Movies like Escape from Alcatraz

Key Features:: Prison escape, True story, Ingenuity, Survival, Planning, Perseverance, Intelligence, Hope, Friendship, Confinement, Oppression
Tone:: serious, restrained, suspense-driven
Target Audience:: Thriller fans, Fans of true stories, Prison drama enthusiasts, Historical drama aficionados
Emotional Arc:: Desperation → Hope → Suspense

Escape from Alcatraz

1979-06-22

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

Genres

Drama, Thriller

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Fred Stuthman

Crew

Don Siegel, Richard Tuggle

Rating

★7.5(3012 votes)