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69
7.1
/21128/
74
/703/
71
/506/
3.6
/9814/
74
/23/
74
/195/
54
/11/

Brubaker (1980)
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
poster
67
7.3
/32627/
73
/824/
71
/594/
3.5
/10677/
55
/38/
79
/702/
cc age 18+

Murder in the First (1995)
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
poster
71
64
6.8
/5625/
70
/138/
68
/132/
3.5
/2487/
82
/11/
71
/34/
72
/7/

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
poster
77
57
7.0
/2666/
75
/79/
70
/72/
3.6
/4373/
100
/15/
76
/14/

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
poster
56
6.3
/2514/
55
/34/
57
/48/
3.2
/613/
47
/20/

Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
poster
Criterion Channel
56
42
6.0
/1764/
50
/48/
54
/35/
3.4
/1861/
50
/26/
55
/92/

I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)
The same movie with the same characters, cast and crew as I am Curious (Yellow), but with some different scenes and a different political slant. The political focus in Blue is personal relationships, religion, prisons and sex. Blue omits much of the class consciousness and non-violence interviews of the first version. Yellow and Blue are the colors of the Swedish flag.
poster
64
39
6.8
/3168/
63
/44/
63
/42/
3.3
/1302/
60
/12/

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
poster
56
33
6.5
/2417/
62
/30/
65
/29/
3.2
/1034/
25
/409/

San Quentin (1937)
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.
poster
64
22
6.2
/1269/
69
/10/
50
/5/
76
/27/

Shackles (2005)
An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.
poster
64
22
6.8
/889/
60
/17/
58
/16/
3.4
/1056/

Hell's Highway (1932)
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
poster
79
19
8.4
/1975/
72
/12/
74
/8/
3.7
/339/
92
/5/

Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)
Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
poster
58
13
6.2
/682/
64
/5/
54
/11/
3.3
/263/
42
/18/

Ann Vickers (1933)
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
poster
74
11
7.8
/217/
65
/7/
70
/4/
3.9
/880/
80
/1/

Attica (1974)
In 1971, inmates at Attica State Prison seized control of D-yard and took 35 hostages after peaceful efforts for reforms failed. Attica investigates the rebellion and its bloody suppression, revealing institutionalized injustices, sanctioned dishonesty, and abuses of power.
poster
MGM Plus
51
9
6.2
/619/
45
/7/
50
/13/
3.3
/205/
36
/4/

So Young, So Bad (1950)
Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the inmates. Oblivious to the sadistic treatment of the girls by the matrons, it takes a rebellious girl named Loretta to open his eyes. Assisted by a female staff member, Jason finally gets proof of the abuse and threatens the head of the school with exposure unless he is given full rein to run things.
poster
?
7.7
/47/
10
/1/

MILWAUKEE 53206 (2016)
MILWAUKEE 53206 chronicles the lives of those living in the ZIP code that incarcerates the highest percentage of black men in America, up to 62%. Through the intimate stories of three 53206 residents, we witness the high toll that mass incarceration takes on individuals and families that make up the community. The film examines Milwaukee’s ZIP code 53206 to illuminate the story of people from across the United States who live with the daily affects of mass incarceration.
poster
?
7.6
/15/
20
/1/
60
/1/

Santo Stefano (1997)
N/A
poster
?
40
/2/
100
/1/

Seeds of Change (2023)
An organic farmer in Maine sets out to transform the prison food system. Seeds of Change captures the intersecting stories of life-long farmer Mark McBrine and several incarcerated men as they harvest their own meals from a five-acre prison garden unlike any other.
poster
?
4.9
/26/
20
/2/

Girls Behind Bars (1949)
Due to complicity in a robbery raid the young Ursula comes to a detention center, in which the education is hard since she is considered a serious offender. In a joint outbreak, she gains the respect of the other girls.
poster
?
8.4
/52/
70
/2/

Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal (2005)
Documentary about how the Arkansas prison system sold hepatitis and HIV infected prisoner blood to other countries.
poster
?
5.5
/41/
10
/2/

Prison Warden (1949)
The new warden of a bad prison finds his biggest problem is his wife.
poster
55
?
5.3
/118/
45
/6/
67
/3/

Chain Gang (1950)
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
poster
52
?
5.9
/411/
66
/3/
63
/9/
20
/8/

San Quentin (1946)
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
poster
?

The Prison Without Walls (1917)
Helen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is engaged to Norman Morris, administrator of the Ainsworth millions and the undiscovered "man higher up," grafting through his influence with prison wardens. He is also having an "affair" with Felice, Helen's maid, an ex-convict.
poster
?

The Right Way (1921)
Two young boys get in trouble with the law and wind up in prison. One, who was raised in poverty in the slums, goes to a reformatory and picks up tips on how to become a master criminal.


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