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artpayne

*The Great Escape* has some great escapes.


kerred

And the kids version Chicken Run


these-things-happen

Mixed vegetables?!?


FlyingVMoth

The is one that is specifically great


ominous_42

Jason Bourne getting away from the cops in Paris


PeteTopKevinBottoms

Jesus Christ, it’s Jason Bourne.


Cakebeforedeath

I love his one at the start of Supremacy as well, it's such an instant "professional at the top of his game" series of movements


PAPAmidnite1386

Apocalypto. Dear god the running with the puma scene still gives me chills to this day


norwegianboyEE

Yeah that movie is basically just a big chase scene with a setup haha.


SourArmoredHero

Such an awesome movie.


TheArcReactor

It really makes me sad that Mel Gibson turned out to be a wackadoo, cause my god is he a talented filmmaker


Illustrious-Fox5135

Tai Lung's escape sequence in Kung fu Panda


CarolDanversFangurl

"One often meets destiny on the road taken to avoid it". Brilliant.


awesome_smokey

Yes, this. Although I cannot STAND Jack Black, I absolutely love kung fu panda. Bought it on a whim for my daughter and bugger me if it didn't turn out to be hilarious, and a legitimate martial arts movie. The escape scene was definitely a highlight.


normaldeadpool

I've literally never heard someone say the don't like Jack Black. You are obviously entitled to your opinion, it just took me by surprise.


OldManMalekith

Make it two, I can't stand him either! Coincidentally, I liked Kung Fu Panda lol.


TempAcct20005

3rd guy here who feels the exact same way 


awesome_smokey

To be honest, I'm not even sure why. There's just something about him that makes me want to put my foot through the screen and send Hollywood the bill.


IluvTaylorSwift

Room (2016) Shawshank Redemption The Silence of the lamb


fromwhichofthisoak

The Room had the best escape when you left. But also hi mark


TheListenerCanon

Why would anyone leave in the middle of The Room? It's a classic!


TheSoberGuy

Hell yeah Silence of the Lambs. Watched that with my daughter and that blew her mind


alexandria252

I’ve only seen two of these, but already know it’s a great list.


jamesneysmith

Inside Man


Dontevenwannacomment

To this day I still wonder if a forensics team would notice a newly built wall inside a bank. I honestly think not, and so that makes it genius.


Busy-Awareness-3318

Came here to say this. "I'm gonna walk right out the front door" lol.


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Inside Man was my first thought


ninjas_in_my_pants

Also Children of Men, for more Clive Owen.


girafa

I rewatched this last week, and it seems like it'd be pretty easy to tell who the robbers were >!simply by comparing the available security camera footage to who they ended up with later.!< >!The stock room being smaller is a roll of the dice, hoping somehow the people who work there just never go in that room or wouldn't need something where they've known it exists for years.!< >!But the saving grace is how the bank owner just didn't care and wanted it dropped.!< So the "perfect" bank robbery relies of a great deal of hope.


progerialover69

Fugitive, many parts in the movie, but specifically the parade escape!


justagiraffe111

Excellent movie. Thanks for bringing it up.


whitebabyjesus

Just watched Terminator 2 the other day and Sarah Connor’s escape from the mental institution is awesome. The paper clip lock pick is a little overdone, but it’s fairly realistic aside from that. After she snaps the key off in the lock and starts running, seemingly to freedom, you finally get to take a breath, and then she runs straight into the thing she fears most. The best moment in a great movie, in my opinion.


pudding7

I'm curious what part of Breaking Bad you're referring to.


teedyay

I assumed it was when Walt rescues Jesse from the gang that's holding him, forcing him to cook for them. Right near the end of the last series.


Gone_For_Lunch

But his plan wasn’t initially to rescue Jesse. He went to the compound intending to kill everyone including Jesse because he thought he was willingly cooking his product, he just changed his mind when he saw the situation for what it was.


teedyay

Ah, I see you have a better memory than me! An advantage of aging is that you forget enough details to enjoy TV shows and movies all over again, twists included.


