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Prison Films: 1. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) 2. White Heat (1949) 3. A Man Escaped (1956) 4. Brute Force (1947) 5. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 6. Scum (1979) 7. The Green Mile (1999) 8. Das Experiment (2001) 9. Bronson (2008) 10. Turkey Shoot (1982) 11. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1973) 12. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) 13. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) 14. Chicken Run (2000) 15. Alien³ (1992) 16. Escape from New York (1981) 17. Ghosts of the Civil Dead (1988) 18. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) 19. American History X (1998) 20. Malefique (2002) |
#6563
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Some Favourites 1. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) 2. I Was a Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932) 3. Cool Hand Luke (1967) 4. Brute Force (1947) 5. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1973) 6. The Hill (1965) 7. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) 8. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) 9. Murder In The First (1995) 10. Prison (1987) Honourable mentions to The Truman Show and the powerful City of Life and Death; not technically prison films but all the characters are essentially trapped in one location. Last edited by Buboven; 3rd April 2018 at 08:37 PM. |
#6564
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I was tempted to go for The Defiant Ones. However it's not technically a prison film as we never actually see the prison just two prisoners on the run (Poitier and Curtis). The same reason as Oh Brother Where Art Thou? didn't get a mention. |
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Prison films? Scum Papillion Birdman Of Alcatraz Ghosts Of The Civil Dead Convict 99 McVicar Silent Scream We Are Monster Ricky Oh Escape From Alcatraz
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#6567
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WIP Films Barbed Wire Dolls Bare Behind Bars 99 Women Caged Heat Gestapo's Last Orgy Wicked Women House Of Whipcord Scrubbers Innocence
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PRISON FILMS I thought about including Rio Bravo and Assault on Precinct 13, but didn't think they qualified as 'prison films' even though the plot is about a prisoner who is locked up by the authorities. I also considered including American History X, but didn't think enough of it took place in the prison to qualify. It was difficult to cut the list to 20, let alone 10, and Rescue Dawn, the Big Doll House, and Bronson were the last ones I deleted.
11. A Prophet 12. Chained Heat 13. Punishment Park 14. Son of Saul 15. A Man Escaped 16. The Big Bird Cage 17. Stalag 17 18. Brute Force 19. Scum 20. La grande illusion
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@Nos It's quite worrying that you find no place for Escape from Alcatraz in your twenty films listed but feel trash like Chained Heat worthy of a place. |
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Perhaps shamefully, I've never seen Escape from Alcatraz – something I realised only when researching for those lists – and enjoy Chained Heat, something which is trash, but enjoyable trash. I wanted to include Caged Heat, which I remember seeing and thought was a film which is both funny and (thanks to Jonathan Demme's direction) is actually quite well made. However, I don't own it so it's been so long I think I could include it in good conscience.
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