Category
page 1American prison drama films
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont
The Green Mile
1999 film directed by Frank Darabont
American History X
1998 film directed by Tony Kaye
Midnight Express
1978 film directed by Alan Parker
The Great Escape
1963 American film by John Sturges
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 film directed by Matt Reeves
Cool Hand Luke
1967 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Papillon
1973 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Dead Man Walking
1995 film by Tim Robbins
Sleepers
1996 film directed by Barry Levinson
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 film by Kevin Reynolds
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 film directed by Héctor Babenco
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Lock Up
1989 film by John Flynn
The Last Castle
2001 film by Rod Lurie
Brubaker
Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richter is a fictionalized version of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams, detailing Murton's uncovering of the 1967 prison scandal. The film features a large supporting cast, including Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Tim McIntire, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh, Everett McGill a
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 film by John Frankenheimer
Undisputed
2002 film directed by Walter Hill
The Big House
1930 film directed by George W. Hill
The Mauritanian
2021 film directed by Kevin Macdonald
Holes
2003 film by Andrew Davis
A Hidden Life
2019 film by Terrence Malick
Stone
2010 film directed by John Curran
He Got Game
1998 film directed by Spike Lee
Sing Sing
2024 film directed by Greg Kwedar
Murder in the First
1995 film by Marc Rocco
Caged
1950 film by John Cromwell
True Story
2015 film directed by Rupert Goold
Felon
2008 film directed by Ric Roman Waugh
Blood In Blood Out
1993 film directed by Taylor Hackford
Brute Force
1947 film by Jules Dassin
Camp X-Ray
2014 film directed by Peter Sattler
Life
1999 film by Ted Demme
The United States of Leland
2003 film by Matthew Ryan Hoge
Against the Wall
1994 television film directed by John Frankenheimer
Bad Boys
1983 film directed by Rick Rosenthal
Brokedown Palace
1999 film by Jonathan Kaplan
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz
A Prayer Before Dawn
2017 film by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Mrs. Soffel
1984 film by Gillian Armstrong
Invisible Stripes
1939 film by Lloyd Bacon
Animal Factory
2000 film by Steve Buscemi
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025 film)
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a 2025 American musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon, based on the 1992 stage musical, itself based on Manuel Puig's 1976 novel. It stars Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, and Jennifer Lopez.
American Me
1992 film directed by Edward James Olmos
Captive
2015 film by Jerry Jameson
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 film by John Ford
Cadence
1990 film by Martin Sheen
Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground
2009 film directed by Jesse V. Johnson
The Criminal Code
1931 film by Howard Hawks
San Quentin
1937 film by Lloyd Bacon
True Believer
1989 film by Joseph Ruben
Clemency
2019 film by Chinonye Chukwu
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 film by Lewis Seiler
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 film by Don Siegel
Castle on the Hudson
1940 film by Anatole Litvak
My Six Convicts
1952 film by Hugo Fregonese
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 film by Crane Wilbur
Pressure Point
1962 film by Hubert Cornfield
The Glass House
1972 television film directed by Tom Gries
6,000 Enemies
1939 film by George B. Seitz