swap_horiz Born Innocent Alternatives

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Papillon (1973)

Papillon recounts the true story of Henri Charrière, a French man wrongly convicted of murder who spends years imprisone...

True Story Escape 1970S Devils Island

8.4 Great

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Starred Up

Starred Up portrays the brutal realities of adolescent incarceration within the UK prison system. The film’s central nar...

Youth British Violence 2010S

8.2 Great

3

Oz: The Series

Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana that premiered on HBO in 1997, running for six seasons....

Drama Hbo 1990S Violence

8.2 Great

4

In Prison Awaiting Trial

In Prison Awaiting Trial (Italian: Detenuto in attesa di giudizio) is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama directed by Nanni Loy...

Italian Drama 1970S Legal

7.6 Good

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Short Eyes

The Criminal is a 1960 British crime film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Stanley Baker. The film follows Johnny B...

Drama 1970S Violence Play Adaptation

7.1 Good

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On the Yard

On the Yard is a 1978 American prison drama set in a California state penitentiary. Adapted from Malcolm Braly's novel,...

Drama Survival Crime 1970S

6.6 Fair

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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story is a 1980 American television film that dramatizes the history of the Alcatraz Federa...

Drama True Story 1980S TV Film

6.4 Fair

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So Young So Bad

So Young So Bad is a 1950 American drama directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Paul Henreid as a progressive psychiatris...

Drama Youth 1950S Reform

6.4 Fair

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Crime School

1938 Warner Bros. drama starring Humphrey Bogart as a reform school administrator working to rehabilitate delinquent you...

Drama Youth Reform 1930S

6.4 Fair

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Women's Prison

Women's Prison is a 1955 Columbia Pictures drama directed by Lewis Seiler, starring Ida Lupino as a sadistic female ward...

Classic Drama 1950S Women In Prison

6.3 Fair

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Prison Without Bars

1938 British drama directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, set in a French girls' reformatory and examining the conflict betwee...

Drama British 1930S Women In Prison

6.2 Fair

12

Ladies of the Big House

Ladies of the Big House is a 1931 Paramount drama directed by Marion Gering, starring Sylvia Sidney as a woman unjustly...

Classic Drama 1930S Pre Code

6.1 Fair

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Prison Song

2001 American drama starring rapper Q-Tip as a Harlem youth whose repeated encounters with the criminal justice system i...

Drama Youth System Musical

6.1 Fair

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Penitentiary

Penitentiary is a 1979 American exploitation prison film by Jamaa Fanaka, notable for mixing boxing, confinement, and Bl...

Drama Boxing 1970S Blaxploitation

5.7 Mediocre

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Condemned Women

Condemned Women is a 1938 RKO drama directed by Lew Landers, starring Sally Eilers as a prisoner who falls in love with...

Classic Drama 1930S Women In Prison

5.4 Mediocre

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Reform School Girl

Reform School Girl is a 1957 American International Pictures exploitation film directed by Edward Bernds, about an innoc...

Drama Youth Exploitation 1950S

5.2 Mediocre

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Betrayed Women

Betrayed Women is a 1955 Allied Artists women-in-prison film directed by Edward L. Cahn, depicting the brutal treatment...

Classic Drama 1950S Women In Prison

4.8 Poor

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Girls in Prison

Girls in Prison is a 1956 low-budget American International Pictures exploitation film directed by Edward L. Cahn, follo...

Classic Drama 1950S Women In Prison

4.7 Poor

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Girls on the Loose

Girls on the Loose is a 1958 Universal-International crime film directed by Paul Henreid, following an all-female gang o...

Drama Crime Exploitation 1950S

4.6 Poor

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Riot in Juvenile Prison

1959 low-budget American film depicting an uprising inside a youth detention facility, part of a Hollywood cycle exploit...

Drama Youth Exploitation 1950S

4.6 Poor