This is an index for films mainly set in Prisons, POW Camps, and similar settings.
A particular variation of this is the "women in prison" genre, which is usually made for titillation and is associated with camp Exploitation Films more than anything.
Examples:
- Against the Wall
- Alien³
- Andersonville
- And God Created Woman (1988)
- Animal Factory
- Antebellum
- Asylum (1972 Horror)
- Attica
- The Bamboo House of Dolls
- Bastards
- Batman: Assault on Arkham
- Before I Hang
- Beyond the Walls
- The Big Doll House
- The Big House—1930, Ur-Example
- Big House Bunny
- Big Stan
- Birdman of Alcatraz
- Black Mama, White Mama
- Blood In Blood Out
- Boot Camp (2008)
- Brawl in Cell Block 99
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Brokedown Palace
- Bronson
- Brute Force (1947)
- The Burmese Harp
- Caged
- Caged Heat
- Camp X-Ray
- Captives
- Chicken Run
- Chopper
- The Colditz Story
- The Colony (2016)
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Condemned (1976)
- Convict 13
- Convicted Woman
- The Criminal
- The Day The Clown Died
- Death Race
- Death Warrant
- Deathwatch (1966)
- Diary of a Lost Girl
- Down by Law
- Each Dawn I Die
- Empire of the Sun
- Ernest Goes to Jail
- Escape from Alcatraz
- Escape from Sobibór
- Escape Plan
- Escape to Victory
- The Escapist (2008)
- Das Experiment
- Fate of a Man
- Felon
- Fortress (1992)
- Gamer
- Gentlemen of Fortune
- Golden Queens Commando
- Gothika
- The Grand Illusion
- The Great Escape
- Greenfingers
- The Green Mile
- The Grey Zone
- Harmony
- Hart's War
- The Hill
- Holes
- Hunger
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
- I Love You Phillip Morris
- Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
- In Hell
- An Innocent Man
- In the Name of the Father
- Island of Fire
- I Want to Live!
- Jailbait (2014)
- Joshuu Sasori
- King of Devil's Island
- Kung Fu Jungle
- Ladies They Talk About
- The Last Castle
- Law Abiding Citizen
- The Letter Room
- Let's Go to Prison
- Life (1999)
- Life Is Beautiful
- Lock Up
- The Longest Yard
- Madea Goes to Jail
- A Man Escaped
- The Manhunt
- The Man Who Turned to Stone
- The Mayor of Hell
- The McKenzie Break
- Mercenaries
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Mesrine - Part I: Killer Instinct
- Midnight Express
- Murder in the First
- Never Say Regret
- The Next Three Days
- No Escape (1994)
- Papillon (1973)
- Paranormal Prison
- Pardon Us
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
- Pound
- Prison
- Prison On Fire
- The Prisoner
- A Prophet
- Reform School Girls
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
- The Rock
- Scum
- Shadow Killers Tiger Force
- Shapeshifter
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Shoeshine
- Shot Caller
- Skidoo
- Son of a Gun
- So Young, So Bad
- Spiderhead
- Stalag 17
- Stalag Luft
- Starred Up
- Stir Crazy
- Strange Cargo
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
- There Was a Crooked Man...
- To End All Wars
- Toy Story 3
- Le Trou
- Turkey Shoot
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
- Unbroken
- Undisputed
- White Heat
- Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies