List Of Prison Films

This is a list of prison films—films which are primarily concerned with prison life or prison escape.

0-9

* ''13 Dead Men''
* ''20,000 Years in Sing Sing''
* ''3 Deewarein''
* ''6,000 Enemies''

A

* '' 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

* '' 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

* '' 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 film)''
* '' 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

* ''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

* ''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

* '' Face/Off''
* ''Fast-Walking''
* '' Felon''
* '' Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion''
* '' 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

* ''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

* '' 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

* '' 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

* '' Jailbait'' (2004)
* ''Jamila dan Sang Presiden''
* ''Je li jasno, prijatelju?''
* ''El juego de Arcibel''
* '' Juarez'' (1939)

K

* ''Kill Kill Faster Faster''
* ''King of the Damned''
* '' Kiss of the Spider Woman''

L

* '' 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

* ''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''
* '' Moon 44''
* '' Mrs. Soffel''
* '' Murder in the First''
* '' Mutiny in the Big House''
* '' My Life for Ireland''
* '' My Six Convicts''

N

* '' Naked Gun : 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

* '' Odd Man Out''
* ''Ohm Kruger''
* '' One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich''
* '' Out of Sight''
* '' Outland''
* '' Outside These Walls''

P

* '' 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

* '' 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

* '' 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

* '' Tango and 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

* ''Un chant d'amour''
* '' Unchained''
* '' Undisputed''
* '' Undisputed II: Last Man Standing''
* '' Undisputed III: Redemption''
* '' The United States of Leland''

V

* '' Vendetta''
* ''Violence in a Women's Prison''
* '' Virginia City'' (1940)

W

* '' 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

* ''You Can't Beat the Law''
* '' You Can't Take It With You''

Z

* ''The Zero Years'' (2005)

Documentaries featuring prisons

* '' The Cats of Mirikitani''
* '' Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo''
* '' Family Gathering''
One Punch Homicide
* ''The Feminist on Cellblock Y'' (2018)
* ''Prison Ball''
* ''To Be Takei''
* ''Topaz'' (1945)
* '' Unfinished Business'' (1985)

See also

* Prison film
* Films set on Devil's Island
* :Films set in prison

References

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