Index

791 titles in the list.

Those with an asterisk are recorded in the index twice (or maybe even three times) under alternative names.

A

A cavallo della tigre (1961, Italy)*

Abashiri Bangaichi (1965, Japan)*

Absolute Aggression (1996, USA)

Accusing Finger, The (1936, USA)

Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer, The (1986, USA)*

Affinity (2008, UK, Canada, Romania)

Against the Wall (1993, USA)

Against Their Will (1994, USA)

Agujero, El (1997, Mexico)

Alcatraz (2018, UK / USA)

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980, USA)

Alias La Gringa (1991, Peru)

Alien 3 (1992, USA)

Alive (2002, Japan)

Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012, USA)

American History X (1998, USA)

American Me (1992, USA)

American Violet (2008, USA)

Amnesty (2011, Albania)

…and the Wild, Wild Women (1959, Italy)*

Angry Planet (2009, USA)*

Animal (2005, USA)

Animal 2 (2007, USA)

Animal Factory (2000, USA)

Anything for Her (2008, France)*

Apando, El (1976, Mexico)

Apprentice (2016, Singapore and others)

Archer, The (2017, USA)

Arcibel’s Game (2003, Argentina)

Asura (2015, India)

Atmen (2011, Austria)*

Atrapadas (1984, Argentina)*

Attica (1980, USA)

Autsajder (2018, Poland)

Avengement (2019, UK)

B

Back by Midnight (2002, USA)

Back Door to Heaven (1939, USA)

Bad Boys (1983, USA)

Bad Girls Dormitory (1986, USA)

Bad Girls: The Musical (2009, UK)

Badlanders (1992, USA)*

Bandini (1963, India)

Bandits (1997, Germany)

Bangkok Hell (2002, Thailand)*

Before I Hang (1940, USA)

Behind Prison Gates (1939, USA)

Behind Prison Walls (1943, USA)

Behind the High Wall (1956, USA)

Behind the Mask (1932, USA)

Below Zero (2021, Spain)

Bespredel (1989, USSR)

Betrayed Women (1955, USA)

Beyond Re-animator (2003, Spain)

Beyond the Walls (1984, Israel)*

Bid, The (2021, USA)

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006, Japan)

Big Guy, The (1939, USA)*

Big House (1931, France / USA)*

Big House, The (1930, USA)

Big House Bunny (1950, USA)

Big House, U.S.A. (1955, USA)

Big Stan (2007, USA)

Bill Takes a Holiday (1932, UK)*

Birdman of Alcatraz, The (1962, USA)

Black August (2007, USA)

Black Cat in Jail (2000, Hong Kong)

Black Jesus (1968, Italy)

Black Mama, White Mama (1973, USA / Philippines)

Black Tuesday (1954, USA)

Blackbird (2012, Canada)

Blackwell’s Island (1939, USA)

Bless You, Prison (2002, Romania)

Blessed Benefit (2016, Jordan, Germany, Netherlands)

Blonde Bait (1956, UK / USA)*

Blonde Sinner (1956, UK)*

Blood Camp Thatcher (1982, Australia)*

Blood In, Blood Out (1993, USA)*

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991, USA)

Bloodsport II – The Next Kumite (1996, USA)

Bloodsport 4 – The Dark Kumite (1999, USA)

Bones Tunnel, The (2011, Argentina)*

Boobheads (2008, Greece)

Born American (1986, USA / Finland)

Born for Trouble (1942, USA)*

Borstal Boy (2000, UK / Ireland)

Bound by Honor (1993, USA)*

Boycott (1986, Iran)

Boys Behind Bars (2013, UK)

Boys Behind Bars 2 (2014, UK)

Boys Behind Bars 3 (2015, UK)

Boys of Cellblock Q, The (1992, USA)

Boys’ Prison (1949, USA)*

Boys’ Reformatory (1939, USA)

Brainwashed (1972, France / Italy)*

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017, USA)

Breakin’ Out (2001, France)

Breakout (1975, USA)

Breath (2007, South Korea)*

Breathing (2011, Austria)*

Bridge of Sighs, The (1936, USA)

Brig, The (1964, USA)

Brokedown Palace (1999, USA)

Broken Bars (1995, USA)

Bronson (2009, UK)