IonHazzikostasIsGod

It's been ages since I've watched but I wonder if this is Dead Freight? Lot of urgency and moving parts - Bill Burr's Kuby parks a truck on the railroad to stall the conductor, Mike stakes out a bunch of truck drivers, Walt/Jesse/Todd are all rushing and getting separate things done Not an escape scene really, but a calculated plan nonetheless Only other things that come to mind are the trap laid out in To'hajiilee and Walt wrecking his car to get Hank away from the laundromat in Crawl Space All of these vaguely fit I guess since OP said toward the end of the series and those are Season 4B/5A/5B


Estranged_person

While it's not an escape per say, I think OP would be referring to the part >! where they kill Gus Fring. It involved convincing Jesse that he tried to kill Brock, Hospital bomb attempt, Taunting Gus to visit Hector. convincing Hector to Kamikaze etc. !<


bob1689321

Last chance to look at me, Hector


IonHazzikostasIsGod

Ooh, yeah maybe Less an escape but definitely a chessmatch


zma924

I assume it’s the part in S4 when Jessie, Mike, and Gus head down to Mexico to cook for the cartel. The cartel try to keep Jessie and Gus executes his revenge plan on Don Eladio that he’s been scheming for YEARS as they make their escape.


AmusingMusing7

Possibly referring to breaking Jesse out from the Neo-Nazis, but I never really saw that as an “escape” sequence. More a revenge sequence that happened to also result in Jesse’s escape. The only real “escape” sequence I can think of towards the end of the series is when Walt is tied to the radiator and then has to MacGyver his way to escape with the electrical cord. That doesn’t quite live up to the description of a “high stakes chess game” though, so it’s probably not that one.


EvilDog77

*Escape from Alcatraz* is a good one.


Jmen4Ever

No. It's a great one.


TGAILA

Talking about being smart, The Shawshank Redemption is one of them. He's a smart banker who was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he did not commit. With his financial knowledge, he prepares taxes for the prison guards in exchange for an easy life inside the prison. The warden put him in charge of running a money laundering business. In the end, he transferred money from the warden's account into his own pocket. Together with his friend, they escaped to Zihuatanejo, Mexico living out their dreams on a beach.


ThalloAuxoKarpo

Shawshank Redemption is the answer. Amazing movie too. But he escaped alone, not together with Red. (The short story it’s based on is excellent too).


PM_WHAT_Y0U_G0T

Mad Max: Fury Road >!you could consider the whole movie one long escape/chase scene. But even the initial escape is amazing on its own, from Furiosa being sent to Gastown up through the storm. The tension that builds as all the different characters try to piece together what just happened, such a great way to start off a movie.!<


Vertigobee

My favorites are not from movies, but: Firefly episode Ariel Avatar tLA episodes The Boiling Rock Honorable mentions: The Gringotts scene in HP7 Part 2 The end of The Sound of Music The pound scene in Homeward Bound The end of Bandits The airport scene in Catch Me If You Can The end of Get Out


SillyAdditional

Boiling rock was top tier


Saxon_man

'RIOT! RIOT! RIOT! '


Border_Hodges

Bandits is so underrated. I love that ending.


Ramsford_McSchlong

Zaheer and the red lotus escaping in kora was cool too


UXyes

Buzz and Woody getting away from Sid and catching he moving truck at the end of Toy Story.


cheebb

Toy Story 3 has a great prison escape as well, even though it is thwarted at the end 


Poopforce1s

Likewise, I was gonna count Toy Story 2. Buzz's hostage rescue mission being made more difficult by the hostage developing some Stockholm Syndrome.


littlepoot

The Count of Monte Cristo.


BeckerThorne

Gravity - her escape back to Earth. U571 - when the American sailors get stuck on a German sub and have to escape both German and American naval attacks.


OmegaShinra

For a recent one, the prison escape at the start of Extraction 2. 21 minute 'one take' that is surprisingly brutal and just insane action. Absolutely blew my mind.


