
Movies that feel likeEscape from Alcatraz (1979)
If you loved Escape from Alcatraz, the closest films we have are A Man Escaped (1956), Illustrious Corpses (1976) and Army of Shadows (1969). All three share Escape from Alcatraz's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Charley Varrick (1973).
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If Escape from Alcatraz hit the spot, these will too

Common ground in both: prison and escape
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
The difference: Easier on the stillness than Escape from Alcatraz

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Don Siegel directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Escape from Alcatraz does

Thriller built on tension, twice over

The same hand behind both of them: Don Siegel
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Escape from Alcatraz does


A 2010s answer to the same itch

One thread runs through both: a true story


Drama in the same key
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair
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