Brothers (1977, USA)

Brubaker (1980, USA)

Brute Force (1947, USA)

Buckstone County Prison (1978, USA)*

Buried Alive (1939, USA)

Butterfly in Grey (2002, Thailand)

Buy & Cell (1988, USA)

C

Cadence (1990, USA)

Caesar Must Die (2012, Italy)

Cage Without a Key (1975, USA)*

Caged (1949, USA)

Caged Fear (1996, USA)*

Caged Heart, The (1984, France)*

Caged Men (1971, Canada)*

Calculator (2014, Russia)*

Call Me Thief (2016, South Africa)*

Canon City (1948, USA)

Can’t Shake the Beat (1988, USA / Argentina)*

Capharnaüm (2018, Lebanon and others)

Captives (1994, UK)

Carandiru (2003, Brazil)

Carbine Williams (1952, USA)

Carmen (2003, Russia)

Carne de Presidio (1952, Mexico)

Carpenter’s Pencil, The (2003, Spain)

Castle on the Hudson (1940, USA)

Celda #27 (2002, Mexico)

Celda 211 (2009, Spain)

Cell 213 (2011, Canada)

Cell 2455, Death Row (1955, USA)

Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995, USA)

Cellmates (2011, USA)

Cenzorka (2021, Slovakia / Czech Republic / Ukraine)*

Ceremony, The (1963, USA)

Chain Gang (1950, USA)

Chain Gang (1984, USA)

Chain Gang Girls – Nami: Shared Cell 42 (2007, Japan)

Chaindance (1990, Canada)*

Chained Heat (1983, USA)

Chair, The (1988, USA)

Chair, The (2016, USA)

Chalked Out (1939, USA)*

Chant D’Amour, Un (1950, France)

Chasers (1994, USA)

Chattahoochee (1989, USA)

Chess Game (2014, Brazil)*

Chicago (2002, USA)

Chicken Mexicaine (2007, Switzerland)

Chicken Run (2000, UK)

Children’s Rebellion, The (1992, France)

Chinese Midnight Express (1997, Hong Kong)

Chinese Midnight Express II (1999, Hong Kong)

Chopper (2000, Australia)

Circuit 2 (2003, USA)

Civil Brand (2002, USA)

Chronicle of an Escape (2006, Argentina)

City Island (2009, USA)

Clash by Night (1964, UK)*

Clemency (2019, USA)

Club Fed (1990, USA)

Coldwater (2013, USA)

Common Bonds (1990, Canada)*

Con Air (1997, USA)

Con Games (2001, USA)

Concrete Hell (1985, Canada)*

Concrete Jungle, The (1960, UK)*

Concrete Jungle, The (1982, USA)

Condemned! (1929, USA)

Condemned, The (1976, Hong Kong)

Condemned, The (2007, USA)

Condemned to Hell (1984, Argentina)*

Condemned Women (1938, USA)

Condition Red (1995, USA / Finland)

Consequence, The (1977, Germany)

Convict (2014, Australia)

Convict (2014, Egypt)

Convict Cowboy (1995, USA)

Convict 13 (1921, USA)

Convict 99 (1938, UK)

Convict 762 (1997, USA)

Convicted (1950, USA)

Convicted Woman (1940, USA)

Conviction (2001, USA)

Convicts 4 (1962, USA)

Cool Hand Luke (1967, USA)

Cracksman, The (1963, UK)

Crime School (1938, USA)

Criminal, The (1960, UK)*

Criminal Code, The (1931, USA)

Crown Heights (2017, USA)

Crulic: The Path to Beyond (2011, Romania / Poland)

Culpable, The (2015, Germany)*

D

Dance of the Steel Bars (2013, Philippines)

Dance with the Jackals 2 (2012, Turkey)

Dante 01 (2008, France)

Daring Young Man, The (1935, USA)

Dark Holiday (1989, USA)*

Dark Love (2010, Italy)

Day Break (2005, Iran)

Day of Reckoning (1933, USA)

Days of ’36 (1972, Greece)

Dead Leaves (2004, Japan)

Dead Man Walking (1995, USA)

Dead Men Walking (2005, USA)

Death Block 13 (2021, USA)*

Death by Hanging (1968, Japan)

