List of prison films

This is a list of prison films — films which are primarily concerned with prison life or prison escape or have at least one memorable prison scene.

0–9

 * 13 Dead Men
 * 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
 * 3 Deewarein
 * 6,000 Enemies

A

 * The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
 * Angel on My Shoulder
 * Against the Wall
 * Alien 3
 * American History X
 * Animal Factory
 * Anything for Her
 * Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

B

 * Bad Boys (1983)
 * Bangkok Hilton
 * Beyond Re-Animator
 * The Big Bird Cage
 * The Big Doll House
 * The Big House (1930)
 * Big Stan
 * Birdman of Alcatraz
 * Black Mama White Mama
 * Blackmail
 * Blood In Blood Out
 * Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
 * Borstal Boy
 * Boys' Reformatory
 * Brawl in Cell Block 99
 * Breath (2007)
 * Bride of Frankenstein
 * Bringing Up Baby
 * Brokedown Palace
 * Bronson
 * Brubaker
 * Brute Force (1947)

C

 * Caesar Must Die
 * Caged Fury (1989)
 * Caged in Paradiso
 * Canon City
 * Captain America: Civil War
 * Captain Blood (1935)
 * Captives
 * Carandiru
 * The Case Is Closed, Forget It
 * Castle on the Hudson
 * Cell 211
 * Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
 * The Chain Gang (1930)
 * Chain Gang (1950)
 * Chain Gang (1984)
 * Chained Heat
 * Chicago (2002)
 * Chicken Run
 * Chopper
 * Civil Brand
 * Clash by Night (1963)
 * A Clockwork Orange
 * Con Air
 * Con Games
 * The Concrete Jungle
 * Condition Red
 * Convict 13
 * Convicted (1950)
 * Convicts 4
 * Cool Hand Luke
 * The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
 * Crime After Crime
 * The Criminal
 * The Criminal Code
 * Crulic: The Path to Beyond

D

 * Dear Sarah
 * Death Warrant
 * Deathrow Gameshow
 * Destroyer
 * Devil's Island (1939)
 * Dirty Hands (2008)
 * Dog Pound
 * Doing Hard Time
 * Doing Time (2002)
 * Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
 * Dracula's Daughter
 * Dressed to Kill (1946)
 * Dragon in Jail
 * Dust Be My Destiny

E

 * Each Dawn I Die
 * Ergastolo
 * Ernest Goes to Jail
 * Escape from Alcatraz
 * Escape from Sobibor
 * Escape Plan
 * The Escapist (2008)
 * Everynight ... Everynight
 * The Experiment (2010)
 * Das Experiment

F

 * Face/Off
 * Fast-Walking
 * Felon
 * Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
 * The First Time Is the Last Time
 * For You I Die
 * Fortress (1992)
 * Fortress 2: Re-Entry
 * Fortune and Men's Eyes
 * The Fox of Glenarvon

G

 * Gamer
 * Get the Gringo
 * Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
 * The Ghost of Frankenstein
 * Gideon's Trumpet
 * Go for Broke! (1951)
 * Goodfellas
 * Gone With the Wind
 * The Green Mile
 * Greenfingers
 * Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Gunga Din

H

 * H3
 * Half Past Dead
 * Half Past Dead 2
 * Heartlock
 * Hell to Eternity
 * Hellgate (1952)
 * The Hill
 * The Hole (1960)
 * Holes
 * The Hot Box
 * Houdini
 * House of Dracula
 * House of Frankenstein (1944)
 * House of Numbers (1957)
 * The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
 * Hunger (2008)
 * The Hurricane (1937)
 * The Hurricane (1999)

I

 * I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
 * I Believe in You
 * I Love You Phillip Morris
 * I Want to Live!
 * I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy
 * If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
 * Il camorrista
 * In Hell (2003)
 * In the Name of the Father
 * In Prison Awaiting Trial
 * An Innocent Man
 * Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
 * Invisible Stripes
 * Island of Fire

J

 * Jailbait (2004)
 * Jamila dan Sang Presiden
 * Je li jasno, prijatelju?
 * El juego de Arcibel
 * Juarez (1939)

