swap_horiz Civil Brand Alternatives

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In Prison Awaiting Trial

In Prison Awaiting Trial is a 1971 Italian drama by Nanni Loy, notable for Alberto Sordi's Kafkaesque ordeal in Italy's...

Italian Drama 1970S Legal

7.6 Good

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The Prisoner (1955)

The Prisoner is a 1955 British psychological drama by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and nominated for five BAF...

Drama Political 1950S Interrogation

7.6 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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King Rat

King Rat is a 1965 POW film written and directed by Bryan Forbes, adapted from James Clavell's Changi Prison-based novel...

Drama 1960S War Pow

7.5 Good

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The Inner Cage

The Inner Cage is a 2021 Italian prison drama by Leonardo Di Costanzo, notable for its standoff between guards and inmat...

Modern Italian Drama 2020S

7.3 Good

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Bad Boys (1983)

Bad Boys is a 1983 juvenile prison drama by Rick Rosenthal, notable for Sean Penn's early starring role as a Chicago you...

Drama Crime 1980S Juvenile

7.2 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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The Criminal (1960)

The Criminal is a 1960 British neo-noir prison crime film by Joseph Losey, starring Stanley Baker as paroled gangster Jo...

Drama Crime British 1960S

7.1 Good

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Animal Factory

Animal Factory is a 2000 prison drama directed by Steve Buscemi, notable for adapting Edward Bunker's novel with Willem...

Drama Survival 2000S Gang

7.0 Good

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Stir (1980)

Stir is Stephen Wallace's 1980 Australian prison drama, based on writer Bob Jewson's experience of the 1974 Bathurst pri...

Drama Australian 1980S Riot

7.0 Good

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20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 Michael Curtiz pre-Code prison drama, based on warden Lewis E. Lawes's nonfiction bo...

Classic Drama 1930S Sing Sing

6.9 Fair

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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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The Big Bird Cage

The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 women-in-prison exploitation film by Jack Hill, notable for Pam Grier and Sid Haig in a Phil...

Exploitation Escape 1970S Women

5.8 Mediocre

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The Big Doll House

The Big Doll House is a 1971 women-in-prison film by Jack Hill, notable for helping launch Pam Grier's screen career in...

Exploitation 1970S Philippines Women

5.6 Mediocre

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Reform School Girls

Reform School Girls is a 1986 American prison black comedy by Tom DeSimone, a genre spoof starring Linda Carol and Wendy...

Exploitation 1980S Women Juvenile

5.4 Mediocre

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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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Madea Goes to Jail

Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 comedy by Tyler Perry, notable for bringing Perry's Madea character into a prison plot afte...

Comedy 2000S Women Jail

4.5 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

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Chained Heat II

Chained Heat II is a 1993 women-in-prison sequel directed by Lloyd A. Simandl, starring Brigitte Nielsen and shot in the...

Exploitation Sequel 1990S Women

3.6 Poor