swap_horiz Riot 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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King Rat

King Rat is a 1965 war drama written and directed by Bryan Forbes, adapted from James Clavell's novel. Set among Allied...

Drama 1960S War Pow

7.5 Good

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The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code is a pre-Code American drama film released in 1931, directed by Howard Hawks and distributed by Columb...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

7.5 Good

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Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo is a 1940 MGM drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. Set in a Fr...

Drama Escape Thriller 1940S

7.3 Good

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The Old Man and the Gun

2018 American biographical crime film directed by David Lowery, in which Robert Redford portrays real-life bank robber F...

Drama Crime True Story 2010S

7.3 Good

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Bad Boys (1983)

"Bad Boys" is a 1983 American crime drama directed by Rick Rosenthal. The film is notable for featuring Sean Penn in an...

Drama Crime 1980S Juvenile

7.2 Good

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Against the Wall

Against the Wall is a 1994 historical crime drama television film produced by HBO and directed by John Frankenheimer. It...

Drama True Story 1990S Riot

7.2 Good

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The Criminal (1960)

Short Eyes is a 1977 American prison drama film directed by Robert M. Young and adapted by Miguel Piñero from his own pl...

Drama Crime British 1960S

7.1 Good

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The Escapist

The Escapist is a 2008 British prison drama directed by Rupert Wyatt in his feature debut, starring Brian Cox as Frank P...

Drama Escape British Thriller

7.1 Good

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The Last Mile

The Last Mile is a 1932 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff, based on the 1929 Broadway play...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

7.1 Good

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Stir (1980)

Stir is a 1980 Australian prison drama directed by Stephen Wallace and written by Bob Jewson, drawing on Jewson's experi...

Drama Australian 1980S Riot

7.0 Good

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On the Yard

1978 American prison drama adapted from Malcolm Braly's novel, depicting the power struggles, social codes, and survival...

Drama Survival Crime 1970S

6.6 Fair

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Convicts Four

1962 American drama starring Ben Gazzara as real-life death-row inmate John Resko, whose execution sentence is commuted...

Drama True Story 1960S Rehabilitation

6.5 Fair

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Convicted

Convicted is a 1950 Columbia Pictures drama directed by Henry Levin, starring Glenn Ford as a man wrongfully sent to pri...

Drama Crime Noir 1950S

6.2 Fair

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San Quentin

San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. crime film starring Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, set inside California's San Quen...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

6.1 Fair

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Blackwell's Island

1939 Warner Bros. crime film in which John Garfield plays a journalist who goes undercover inside a corrupt New York Cit...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

6.1 Fair

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Devil's Island

1939 Warner Bros. drama starring Boris Karloff as a French surgeon unjustly exiled to the notorious Devil's Island penal...

Classic Drama Escape 1930S

6.0 Fair

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Murder in the Big House

Murder in the Big House is a 1942 Warner Bros. B-picture directed by B. Reeves Eason, following a reporter who goes unde...

Classic Drama Mystery Crime

5.5 Mediocre

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Behind Stone Walls

Behind Stone Walls is a 1932 independent American drama directed by Frank Strayer, depicting the harsh conditions inside...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

5.0 Mediocre

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Serving Time

American comedy-drama in which a crime boss serves a prison sentence while his associates struggle to manage his crimina...

Drama Survival Crime Thriller

4.8 Poor