swap_horiz Brawl in Cell Block 99 Alternatives

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Le Trou

Jacques Becker’s *Le Trou* (The Hole) is a seminal 1960 French prison film. The movie gained recognition for its remarka...

Classic French Escape 1960S

9.5 Brilliant

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The Grand Illusion

Jean Renoir’s *The Grand Illusion* explores themes of loyalty and identity within a French prisoner-of-war camp during W...

French Escape 1930S Pow

9.4 Excellent

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Papillon (1973)

Papillon is a 1973 prison escape drama by Franklin J. Schaffner, notable for Steve McQueen's Devil's Island convict role...

True Story Escape 1970S Devils Island

8.4 Great

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Starred Up

Starred Up is a 2013 British prison drama by David Mackenzie, notable for Jack O'Connell's violent young offender placed...

Youth British Violence 2010S

8.2 Great

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The Work

The Work is Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous's 2017 documentary on group therapy inside Folsom State Prison; it won SXSW...

Documentary Therapy 2010S Folsom

8.2 Great

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A Twelve-Year Night

A Twelve-Year Night is Alvaro Brechner's 2018 Uruguayan-led drama about Tupamaro prisoners, including future president J...

True Story Political Uruguayan 2010S

7.8 Good

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Clemency

Clemency is Chinonye Chukwu's 2019 U.S. death-row drama; she was the first Black woman to win Sundance's U.S. Dramatic G...

Drama 2010S Death Row Warden

7.6 Good

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A Prayer Before Dawn

A Prayer Before Dawn is a 2017 biographical prison drama by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire, based on boxer Billy Moore's Thai pr...

Boxing True Story Thailand 2010S

7.5 Good

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Everynight... Everynight

Everynight... Everynight is Alkinos Tsilimidos's 1994 Australian prison drama set in Pentridge's H Division; it won Mont...

Drama Australian 1990S Violence

7.2 Good

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The Mustang

The Mustang is Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's 2019 prison drama, starring Matthias Schoenaerts as an inmate in a wild-hors...

Drama Rehabilitation 2010S Horse Training

7.2 Good

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Short Eyes

Short Eyes is Robert M. Young's 1977 U.S. prison drama, adapted by Miguel Pinero from his play and shot in Manhattan's T...

Drama 1970S Violence Play Adaptation

7.1 Good

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Dog Pound

Dog Pound is Kim Chapiron's 2010 Canadian juvenile-detention drama, an English-language remake of the 1979 British borst...

Drama Violence 2010S Juvenile

7.0 Good

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O.G.

O.G. is Madeleine Sackler's 2018 U.S. prison drama starring Jeffrey Wright, filmed entirely inside Indiana's Pendleton C...

Modern Drama 2010S Reentry

6.9 Fair

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Crown Heights

Crown Heights is a 2017 biographical legal drama, notable for recounting Colin Warner's wrongful murder conviction and h...

Drama True Story 2010S Wrongful

6.7 Fair

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Papillon (2017)

Papillon is a 2017 remake directed by Michael Noer, notable for retelling Henri Charriere's penal-colony escape story wi...

Escape Remake 2010S Devils Island

6.5 Fair

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An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man is a 1989 American prison drama by Peter Yates, notable for casting Tom Selleck as a framed engineer for...

Drama Revenge 1980S Wrongful

6.3 Fair

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Prison (1987)

Prison is a 1987 American horror film directed by Renny Harlin, starring Viggo Mortensen and filmed at the Old State Pri...

Supernatural Horror Revenge 1980S

5.8 Mediocre

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Riot (2015)

Riot is a 2015 American prison action film directed by John Lyde, starring Matthew Reese, Dolph Lundgren, and Chuck Lidd...

Action Fighting Undercover 2010S

4.9 Poor

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Chained Heat

Chained Heat is a 1983 women-in-prison exploitation film by Paul Nicholas, starring Linda Blair and Sybil Danning in a U...

Exploitation 1980S Violence Women

4.7 Poor

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Doing Hard Time

Doing Hard Time is a 2004 American prison action drama, notable for Boris Kodjoe's revenge plot inside prison after his...

Drama Crime Revenge 2000S

4.2 Poor