Movies Like Chronicle of an Escape (2006)

Chronicle of an Escape is a 2006 thriller film from Adrián Caetano with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Breakout and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Thriller

Breakout

1975

A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

6.3

MagicScore

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

6.1

MagicScore

Barbed Wire Dolls

1976

Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.

4.7

MagicScore

Hard Candy

2005

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

6.8

MagicScore

The Collector

2009

Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

6.6

MagicScore

Alive

2018

A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.

6.0

MagicScore

Dread

2009

Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.

5.5

MagicScore

Captivity

2007

The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a club, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, they commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.

4.9

MagicScore

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

2011

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

4.8

MagicScore

#10

The Basement

2018

A seemingly innocent man is abducted by a notorious L.A. serial killer, who forces his victims to switch roles with him so that he can enact his own capture, torture and murder.

4.2

MagicScore

#11

Keylor Navas, Hombre de Fe

2017

The story of real life Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, from his humble beginnings in his home town to his rise to greatness as an elite soccer player.

8.1

MagicScore

#12

Take the Ball, Pass the Ball

2018

Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years, Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.

7.9

MagicScore

#13

Azzurri: Road to Wembley

2021

A docu-film that traces the victorious ride of Mancini's Azzurri, from the debut match to the final against England. A troupe lived with the Azzurri for a month, to bring the spectators into the lives of the players and all the members of the staff, between training sessions, matches, travels and celebrations. An adventure told through the voices of the protagonists, who confided dreams, joys, pains and hopes to the cameras. "Blue Dream, the road to Wembley" is the completion of a project started a year ago together with the FIGC, to tell the national team's approach to the European Championships through the 4 episodes aired in the days immediately preceding the European Championship, bringing the new television language of the docu-series to one of the most important time slots of the first generalist network. "Blue Dream, the road to Wembley" is a project of the New Formats Development Department

7.8

MagicScore

#14

Inazuma Eleven the Movie: The Ultimate Force, Team Ogre, Attacks!

2010

An organization in the future sends the specially trained Team Ogre to defeat Endou Mamoru and his team, to prevent him from influencing the world with his soccer.

7.6

MagicScore

#15

Make Us Dream

2018

Steven Gerrard became perhaps the greatest player in the history of Liverpool FC, but did so when success and trophies were declining. It became his personal mission to lift the famous club back to the top. That loyalty raised him to God-like status with Liverpool fans, but was an unbearable burden, bringing with it a profound sense of responsibility to live up to their and his own expectations.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

The Keeper

2018

The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.

7.4

MagicScore

#17

Diego Maradona

2019

Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

Les yeux dans les Bleus

1998

This documentary follows the French soccer team on their way to victory in the 1998 World Cup in France. Stéphane Meunier spent the whole time filming the players, the coach and some other important characters of this victory, giving us a very intimate and nice view of them, as if we were with them.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Pelé: Birth of a Legend

2016

The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

The End of the Storm

2020

Featuring exceptional access to Liverpool Football Club, this is the gripping inside story of the club’s 2019/20 Premier League winning season, set against the context of their global fan base waiting for 30 years of disappointment and near misses to come to an end.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Chronicle of an Escape?

The top films similar to Chronicle of an Escape by MovieMagicScore are Breakout (6.3), Kiss of the Spider Woman (6.1), Barbed Wire Dolls (4.7). Each shares thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Chronicle of an Escape worth watching?

Chronicle of an Escape holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 74 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Chronicle of an Escape?

Chronicle of an Escape (2006) is a thriller film directed by Adrián Caetano, starring Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero.

Where can I find more recommendations like Chronicle of an Escape?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more thriller recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Chronicle of an Escape

This ranked list pairs Chronicle of an Escape (2006), a thriller film from Adrián Caetano, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Rodrigo de la Serna take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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