Movies Like A Man Escaped

If you liked A Man Escaped (1956), a drama and thriller movie directed by Robert Bresson, 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
The Great Escape (1963)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
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…
2
Grand Illusion (1937)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison…
3
Le Trou (1960)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and thriller
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of…
4
Army of Shadows (1969)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and thriller
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant…
5
Dark Passage (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
6
The Seventh Cross (1944)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as…
7
The Children of the Resistance (2026)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
During the German occupation of World War II, François, Eusèbe, and Lisa, three courageous children, embark on a secret adventure: resisting the Nazis in the heart of France. Through sabotage, hidden messages, and…
8
The Escapist (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
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…
9
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thriller
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former…
10
The Colditz Story (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's epic novel, tells the story of how the…
11
Pickpocket (1959)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up…
12
The Defiant Ones (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
13
Fanny's Journey (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the…
14
Omar Killed Me (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or…
15
The Last Rifleman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…
16
Chouans ! (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also drama
Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy…
17
Escape to Victory (1981)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
18
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves home with the intent to track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
19
Stavisky... (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the…
20
Andersonville (1996)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor…