Movies Like 20.10.20 - Flugten Fra Herstedvester

If you liked 20.10.20 - Flugten Fra Herstedvester (2024), a movie directed by Tara Salas, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
★ 6.8/10
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
2
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
3
Escape Plan (2013)
★ 6.7/10
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to…
4
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
★ 6/10
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through…
5
Maze (2017)
★ 5.8/10
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
6
The Escapist (2008)
★ 6.2/10
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an…
7
She Made Them Do It (2012)
★ 5.9/10
"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender, a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most sought after fugitives.
8
The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
★ 7/10
Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and…
9
The Night Visitor (1971)
★ 6.5/10
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
10
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.
11
Pusher II (2004)
★ 7.2/10
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
12
Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case (2020)
★ 6.6/10
When journalist Kim Wall disappears after boarding inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, his changing story about her fate masks a terrifying truth.
13
The Great Escape (1963)
★ 7.9/10
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war…
14
No Escape (1994)
★ 6.2/10
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine…
15
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
★ 6/10
Serial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
16
Brubaker (1980)
★ 7.1/10
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
17
Dark Passage (1947)
★ 7.3/10
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
18
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
★ 7.5/10
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…
19
Bronson (2009)
★ 6.9/10
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
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Midnight Express (1978)
★ 7.4/10
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made…