Prisoner Movies, Movies about Prisoner

Here we've displayed a list of the best Prisoner films : The Shawshank Redemption(1994), Les Misérables: The Staged Concert(2019), The Green Mile(1999), Oldboy(2003), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), The Great Escape(1963), Cool Hand Luke(1967), The Executioner(1963), Papillon(1973), Planet of the Apes(1968), The Hill(1965), A Prophet(2009) ... ...

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The Shawshank Redemption

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

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Les Misérables: The Staged Concert

Seen by over 120 million people worldwide one of the world's most popular musicals. Now cinema audiences can experience a live broadcast of the musical phenomenon which broke box office records and sold out its entire 16-week season.

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The Green Mile

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

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Oldboy

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.

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I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.

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The Great Escape

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

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Cool Hand Luke

A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.

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The Executioner

An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

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Papillon

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

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Planet of the Apes

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

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The Hill

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

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A Prophet

A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.

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Birdman of Alcatraz

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

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Apocalypto

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.

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Veer-Zaara

Veer-Zaara is a saga of love, separation, courage and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.

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Dark Days

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

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Punishment Park

"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »

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The Hateful Eight

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

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Misery

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

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The Goonies

A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

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The Experiment

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

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Beautiful City

In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."

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The Dirty Dozen

During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.

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Brute Force

At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

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Midnight Express

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

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The Defiant Ones

Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

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Funny Games

Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

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Les Misérables

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

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Midnight Run

An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.

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The Count of Monte Cristo

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.

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