# List of prison films

This is a list of prison films — films which are primarily concerned with prison life or prison escape or have at least one memorable prison scene.
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* Y
* Z
* Documentaries featuring prisons
* See also
* References

## 0–9

* 13 Dead Men
* 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, 1932
* 3 Deewarein
* 6,000 Enemies

## A

* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1939
* Angel on My Shoulder
* Against the Wall
* Alien 3
* American History X
* Animal Factory
* Anything for Her
* Around the World in 80 Days, 1956

## B

* Bad Boys, 1983
* Bangkok Hilton
* Beyond Re-Animator
* The Big Bird Cage
* The Big Doll House
* The Big House, 1930
* Big Stan
* Birdman of Alcatraz
* Black Mama White Mama
* Blackmail
* Blood In Blood Out
* Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
* Borstal Boy
* Boys' Reformatory
* Brawl in Cell Block 99
* Breath, 2007
* Bride of Frankenstein
* Bringing Up Baby
* Brokedown Palace
* Bronson
* Brubaker
* Brute Force, 1947

## C

* Caesar Must Die
* Caged Fury, 1989
* Caged in Paradiso
* Canon City
* Captain America: Civil War
* Captain Blood, 1935
* Captives
* Carandiru
* The Case Is Closed, Forget It
* Castle on the Hudson
* Cell 211
* Cell 2455, Death Row, 1955
* The Chain Gang, 1930
* Chain Gang, 1950
* Chain Gang, 1984
* Chained Heat
* Chicago, 2002
* Chicken Run
* Chopper
* Civil Brand
* Clash by Night, 1963
* A Clockwork Orange
* Con Air
* Con Games
* The Concrete Jungle
* Condition Red
* Convict 13
* Convicted, 1950
* Convicts 4
* Cool Hand Luke
* The Count of Monte Cristo, 1934
* Crime After Crime
* The Criminal
* The Criminal Code
* Crulic: The Path to Beyond

## D

* Dear Sarah
* Death Warrant
* Deathrow Gameshow
* Destroyer
* Devil's Island, 1939
* Dirty Hands, 2008
* Do Aankhen Barah Haath, 1947
* Dog Pound
* Doing Hard Time
* Doing Time, 2002
* Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
* Dracula's Daughter
* Dressed to Kill, 1946
* Dragon in Jail
* Dust Be My Destiny

## E

* Each Dawn I Die
* Ergastolo
* Ernest Goes to Jail
* Escape from Alcatraz
* Escape from Sobibor
* Escape Plan
* The Escapist, 2008
* Everynight ... Everynight
* The Experiment, 2010
* Das Experiment

## F

* Face/Off
* Fast-Walking
* Felon
* Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
* The First Time Is the Last Time
* For You I Die
* Fortress, 1992
* Fortress 2: Re-Entry
* Fortune and Men's Eyes
* The Fox of Glenarvon

## G

* Gamer
* Get the Gringo
* Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
* The Ghost of Frankenstein
* Gideon's Trumpet
* Go for Broke!, 1951
* Goodfellas
* Gone With the Wind
* The Green Mile
* Greenfingers
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Gunga Din

## H

* H3
* Half Past Dead
* Half Past Dead 2
* Heartlock
* Hell to Eternity
* Hellgate, 1952
* The Hill
* The Hole, 1960
* Holes
* The Hot Box
* Houdini
* House of Dracula
* House of Frankenstein, 1944
* House of Numbers, 1957
* The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1939
* Hunger, 2008
* The Hurricane, 1937
* The Hurricane, 1999

## I

* I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
* I Believe in You
* I Love You Phillip Morris
* I Want to Live!
* I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy
* If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
* In Hell, 2003
* The Inner Cage
* In the Name of the Father
* In Prison Awaiting Trial
* An Innocent Man
* Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
* Invisible Stripes
* Island of Fire

## J

* Jailbait, 2004
* Jamila dan Sang Presiden
* Je li jasno, prijatelju?
* El juego de Arcibel
* Juarez, 1939