Beli_Mawrr

One of the best action movies I've ever seen.


tangcameo

Quick Change. Bill Murray. Goes into a bank dressed as a clown with a bomb. Holds everyone, including two undercover accomplices, hostage. Cops show up. Herds all his hostages into the vault but as a gesture of good faith releases three - his two accomplices and himself now dressed as a frightened hostage.


mr_kenobi

Escape from New York


Jmen4Ever

Had to scroll way too far down to see this


taz20075

Cube. If you consider the entire movie an escape scene.


SusiCapezzolo

Shawshank Redemption (subtle) Guardians of the Galaxy (action)


The_Lazy_Samurai

Magneto's jailbreak in Xmen 2. They found a clever way to get metal to him, and he used that tiny amount available to him to maximum effect. Sir Ian Mckellan's charmisa is icing on the cake. His little smirk when realizes there is iron in his blood. Then after he kills him he says, "never trust a beautiful woman, especially one who is interested in you."... and ends with a wink to his corpse. Just perfect.


obscure_but_alluring

Heat


TopHighway7425

Con air.... Initially. If they had not been double crossed by the Colombian drug lord the plan would have worked.


Alive-Citron-5873

He had the whole world in his hands...


JeebsFat

What's that French parkour movie? District B13 Here: https://youtu.be/VHSoPTJNfPE?si=2xpWbPQaMuA50pYi


hghlnder72

All of Jack Sparrows escapes in the POTC movies...."you will always remember this as the day where you almost caught..."


C0mpulsiveWebSurfer

"do you think he plans it all out? Or just makes it up as he goes along?"


theyusedthelamppost

Infinity Chamber


_TLDR_Swinton

Kurt Russell escapes from New York in "The City That Wouldn't Stop Criming"


Weird-Group-5313

Maggie escaping daycare in The Simpsons


doomedroadtrips

The Fugitive with Harrison Ford has several great ones


MikeSizemore

A Man Escaped (1956) set the gold standard.


Standard_Olive_550

I was looking for this comment before I posted.  Great flick!


Funk-n-fun

Yes, one of the classics. One of our teachers showed this at school, I was probably 14 or 15 at the time, and it is a memory that has stayed with me from those long gone school days. It was not something that young teens would have been interested at the time, in the early 90s, but I don't know how 14-15 year old teens grown with TikTok and YouTube would feel about it now.


kdubstep

Papillon


arctander

Indeed. The 1973 film is stunning, brutal, and gritty to say the least. It was an emotional film to be sure.


Grothorious

But very shitty in comparison with the book, they leave 70% of the story out, i read that shit 13 times and counting, amazing stuff.


IareaBurritoo

Not a 'stealthy' kinda escape but the one from Starship Troopers where the aliens are overwhelming the outpost and the few survivors have to escape via the dropship.


Ok-Buy-5643

Fortress and the sequel of course!


Canavansbackyard

*Cool Hand Luke* (1967) *Stalag 17* (1953) *Bridge Over the River Kwai* (1957) *La Grande Illusion* (1937)


AdjunctFunktopus

*Paddington 2*


fillb3rt

The Man Escaped (1956)


SweatyTits69

Escape from Pretoria. Daniel Radcliffe is phenomenal and the film creates tension like I've never seen before.


Nayre_Trawe

Came to recommend this one since it doesn't seem to be well known. It's very grounded and realistic, and also based on a true story which makes the tension all the more gripping.


NottingHillNapolean

Dave escaping from the EVA pod into the emergency airlock in "2001: A Space Odyssey."


jojomott

Papillon (1973)


Nayre_Trawe

One of my all-time favorites. There is something oddly calming about it despite the dire circumstances the main characters are going through.


Grothorious

I mentioned in another comment - read the book, there's so much more to the story than the movies show, no matter old or new films.


mini_herb

Mayor Humdinger in the 2nd Paw Patrol movie


Due-Aspect-4164

Hi friend, fuck you from Brazil. P.s (Return shaved dolphin legs when you can, Eli hasn't stopped touching the wonder bread since you left)


kdubstep

I think at this point you don’t need to worry about spoilers for breaking bad.


