swap_horiz Made in Britain 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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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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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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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 Hurricane (1999)

The Hurricane is a 1999 biographical prison drama by Norman Jewison, notable for Denzel Washington's Oscar-nominated por...

Boxing Biopic 1990S Wrongful

7.4 Good

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a 1983 POW drama by Nagisa Oshima, starring David Bowie and Ryuichi Sakamoto in a Japane...

Japanese 1980S War Pow

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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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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The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story is a 1955 British POW escape film by Guy Hamilton, based on Pat Reid's memoir of imprisonment at Coldi...

Escape British 1950S Pow

7.1 Good

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The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British POW escape film directed by Jack Lee, based on Eric Williams's Stalag Luft III tunnel...

Escape British 1950S Pow

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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McVicar

McVicar is a 1980 British prison drama by Tom Clegg, starring Roger Daltrey as armed robber and later writer John McVica...

Escape British 1980S Biopic

6.8 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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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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Penitentiary III

Penitentiary III is a 1987 sequel by Jamaa Fanaka, notable for extending the prison boxing series with Leon Isaac Kenned...

Boxing 1980S Sequel Blaxploitation

4.2 Poor