Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "escaped-prisoner-of-war"

1. The Great Escape (1963)

Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson

Votes: 259,039 | Gross: $12.10M

2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy

An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.

Director: Lloyd Kramer | Stars: Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 6,138

3. The One That Got Away (1957)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, War

A cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe, Terence Alexander

Votes: 2,485

4. The Wooden Horse (1950)

101 min | Drama, History, War

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.

Directors: Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple | Stars: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene

Votes: 1,595

5. The Outriders (1950)

Not Rated | 93 min | Western

In 1865, three escaped Confederate POWs are coerced into joining an offshoot of Quantrill's raiders who are planning to rob a Union gold shipment concealed in a civilian wagon train going from Santa Fe to St. Louis.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Claude Jarman Jr.

Votes: 765

6. The White Sister (1933)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman falls in love with a dashing officer, but becomes a nun when she believes him to be killed in battle.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale

Votes: 485

7. Great Escape: The Untold Story (2001 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Drama, War

The Stalag Luft III was a prison camp on Germany's border with Poland. It held 10,000 Allied airmen of all nationalities during the Second World War, and was escape proof. But for Allied ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Clarke | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Connor Williams, Richard Campbell, Mark Wainwright

Votes: 89

8. Valley of Hunted Men (1942)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western

It's 1941 and three Nazis escape from a Canadian prison. Two are killed but the third kills Paul Schiller and assumes his identity. This leads him to the Three Mesquiteers ranch where his ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Edward Van Sloan

Votes: 86

9. The Prison Ship (1912)

Short, Drama, Romance

During the American Revolution, an American girl, Helen Carpenter (Anna Q. Nilsson)betrays the Colonie by helping her fiancé, Lieutenant Waldon (Guy Coombs), a British naval officer escape from a prison ship.

Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Guy Coombs, Anna Q. Nilsson, Hal Clements, Henry Hallam

10. Robotech (1985)
Episode: The Big Escape (1985)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

As the human prisoners attempt to escape, more secrets of the Zentraedi are discovered.

Director: Ippei Kuri | Stars: Robert Axelrod, Bill Capizzi, Frank Catalano, Cam Clarke

Votes: 70

11. Robotech (1985)
Episode: Crisis Point (1985)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Outright rebellion becomes the first order of the day, as Musica and Zor reject the teachings of the Robotech Masters and turn to aid the human captives. It is a fantastic journey in ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Axelrod, Bill Capizzi, Frank Catalano, Richard Epcar

Votes: 80

12. Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1975)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1783, Ross Poldark returns from the American wars to his native Cornwall to find his home in shambles and his betrothed engaged to another.

Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Robin Ellis, Jill Townsend, Clive Francis, Norma Streader

Votes: 50

13. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Nine (2024)

TV-MA | 78 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Nearing the end of the war, POW's endure a harrowing journey across German territory while Rosie uncovers a shocking discovery.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Nate Mann, George Johnson, Sam Rosenthal, Harry Burke

Votes: 1,879

14. Warriors (2008– )
Episode: Special Forces (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | History, Reality-TV, War

Terry describes the weapons, tactics and triumphs of America's first special forces unit, the Alamo Scouts. Their assignment; infiltrate behind enemy lines to prepare for the Allied campaign to retake the Phillipines.

Star: Terry Schappert

15. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Prisoners of War, Part One - The Barbed Wire Front (1998)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Examines the treatment of prisoners of war early in the 20th century. From capture to interrogation and internment, the fate of thousands of WWI prisoners was determined by their captors off the battlefield.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Dwight Messimer, Robert C. Doyle, Lew Carlson

Votes: 10

16. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Churchill's Gambles

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

An inside look at the man who, more than any of his contemporaries, embraced secret intelligence operations, deception and code-breaking as viable instruments of modern war.

Stars: Charlton Heston, David A.T. Stafford, Christopher Andrew, John Charmley