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
- Animal Factory
- Antebellum
- Asylum
- The Bamboo House of Dolls
- Bastards
- Batman: Assault on Arkham
- The Big Doll House
- The Big House—1930, Ur-Example
- Big Stan
- Birdman of Alcatraz
- Black Mama, White Mama
- Blood In Blood Out
- Boot Camp
- 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 Colony (2016)
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Condemned (1976)
- Convict 13
- The Criminal
- 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
- 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
- Holes
- Hunger
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
- I Love You Phillip Morris
- In Hell
- An Innocent Man
- Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
- Island of Fire
- Jailbait (2014)
- Joshuu Sasori
- 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 McKenzie Break
- Mercenaries
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Midnight Express
- Murder in the First
- Never Say Regret
- The Next Three Days
- No Escape (1994)
- Papillon (1973)
- 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
- 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
- Turkey Shoot
- Unbroken
- Undisputed
- White Heat
- Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
