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1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) more movies like this 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 sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
2	The Green Mile (1999) more movies like this directed by Frank Darabont featuring Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Gary Sinise Director Frank Darabont, who made an acclaimed feature film debut with The Shawshank Redemption (1994), based on a Stephen King novel set in a prison, returns for a second feature, based on King's 1996 serialized novel set in a prison. In 1935, inmates at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility call Death Row "The Green Mile" because of the dark ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95!
3	Midnight Express (1978) more movies like this directed by Alan Parker featuring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle, Paul L. Smith Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his home. Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is an American tourist visiting Turkey with his girlfriend Susan (Irene Miracle) when he's caught by customs officials trying to smuggle a large amount of hashish out of the country. The crime ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.91!
4	Chicago (2002) more movies like this 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 hit Broadway musical Chicago, originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. In the mid-'20s, Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) is a small-time chorus dancer married to a well-meaning dunderhead named ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.66!
5	Cool Hand Luke (1967) more movies like this directed by Stuart Rosenberg featuring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin Paul Newman was nominated for an Oscar and George Kennedy received one for his work in this allegorical prison drama. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain (Strother Martin) is for each prisoner to "get ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $12.26!
6	Out of Sight (1998) more movies like this directed by Steven Soderbergh featuring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina Steven Soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. When ex-con Jack Foley (George Clooney) robs a bank, his car goes dead, and Foley lands in a Florida prison. His escape from prison doesn't go as planned, since it's witnessed by deputy federal marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez). Foley's pal Buddy Bragg (Ving ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90!
7	The Last Castle (2001) more movies like this directed by Rod Lurie featuring Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo, Clifton Collins, Jr. Robert Redford stars in this action drama as General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court-martialed and sent to The Castle, a maximum security military prison. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), who runs his command with an iron fist, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.44!
8	Dead Man Walking (1995) more movies like this 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 capital punishment. Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) is a nun and teacher living in rural Louisiana. One day, she receives a letter from Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), who is scheduled to be executed ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.21!
9	The Hurricane (1999) more movies like this 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 shot to death in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey, Carter and his friend John Artis, driving home from another club in Paterson, were stopped and questioned by police. Although the police asserted that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89!
10	Jailhouse Rock (1957) more movies like this directed by Richard Thorpe featuring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughan Taylor, Jennifer Holden One of the best of Elvis Presley's pre-Army films, Jailhouse Rock offers us the sensual, "dangerous" Elvis that had won the hearts of the kids and earned the animosity of their elders. Presley plays a young buck who accidentally kills a man while protecting the honor of a woman. Thrown into prison, Elvis strikes up a friendship with visionary ... see all copies from $2.11! new only from $14.98!
11 view cover	Murder in the First (1995) more movies like this 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 escape from prison with three other prisoners. One of the escapees was captured, and to curry favor with Warden Glenn (Gary Oldman), he informed on the others. Young was soon brought back to custody, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
12 view cover	Blood In Blood Out (1993) more movies like this directed by Taylor Hackford featuring Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique J. Castillo, Victor Rivers Taylor Hackford directed this urgent melodrama about the realities of street crime, gangs, and prison life among the Chicanos of East Los Angeles. Miklo (Damian Chapa), Paco (Benjamin Bratt) and Cruz (Jesse Borrego) are three friends who are living in the East Los Angeles of 1972 as it is torn apart by violence. When the gang violence hits the ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $8.86!
13 view cover	Brokedown Palace (1999) more movies like this directed by Jonathan Kaplan featuring Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips Two carefree Americans embark on an overseas vacation that soon becomes a nightmare in this powerful drama. Alice (Claire Danes) is a headstrong teenager who wants to do something different to celebrate her high school graduation, so she persuades her more reserved best friend Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) to join her on a trip to Bangkok. While ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89!
14 view cover	Escape from Alcatraz (1979) more movies like this directed by Don Siegel featuring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward No one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood). This Donald Siegel-directed nailbiter is a reenactment of Frank Morris' 1962 attempt to bust himself and two other cons out of The Rock. Eastwood, as Morris, tilts with nasty warden Patrick McGoohan for a while, befriends several fellow prisoners, and ... see all copies from $5.04! new only from $6.75!
15 view cover	Cadence (1991) more movies like this directed by Martin Sheen featuring Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach, Blu Mankuma When a young Caucasian military man is thrown into an all African-American barracks for punishment, he slowly earns the respect of his peers while they all are forced to contend with the prejudicial acts of a racist sergeant. Charlie Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Martin Sheen (who also directed) and others appear in this well-intentioned drama. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15!