K

 * Kill Kill Faster Faster
 * King of the Damned
 * Kiss of the Spider Woman

L

 * The Last Castle
 * Last Light
 * The Last Mile (1959)
 * Law Abiding Citizen
 * Let's Go to Prison
 * Les Misérables (1935)
 * Lilies
 * Lion's Den (2008)
 * Lock Up
 * Lockdown
 * Locked Up: A Mother's Rage
 * The Loners
 * The Longest Yard (1974)
 * The Longest Yard (2005)
 * Love Child (1982)
 * Lucky Break (2001)

M

 * Made in Britain
 * Madea Goes to Jail
 * The Magic of Ordinary Days
 * Les mains libres
 * Maléfique
 * The Maltese Falcon (1931)
 * A Man Escaped
 * Manners of Dying
 * Marquis
 * The Mask of Zorro
 * Maundy Thursday
 * Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
 * Mean Machine
 * Memoirs of Prison
 * Men of San Quentin
 * Midnight Express
 * Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
 * Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019; Philippines)
 * Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019; Turkey)
 * Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2022)
 * Moon 44
 * Mrs. Soffel
 * Murder in the First
 * Mutiny in the Big House
 * My Life for Ireland
 * My Six Convicts

N

 * Naked Gun $33 1/3$: The Final Insult
 * National Security (2012)
 * Natural Born Killers
 * New Alcatraz
 * The New Guy
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
 * Night Train to Munich
 * No Escape (1994)
 * North by Northwest

O

 * Odd Man Out
 * Ohm Kruger
 * One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
 * Out of Sight
 * Outland
 * Outside These Walls

P

 * Paddington 2
 * Papillon
 * The Paradine Case
 * Pardon Us
 * The Party
 * The Pearl of Death
 * Penitentiary (1938)
 * Penitentiary II
 * Perfect Exchange
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
 * Porridge
 * The Pot Carriers
 * Pressure Point
 * Prison (1987)
 * Prison Break
 * Prison of Secrets
 * Prison on Fire
 * Prison on Fire II
 * Prison on Fire – Life Sentence
 * Prison Song
 * Prison-A-Go-Go!
 * The Prisoner of Shark Island
 * Procesado 1040
 * A Prophet
 * Pros & Cons
 * Psycho (1960)
 * Public Hero No. 1
 * The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)

R

 * Raising Arizona
 * The Reader
 * Reflections on a Crime
 * Release the Prisoners to Spring
 * Riding High (1950)
 * Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
 * Ring of Death
 * Riot
 * Riot in Cell Block 11
 * The Rock
 * Roxie Hart (1942)
 * Runaway Train

S

 * Sadomania
 * Scarlett (1994)
 * The Score (1978)
 * La Scoumoune
 * Scum
 * The Second Hundred Years
 * Seed (2007)
 * A Sense of Freedom
 * Seven Keys
 * Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
 * The Shawshank Redemption
 * Sherlock Holmes (1932)
 * Short Eyes
 * Shot Caller
 * The Sign of the Cross
 * Slaughterhouse Rock
 * Sleepers
 * Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
 * The Son of Monte Cristo
 * Spotlight Scandals
 * Starred Up
 * Stir
 * Stir Crazy
 * Stoic
 * Stranger Inside
 * Strawberry Fields (1997)
 * The Sun Sets at Dawn

T

 * Tango & Cash
 * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
 * Toy Story 3
 * The Trial of Joan of Arc
 * This Is My Affair
 * Tower of London (1939)
 * Tower of London (1962)
 * Train to Alcatraz (1948)
 * True Believer (1989)
 * Turning to Stone
 * Two Thousand Women
 * Two-Way Stretch

U

 * Un chant d'amour
 * Unchained
 * Undisputed
 * Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
 * Undisputed III: Redemption
 * The United States of Leland

V

 * Vendetta
 * Violence in a Women's Prison
 * Virginia City (1940)

W

 * Walls
 * The Weak and the Wicked
 * Wedlock
 * Wee Willie Winkie
 * Weeds
 * White Heat
 * Wild Bill
 * Women in Cell Block 7
 * Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead

Y

 * You Can't Beat the Law
 * You Can't Take It With You

Z

 * The Zero Years (2005)

Documentaries featuring prisons

 * The Cats of Mirikitani
 * Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
 * Family Gathering
 * The Feminist on Cellblock Y (2018)
 * Prison Ball
 * To Be Takei
 * Topaz (1945)
 * Unfinished Business (1985)