Movies and TvShows featuring "escaped-prisoner" theme.

Prison Break follows the story of Michael Scofield, who deliberately gets himself imprisoned in order to help his brother Lincoln Burrows escape death row. Michael, an engineering genius, meticulously plans an elaborate escape for them, using his knowledge of the prison's layout and his tattoos that hold crucial information. As they race against time, they must navigate through a dangerous web of conspiracy and betrayal.

The A-Team follows the adventures of a group of former special forces soldiers who, after being wrongly accused of a crime, become mercenaries for hire. They take on dangerous missions while evading capture and using their unique skills to help those in need.

In the 1880s Arizona Territory, a widowed single father and Civil War veteran named Lucas McCain becomes known as The Rifleman due to his skills with a Winchester rifle. He uses his marksmanship to protect his town from outlaws and fight for justice, all while raising his young son. Set in the backdrop of the Old West, the series explores themes of family, honor, and the consequences of violence.

Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst is a German television programme broadcast since October 1967 on ZDF that aims to combat and solve crimes. Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse. It was the basis for the BBC show Crimewatch, the Dutch show Opsporing Verzocht and its US equivalent America's Most Wanted. The goal of the programme is to throw light on unsolved offences with the aid of viewers. Each episode contains three to five short films, each lasting about ten minutes, in which a real criminal case is reconstructed. The cases are mostly complex ones in which the criminals and chains of events are still unknown. In addition cases are discussed in the studio in which, for example, the identities of criminals or unknown murder victims are sought with the aid of a photo. Viewers can use the telephone or Internet to give information. According to a study by the programme's editorial department, about forty percent of cases shown on the programme are solved.

Unshackle your laughing gas, put your ball and chain away, take a prison break and get ready to escape with the Daltons! The fab four are back! The Daltons will try every trick in the books to get out and then some: a maze of tunnels, explosives, hot air balloons and rain dances, and a whole cast of zany characters to help them get free ... or not! The only thing they don’t try using are their brains! But what they lack in intelligence, they sure make up for in willpower and imagination! The far west has never been crazier!

A small team of investigators are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist.

Eddie Brock, a journalist, tries to revive his career by interviewing Cletus Kasady, a serial killer. However, the interview goes wrong, and Kasady becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage. He escapes from prison and wreaks havoc. Eddie must team up with his own symbiote, Venom, to stop Carnage before it's too late.

In 1927, the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald escapes custody and gathers followers to his cause. As the magical world becomes more divided, Newt Scamander and his friends set out to stop Grindelwald's plans to raise pure-blood wizards to rule over non-magical beings.

Golden Kamuy is set in post-war Japan, where a war veteran seeks a hidden treasure in Hokkaido. Along the way, he teams up with an Ainu girl and encounters various prisoners and war veterans. The story features a tattooed map that holds the key to the treasure as they face deadly enemies and navigate through the treacherous terrain of Hokkaido.

Breakout Kings is a TV show about a group of US Marshals who recruit a team of convicts with special skills to track down and apprehend dangerous escaped prisoners. The show follows the team as they work together to solve cases and bring criminals to justice while facing their own personal demons.

A police officer named John Spartan is brought out of cryogenic prison to chase down his dangerous enemy, Simon Phoenix. In a society where violence is outlawed, Spartan struggles to adapt while Phoenix wreaks havoc. Together with a rebellious group, Spartan fights to bring down a corrupt leader and restore order.

On a cargo ship transporting dangerous criminals from the Philippines to South Korea, an escape attempt leads to a riot, unleashing a sinister force.

Dr. Richard Kimble is accused of his wife's murder and must find the true culprit while being pursued by a determined U.S. Marshal.

When 302 prisoners vanish from Alcatraz prison in 1963 and reappear in present time, a police detective and a team of experts investigate the supernatural powers behind the disappearance.

Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in the 1980s. He led multiple heists, then captured public attention for his many daring escapes from police custody...always to reunite with his beloved lover and accomplice Annie, becoming both France's Public Enemy #1 and an icon of Freedom.

In 'The Misfits,' a group of criminals come together to plan an audacious heist in a fictional Middle Eastern country. With a gold heist at the center, they must navigate through obstacles, disguises, and prison breakouts to successfully execute their plan. Along the way, they encounter unexpected twists and turns, facing dangerous situations and intense interrogations. As they work together, the team develops a sense of camaraderie and becomes modern-day Robin Hoods, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.

A police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. Meanwhile, the ex-con's brother and his girlfriend execute a plan to steal a diamond and prove the ex-con's innocence. As the heist unfolds, the psychologist uncovers corruption within the police force. In the end, the ex-con is proven innocent, the diamond is recovered, and justice is served.

In the 1930s, a French convict named Papillon befriends a fellow criminal, Dega, as they begin their sentence on Devil's Island, a penal colony in South America. Papillon, determined to escape, convinces Dega to join him in his plan. They endure harsh conditions, crocodile attacks, and betrayal as they make their way to freedom. Despite setbacks and the passage of time, Papillon's determination leads him to eventually succeed and outlive the prison.

In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom. By 2017, the world economy has collapsed, and food, oil, and other natural resources are all in short supply. Unable to meet the needs of the general public, the U.S. government has likewise collapsed and given way to an iron-fisted police state divided into paramilitary zones...