16 view cover	Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) more movies like this directed by John Cherry featuring Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Bush, Barry Scott In Ernest Goes to Jail, Jim Varney returns as leering idiot savant Ernest P. Worrall, star of scores of TV commercials and feature films. Varney also takes on a second role in the film: an unrepentant, cold-blooded murderer named Felix Nash. When Ernest serves on the jury for Nash's murder trial, Nash arranges for look-alike Ernest to go to jail, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.51!
17 view cover	Bad Boys (1983) more movies like this directed by Rick Rosenthal featuring Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales, Eric Gurry, Jim Moody Following magnetic performances in Taps (1981) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), young actor Sean Penn sealed his reputation as one of his generation's most gifted performers with his gritty star turn in Bad Boys (1983), an entertaining tale of teen hoodlums in juvenile lock-up. Penn plays Mick O'Brien, a Chicago street tough who's planning ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.14!
18 view cover	An Innocent Man (1989) more movies like this directed by Peter Yates featuring Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche, Richard Young In Peter Yates' crime drama An Innocent Man, Tom Selleck plays Jimmie Rainwood, a stock figure airline maintenance supervisor with a perfect family. Then, one day, Jimmie decides to take a shower. While scrubbing himself clean, two crooked cops are getting themselves dirtier. Mike Parnell (David Rasche) and Danny Scalise (Richard Young) are the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.51!
19 view cover	Mrs. Soffel (1984) more movies like this directed by Gillian Armstrong featuring Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado Based on a true story, Mrs. Soffel is set in Pittsburgh near the dawn of the 20th century. Peter Soffel (Edward Herrmann) is the warden of a top security prison, and his wife Kate (Diane Keaton) often comes by to read the Bible aloud to the inmates, despite her fragile health. While making her rounds, she makes the acquaintance of the Biddle ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.80!
20 view cover	Greenfingers (2001) more movies like this directed by Joel Hershman featuring Clive Owen, David Kelly, Helen Mirren, Natasha Little, Warren Clarke, Danny Dyer A fish-out-of-water comedy in the vein of 1997's oft-imitated The Full Monty, Greenfingers takes as its inspiration the true story of a group of British criminals who bettered themselves through the delicate art of gardening. Croupier's Clive Owen plays Colin Briggs, a taciturn inmate doing time for murder. When it's suggested he transfer to a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.04!
21 view cover	Big Doll House (1971) more movies like this directed by Jack Hill featuring Sid Haig Jack Hill directed this alternately brutal and campy look at desperate women behind bars. An American named Collier (Judy Brown) has been convicted of murder in the Philippines and is sentenced to a grim women's prison in the jungle, where a mysterious German woman, Miss Deitrich (Christiane Schmidtmer), is the warden, and her head guard, sadistic ... see all copies from $7.60!
22 view cover	Oz: Season 02 (1998) more movies like this Season two of Oz gets under way in the wake of the bloody riot at "Emerald City," the experimental unit set up on Cell Block 5 of Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary, in which eight are killed and 34 wounded. Though it is obvious to many observers that the ruthlessly ambitious Governor Devlin (Zeljko Ivanek) has used the riot as an excuse to ... see all copies from $12.98! new only from $33.62!
23 view cover	Life (1999) more movies like this directed by Ted Demme featuring Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac Comedians Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence team up for a story that wouldn't appear to have many immediate humorous possibilities -- two men serving life sentences in prison for a crime they did not commit. Life opens in Harlem in 1932, where Ray Gibson (Eddie Murphy) is a small-time con man in debt to Spanky, a gangster (Rick James). Ray spots ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.65!
24 view cover	Chattahoochee (1990) more movies like this directed by Mick Jackson featuring Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Pamela Reed, Ned Beatty Since Chattahoochee is a story based on true events, it may seem absurd to suggest that the actual events of Chattahoochee are pirated from other true-life tales like Gideon's Trumpet. But it certainly seems as if true stories are just as derivative as any fictional narrative coming out of Hollywood. The Chattahoochee saga details the Emmett Foley ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.15!
25 view cover	Half Past Dead (2002) more movies like this directed by Don Michael Paul featuring Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Tony Plana, Bruce Weitz Action hero Steven Seagal goes behind bars -- though don't worry, he isn't really a bad guy -- in this action thriller. Sascha Petrosevitch (Seagal) is an FBI agent working undercover to infiltrate a gangland kingpin's operations. While Petrosevitch is able to gain the trust of one of the gangster's lieutenants, Nick Frazier (Ja Rule), things go ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.18!

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