swap_horiz Dog Pound Alternatives

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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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Brawl in Cell Block 99

Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a 2017 American prison thriller by S. Craig Zahler, notable for Vince Vaughn's brutal descent...

Revenge Violence 2010S Grindhouse

7.6 Good

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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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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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Night of the Kings

Night of the Kings is Philippe Lacote's 2020 Ivorian prison fable set in Abidjan's MACA prison; it reached the 93rd Acad...

Storytelling Drama 2020S Ivorian

7.4 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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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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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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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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Hell's House

Hell's House is a 1932 pre-Code reform-school drama directed by Howard Higgin, featuring Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien dur...

Classic Drama 1930S Juvenile

5.7 Mediocre