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Doing Time
Doing Time is a 2002 Japanese slice-of-life comedy film directed by Yoichi Sai, based on the autobiographical manga by Kazuichi Hanawa. The story chronicles the mundane, meticulously regulated daily routines of inmates in a Japanese correctional facility. Tsutomu Yamazaki stars as Hanawa, a prisoner...
apps Top Doing Time Alternatives
The top alternative to Doing Time in 2026 is Le Trou with a score of 9.5/10, followed by The Experiment 2001 (7.6) and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (7.3).
Le Trou
Jacques Becker’s *Le Trou* (The Hole) is a seminal 1960 French prison film. The movie gained recognition for its remarka...
The Experiment 2001
Das Experiment, a 2001 German psychological thriller directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel fictionalizing the Stanford Prison...
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a 1983 British-Japanese war film directed by Nagisa Oshima, adapted from Laurens van der...
The Escapist (2008)
"The Escapist" is a 2008 British-Irish prison thriller film directed by Rupert Wyatt, who co-wrote the screenplay. The p...
Two-Way Stretch
Two-Way Stretch is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Day and starring Peter Sellers. The plot centers on thr...
The Escapist
The Escapist is a 2008 British prison drama directed by Rupert Wyatt in his feature debut, starring Brian Cox as Frank P...
Animal Factory
"Animal Factory" is a 2000 prison drama film directed by Steve Buscemi. The screenplay is an adaptation of Edward Bunker...
Life (1999)
"Life" is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme. It stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence as two New...
Gangaajal
Gangaajal is a 2003 Hindi-language Bollywood film directed by Prakash Jha, starring Ajay Devgn as an honest police offic...
American Violet
American Violet is a 2008 American drama directed by Tim Disney and inspired by the case of Regina Kelly in Hearne, Texa...
Up the River
Up the River is a 1930 John Ford prison comedy, notable as the feature-film debut of both Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bog...
Hold 'Em Jail
1932 RKO slapstick comedy starring the duo Wheeler and Woolsey as two civilians who accidentally end up running a prison...
Civil Brand
Civil Brand is Neema Barnette's 2002 U.S. women-in-prison drama about inmates resisting abuse; it won Best Film at the A...
Beyond Re-Animator
Beyond Re-Animator is a 2003 Spanish-American horror sequel directed by Brian Yuzna, the third film in the Re-Animator s...
Ernest Goes to Jail
Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 comedy starring Jim Varney, notable for sending the Ernest P. Worrell character to prison...
Serving Time
American comedy-drama in which a crime boss serves a prison sentence while his associates struggle to manage his crimina...
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...
Doing Hard Time
Doing Hard Time is a 2004 American prison action drama, notable for Boris Kodjoe's revenge plot inside prison after his...
Half Past Dead 2
Half Past Dead 2 is a 2007 direct-to-video American prison action sequel by Art Camacho, starring Bill Goldberg and Kuru...
Fortress 2: Re-Entry
Fortress 2: Re-Entry is a 2000 sci-fi action sequel by Geoff Murphy, returning Christopher Lambert to a Men-Tel space pr...
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