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Oz
(1997 TV series)
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants. |
9.3/10 | 10,784 |
| 2 |
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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 | 454,307 |
| 3 |
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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 | 672 |
| 4 |
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The Suffering
(2004 video game)
A death row convict must fight his way to freedom when nightmarish monsters invade the prison. |
8.9/10 | 224 |
| 5 |
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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. |
" | 62,841 |
| 6 |
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Stuck! (2009) | 8.6/10 | 5 |
| 7 |
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Mia zoi tin ehoume
(1958)
A bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich |
8.5/10 | 221 |
| 8 |
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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. |
" | 21 |
| 9 |
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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 | 55,874 |
| 10 |
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Cool Hand Luke
(1967)
A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison. |
8.3/10 | 40,627 |
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| 11 | The Green Mile (1999) | 8.3/10 | 174,234 | |
| 12 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 8.2/10 | 22,784 | |
| 13 | What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003 documentary) | " | 48 | |
| 14 |
Blackadder II
(1986 TV series)
Episode: Chains |
" | 127 | |
| 15 | Superjail! (2007 TV series short) | " | 814 | |
| 16 |
Hustle
(2004 TV series)
Episode: Return of the Prodigal |
" | 47 | |
| 17 |
Hustle
(2004 TV series)
Episode: Lest Ye Be Judged |
" | 16 | |
| 18 | Un prophète (2009) | 8.1/10 | 1,312 | |
| 19 | Casque d'or (1952) | 8.0/10 | 1,241 | |
| 20 | Le trou (1960) | " | 2,839 | |
| 21 | Yol (1982) | " | 2,220 | |
| 22 | Bangkok Hilton (1989 TV mini-series) | " | 1,905 | |
| 23 | Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness (1995 TV movie) | " | 428 | |
| 24 | Autovaras (1991 TV movie) | " | 68 | |
| 25 | The Hill (1965) | 7.9/10 | 3,911 | |
| 26 | The Blues Brothers (1980) | " | 58,552 | |
| 27 | Das Experiment (2001) | " | 20,079 | |
| 28 | À nous la liberté (1931) | 7.8/10 | 1,333 | |
| 29 | Brute Force (1947) | " | 1,997 | |
| 30 | Prisoner (1979 TV series) | " | 322 | |
| 31 | The Fugitive (1993) | " | 88,846 | |
| 32 | Longford (2006 TV movie) | " | 1,141 | |
| 33 | Night Club Scandal (1937) | 7.7/10 | 6 | |
| 34 | Salvatore Giuliano (1962) | " | 585 | |
| 35 | Prison sans barreaux (1938) | " | 11 | |
| 36 | You Only Live Once (1937) | 7.6/10 | 1,308 | |
| 37 | Die Verrohung des Franz Blum (1974) | " | 45 | |
| 38 | Midnight Express (1978) | " | 21,213 | |
| 39 | Capote (2005) | " | 38,213 | |
| 40 | Yodok Stories (2008 documentary) | " | 48 | |
| 41 | The Glass House (1972 TV movie) | 7.5/10 | 213 | |
| 42 | L'argent (1983) | " | 1,817 | |
| 43 | Carandiru (2003) | " | 5,572 | |
| 44 |
The Big Valley
(1965 TV series)
Episode: Four Days to Furnace Hill |
" | 6 | |
| 45 |
Home Movies
(1999 TV series)
Episode: Time to Pay the Price |
" | 17 | |
| 46 | L'instinct de mort (2008) | " | 3,783 | |
| 47 | The Maze (2002 TV documentary) | 7.4/10 | 12 | |
| 48 | Convict 13 (1920 short) | 7.3/10 | 602 | |
| 49 | Reformatory (1938) | " | 14 | |
| 50 | Three Came Home (1950) | " | 533 | |
| 51 | Black Tuesday (1954) | " | 71 | |
| 52 | Nadzór (1985) | " | 30 | |
| 53 | Gam yuk fung wan (1987) | " | 721 | |
| 54 | Let Him Have It (1991) | " | 1,518 | |
| 55 | Buffalo '66 (1998) | " | 16,248 | |
| 56 |
NewsRadio
(1995 TV series)
Episode: Jail |
" | 31 | |
| 57 | Canon City (1948) | 7.2/10 | 81 | |
| 58 | Short Eyes (1977) | " | 233 | |
| 59 | Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988) | " | 611 | |
| 60 | Monster's Ball (2001) | " | 35,218 | |
| 61 | Infamous (2006) | " | 6,176 | |
| 62 | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) | " | 4,091 | |
| 63 | Dead Leaves (2004 video) | " | 780 | |
| 64 | Pour elle (2008) | " | 500 | |
| 65 | Pressure Point (1962) | 7.1/10 | 383 | |
| 66 | The Longest Yard (1974) | " | 5,998 | |
| 67 | A Sense of Freedom (1979) | " | 148 | |
| 68 | Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô (1972) | " | 742 | |
| 69 | Prítelkyne z domu smutku (1992 TV mini-series) | " | 25 | |
| 70 | S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge (2003 documentary) | " | 366 | |
| 71 | Hell's Highway (1932) | 7.0/10 | 173 | |
| 72 | Triple Trouble (1950) | " | 111 | |
| 73 | Forbrydelser (2004) | " | 606 | |
| 74 | Goodbye Bafana (2007) | " | 3,019 | |
| 75 |
Walker, Texas Ranger
(1993 TV series)
Episode: Break-In |
" | 14 | |
| 76 | Soom (2007) | " | 1,559 | |
| 77 | Revolver (1973) | 6.9/10 | 321 | |
| 78 | King of New York (1990) | " | 9,183 | |
| 79 | The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) | 6.8/10 | 59 | |
| 80 | Road Gang (1936) | " | 21 | |
| 81 | Convicted (1950) | " | 183 | |
| 82 | Greenfingers (2000) | " | 2,553 | |
| 83 | Piilopaikka kahdelle (2005 TV movie) | " | 5 | |
| 84 |
NYPD Blue
(1993 TV series)
Episode: Personal Foul |
" | 21 | |
| 85 | The Big Guy (1939) | 6.7/10 | 8 | |
| 86 | Jian yu bu she fang (1990) | " | 32 | |
| 87 | Death Race (2008) | " | 34,032 | |
| 88 | Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936) | 6.6/10 | 26 | |
| 89 | G-Men Never Forget (1948) | " | 57 | |
| 90 | Better Off Dead (1993 TV movie) | " | 55 | |
| 91 | Against the Wall (1994 TV movie) | " | 1,032 | |
| 92 | Animal Factory (2000) | " | 5,825 | |
| 93 | Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) | " | 2,926 | |
| 94 | The Chain Gang (1930 short) | 6.5/10 | 102 | |
| 95 | Prison Nurse (1938) | " | 9 | |
| 96 | The Badlanders (1958) | " | 304 | |
| 97 | 14 Tage lebenslänglich (1997) | " | 314 | |
| 98 | Reformatório das Depravadas (1978) | " | 7 | |
| 99 | The Last Castle (2001) | " | 19,480 | |
| 100 | Blackwell's Island (1939) | 6.4/10 | 98 | |
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