Best movie about a prison or prisoners

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Poll question: Best movie about a prison or prisoners

If your favorite is not listed, please add a reply with your choice.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Slightly non-traditional prison film: Das Experiment

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/

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6. That one looks interesting

[ghostsofgiants]

13. It's definitely worth hecking out.

[QMPMom]

2. Of those I have seen, I chose The Shawshank Redemption.

For me, it's one of those movies that I can watch over and over and never get tired of it.

[EFerrari]

4. Me, too. I could watch those actors every night and never get tired of them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Good morning, my dear bob_weaver!

My personal favorite is The Shawshank Redemption.........

But a close second is Dead Man Walking.......

Nice poll!

:hi:

[av8rdave]

37. Shawshank is my favorite...DMW was ok, but didn't quite measure up to the book

by Sister Helen Prejean....very haunting

[immoderate]

5. "The Hill" -- Sean Connery, Ossie Davis

Connery's first non-Bond movie. Great!

--IMM

[cmkramer]

7. Tie for me

I like "Shawshank Redemption" and one I don't believe is on the list, "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang".

But if you're looking for good cheesy fun, you can't go wrong with "Caged" the classic "women in prison" film from 1950.

[peekaloo]

8. Quills w/Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix.

fictionalized account of the Marquis de Sade's (not pronounced Shar-day)imprisonment.


p.s. I love Shawshank, too.

[auntAgonist]

9. I voted Dead Man Walking .. You didn't have The Green Mile

as a choice.
I also would have voted Shawshank Redemption. Prison movies are a favourite of mine all round.


aA

[RegimeChange2008]

10. Con Air

A bunch of crazed convicts hijack their own transport plane and crash it on the Vegas strip. Does anybody notice, or do they think it's part of the show? :evilgrin:

[Downtown Hound]

11. A great one that's not on your list: "Slam."

A small independent film made in the late 90's about a black poet who gets popped for selling a quarter ounce of weed and is facing two years in the slammer. In my opinion it is the most realistic look into our nation's prison system and the futility and destructive nature of our war on drugs. An under appreciated little gem this film is.

On your list though, "The Shawshank Redemption" is my favorite.

[sakabatou]

12. Does "O Brother Where art Thou?" count?

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19. Technically, yes

because they are escaped prisoners. I only liked the first half of that film though. I thought it lost its way in the 2nd half. just my opinion

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

14. Anything with Morgan Freeman automagically owns.

Shawshank Redemption was sweet.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I prefer the prison films about women's prisons with lesbian overtones.

That's a bizarre and hilarious genre. Not porn flicks, but still quite suggestive.

[sasquatch]

17. You mean like "Prison Heat"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107877/

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18. Here's one along those lines...

"Vendetta" (1986)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092156/

[edbermac]

16. Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood was pretty good.

[jayfish]

20. Hey, Where's "Stir Crazy"?

Hands down, the best prison movie I've ever seen.

Jay

[Drum]

21. A few others:

I thought that "Life" (with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) was a good one.

Would "Spartacus" be in there anywhere?

Or "Midnight Express"?

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23. Midnight Express is in the poll

[Spirochete]

22. Animal Factory

should have been on the list.

[blogslut]

24. From your list...

of those I've seen, I like all of them. Just the same, wanted to give some love to "Birdman of Altcatraz"

Granted, the screenplay is historically flawed and flatters the real-ilfe protagonist falsely. Still, the film is amazing and is a biting condemnation of the American prison system.

[ellisonz]

25. American History X

[regnaD kciN]

42. That was a potentially great film...

...with the absolute worst ending ever. :puke:

[JVS]

49. What happened, I forget

[bif]

26. "Chicken Run"

[u4ic]

32. Lol

:toast:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

27. The Rat Tamer

It's a "small movie" from Australia, I think. Pretty good story about a female psychologist in a men's prison.

Not as grandiose as the ones listed (I voted Cool Hand Luke), but nice.

[Paladin]

28. "White Heat" Ought To Be On The List

James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien in a classic 1949 crime flick, a good portion of which transpires in prison.

[bigwillq]

29. Shawshank (nt)

[MrSlayer]

30. Shawshank, Escape from Alcatraz, American Me, American History X.

The Green Mile was pretty good too.

[Critters2]

31. Oh, yeah. The Green Mile should have been in the poll. nt

[cwydro]

33. Hey, great poll

but no fair, because I wanted to vote for three different ones.

[Elidor]

34. Having seen all but the first, and despite Cool Hand Luke being a timeless classic

Papillon is it. The Longest Yard was pretty good, too.

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40. "A Man Escaped" is suspenseful and unforgettable!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049902/

[Penndems]

35. Don't see "The Dirty Dozen" with Lee Marvin on here

That's a movie about prisoners who form a Special Ops unit. :)

[Broken_Hero]

36. Shawshank Redemption, :) nt

[ironflange]

38. The Longest Yard - original version, of course

Burt, prison, f'ball, Anitra Ford in something sheer, a Citroen-Maserati floating in the harbor. What's not to love?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

39. Speaking of cheesy movies....

How about "Breakout" with Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland and Robert Duvall???

Helicopter pilot is rented to land in Mexican prison yard, pick up prisoner and remove him.

[anti-everything]

41. Animal Factory

Great movie.

[GenDem]

43. What is it about "Shawshank"?

It's one of those movies that I can watch over and over again, and enjoy every time, and never tire of.

[fudge stripe cookays]

47. Who'd a thunk...

the story of a man swimming through shit would cause such a ruckus?

I keed. I love Shawshank too. When it came out, everyone was raving, and I was like, "What is the big deal?" reprehensor sat me down and MADE me watch, and now I'm glad he did.

[fudge stripe cookays]

44. "The Defiant Ones" with Sidney Poitier. n/t

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45. I love that one.

[dysfunctional press]

46. bridge on the river kwai, the longest yard(original), pros & cons, con air, stir crazy...

but "oh brother where art thou" would be #2 after shawshank.

[fudge stripe cookays]

48. "I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" with Paul Muni

Good 1930s stuff.

Oh, and "Take the Money and Run" from Woody Allen, for a little levity.

[Scurrilous]

50. Down by Law

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090967/