Prison Films

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.

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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 Plan 2: Hades
  • Escape Plan: The Extractors
• Escape to Victory
• The Escapist (2008)
• Das Experiment
• Fate of a Man
• Felon
• Fortress (1992)
  • Fortress 2: Re-Entry
• 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
  • Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
  • Undisputed III: Redemption
• White Heat
• Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies