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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)
Feel free to add yours
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)
Feel free to add yours
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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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