Death House (1988, USA)*

Death Race (2008, USA)

Death Row (2007, USA)

Death Warrant (1990, USA)

Deathrow (2000, Philippines)

Deathrow Gameshow (1987, USA)

Deathwatch (1966, USA)

Defiant Ones, The (1958, USA)

Despicable Me 3 (2017, USA)

Devil’s Canyon (1953, USA)

Devil’s Island (1939, USA)

Diamond Geezer (2005, UK)

Dios te bendiga hijo mío Santa Martha Acatitla Penitenciaria (2007, Mexico)

Division 19 (2017, UK / USA)

Dog Pound (2010, Canada / France)

Dogboys (1998, USA)

Doin’ Time (1985, USA)

Doing Hard Time (2004, USA)

Doing Life (1986, Canada)

Doing Time (2002, Japan)

Down by Law (1986, USA)

Down by Love (2016, France)

Down Time (2001, USA)

Duffy of San Quentin (1954, USA)

Duvar (1983, Turkey)*

E

Each Dawn I Die (1939, USA)

Edge, The (2010, Russia)

Eduart (2006, Greece)

8E88 Fan Lanla (2010, Thailand)

Ek Hasina Thi (2004, India)*

El Presidio (1930, USA)

Elimination Game (2014, Australia)*

Elly Baly Balak (2003, Egypt)

Ernest Goes to Jail (1990, USA)

Escape (1980, USA)

Escape 2000 (1982, Australia)*

Escape by Night (1964, UK)*

Escape De Los Santos, El (2005, USA)

Escape from Absolom (1994, USA)*

Escape from Alcatraz (1979, USA)

Escape from Death Block 13 (2021, USA)*

Escape from Death Row (1973, Italy)*

Escape from DS-3 (1981, USA)

Escape from New York (1981, USA)

Escape from Pretoria (2020, UK / Australia / USA / South Africa)

Escape Plan (2013, USA)

Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018, USA / China)

Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019, USA)

Escapist, The (2002, UK)

Escapist, The (2008, UK)

Estomago (2007, Brazil / Italy)

Evasive Action (1998, USA)*

Everyday (2012, UK)

Everynight… everynight (1994, Australia)

Evil Gene, The (2015, USA)

Excessive Torture in a Female Prison Camp (1976, South Korea / Hong Kong / Taiwan)*

L’Exécution (2004, Canada)*

Executioner, The (2009, South Korea)

Experiment, Das (2001, Germany)

Experiment, The (2010, USA)

Experiment Alcatraz (1950, USA)

Expert, The (1995, USA)

Eyes of the Birds, The (1983, Switzerland / France)*

F

F Tipi Film (2012, Turkey)

Fanged Up (2017, UK)

Fast-Walking (1982, USA)

Felon (2008, USA)

Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion (1972, Japan)

Fence, The (1994, USA)

15 to Life (2002, USA)

Fiore (2016, Italy)

Firelight (2012, USA)

First Circle (1992, Canada / France)

First Time Felon (1997, USA)

First Time is the Last Time, The (1989, Hong Kong)

Five Star: The Final (1986, South Africa)*

Fled (1996, USA)

Fleischwolf (1990, Austria)*

For Her (2008, France)*

For the Term of His Natural Life (1927, Australia with USA)

Forbrydelser (2004, Denmark)*

Forever Mary (1989, Italy)*

Forever Strong (2008, USA)

Forgiven, The (2017, UK)

Fortress (1992, USA)

Fortress 2: Re-Entry (2000, USA)

Fortune and Men’s Eyes (1971, Canada)

40 Sticks  (2020, Kenya)

Four Minutes (2006, Germany)*

14 Days to Life (1997, Germany)

4th Company, The (2016, Mexico)

Freedom (2009, Italy)*

Freedom at Midnight (2018, India)

From the House of the Dead (2007, France)

From the Queen to the Chief Executive (2001, Hong Kong)

Fugitive Rage (1996, USA)*

Fun and Games (1971, UK)*

Furia, La (1997, Argentina)

Furlough (2018, USA)

Furnace (2007, USA)

G

Gaolbreak (1962, UK)

Garden of the Dead (1972, USA)*

Gefangen (2004, Germany)*

Gentle Creature, A (2017, Russia / France / others)

Get Hard (2015, USA)

Get Santa (2014, UK)

Get the Gringo (2012, USA)

Ghost That Never Returns, The (1929, USSR)

Ghosted (2011, UK)

Ghosts… of the Civil Dead (1988, Australia)

Gideon’s Trumpet (1980, USA)

Girl on a Chain Gang (1965, USA)

Girls in Chains (1943, USA)

Girls in Prison (1956, USA)

Girls in Prison (1994, USA)

Girls of the Big House (1945, USA)

Git (2015, Poland)*

Glass House, The (1972, USA)

Go for Broke (2002, USA)

God Has a Rap Sheet (2002, USA)

Godless Girl, The (1929, USA)

Goodbye Bafana (2007, Belgium)

Great Consoler, The (1933, USSR)

Great Escape from Women’s Prison (1976, South Korea / Hong Kong / Taiwan)*

Green Mile, The (1999, USA)

Green Street Hooligans 2 (2009, USA)

Greenfingers (2000, UK)

Gridiron Gang (2006, USA)

Guilt by Association (2001, USA)

Guilty (2011, France)*

Gulag (1985, USA)

Guru, the Mad Monk (1970, USA)

Guys from Paradise, The (2000, Japan)

H

H3 (2001, Ireland)

half (2014, South Korea)

Half Past Dead (2002, USA)

Half Past Dead 2 (2007, USA)

Hammer, The (2017, USA)*

Hammerlock (2001, USA)

Hangman, The: Shepherds and Butchers (2016, South Africa)*

Hard Choices (1985, USA)

Hard Justice (1995, USA)

Hard Word, The (2002, Australia)

Hari ng selda: Anak ni baby ama 2 (2002, Philippines)

Harmony (2010, South Korea)

Haunted Jail House (1990, Hong Kong)*

Haunting of Alcatraz, The (2020, UK)

Healing (2014, Australia)

Heart, Baby (2017, USA)*

Heartlock (2018, USA)

Hell Hole (1983, Indonesia / Philippines)

Hell in Tangier (2006, Belgium)

Hell in the City (1959, Italy)*

Hell on Devil’s Island (1957, USA)

Hellcage: Inmate 611 Part 2 (2007, Japan)

Hellgate (1952, USA)

Hellhole: Inmate 611 (2007, Japan)

Hell’s Highway (1932, USA)

Hell’s House (1932, USA)

Hell’s Kitchen (1939, USA)

Hill, The (1965, UK)

Histoire de Pen (2002, Canada)*

Hold Back Tomorrow (1955, USA)

Hold ‘Em Jail (1932, USA)

Hold Your Man (1933, USA)

Holes (2003, USA)

Holiday (2006, South Korea)

Honor System, The (1917, USA)

Hoodwink (1981, Australia)

Hoose-Gow, The (1929, USA)

Hour Before My Brother Dies, The (1986, Australia)

House of Numbers (1957, USA)

House of Whipcord (1974, UK)

House of Women (1961, USA)

Human Centipede III, The (Final Sequence) (2015, USA)

Human Experiments (1979, USA)

Hunger (2008, UK)

Hurricane, The (1937, USA)

I

I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, USA)

I Love You Phillip Morris (2009,USA)

I Stefania (1966, Greece)

I Want to Live! (1958, USA)

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010, Romania / Sweden)

I’m Going to Get You… Elliott Boy (1971, Canada)*

Impact (1963, UK)

Imprisoned: Survival Guide for the Rich and Prodigal (2015, Hong Kong)

Imprisoned Women (1975, USA)*

In Hell (2003, USA)

In the Custody of Strangers (1982, USA)

In the Jail Now (2005, Turkey)*

In the Name of the Father (1993, UK)

In Your Hands (2004, Denmark)*

Incoming (2018, USA / Serbia)

Infinity Chamber (2016, USA)

Informer, The (2019, UK)

Innocent Man, An (1989, USA)

Inside (1996, USA)

Inside (2002, Canada)*

Inside (2011, Netherlands)*

Inside (2012, USA)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951, USA)

Instinct (1999, USA)

Interrogation (1982, Poland)

Interstellar Outlaws (2009, USA)*

Is it Clear, My Friend? (2000, Croatia)