## K

* Kill Kill Faster Faster
* King of the Damned
* Kiss of the Spider Woman

## L

* The Last Castle
* Last Light
* The Last Mile, 1959
* Law Abiding Citizen
* Let's Go to Prison
* Les Misérables, 1935
* Lilies
* Lion's Den, 2008
* Lock Up
* Lockdown
* Locked Up: A Mother's Rage
* The Loners
* The Longest Yard, 1974
* The Longest Yard, 2005
* Love Child, 1982
* Lucky Break, 2001

## M

* Made in Britain
* Madea Goes to Jail
* The Magic of Ordinary Days
* Les mains libres
* Maléfique
* The Maltese Falcon, 1931
* A Man Escaped
* Manners of Dying
* Marquis
* The Mask of Zorro
* Maundy Thursday
* Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
* Mean Machine
* Memoirs of Prison
* Men of San Quentin
* Midnight Express
* Miracle in Cell No. 7, 2013
* Miracle in Cell No. 7, 2019, Philippines
* Miracle in Cell No. 7, 2019, Turkey
* Miracle in Cell No. 7, 2022
* Moon 44
* Mrs. Soffel
* Muktodhara
* Murder in the First
* Mutiny in the Big House
* My Life for Ireland
* My Six Convicts

## N

* Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult
* National Security, 2012
* Natural Born Killers
* New Alcatraz
* The New Guy
* A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984
* A Nightmare on Elm Street, 2010
* Night Train to Munich
* No Escape, 1994
* North by Northwest

## O

* Odd Man Out
* Ohm Kruger
* One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1970
* Out of Sight
* Outland
* Outside These Walls

## P

* Paddington 2
* Papillon
* The Paradine Case
* Pardon Us
* The Party
* The Pearl of Death
* Penitentiary, 1938
* Penitentiary II
* Perfect Exchange
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
* Porridge
* The Pot Carriers
* Pressure Point
* Prison, 1987
* Prison Break
* Prison of Secrets
* Prison on Fire
* Prison on Fire II
* Prison on Fire – Life Sentence
* Prison Song
* Prison-A-Go-Go!
* Prisoner 1040
* The Prisoner of Shark Island
* The Professor
* A Prophet
* Pros & Cons
* Psycho, 1960
* Public Hero No. 1
* The Pursuit of Happiness, 1971

## R

* Raising Arizona
* The Reader
* Reflections on a Crime
* Release the Prisoners to Spring
* Riding High, 1950
* Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
* Ring of Death
* Riot
* Riot in Cell Block 11
* The Rock
* Roxie Hart, 1942
* Runaway Train

## S

* Sadomania
* Scarlett, 1994
* The Score, 1978
* La Scoumoune
* Scum
* The Second Hundred Years
* Seed, 2007
* A Sense of Freedom
* Seven Keys
* Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
* The Shawshank Redemption
* Sherlock Holmes, 1932
* Short Eyes
* Shot Caller
* The Sign of the Cross
* Slaughterhouse Rock
* Sleepers
* Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture, 1990
* The Son of Monte Cristo
* Spotlight Scandals
* Starred Up
* Stir
* Stir Crazy
* Stoic
* Stranger Inside
* Strawberry Fields, 1997
* The Sun Sets at Dawn

## T

* Tango & Cash
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1938
* Toy Story 3
* The Trial of Joan of Arc
* This Is My Affair
* Tower of London, 1939
* Tower of London, 1962
* Train to Alcatraz, 1948
* True Believer, 1989
* Turning to Stone
* Two Thousand Women
* Two-Way Stretch

## U

* Un chant d'amour
* Unchained
* Undisputed
* Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
* Undisputed III: Redemption
* The United States of Leland

## V

* Vendetta, 1986
* Violence in a Women's Prison
* Virginia City, 1940

## W

* Walls
* The Weak and the Wicked
* Wedlock
* Wee Willie Winkie
* Weeds, 1987
* White Heat
* Wild Bill, 2011
* Women in Cell Block 7
* Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead

## Y

* You Can't Beat the Law
* You Can't Take It With You

## Z

* The Zero Years, 2005

## Documentaries featuring prisons

* The Cats of Mirikitani
* Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
* Family Gathering
* The Feminist on Cellblock Y, 2018
* Prison Ball
* To Be Takei
* Topaz, 1945
* Unfinished Business, 1985