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1. Murder in the First (1995)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.
Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 30,619 | Gross: $17.38M
2. Brubaker (1980)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander
Votes: 19,422 | Gross: $37.12M
3. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Western
A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates
Votes: 5,227 | Gross: $0.64M
4. I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) deals with topics such as class society, religion, sex, contraceptives, and the Swedish prison Kumla.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Maj Hultén, Vilgot Sjöman, Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 1,641
5. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.
Director: Tim Metcalfe | Stars: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono
Votes: 2,405 | Gross: $0.07M
6. 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 2,957
7. Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)
143 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas, Brij Mohan Vyas
Votes: 1,903
8. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon
Votes: 2,421
9. Hell's Highway (1932)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.
Directors: Rowland Brown, John Cromwell | Stars: Richard Dix, Rochelle Hudson, Tom Brown, C. Henry Gordon
Votes: 819
10. So Young, So Bad (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the unfortunate young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin, Cecil Clovelly
Votes: 578
11. San Quentin (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,236
12. Fängelseexperimentet Little Scandinavia (2023)
49 min | Documentary, Crime
A North American prison is testing elements from the Scandinavian penitentiary system. But the challenges are great. How do Americans manage to focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment... See full summary »
Stars: Marirosa Lamas, Tyler Karasinski, Paige Devane, Jordan M. Hyatt
Votes: 112
13. San Quentin (1946)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex con Lawrence Tierney, hunts a supposedly reformed inmate, MacLane who escapes during a trip to San Francisco.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Marian Carr, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon
Votes: 391
14. Convicted Woman (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and a reporter, Jim Brent ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Lola Lane
Votes: 284
15. Ann Vickers (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 660
16. Milwaukee 53206 (2016)
55 min | Documentary
An intimate documentary that chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America's most incarcerated ZIP code.
Director: Keith McQuirter | Stars: Beverly Walker, Dennis Walton, Chad Wilson, Muhibb Dyer
Votes: 45
17. Shackles (2005 Video)
R | 115 min | Drama
An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.
Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: D.L. Hughley, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Erlinda Navarro, Daniel Louis Rivas
Votes: 1,258
18. Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal (2005)
91 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A shocking expose of a prison blood donor program during the Clinton governorship in Arkansas. Infected prisoners slipped through the cracks and tainted blood made it into pharmaceuticals ... See full summary »
Director: Kelly Duda | Stars: Edwin Barron Jr., John Byus, Kelly Duda, Hezile Earl
Votes: 50
19. Behind Our Walls (2023)
46 min | Documentary
Behind Our Walls tells the story of a group of inmates in Michigan, as they seek a college education behind bars through the Calvin Prison Initiative. This documentary demonstrates the ... See full summary »
Director: Nate Roels | Stars: Armondo Benavidez, Eric Boldiszar, Dewayne Burton, Todd Cioffi
Votes: 23
20. Seeds of Change (2023)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
An organic farmer in Charleston Maine sets out to reform the prison food machine.
Director: Maximilian Armstrong
21. Prison Warden (1949)
Approved | 62 min | Drama
Victor Burnell (Warner Baxter) is a public health official who is appointed warden, by the state governor (Charles Evans), of a state prison badly in need of reforms. In the process of ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Anna Lee, Harlan Warde, James Flavin
Votes: 37
22. Girls Behind Bars (1949)
84 min | Drama
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.
Director: Alfred Braun | Stars: Petra Peters, Richard Häussler, Edelweiß Malchin, Susi Deitz
Votes: 14
23. Chain Gang (1950)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie Lord, Emory Parnell, William 'Bill' Phillips
Votes: 109
24. The Right Way (1921)
Drama
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. ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Edwards Davis, Helen Lindroth, Joseph Marquis, Vivienne Osborne
25. The Prison Without Walls (1917)
50 min | Drama
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... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Wallace Reid, Myrtle Stedman, William Conklin, William Elmer
26. Santo Stefano (1997)
84 min | Crime, Drama
In 1959, in the prison of Santo Stefano, located on an Italian island, Bruno D'Assisi, the just arrived new director, tries to make is best to improve prisoners' life conditions, with the ... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Pasquini | Stars: Lucio Allocca, Gaetano Amato, Claudio Amendola, Claudio Bigagli
Votes: 12
27. The Last Graduation (1997)
57 min | Documentary
Researcher Barbara Zahm gives a brief history of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion in which forty-three men died, and the college prison program which was initiated afterward. After ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Zahm
28. Prisoners (1977)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Personal testimony and statistics condemn the prison practices in New South Wales in the mid 1970s.
