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2) The escapist
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Frank Perry is a tough lifer determined to bust out of a London penitentiary to see his terminally ill daughter before she dies. But first he'll have to assemble a hardcore crew, battle the brutal prison kingpin, and pull off one of the most daring and suspenseful escapes in movie history.
4) Caged
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
19 year-old Marie is sent to prison for being an accomplice in a robbery. When a prison head takes sympathy on her and tries to help, a cruel matron steps in and breaks her efforts.
6) Brute force
Series
Criterion collection volume 383
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail, prompting an escape scheme that has every chance of...
8) San Quentin
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
What happens during the long years spent behind the walls of San Quentin? The new yard captain wants to make those years a time of rehabilitation rather than punishment, but not everyone is buying it.
10) Each dawn I die
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
A muckraking reporter is framed for murder and sent to a particularly brutal prison.
Series
Criterion collection volume 129
Pub. Date
2001
Language
Français
Description
In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Four of the inmates have been together for awhile in their cell, when Gaspard, the fifth inmate, is added to the cell. The original four inmates must decide if they want to take him into their confidence or not and whether to continue tunneling or not.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Red, a lifer who "knows how to get things" inside the bleak walls of Shawshank State Prison, finds himself drawn to new inmate Andy, a quiet banker with an indomitable will. As Andy brings hope and change to the entire prison, he turns out to be full of surprises.
13) Cell 211
Series
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
On his first day on the job, prison officer Juan Olivier is knocked unconscious in a freak accident and his co-workers carry him to an empty cell. When he awakens, Juan discovers that he has been abandoned in the middle of a riot in a high-security cellblock, home to the prison's most dangerous criminals. If they discover he's a guard, he's dead meat. To survive, Juan must pose as a prisoner and conspire with the riot's vicious leader, Malamadre.
14) Undisputed
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Monroe Hutchen was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole at the Sweetwater maximum security prison in California. Now, Hutchen boxes behind bars, and he's become the champion of a loosely organized prison fighting circuit. When convicted heavyweight champion "Iceman" Chambers enters Sweetwater, Hutchens finds he has a serious competitor in the same lockup for the first time. After Hutchens challenges the arrogant Chambers to a bout,...
15) Last dance
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Cindy Liggett is a convicted killer facing imminent execution until a young lawyer, Rick Hayes, becomes convinced her case doesn't warrant the death penalty. With time running out, Rick stages an eleventh-hour challenge to the enormous political pressures weighing against them.
16) Apprentice
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Malay
Description
A story about a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
17) 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.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand's most violent prisons. When the prison authorities allow Billy to participate in Muay Thai boxing tournaments, Billy goes from one savage fight to the next in a relentless, action-packed journey to preserve his life and regain his freedom. Shot in an actual Thai prison with a cast comprised of real inmates.
20) 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.
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