Island of Fire (1990, Taiwan)*

Islas Marías, Las (1951, Mexico)

Ismail Yasin in Prison (1961, Egypt)

It’s All Judas’ Fault (2009, Italy)*

J

Jackal of Nahueltoro, The (1970, Chile)

Jackie Chan is The Prisoner (1990, Taiwan)*

Jacktown (1962, USA)

Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fang (1978, Canada)

Jail (2009, India)

Jail Break (1961, Italy)*

Jail Breakers (2002, South Korea)

Jail Busters (1955, USA)

Jail House Eros (1990, Hong Kong)*

Jail in Burning Island, The (1997, Hong Kong)*

Jail of No Return, The (1994, Hong Kong)

Jail: The Women’s Hell, The (2006, Italy)

Jailbait (2003, USA)

Jailbait (2013, USA)

Jailbird Rock (1988, USA / Argentina)*

Jailbirds (1940, UK)

Jailbirds (2015, France / Belgium)

Jailbreak (1936, USA)*

Jailbreak (2017, Cambodia)

Jailbreak Pact (2020, Chile)

Jailbreakers, The (1997, Hong Kong)*

Jailhouse, The (2009, USA)

Jailhouse Rock (1957, USA)

Jamesy Boy (2014, USA)

Jericho Mile, The (1979, USA)

Jing: King of Bandits – Seventh Heaven (2004, Japan)

Jogo de Xadrez (2014, Brazil)*

Johnny Greyeyes (2000, Canada)

Johnny Holiday (1949, USA)*

Joshila (1973, India)

Just Do It – The Risk is Yours (2002, Poland)

Just Us (1986, Australia)

K

K-11 (2012, USA)

Kajínek (2010, Czech Republic)

Kala Pani (1958, India)

Kala Pani (1996, India)

Keeper, The (1995, USA)

Kill Zone 2 (2015, China / Hong Kong)*

Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996, USA)

Killing Yard, The (2001, USA)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, UK)

King of Devil’s Island (2010, Norway)

King of Jail Breakers, The (2009, Japan)*

King of the Damned (1935, UK)

King of the Escape (2009, Japan)*

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985, Brazil / USA)

L

L’Addition (1984, France)

La Taularde (2015, France / Belgium)*

Ladies of the Big House (1931, USA)

Ladies They Talk About (1932, USA)

Lady Gangster (1942, USA)

Lady in the Death House (1944, USA)

Larceny (2017, USA / Mexico)*

Larks on a String (1969, Czechoslovakia)

Last Castle, The (2001, USA)

Last Dance (1996, USA)

Last Light (1993, USA)

Last Mile, The (1932, USA)

Last Mile, The (1959, USA)

Laughing Gor 2 (2011, Hong Kong)*

Law Abiding Citizen (2009, USA)

Le droit d’aimer (1972, France / Italy)*

Left to Die (2012, USA)

Leonera (2008, Argentina)*

Let’s Go to Prison (2006, USA)

Letter from Death Row, A (1998, USA)

Letters from a Killer (1998, USA)

Life (1995, Australia)

Life (1999, USA)

Like the Wind (2013, Italy / France)

Lilies (1996, Canada)

Lion’s Den (2008, Argentina)*

Live by the Fist (1992, Philippines / USA)

Living Dead Lock Up (2005, USA)

Lock Up (1989, USA)

Lockdown (2000, USA)

Locked Down (2010, USA)

Locked Up (2004, Germany)*

Locked Up (2017, USA)

Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991, USA)*

Lockout (2012, USA)

Lokillo en: Mi Otra Yo (2021, Colombia)

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (1962, UK)

Loners, The (2009, Israel)

Longest Yard, The (1974, USA)

Longest Yard, The (2005, USA)

Longford (2006, UK)

Love Child (1982, USA)

Love Comes to the Executioner (2003, USA)

Love Me Still (2008, UK)

Lucknow Central (2017, India)

Lucky Break (2001, UK)

Lust for Freedom (1987, USA)

M

Madea Goes to Jail (2006, USA)

Maléfique (2002, France)

Man Called Sledge, A (1970, Italy, USA)

Man Escaped, A (1956, France)

