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1 Oz (1997 TV series)

A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.

 9.3/10 11,035
2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

 9.2/10 461,931
3 Prison Break (2005 TV series)
Episode: Go

Dr. Sarah questions if she should leave a light on and the door open for Michael, who must betray the Pope in order to carry out his escape plan...

 9.1/10 679
4 Prison Break (2005 TV series)

Due to a political conspiracy an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out from the inside out.

 8.9/10 63,846
5 The Suffering (2004 video game)

A death row convict must fight his way to freedom when nightmarish monsters invade the prison.

 8.8/10 229
6 Attica (1974 documentary)

In 1971, inmates at Attica State Prison seized control of D-yard and took 35 hostages after peaceful efforts for reforms failed. Attica investigates the rebellion and its bloody suppression, revealing institutionalized injustices, sanctioned dishonesty, and abuses of power.

 8.6/10 21
7 NewsRadio (1995 TV series)
Episode: Jail 		"   51
8 Przesluchanie (1989)

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

 8.5/10 522
9 The Great Escape (1963)

Allied POWs plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

 8.4/10 56,610
10 Cool Hand Luke (1967)

A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.

 8.3/10 41,241
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11 The Green Mile (1999) 8.3/10 177,451
12 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.2/10 23,181
13 Mia zoi tin ehoume (1958) "   231
14 What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003 documentary) "   49
15 Blackadder II (1986 TV series)
Episode: Chains 		"   133
16 Superjail! (2007 TV series short) "   841
17 Hustle (2004 TV series)
Episode: Return of the Prodigal 		"   48
18 Hustle (2004 TV series)
Episode: Lest Ye Be Judged 		"   17
19 Un prophète (2009) 8.1/10 1,853
20 La grande illusion (1937) 8.0/10 11,527
21 Le trou (1960) "   2,897
22 Yol (1982) "   2,269
23 Bangkok Hilton (1989 TV mini-series) "   1,928
24 Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness (1995 TV movie) "   430
25 Autovaras (1991 TV movie) "   70
26 Casque d'or (1952) 7.9/10 1,264
27 The Hill (1965) "   3,944
28 The Blues Brothers (1980) "   59,087
29 Das Experiment (2001) "   20,409
30 À nous la liberté (1931) 7.8/10 1,355
31 Brute Force (1947) "   2,054
32 Prisoner (1979 TV series) "   328
33 The Fugitive (1993) "   89,901
34 Longford (2006 TV movie) "   1,163
35 Stuck! (2009) "   10
36 Night Club Scandal (1937) 7.7/10 6
37 Prison sans barreaux (1938) "   11
38 You Only Live Once (1937) 7.6/10 1,341
39 Salvatore Giuliano (1962) "   611
40 Die Verrohung des Franz Blum (1974) "   45
41 Midnight Express (1978) "   21,558
42 Danton (1983) "   1,611
43 Capote (2005) "   38,657
44 Yodok Stories (2008 documentary) "   50
45 The Glass House (1972 TV movie) 7.5/10 215
46 L'argent (1983) "   1,861
47 Carandiru (2003) "   5,640
48 The Big Valley (1965 TV series)
Episode: Four Days to Furnace Hill 		"   6
49 Home Movies (1999 TV series)
Episode: Time to Pay the Price 		"   17
50 L'instinct de mort (2008) "   4,077
51 Black Tuesday (1954) 7.4/10 72
52 Nadzór (1985) "   31
53 The Maze (2002 TV documentary) "   12
54 Convict 13 (1920 short) 7.3/10 619
55 Reformatory (1938) "   14
56 Three Came Home (1950) "   540
57 Gam yuk fung wan (1987) "   730
58 Let Him Have It (1991) "   1,525
59 Buffalo '66 (1998) "   16,438
60 Canon City (1948) 7.2/10 81
61 Short Eyes (1977) "   236
62 Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988) "   623
63 Monster's Ball (2001) "   35,568
64 Infamous (2006) "   6,286
65 Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) "   4,167
66 Dead Leaves (2004 video) "   798
67 Pour elle (2008) "   591
68 Pressure Point (1962) 7.1/10 391
69 The Longest Yard (1974) "   6,051
70 A Sense of Freedom (1979) "   149
71 Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô (1972) "   765
72 Prítelkyne z domu smutku (1992 TV mini-series) "   27
73 S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge (2003 documentary) "   373
74 Hell's Highway (1932) 7.0/10 173
75 Triple Trouble (1950) "   111
76 The Indian Runner (1991) "   3,496
77 Forbrydelser (2004) "   612
78 Goodbye Bafana (2007) "   3,100
79 Walker, Texas Ranger (1993 TV series)
Episode: Break-In 		"   14
80 Soom (2007) "   1,608
81 Revolver (1973) 6.9/10 325
82 King of New York (1990) "   9,425
83 The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) 6.8/10 62
84 Road Gang (1936) "   21
85 Convicted (1950) "   183
86 Greenfingers (2000) "   2,579
87 Piilopaikka kahdelle (2005 TV movie) "   5
88 The Big Guy (1939) 6.7/10 8
89 Jian yu bu she fang (1990) "   33
90 Against the Wall (1994 TV movie) "   1,042
91 Borstal Boy (2000) "   847
92 Death Race (2008) "   34,958
93 Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936) 6.6/10 26
94 G-Men Never Forget (1948) "   57
95 Better Off Dead (1993 TV movie) "   55
96 Animal Factory (2000) "   5,902
97 Reformatório das Depravadas (1978) "   7
98 Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) "   3,016
99 The Chain Gang (1930 short) 6.5/10 107
100 Prison Nurse (1938) "   9

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