The Way Back (2010) Reviews & Ratings

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

The Way Back reviews

The Way Back holds a 7.0/10 average from 1,819 TMDB ratings.

It is always a pleasure to watch one of Ed Harris movies. The plot hooks you and the staging is impressive but the movie is not as thrilling as it could have been.
— Andres Gomez (7/10)

***Better to die free than live under the shackles of communism*** "The Way Back" (2010) takes place circa 1940-42 and details a group's mad escape from a Siberian gulag through the cold, desolate Soviet wilderness into Mongolia, across the great Gobi desert, through mountainous Tibet and ultimately freedom in India. The film was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz' popular book "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to F…
— Wuchak (8/10)

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

Movies like The Way Back

If you enjoyed The Way Back, these movies have a similar feel:

• The Great Escape (1963)
• I Am David (2003)
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
• Richard Jewell (2019)
• The Boy in the Woods (2023)
• Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
• Rescue Dawn (2007)
• The Monuments Men (2014)
• Passage to Marseille (1944)
• The Cut (2014)
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
• Dark of the Sun (1968)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app