Movies Like Chronicle of an Escape

If you liked Chronicle of an Escape (2006), a thriller movie directed by Adrián Caetano, 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 Wrath of God (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
2
Kóblic (2016)
★ 6/10Also thriller
Colonia Helena, Argentina. The mysterious Tomás Kóblic, a former Navy pilot, works as a fumigator while dealing with his dark past and the intrigues of the corrupt police commissioner…
3
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true…
4
The Mauritanian (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
5
Operation Finale (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.
6
Final Score (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save both the daughter of a fallen comrade and the huge crowd unaware of…
7
Death and the Maiden (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
8
Pacto de Fuga (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.
9
Operation Ogre (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural…
10
Land of the Blind (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
11
Locked (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. With no means of escape, Eddie must fight to survive in a ride…
12
Get the Gringo (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
13
Tau (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
14
The Final (2010)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
15
Munich (2005)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of…
16
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other…
17
Escape from Pretoria (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
18
Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
19
4x4 (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does…
20
6 Underground (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.