danger adventure discovery
Raju is a second-generation American-Indian who lives with his mother, Shobha, and resents his father for having an illicit affair with a married East Indian woman, Rita, as well as his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Italy|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
122 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Common Laurence Fishburne Riccardo Scamarcio Ruby Rose Lance Reddick Peter Stormare Bridget Moynahan Franco Nero John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin widower dog enemy crime boss murderer soldier guard criminal thrilling tense suspenseful engaging gripping intense united states italy art museum city catacombs
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
1997
115 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Donald Sutherland Ben Kingsley Claudia Ferri Céline Bonnier Vlasta Vrana Liliana Komorowska Von Flores Al Waxman Mitchell David Rothpan Gregory Hlady
secret agent assassin cia agent wife kgb agent officer tense engaging france england germany airport espionage impersonation deception training dangerous assignment pursuit discovery 1990s
An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|Canada
2015
83 Minutes
Kellan Lutz Bruce Willis Gina Carano D.B. Sweeney Dan Bilzerian Lydia Hull Tyler Jon Olson Summer Altice Steve Coulter
cia agent russian captive wife son murder victim brutal chilling thrilling suspenseful intense tense united states prague car spying espionage crime russian mob revenge
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Action
USA
1985
111 Minutes
Jon Voight Eric Roberts Rebecca De Mornay Kyle T. Heffner John P. Ryan T.K. Carter Kenneth McMillan Stacey Pickren
convict prisoner escaped convict woman security head tense suspenseful engaging gripping train united states runaway train winter escape escape rivalry 1980s
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Wes Chatham Devon Sawa Sarah Butler Neal McDonough Lucky Johnson Chris Browning Adam Mervis Bernard Hocke Ava Bogle Eric Scott Woods Michael Jai White
best friend young man robber police officer prisoner murderer bleak brutal disturbing engaging gripping suspenseful louisiana prison baton rouge, la. cage friendship relationships prison fighting
A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.