Prison Film
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    Movies

    Buy and Cell (1989)

    An imprisoned stockbroker makes a fortune for himself and his fellow inmates while behind bars.

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    Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

    Based on the true story of a hardened convict who engineered an elaborate plan to bust out of the...

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    Murder in the First (1995)

    A young lawyer (Christian Slater) argues inhumane treatment in the murder defense of a 1930s...

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    Prison Planet

    A lone rebel fights to free his people after being sent to a barren desert wasteland.

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    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)

    An innocent man is sent to a prison farm, where he endures the dehumanizing effects of a cruel...

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    20,000 Years in Sing-Sing (1932)

    The warden lets a convict (Spencer Tracy) out on the honor system to visit his injured girlfriend...

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    The New Guy (2002)

    In jail, a teenager (D. J. Qualls) meets another inmate who shows him how to act cool at his high...

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    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man (Tim Robbins) in a corrupt Maine...

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    The Green Mile (1999)

    In 1935 a head prison guard (Tom Hanks) realizes a man (Michael Clarke Duncan) on death row may be...

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    Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

    In a Latin American prison, an emotional relationship evolves between a homosexual and his cellmate,...

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    Dead Man Walking (1995)

    A nun (Susan Sarandon) helps a double murderer (Sean Penn) deal with his actions and prepare for his...

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    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    A newsman (James Cagney) is framed for manslaughter, then sent to prison, where he meets a gangster...

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    Brute Force (1947)

    Hatred for the fascist warden (Hume Cronyn) drives a convict (Burt Lancaster) and his cellmates to...

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    Devil's Island

    A French doctor (Boris Karloff) sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison...

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    Return to Sender

    A Texas defense attorney (Aidan Quinn) investigates the case of a death-row inmate (Connie Nielsen)...

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    The Hurricane (1999)

    Aided by a Brooklyn teen (Vicellous Reon Shannon) and three Canadians, boxer Rubin Carter (Denzel...

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    The Visit (2000)

    About an imprisoned man who overcomes his anger and seeks redemption.

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    Quase Dois Irmaos (2005)

    An optimistic politician makes a proposition to his old friend (Antônio Pompêo), an incarcerated...

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    Prison (1988)

    The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.

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    Captives (1996)

    An inmate blackmails a prison dentist (Julia Ormond) who has fallen into an affair with a murder...

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    Slam (1998)

    Jailed as a murder suspect and a drug dealer, a black poet (Saul Williams) denounces violence, gangs...

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    Jackson County Jail (1976)

    Yvette Mimieux delivers a sensitive, nuanced performance in a role that could have easily spread...

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    Everynight, Everynight

    A prison drama centering around an inmate, Dale, who hits a prison guard and winds up in a...

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    Life (1997)

    Two HIV positive prisoners tell their stories from their cell. When one dies, the other injects a...

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    10 Violent Women

    This women's prison drama from exploitation filmmaker Ted V. Mikels concerns female miners who...

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    Chaindance

    As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny...

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    Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

    A case of mistaken identity lands a bumbling bank janitor in the slammer and his criminal look-alike...

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    Fast Walking

    A prison guard (James Woods) joins two plots: one to kill an activist inmate (Robert Hooks), one to...

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    Macon County Jail

    This drama, which bears a certain resemblance to Jackson County Jail, also produced in part by Roger...

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    Death House

    An innocent convict (Dennis Cole) discovers a military plot to use death-row inmates for...