Man from Abashiri Jail, The (1965, Japan)*

Man of Will (2017, South Korea)

Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987, USA)

Man Who Turned to Stone, The (1957, USA)

Manners of Dying (2004, Canada)*

Mannsfield 12, The (2007, USA)

Marco W. – 247 Days in a Turkish Prison (2011, Germany)

Maundy Thursday (2006, South Korea)

Maximum Conviction (2012, USA)

Maximum Security (1984, USA)

Maximum Security (1997, USA)

Maximum Security (2017, USA / Mexico)*

Mayor of Hell, The (1933, USA)

Maze (2017, Ireland / Sweden /others)

McVicar (1980, UK)

Me’Ahorei Hasoragim (1984, Israel)*

Mean Dog Blues (1978, USA)

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973, Italy)*

Mean Machine (2001, UK)

Meanest Man in Texas, The (2017, USA)

Meatgrinder (1990, Austria)*

Men of San Quentin (1942, USA)

Men Without Souls (1940, USA)

Mercenaries (2014, USA)

Merciless, The (2017, South Korea)

Merry Jail, The (1917, Germany)

Mery Per Sempre (1989, Italy)*

Michael Inside (2017, Ireland)

Mickey B (2007, UK)

Middle of Nowhere (2012, USA)

Midnight Express (1978, USA)

Millionaires in Prison (1940, USA)

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013, South Korea)

Monster’s Ball (2001, USA)

More Than Just a Game (2007, South Africa)

Moron 5 and the Crying Lady (2012, Philippines)

Mrs. Soffel (1984, USA)

Mulberry Tree, The (2010, USA)

Murder in the Big House (1936, USA)*

Murder in the Big House (1942, USA)

Murder in the First (1994, USA)

Mustang, The (2019, USA / France / Belgium)

Mutiny in the Big House (1939, USA)

My Cousin Vinny (1992, USA)

My Prison Yard (2008, Spain)*

My Six Convicts (1952, USA)

N

Naked Gun 33 1/3 – The Final Insult (1994, USA)

Naruto Shippuden: Blood Prison (2011, Japan)

Never Too Late to Mend (1937, UK)

New Alcatraz (2001, USA)

Next Three Days, The (2010, USA)

Ni Ljuger (1969, Sweden)*

Night of the Kings (2020, Ivory Coast / Canada / France / Senegal)

Night Train (2007, China)

Nightmare in Badham County (1976, USA)

9 Souls (2003, Japan)

99 Women (1969, Germany and ors)

No Escape (1994, USA)*

Noem My Skollie (2016, South Africa)*

Nor Chor (2002, Thailand)*

Nothing But the Truth (2008, USA)

Now Barabbas Was a Robber (1949, UK)

Number, The (2017, South Africa)

Numbered Men (1930, USA)

O

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, USA)

O.G. (2018, USA)

O Simdi Mahkum (2005, Turkey)*

Off the Wall (1983, USA)*

Offender (2012, UK)

Old Men in New Cars (2002, Denmark)

On My Skin (2019, Italy)

On the Job (2013, Philippines)

On the Outs (2004, USA)

On the Tiger’s Back (1961, Italy)*

On the Yard (1978, USA)

107 Mothers (2021, Slovakia / Czech Republic / Ukraine)*

186 Dollars to Freedom (2012, USA / Peru)

1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971, UK)*

One Way Ticket (1997, Australia)

Other Side of Love, The (1991, USA)*

Outer Gate, The (1937, USA)

Ozzy (2016, Spain / Canada)

P

P Storm (2019, Hong Kong / China)

Paddington 2 (2017, UK / Others)

Papillon (1973, USA)

Papillon (2017, USA)

Pardon (2005, Turkey)

Pardon Us (1931, USA)

Part du Ciel, Une (2002, France / Belgium / Luxembourg)*

Party, Le (1990, Canada)

Passed by Censor (2019, Turkey / Germany / France)

Passion’s Web (2007, Canada)*

Passport to Terror (1989, USA)*

Patio de mi Carcel, El (2008, Spain)*

Penguins Behind Bars (2003, Canada)

Penitentiary (1938, USA)

Penitentiary (1979, USA)

Penitentiary II (1982, USA)

Picco (2010, Germany)

