swap_horiz Paradise Road Alternatives

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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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The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away is a 1957 British war film about Franz von Werra, the only Axis POW to escape Allied captivity and...

True Story Escape 1950S Pow

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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Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son is a 1996 Irish-British drama by Terry George, notable for viewing the 1981 Maze hunger strike through...

Political 1990S Irish Hunger Strike

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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Life (1999)

Life is a 1999 American prison comedy-drama, notable for Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence as bootleggers serving life se...

Comedy 1990S Period Wrongful

7.0 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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Brokedown Palace

Brokedown Palace is a 1999 American drama by Jonathan Kaplan, notable for its Thai prison setting after two U.S. tourist...

1990S Women Thailand Wrongful

6.2 Fair

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Fortress (1992)

Fortress is a 1992 sci-fi prison film by Stuart Gordon, starring Christopher Lambert in a future corporate maximum-secur...

Action Sci Fi 1990S Future Prison

6.1 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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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...

Drama Exploitation 2000S Women

5.8 Mediocre

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Last Dance

Last Dance is a 1996 American prison drama by Bruce Beresford, notable for Sharon Stone's death-row inmate and Rob Morro...

Drama 1990S Legal Death Row

5.6 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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Wedlock

Wedlock is a 1991 HBO sci-fi action film by Lewis Teague, starring Rutger Hauer as a thief trapped by linked explosive p...

Sci Fi Escape Thriller 1990S

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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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...

Comedy 1990S Jail Mistaken Identity

5.3 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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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