There is a wide variety of prison movies out there. In no particular order, the following is a list I composed of movie/show titles that are about prison.
- Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- The Last Castle (2001)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- The Longest Yard (1974 & 2005)
- The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
- Dog Pound (2010)
- I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
- I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
- In Hell (2003)
- Escape To Victory (1981)
- The Escapist (2008)
- Holes (2003)
- 20,000 Years In Sing Sing (1932)
- The McKenzie Break (1970)
- Le Trou (1959)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- The Great Raid (2005)
- Jailbait (2003)
- Starred Up (2013)
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
- American History X (1998)
- 25th Hour (2002)
- The Life of David Gale (2003)
- Papillon (1973)
- Alien 3 (1992)
- 48 Hours (1982)
- My Cousin Vinny (1992)
- Midnight Express (1978)
- Chicago (2002)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Take The Money And Run (1969)
- Dean Man Walking (1995)
- Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
- American Me (1992)
- Sleepers (1996)
- Rescue Dawn (2006)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- The Hurricane (1999)
- Brubaker (1980)
- Brute Force (1947)
- Con Air (1997)
- Stir Crazy (1980)
- Scum (1979)
- Gridiron Gang (2006)
- Hunger (2008)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- Bad Boys (1983)
- Down By Law (1986)
- In The Name of The Father (1993)
- A Prophet (2009)
- The Rock (1996)
- Death Race (2008)
- Bronson (2009)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Jailhouse Rock (1957)
- Felon (2008)
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Escape From New York (1981)
- Life (1999)
- Cube (1997)
- The Expeiriment (2010)
- Brokedown Palace (1999)
- Murder In The First (1994)
- Schindler’s List (1993)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
- Tango And Cash (1989)
- The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Get The Gringo (2011)
- Lock Up (1989)
- Animal Factory (2000)
- Cell 211 (2009)
- Escape Plan (2013)
- Mean Machine (2001)
- Prison (1987)
- The Grand Illusion (1937)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- R (2010)
- Caged (1950)
- Caged Heat (1974)
- Carandiru (2003)
- Loving The Bad Man (2010)
- Lockout (2012)
- The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
- Innocent On Death Row (2017)
- Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)
- Prison Break (1938)
- Rise (2016)
- Under Lock and Key (1995)
- Prison of Secrets (1997)
- The Prison (2017)
- Steel Toes (2007)
- Prison Shadows (1936)
- Cast No Shadow (2017)
- The Number (2018)
- Shot Caller (2017)
- Big Stan (2008)
- Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
- Let’s Go To Prison (2006)
- The Jericho Mile (1979)
- The Visit (2001)
- The Hill (1965)
- Conviction (2001)
- Stoic (2009)
- Tracks (2004)
- Shackles (2005)
- Forbrydelser/In Your Hands (2004)
- Prison Break (2005-2017)
- Orange Is The New Black (2013)
- White Collar (2009-2014)
- Oz (1997-2003)
- Wentworth (2013)
- Beyond Scared Straight (2011)
- Breakout Kings (2011)
- The Prisoner (2009)
- AlcatrazĀ (2012)
- Behind Bars: America’s Toughest Jail (2012)
- Prison Fighters: Five Rounds To Freedom (2017)
- Prison Dads (2013)
- Women Behind Bars (2008-2010)
- Prison Wives Club (2014)
- Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994)
- Animal (2005)
- Convict 13 (1921)
- Train To Alcatraz (1948)
- Devil’s Island (1939)
- Savage Dog (2017)
- The Chair (2016)
- Cellmates (2011)
- Inside (2012)
- Maximum Conviction (2012)
- Riot (2015)
- Angry Planet (2009)
- Racing For Time (2007)
- Guilt By Association (2001)
- Prison Song (2001)
- Monster’s Ball (2001)
- 15 To Life (2002)
- The Killing Yard (2001)
- First Time Felon (1997)
- Life (1999)
- A Letter From Death Row (1998)
- Pros And Cons (1999)
- Within These Walls (2001)
- Dead Man Walking (1995)
- The Concrete Jungle (1982)
- Penitentiary (1979)
- Ernest Goes To Jail (1990)
- Jacktown (1962)
- The Criminal Code (1931)
- Numbered Men (1930)
- Love Child (1982)
- The Last Mile (1959)
- Death Warrant (1990)
- Bound By Honor (1993)
- Madea Goes To Jail (2006)
- The Mulberry Tree (2010)
- City Island (2009)
- Proximity (2001)
- The Mannsfield 12 (2007)
- Angry Planet (2009)
- Stone (2010)
- The Next Three Days (2010)
- True Story (2015)
- Coldwater (2013)
- The Wrath of Cain (2010)
- Nothing But The Truth (2008)
- Forever Strong (2008)
- Locked Down (2010)
- God Has A Rap Sheet (2002)
- Fortress (1992)
- Broken Bars (1995)
- Doin’ Time (1985)
- Six Against The Rock (1987)
- The Fence (1994)
- San Quentin (1937)
- Inside The Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
- House of Numbers (1957)
- Wedlock (1991)
- The Wounded (2002)
- Doing Hard Time (2004)
- Firelight (2012)
- Inside (2012)
- She Made Them Do It (2013)
- Escape Plan (2013)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Left To Die (2012)
- Vendetta (2015)
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
- The Chair (1988)
- Convict Cowboy (1995)
- Mrs. Soffel (1984)
- Evasive Action (1998)
- Stranger Inside (2001)
- Redeemer (2002)
- Unspeakable (2002)
- Undisputed (2002)
- Civil Brand (2002)
- Con Games (2001)
- Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
- Fled (1996)
- First Time Felon (1997)
- Back By Midnight (2002)
- Middle of Nowhere (2012)
- Get Hard (2015)
- Unshackled (2000)
- Chattahoochee (1989)
- On The Yard (1978)
If you know of any other titles, please share in the comments below. Thank you.
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