Piece of Sky, A (2002, France / Belgium / Luxembourg)*

Pierrepoint – the Last Hangman (2005, UK)

Pixote (1981, Brazil)

Plan, The (2015, India)

Platform, The (2019, Spain)

Porridge (1979, UK)

Pot Carriers, The (1962, UK)

Pour Elle (2008, France)

Prayer Before Dawn, A (2017, France / UK)

Pressure Point (1962, USA)

Présumé coupable (2011, France)*

Prison (1988, USA)

Prison, The (2017, South Korea)

Prison-A-Go-Go! (2003, USA)

Prison Break (1938, USA)

Prison Break: The Final Break (2009, USA)

Prison Farm (1938, USA)

Prison of Secrets (1997, USA)

Prison on Fire (1987, Hong Kong)

Prison on Fire 2 (1990, Hong Kong)

Prison on Fire: Life Sentence (2001, Hong Kong)

Prison on Fire: Preacher (2002, Hong Kong)

Prison Mutiny (1943, USA)*

Prison Nurse (1937, USA)

Prison Planet (1992, USA)*

Prison Shadows (1936, USA)

Prison Song (2001, USA)

Prison Train (1938, USA)

Prison War 2 (2014, Nigeria / Ghana)

Prison Warden (1949, USA)

Prison Without Bars (1938, UK)

Prisoner Maria: The Movie (1995, Japan)

Prisoner/Terrorist (2007, Japan)*

Prisoner, The (2007, Japan)*

Prisoner 13 (1933, Mexico)

Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936, USA)

Prisoners in Petticoats (1950, USA)

Proper Eyes (2007, Argentina)

Pros & Cons (1999, USA)

Prophet, A (2009, France)

Provoked (2006, UK / India)

Proximity (2001, USA)

Purgatory (1988, South Africa)

Pursuit of Happiness, The (1970, USA)

Q

Qaidi Band (2017, India)

Quare Fellow, The (1962, UK)

R

R (2010, Denmark)

Racer and the Jailbird (2017, Belgium / others)

Racing for Time (2007, USA)

Ramchand Pakistani (2008, Pakistan)

Rat Tamer, The (1995, Australia)

Red Heat (1985, USA)

Redeemer (2002, USA)

Release (2010, UK)

Revenger (2018, South Korea)

Revolt in the Big House (1958, USA)

Révolte dans la prison (1931, France / USA)*

Revolver (1973, Italy / France / Germany)

Riding the Tiger  (2002, Italy)

Righteous Ties (2006, South Korea)

Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991, Hong Kong)

Ring of Death (2008, USA)

Riot (1969, USA)

Riot (2015, USA)

Riot in a Women’s Prison (1974, Italy)*

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954, USA)

Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959, USA)

Rise (2014, Australia)

Road Gang (1936, USA)

Road to the Big House (1947, USA)

Rock, The (1996, USA)

Romance in Vietnam (1989, Hong Kong)*

Rosewater (2014, USA)

Runaway Train (1985, USA)

S

Salty Air (2006, Italy)

Salute! (2017, Namibia)

Samar (1962, USA)

San Quentin (1937, USA)

Sarbjit (2016, India)

Savage Dog (2017, USA)

School Behind Bars, A (2010, Japan)

School for Unclaimed Girls (1969, UK)*

Screwed (2011, UK)

Scrubbers (1982, UK)

Scum (1979, UK)

Seabo (1978, USA)*

Second Hundred Years, The (1927, USA)

Selda (2007, Philippines)

Sense of Freedom (1979, UK)

7 Ans (2006, France)

7 Stones (2012, USA)

Seventeen Years (1999, China)

72 Kogus (2011, Turkey)

Sex in Chains (1928, Germany)

Sex Life in a Women’s Prison (1974, Italy)*

Shackles (2005, USA)

Shadow: Dead Riot (2006, USA)

Shapeshifter (2005, USA)

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (2015, USA)

Shaun the Sheep (2015, UK / France / USA)

Shawshank Redemption, The (1994, USA)

She Made Them Do It (2013, USA)

Shepherds and Butchers (2016, South Africa)*

Sheriff Behind Bars, The (1965, Czechoslovakia)

Shoeshine (1946, Italy)

Short Eyes (1977, USA)