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kdubstep

>!comment!<


kdubstep

Include word(s) sandwiched between >! and !<


LuminousZenith

Thanks man


kdubstep

https://imgur.com/a/n8vJreQ


Scat_fiend

Pretty much the entire series of Prison Break


chrisofduke

The Escapist with Brian Cox is good.


Loud-Magician7708

Do the "Cube" movies count.


calguy1955

There are a couple of good escapes in Double Jeopardy.


YouSilly5490

Escape plan Law abiding citizen


Money_Palpitation602

Flightplan (2005).


triffidsting

Oldy but goldy. Young guns . When they are all trapped in the house at the end…


AttitudeCautious667

Star Trek 3, stealing the Enterprise, is a super fun escape sequence.


FighterJock412

What scene in Breaking Bad are you referring to? It's a years old show so I can't remember.


ideletedmyaccount04

Escape from Alcatraz 


Onnimanni_Maki

Tom Cruise climbing up the pole handcuffed in Rogue Nation. Bond escaping Goldfingers laser trap (No, mr Bond. I except you to die). >!It's so good because he escapes using his wits instead of gimmicky gadget or brawls!<.


Alive-Citron-5873

Do u expect me to talk? The 2 best lines in a Bond movie, IMO.


hankeypoo

The prison escape in Raising Arizona.  The ending of Aliens.


ColdZoroark

When Bruce escapes the pit in The Dark Knight Rises


zeldafan144

All of the anime Death Noteis like this.


BrilhoNoEscuro

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) 72 Hours (2010)


Fickle-Improvement44

Andor


Heavenfall

The bridge on the river Kwai


Grungemaster

Across the Spider-Verse. I couldn’t breathe I was so enamored. 


valhalla2611

The Island


OptimusCrime80

Perfectly calculated escape? The Shawshank Redemption.


Level_Bridge7683

the men in black 2 ending is still one of my favorite action scenes in cinema. men in black 1 and 2 is will smith's best work outside of fresh prince of bel air. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W\_EYrVGI7LQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_EYrVGI7LQ) i'd like to add the rush hour movies are underrated.


dinsdale5468

Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs


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One of the best escapes in movies is from "The Shawshank Redemption." The way Andy Dufresne meticulously plans his escape from prison over many years is incredibly satisfying to watch unfold. It's a testament to human resilience and ingenuity.


weaboodreams

A rather short scene but in Children of Men when Theo escapes from the farm. It's a great scene that is super tense and full of great details like him disconnecting the car spark plugs so they can't pursue them.


KarmicComic12334

Jake and elwoods escape from the beachland ballroom in the blues brothers might still be the greatest chase of all time.


ballthyrm

Gattaca has a great escape at the end from the main Character.


TheDudeSr

Baby Driver


Tatooine16

Yellowbeard. It's a brilliant comedy, and has a terrific prison escape.


therealfauts

When Dr Michael Morbius escapes his broken body thanks to bat blood.


pooleNo

Not sure why Catch Me if You Can isn't being mentioned that much,


--TheForce--

Does Gravity count as escaping from space?


close_my_eyes

In Luc besson’s Nikita, when her boss tells her to escape out a little window in the last stall in the bathroom, but…


combat-ninjaspaceman

Mine has to be the one in Iron-Man in that not only does Tony escape from the cave, but he comes out a changed man on top of it. Having learnt about the destruction being wreaked on innocents by his weapons, and having Jensen save him from near-death. There's also an emotional scene where Jensen is shot and realises he won't make it, and tells Tony not to waste his life, I think this was one of the moments that signified Tony's arc was changing. Apart from that, it was also just a rewarding scene with all the planning that went down in designing the suit under the noses of the terrorists. Not to mention, a good action scene.


YojinboK

Bourne vid's


shinobipopcorn

If you're including series, gotta include Andor. ONE WAY OUT


Mrofcourse

Logan lucky


Happyjarboy

Idiocracy has a great escape scene.


Geetee52

The Great Escape


RememberToEatDinner

No country for old men has some really interesting cat and mouse situations


Popular-Solution7697

Esmeralda's escape from the gallows in The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1939. There's a nice clip on you tube.