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1. Murder in the First (1995)
directed by Marc Rocco
featuring Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, William H. Macy
This shocking prison drama was inspired by a true story. In 1938, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon), sentenced to Alcatraz for stealing $5, attempted to ... More
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2. Animal Factory (2000)
directed by Steve Buscemi
featuring Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Steve Buscemi
Actor-turned-director Steve Buscemi follows up on his restrained 1996 directorial debut Trees Lounge (1996) with this gritty, understated prison ... More
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3. Doing Hard Time (2004)
directed by Preston A. Whitmore II
featuring Boris Kodjoe, Giancarlo Esposito, Jaszmin Lexis, Reagan Gomez-Preston
A man turns to crime in the name of justice in this hard-hitting drama. Michael (Boris Kodjoe) was a good father and a law-abiding citizen until the ... More
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4. The United States of Leland (2004)
directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge
featuring Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin
Produced by Kevin Spacey, The United States of Leland is a psychological drama concerning the aftereffects of a brutal murder. It's also the first ... More
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5. Slam (1998)
directed by Marc Levin
featuring Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone
Filmmaker Marc Levin, known for his documentaries exploring prison life, drug addiction, and street gangs, won the 1998 Sundance Film Festival grand ... More
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6. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
directed by John Frankenheimer
featuring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas
In this film based on a true story, Burt Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a withdrawn prison inmate who cures a sick bird that flies into his cell and ... More
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7. Caged (1950)
directed by John Cromwell
featuring Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson, Betty Garde, Jan Sterling
Caged, considered the best woman's prison film ever made, represents a union between realistic socially conscious drama and the more stylized world ... More
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8. The Pursuit of Happiness (1970)
directed by Robert Mulligan
featuring Barbara Hershey, Michael Sarrazin, Ruth White
William Popper (Michael Sarrazin) is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can ... More
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9. Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1993)
directed by George Hickenlooper
featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh
A disturbed man looks back at his past as he faces an uncertain future in this dramatic short subject. Teresa (Molly Ringwald), a young journalist, ... More
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10. Une Part du Ciel (2002)
directed by Bénédicte Liénard
featuring Séverine Caneele, Sofia Leboutte, Josiane Stoleru, Naima Hireche, Annick Keusterman
The harsh realities of prison life are parallelled with the day-to-day drone of factory work in director Bénédicte Liénard's dramatic study in ... More
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11. Levity (2003)
directed by Ed Solomon
featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst, Dorian Harewood
Action comedy screenwriter Ed Solomon switches gears to psychological drama for his feature film directing debut, Levity. Manual Jordan (Billy Bob ... More
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12. The Glass House (1972)
directed by Tom Gries
featuring Alan Alda, Vic Morrow
A group of new prisoners, including a political science professor, Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda), and a student, Allan Campbell (Kristoffer Tabori), ... More
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13. Punishment Park (1971)
directed by Peter Watkins
featuring Paul Alelyanes, Carmen Argenziano, Stan Armsted, Harold Beaulieu, Jim Bohan
While Peter Watkins' films of the 1960s reflected the political turmoil and tumult of that decade, 1971's Punishment Park offered a disturbing look ... More
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14. Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
directed by Frank Pierson
featuring Arliss Howard, Roy Scheider
Based on Doug Magee's novel Slow Coming Dark, the made-for-cable Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture is about a photojournalist (Roy Scheider) who is ... More
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15. The Twilight (2002)
directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
A recently released ex-convict learns that there are many different forms of imprisonment in this fact-based tale from Iranian filmmaker Mohammad ... More
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16. La Furia (1997)
directed by Juan Bautista Stagnaro
featuring Diego Torres, Laura Novoa, Luis Brandoni
An artist whose eyesight was damaged by the ruling despotic regime finds his sons torn in two opposing directions by the powers that be in Haute ... More
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17. Karmen Geï (2001)
directed by Joseph Gaï Ramaka
featuring Jeinaba Diop Gai, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle, Thierno Ndiaye, El Hadji Ndiaye
The story of tempestuous Carmen, first told in a short story by Prosper Merimee and made famous in an opera by Georges Bizet, gets a new and striking ... More
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18. Dog Pound (2013)
directed by Kim Chapiron
featuring Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales
Three boys caught between youth and adulthood struggle to survive behind bars in this hard-hitting drama. Alex (Mateo Morales), Butch (Adam Butcher) ... More
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19. Shamo (2008)
directed by Cheang Pou Soi, Soi Cheang
featuring Shawn Yue, Masato, Dylan Kuo, Francis Ng, Bruce Leung
A Hong Kong adaptation of a Japanese manga, director Soi Cheang's follow-up to the dark 2006 thriller Dog Bit Dog stars Hong Kong teen idol Shawn Yue ... More
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20. In Your Hands (2005)
directed by Annette K. Olesen
featuring Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus Christiansen, Sonja Richter, Lars Ranthe
Anna (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen of Italian for Beginners) has just been hired as the chaplain at a women's prison. Inexperienced, but compassionate and ... More
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21. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
directed by Frank Darabont
featuring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Bill Sadler, Clancy Brown
In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's ... More
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22. Chicago (2002)
directed by Rob Marshall
featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly
A starry-eyed would-be star discovers just how far the notion that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" can go in this screen adaptation of the ... More
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23. The Hurricane (1999)
directed by Norman Jewison
featuring Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a top-ranked middleweight boxer whom many fight fans expected to become world champion. When three people were ... More
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24. Dead Man Walking (1995)
directed by Tim Robbins
featuring Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey
Tim Robbins' second directorial effort (after the political satire Bob Roberts) was this drama based on a true story, which explores the issue of ... More
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25. Brubaker (1980)
directed by Stuart Rosenberg
featuring Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith
Fact-based drama starring Robert Redford as Henry Brubaker, the new inmate at a run-down Southern prison that's become notorious for corruption and ... More
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