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"Red" Redding is a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. New inmate Andy Dufresne is a quiet banker, unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship and his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises--and he saves his best surprise for last.
4) Brute force
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins₂s dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, it builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom and asks the question of who society's real brutes are.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours,...
9) Papillon
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A criminal, sent to prison on Devil's Island, begins at once to engineer his escape in this portrayal of prison life.
10) Animal factory
Publisher
Arrow Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A first time felon is sentenced to two years in prison and is mentored by a veteran inmate.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape.
Series
Criterion collection volume 704
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The top players of the Green Street Elite end up in jail following a deadly encounter with Millwall, their archrivals. On the inside, every day becomes a fight for survival as rival gangs and prison guards will stop at nothing to make their lives a living hell. The clash between the two most notorious football gangs culminate in a battle on the soccer field where the stakes will end in death or freedom which is quite literally a goal away.
14) Caged
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the psychological horror/thriller Caged, Harlow Reid, an affluent African American psychiatrist, is sent to federal prison after being found guilty of murdering his wife. He is then sent to solitary confinement, a victim of systemic racism. Isolated and fighting for an appeal, he slowly descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard hell-bent on her own form of justice. Haunted by internal demons and his dead wife,...
15) American me
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, this is the story of a vicious Latino prison gang leader, doomed by his past to a life of harsh, unforgiving violence after his release from jail. He grows up in East Los Angeles, joins a street gang and is in prison while he is still of an age to be in high school. By the time he is back on the streets again, he is a skillful, educated criminal.
16) Bronson
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Michael Peterson was 19 years old in 1974. Reckless, and hoping to make a name for himself, he picked up a homemade sawed-off shotgun and set off to rob a post office. Caught and arrested soon after, he was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. Ultimately, Peterson ended up behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which were spent in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, his alter ego, Charles Bronson, surfaced and eventually replaced his own...
17) The green mile
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Description
A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
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