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Prison Movies Ranked

Movies love prisons: strip away the distractions of life and the camera can zero in on character and base human struggles for freedom, survival and control. Not including Holocaust.

These are the 25 best I've watched so far.

WIP: Cool Hand Luke, Stalag 17, White Heat, A Man Escaped, Le Trou, Papillon (73), The Raid 2, Escape from Alcatraz, I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Out of Sight, Hunger, Brute Force, Birdman of Alcatraz, Runaway Train, The Hill, Dead Man Walking, Shoeshine, Stir Crazy, Chopper, the hurricane, Escape from NY

All My Rankings

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  • In the Name of the Father

    1

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    2

  • The Rock

    3

  • The Great Escape

    4

  • Con Air

    5

  • A Prayer Before Dawn

    6

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    7

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

    8

  • Sing Sing

    9

  • Shot Caller

    10

  • The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    11

  • The Platform

    12

  • The Jericho Mile

    13

  • A Prophet

    14

  • Bronson

    15

  • Escape to Victory

    16

  • Nickel Boys

    17

  • Midnight Express

    18

  • The Longest Yard

    19

  • Time

    20

  • The Last Castle

    21

  • Undisputed III: Redemption

    22

  • Great Freedom

    23

  • Unbroken

    24

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    25