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Shawshank Redemption
Brubaker
The Escapist
White Heat
The Rock
Stir Crazy
The Hill
The Great Escape
Scum
Green Mile
Cool Hand Luke
Papillion
American History X
Midnight Express
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest(not a prison as such)
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Brubaker
The Escapist
White Heat
The Rock
Stir Crazy
The Hill
The Great Escape
Scum
Green Mile
Cool Hand Luke
Papillion
American History X
Midnight Express
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest(not a prison as such)
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Birdman of Alcatraz
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Not strictly prison film, but The Defiant Ones is marvellous.
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Escape from Alcatraz
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also the very ancient but excellent I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
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Bridge Over The River Kwai
Stalag 17 King Rat Escape from Alcatraz (altho not in same class as other 3) |
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Original Mean Machine with Burt Reynolds.. Not the Vinny one
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I am not going to repeat all the usual suspects but anyone that likes prison films should watch the true story of Larry Murphy a runner jailed for life & his quest to run in the olympics it stars Peter Strauss & is called THE JERICHO MILE
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McVicar
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Porridge - The Movie
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The Onion Field
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Law Abiding Citizen The Butterfly Effect (tenuous I know, but worthy of a mention) |
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Escape to Victory a shocking omission imo
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Scum. . .
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Joined: 06 Sep 05 Replies: 140 24 Sep 10 17:43 Shawshank Redemption Brubaker The Escapist White Heat The Rock Stir Crazy The Hill The Great Escape Scum |
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Lock Up a shocking ommission IMHO
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A Sense of Freedom.
btw thanks for this thread, just noticed the whole film is on youtube. |
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scrubbers
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i'm waiting for the new prison film to be released. it's called BEND DOWN starring george michael
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felon.great film imo
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Chopper, just about qualifies I would say. A great film by the way.
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Ghosts of the civil dead
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Good shout with Chopper. . .
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'The Prophet'
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Prisoner cell block H
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Two-Way Stretch
The Hoosegow Pardon Us |
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Can't believe I forgot Dead Man Walking.
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Green Street 2
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'Midnight Express' [youre walking the wrong wAy]
Unchained [of unchained melody fame] |
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The music in Midnight Express is superb, the only film I ever went to the pictures to see the same film twice.
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Two Way Stretch
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alun2005 cant believe i forgot the prophet the best film of last year. . . Really great film. . .
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oh brother, where art thou?
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I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
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Green Mile for me, not seen a lot of the others mentioned though.
not counting the brilliant OFOTCN as a prison movie. |
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There was an old b&w prison movie called Unchained.The theme music was given lyrics and became......Unchained Melody.True.
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How on earth did you miss off Clint Eastwood's Escape From Alcatraz when Shawshank stole so much from it?
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The Hurricane
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Dead Man Walking must be worth a mention Shirley.
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