Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "alcatraz"

1. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen

Votes: 541,599 | Gross: $234.36M

2. The Rock (1996)

R | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer

Votes: 358,637 | Gross: $134.07M

3. The Book of Eli (2010)

R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A drifter fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Gary Oldman

Votes: 339,859 | Gross: $94.84M

4. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

PG | 112 min | Action, Biography, Crime

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau

Votes: 147,742 | Gross: $43.00M

5. The Enforcer (1976)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 49,316 | Gross: $46.20M

6. So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer

Votes: 42,915 | Gross: $11.59M

7. Point Blank (1967)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 23,362

8. Alcatraz (2012)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.

Stars: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra

Votes: 40,302

9. Biohazard: Death Island (2023)

R | 91 min | Animation, Action, Horror

A t-virus outbreak in San Francisco leads to Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence.

Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Matthew Mercer, Nicole Tompkins, Kevin Dorman, Stephanie Panisello

Votes: 8,862

10. Electric Dreams (1984)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.

Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort

Votes: 10,040 | Gross: $2.19M

11. Murder in the First (1995)

R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.

Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 30,717 | Gross: $17.38M

12. Half Past Dead (2002)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.

Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Matt Battaglia, Ja Rule

Votes: 16,764 | Gross: $15.36M

13. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand

Votes: 19,335

14. All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)

G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.

Directors: Larry Leker, Paul Sabella | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Sheena Easton, Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine

Votes: 6,674 | Gross: $8.62M

15. Alcatraz (2018)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber and a gangster, attempt to escape from the infamous Alcatraz Island.

Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Derek Nelson, Erick Hayden, Nicholas Anscombe, Mark Homer

Votes: 951

16. Watch Dogs 2 (2016 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In San Francisco, hacker Marcus Holloway joins DedSec, to take down a corrupt system by fighting and hacking his way through the entire San Francisco Bay.

Directors: Danny Bélanger, Jonathan Morin | Stars: Ruffin Prentiss, Shawn Baichoo, Tasya Teles, Jonathan Dubsky

Votes: 4,954

17. Mob of the Dead (2013 Video Game)

M | Action, Horror, Thriller

Mob of the Dead, featured in the DLC pack Uprising for Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012) introduces a main Zombies map set in Alcatraz Prison around the 1930's.

Director: Corky Lehmkuhl | Stars: Craig Houston, Ray Liotta, Michael Madsen, Nolan North

Votes: 1,011

18. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,414 | Gross: $0.62M

19. The Last Gangster (1937)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander

Votes: 1,754

20. Slaughterhouse Rock (1987)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy ... See full summary »

Director: Dimitri Logothetis | Stars: Toni Basil, Nicholas Celozzi, Tom Reilly, Donna Denton

Votes: 1,493

21. Al Capone (1959)

Approved | 104 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.

Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Fay Spain, James Gregory

Votes: 1,911

22. Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession (2015)

93 min | Action, Crime

The true story, based on a Deathbed Confession, about what really happened to Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers who escaped from Alcatraz Prison in 1962. They made it- but what happened next is shocking. Investigated by the US Marshals.

Director: John Edward Lee | Stars: Danny Trejo, Ed O'Ross, Shelby Deekins, Mike Earp

Votes: 254

23. Far Cry New Dawn (2019 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Directors: Jean-Sebastien Decant, Patrick Methe | Stars: Leslie L. Miller, Cara Ricketts, Greg Bryk, Reina Hardesty

Votes: 2,423

24. Scariest Places on Earth (2000– )

TV-PG | Horror, Mystery, Reality-TV

Host Linda Blair and narrator Zelda Rubinstien explore some of the most reputedly haunted locations in the world, providing history, live camera investigation, and interviews with individuals who have experienced phenomena.

Stars: Christopher Chacon, Linda Blair, Zelda Rubinstein, Alan Robson

Votes: 507

25. Rise of the Zombies (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our heroes are forced to return to the mainland overrun with the undead.

Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Ethan Suplee, LeVar Burton, Danny Trejo

Votes: 3,353

26. Six Against the Rock (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five accomplices, falls apart when they can't obtain a key to unlock a door leading to the yard.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: David Carradine, Richard Dysart, Dennis Farina, Charles Haid

Votes: 258

27. Meteor Storm (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits around the earth... For astronomer, Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime ... See full summary »

Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Michael Trucco, Kari Matchett, Kirsten Zien, Brett Dier

Votes: 1,405

28. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)

Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy

Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard

Votes: 7,524

29. Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980 TV Movie)

196 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Fact based story of the lives and attempted 1946 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Michael Beck, Art Carney, Alex Karras, Telly Savalas

Votes: 338

30. Dick Tracy (1937)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.

Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta

Votes: 653

31. Half Past Dead 2 (2007 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime

Former WWE & WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg and hip-hop group Tha Dog Pound's Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown push life to the limit in this explosive sequel to the 2002 hit movie Half Past Dead.

Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Bill Goldberg, Kurupt, Jack Conley, Robert Madrid

Votes: 2,096

32. The House Across the Bay (1940)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An aircraft designer falls for the wife of an imprisoned gangster. All goes well until the gangster gets out of prison...

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: George Raft, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Pidgeon

Votes: 661

33. The Big House (1998– )

Documentary

History channel goes inside some of the toughest prisons in America

Stars: Paul Sorvino, Jim Perry, George Kelly, Robert Stroud

Votes: 47

34. Terror on Alcatraz (1987)

90 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Frank Morris one of only three men to escape from Alcatraz Island prison returns twenty five years later to his former place of incarceration to find a map that will lead him to a fortune.

Directors: Philip Marcus, Marvin G. Lipschultz | Stars: Aldo Ray, Sandy Brooke, Verónica Porche Ali, Bea Marcus

Votes: 136

35. The Haunting of Alcatraz (2020)

86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world

Director: Steve Lawson | Stars: Tom Hendryk, Helen Crevel, Chris Lines, Marcus Langford

Votes: 254

36. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Frank Graham, William Hanna

Votes: 1,317

37. Out of Alcatraz

Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Announced

June, 1962. The most famous prison escape in history was only the beginning.

38. Terror at Alcatraz (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy

Tom and Dick Smothers play Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, a TV cameraman and intrepid reporter, respectively, involved in the race to find the buried treasure of Al Capone on Alcatraz Island at the former prison where he was imprisoned.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Tom Smothers, Dick Smothers, Diana Muldaur, Mike Kellin

Votes: 15

39. Koara kachô (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Tamura is an average divorced salary-man in Japan - and also a man-sized, suit-and-tie wearing, bipedal koala bear.

Director: Minoru Kawasaki | Stars: 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken, Lee Ho, Eiichi Kikuchi, Arthur Kuroda

Votes: 678

40. Tex Murphy: Overseer (1998 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

During a date, Tex agrees to retell his first adventure, Mean Streets, to his girlfriend Chelsee. Tex is hired by Sylvia Linsky to find out if her scientist father was murdered. Meanwhile, tensions between normals and mutants are rising.

Director: Adrian Carr | Stars: Michael York, Rebecca Broussard, Richard Norton, Henry Darrow

Votes: 168

41. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (I) (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Sport

Get massive air than ever before, and take your game online in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

Stars: Larry Cedar, Mat Hoffman, Jenna Jameson, Atiba Jefferson

Votes: 970

42. Alcatraz Island (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

Director: William C. McGann | Stars: John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Mary Maguire, Gordon Oliver

Votes: 253

43. Drain Alcatraz (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary

Using cutting edge visual effects to 'drain' the waters around the notorious island of Alcatraz. With the waters drained away the secrets of Alcatraz are revealed, including exactly why the... See full summary »

Director: Wayne Abbott | Stars: Craig Sechler, Russell Boulter, John A. Martini, John Cantwell

Votes: 325

44. Devil Ship (1947)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama

Captain Biff Brown owns a boat used to ferry prisoners from the mainland to Alcatraz. The police find some escape tools on his boat and, although Brown isn't involved, his contract is ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Lane, Louise Campbell, William Bishop, Damian O'Flynn

45. Force of Darkness (1985)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

Alcatraz prison closed in 1963. Twenty two years later the violence and sheer terror return. Conrad and his friends live there. They want Gloria Ramsey to join them - One man stands in the way.

Director: Alan Hauge | Stars: Mel Novak, Doug Shanklin, Loren Cedar, Mark Milan

Votes: 65

46. Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: James Craig, Bonita Granville, Frank Jenks, Cliff Edwards

Votes: 325

47. Rebel Rabbit (1949)

TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The signs indicate current bounty prices: $50 for a fox, $75 for a bear, only 2 cents for a rabbit. Bugs is insulted.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 755

48. King of Alcatraz (1938)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 115

49. Trudell (2005)

PG | 79 min | Documentary

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

Director: Heather Rae | Stars: Robert Redford, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Shepard, Amy Ray

Votes: 507 | Gross: $0.02M

50. Prison Train (1938)

Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama

Frankie Terris and Mannie Robbins are the two most powerful gangsters in their city. Frankie has a young sister, Louise, whom he has kept at a boarding school away from the stench of his ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Fred Keating, Dorothy Comingore, Clarence Muse, Faith Bacon

Votes: 162