Director: Mark Stiles
29. Cutting Loose (2010)
40 min | Documentary, Short, News
An American prison artist pits creativity against negativity to make it on the outside.
Director: Joanne Caputo
30.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
The Box
(1969)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Oahu State Prison, cons led by Big Chicken want to bring Swanson to heel because he doesn't show enough respect for "the system." But Swanson manages to shoot one of his attackers with ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong
Votes: 197
31.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Dagger of the Mind
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Kirk and psychiatrist Helen Noel are trapped on a maximum security penal colony that experiments with mind control and Spock must use the Vulcan mind-meld to find a way to save them.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Gregory, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 4,341
32.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
All the 'Ridiculous Bullsh*t' in the News Today
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
33.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Biden's Race Hoax Gaffe, North Korea, Felons Voting
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Scott Adams, Alexa
34.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Why Bloomberg Won the Debate, Why Bernie Is Mortally Wounded, Coronavirus
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
35.
Tim Pool Daily Show (2018– )
Trump Demands PRISON for Obama Administration Officials Involved In
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Tim Pool
36.
Tim Pool Daily Show (2018– )
Democrats Have Just Bent the Knee to a Fringe Leftist Ideology as Progressives Vow to Abolish Police
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Tim Pool
37.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 14 February 1955
(1955)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Crawford interview James V. Bennett, the Director to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Topics include penal reform, the current prison population and reasons for prison rioting.
38.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Revolutionary, Caged
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Chris Hedges, Ojore Lutalo
39.
Rattling the Bars (2015– )
Episode:
U.S. Prison Strikes
(2016)
Not Rated | 12 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Talib Akbar, Elain Brown, Eddie Conway, Carl Fields
40.
The Rubin Report (2013– )
Red Pill Black (Candace Owens) on Her Journey from Left to Right
(2017 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
In this live broadcast, Dave Rubin talks with the video blogger, Candace Owens, aka Red Pill Black.
Stars: Dave Rubin, Candace Owens
Votes: 13
41.
Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode:
Episode dated 17 August 2018
(2018)
TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show
Reaction to the death of Aretha Franklin; Nick is live in Genoa with the latest news on the bridge collapse; calls on the State to end vaping-in-public ban; plus, Sean and Ranvir interview Gabrielle live in the studio.
Stars: Sean Fletcher, Ranvir Singh, Ross King, Aretha Franklin
42.
Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode:
Wednesday 9th January 2019
(2019)
TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show
Heathrow chaos after suspected drone sighting; crushing defeat for the PM as rebel Tories try to block a no-deal Brexit; are prisons too soft?; Januhairy? Trump demands funding for border wall; plus, Karren Brady is live in the studio.
Stars: Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Nick Dixon, Charlotte Hawkins
43.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #2.8
(2019)
96 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Jeremy asks - Are prisons too soft? Is it time to get rid of parent and child parking spaces? Were Manchester City bad sports to thrash underdogs Burton Albion?
Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Ruby Wax, Michelle Gayle
44.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Eating Salad with a Comb, Syria Non-Withdrawals, the Gaffe Deficit and More
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
45.
Radio Free America (2017– )
Episode:
The Institute of American Revolutionary Excellence
(2019)
News
Stars: Halsey English, Dustin Gold, Babylonian Hebrew
46.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
A Possible Path Out of TDS Forming in the Zeitgeist, Catholic Church, Climate Debate, Coffee
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
47.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
LoserThink in the News, from Warmbier to Black Friends, More
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams