List of prison films
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This is a list of prison films — films which are primarily concerned with prison life or prison escape or have at least one memorable prison scene.
0–9
[edit]A
[edit]- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
- Angel on My Shoulder
- Against the Wall
- Alien 3
- American History X
- Animal Factory
- Anything for Her
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
B
[edit]- Bad Boys (1983)
- Bangkok Hilton
- Beyond Re-Animator
- The Big Bird Cage
- The Big Doll House
- The Big House (1930)
- Big Stan
- Birdman of Alcatraz
- Black Mama White Mama
- Blackmail
- Blood In Blood Out
- Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
- Borstal Boy
- Boys' Reformatory
- Brawl in Cell Block 99
- Breath (2007)
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Bringing Up Baby
- Brokedown Palace
- Bronson
- Brubaker
- Brute Force (1947)
C
[edit]- Caesar Must Die
- Caged Fury (1989)
- Caged in Paradiso
- Canon City
- Captain America: Civil War
- Captain Blood (1935)
- Captives
- Carandiru
- The Case Is Closed, Forget It
- Castle on the Hudson
- Cell 211
- Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
- The Chain Gang (1930)
- Chain Gang (1950)
- Chain Gang (1984)
- Chained Heat
- Chicago (2002)
- Chicken Run
- Chopper
- Civil Brand
- Clash by Night (1963)
- A Clockwork Orange
- Con Air
- Con Games
- The Concrete Jungle
- Condition Red
- Convict 13
- Convicted (1950)
- Convicts 4
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
- Crime After Crime
- The Criminal
- The Criminal Code
- Crulic: The Path to Beyond
D
[edit]- Dear Sarah
- Death Warrant
- Deathrow Gameshow
- Destroyer
- Devil's Island (1939)
- Dirty Hands (2008)
- Dog Pound
- Doing Hard Time
- Doing Time (2002)
- Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
- Dracula's Daughter
- Dressed to Kill (1946)
- Dragon in Jail
- Dust Be My Destiny
E
[edit]- Each Dawn I Die
- Ergastolo
- Ernest Goes to Jail
- Escape from Alcatraz
- Escape from Sobibor
- Escape Plan
- The Escapist (2008)
- Everynight ... Everynight
- The Experiment (2010)
- Das Experiment
F
[edit]- Face/Off
- Fast-Walking
- Felon
- Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion[1]
- The First Time Is the Last Time
- For You I Die
- Fortress (1992)
- Fortress 2: Re-Entry
- Fortune and Men's Eyes
- The Fox of Glenarvon
G
[edit]- Gamer
- Get the Gringo
- Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
- The Ghost of Frankenstein
- Gideon's Trumpet
- Go for Broke! (1951)
- Goodfellas
- Gone With the Wind
- The Green Mile
- Greenfingers
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Gunga Din
H
[edit]- H3
- Half Past Dead
- Half Past Dead 2
- Heartlock
- Hell to Eternity
- Hellgate (1952)
- The Hill
- The Hole (1960)
- Holes
- The Hot Box
- Houdini
- House of Dracula
- House of Frankenstein (1944)
- House of Numbers (1957)
- The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
- Hunger (2008)
- The Hurricane (1937)
- The Hurricane (1999)
I
[edit]- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
- I Believe in You
- I Love You Phillip Morris
- I Want to Live!
- I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy
- If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
- Il camorrista
- In Hell (2003)
- In the Name of the Father
- In Prison Awaiting Trial
- An Innocent Man
- Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
- Invisible Stripes
- Island of Fire
J
[edit]K
[edit]L
[edit]- The Last Castle
- Last Light
- The Last Mile (1959)
- Law Abiding Citizen
- Let's Go to Prison
- Les Misérables (1935)
- Lilies
- Lion's Den (2008)
- Lock Up
- Lockdown
- Locked Up: A Mother's Rage
- The Loners
- The Longest Yard (1974)
- The Longest Yard (2005)
- Love Child (1982)
- Lucky Break (2001)
M
[edit]- Made in Britain
- Madea Goes to Jail
- The Magic of Ordinary Days
- Les mains libres
- Maléfique
- The Maltese Falcon (1931)
- A Man Escaped
- Manners of Dying
- Marquis
- The Mask of Zorro
- Maundy Thursday
- Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
- Mean Machine
- Memoirs of Prison
- Men of San Quentin
- Midnight Express
- Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
- Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019; Philippines)
- Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019; Turkey)
- Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2022)
- Moon 44
- Mrs. Soffel
- Murder in the First
- Mutiny in the Big House
- My Life for Ireland
- My Six Convicts
N
[edit]- Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult
- National Security (2012)
- Natural Born Killers
- New Alcatraz
- The New Guy
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- Night Train to Munich
- No Escape (1994)
- North by Northwest
O
[edit]- Odd Man Out
- Ohm Kruger
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Out of Sight
- Outland
- Outside These Walls
P
[edit]- Paddington 2
- Papillon
- The Paradine Case
- Pardon Us
- The Party
- The Pearl of Death
- Penitentiary (1938)
- Penitentiary II
- Perfect Exchange
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
- Porridge
- The Pot Carriers
- Pressure Point
- Prison (1987)
- Prison Break
- Prison of Secrets
- Prison on Fire
- Prison on Fire II
- Prison on Fire – Life Sentence
- Prison Song
- Prison-A-Go-Go!
- The Prisoner of Shark Island
- Procesado 1040
- A Prophet
- Pros & Cons
- Psycho (1960)
- Public Hero No. 1
- The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
R
[edit]- Raising Arizona
- The Reader
- Reflections on a Crime
- Release the Prisoners to Spring
- Riding High (1950)
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
- Ring of Death
- Riot
- Riot in Cell Block 11
- The Rock
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- Runaway Train
S
[edit]- Sadomania
- Scarlett (1994)
- The Score (1978)
- La Scoumoune
- Scum
- The Second Hundred Years
- Seed (2007)
- A Sense of Freedom
- Seven Keys
- Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Sherlock Holmes (1932)
- Short Eyes
- Shot Caller
- The Sign of the Cross
- Slaughterhouse Rock
- Sleepers
- Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
- The Son of Monte Cristo
- Spotlight Scandals
- Starred Up
- Stir
- Stir Crazy
- Stoic
- Stranger Inside
- Strawberry Fields (1997)
- The Sun Sets at Dawn
T
[edit]- Tango & Cash
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
- Toy Story 3
- The Trial of Joan of Arc
- This Is My Affair
- Tower of London (1939)
- Tower of London (1962)
- Train to Alcatraz (1948)
- True Believer (1989)
- Turning to Stone
- Two Thousand Women
- Two-Way Stretch
U
[edit]- Un chant d'amour
- Unchained
- Undisputed
- Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
- Undisputed III: Redemption
- The United States of Leland
V
[edit]W
[edit]- Walls
- The Weak and the Wicked
- Wedlock
- Wee Willie Winkie
- Weeds
- White Heat
- Wild Bill
- Women in Cell Block 7
- Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
Y
[edit]Z
[edit]- The Zero Years (2005)
Documentaries featuring prisons
[edit]- The Cats of Mirikitani
- Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
- Family Gathering
- The Feminist on Cellblock Y (2018)
- Prison Ball
- To Be Takei
- Topaz (1945)
- Unfinished Business (1985)
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