Shot Caller (2017, USA)

Silent Grace (2001, Ireland)

Silent Scream (1990, UK)

Six Against the Rock (1987, USA)

Six – The Mark Unleashed (2004, USA)

6,000 Enemies (1939, USA)

Skidoo (1968, USA)

Slam (1998, USA)

Slams, The (1973, USA)

Sleepers (1996, USA)

Smashing Bird I Used to Know, The (1969, UK)*

Smashing the Money Ring (1939, USA)

Snake Canyon Prison (1983, USA)*

So Evil, So Young (1961, UK)

So Young So Bad (1950, USA)

Solar Vengeance (2009, USA)*

Some Mother’s Son (1996, Ireland / USA)

Son of a Gun (2014, Australia)

Soom (2007, South Korea)*

Spiderhead (2022, USA)

SPL2: A Time for Consequences (2015, China / Hong Kong)*

Spoiler (1998, USA)

Stanford Prison Experiment, The (2015, USA)

Star Slammer (1986, USA)*

Starred Up (2013, UK)

Stars and Roses (1989, Hong Kong)*

State Penitentiary (1950, USA)

Steel Train (1998, USA)*

Sting II: Perfect Exchange, The (1993, Hong Kong)

Stir (1980, Australia)

Stir Crazy (1980, USA)

Stoic (2009, USA)

Stone (2010, USA)

Story of Molly X, The (1949, USA)

Strange Cargo (1940, USA)

Stranger Inside (2001, USA)

Strike of the Tortured Angels (1982, Hong Kong)

Stuck! (2009, USA)

Sullivan’s Travels (1941, USA)

Sun Sets at Dawn, The (1950, USA)

Swamp Women (1956, USA)

Symmetry (2003, Poland)

System, The (2022, USA)

T

Take the Money and Run (1969, USA)

Tango & Cash (1988, USA)

Tango Libre (2012, France / Belgium / Luxembourg)

Teen Deewarein (2003, India)*

Terra Nova (2008, Russia)

There was a Beautiful Girl (2004, India)*

There Was a Crooked Man… (1970, USA)

They All Come Out (1939, USA)

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978, USA)

13 Dead Men (2003, USA)

33 Postcards (2011, Australia / China)

Those High Grey Walls (1939, USA)

3 Clear Sundays (1965, UK)

Three Smart Saps (1942, USA)

3000 Nights (2015, Palestine, Jordan, France, Lebanon, Qatar, UAE)

3 Walls (2003, India)*

Thunderbolt (1929, USA)

Timelock (1996, USA)

Todos a la Cárcel (1993, Spain)

Tomb of the Undead (1972, USA)*

Tomorrow La Scala! (2002, UK)

Tomorrow’s Joe (2011, Japan)

Tonight’s the Night (1932, UK)*

Tonight’s the Night: Pass it On (1932, UK)*

Toy Story 3 (2010, USA)

Tracks (2004, USA)

Train to Alcatraz (1948, USA)

Traveling Executioner, The (1970, USA)

Triple Trouble (1950, USA)

Trou, Le (1960, France)*

True Story (2015, USA)

Tunnel of Bones (2011, Argentina)*

Turkey Shoot (1982, Australia)*

Turkey Shoot (2014, Australia)*

Turn Him Loose (1929, USA)

Turning Point 2 (2011, Hong Kong)*

Turning to Stone (1985, Canada)*

Tutta Colpa di Giuda (2009, Italy)*

Twelve Year Night, A (2018, Uruguay / others)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932, USA)

Two Way Stretch (1960, UK)

Twilight, The (2002, Iran)

Two Eyes, Twelve Hands (1958, India)

U

Umbartha (1982, India)

Up the River (1930, USA)

Uncaged Heart (2007, Canada)*

Unchained (1955, USA)

Under Jakob’s Ladder (2011, USA)

Under Lock and Key (1995, USA)

Under the Gun (1951, USA)

Underdogs (2007, Germany)

Undisputed (2002, USA)

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2005, USA)

Undisputed III: Redemption (2010, USA)

Unshackled (2000, USA)

Unspeakable (2002, USA)

Untamed Youth (1957, USA)

Us (2019, USA)

V

Vacation (2008, Japan)

Valachi Papers, The (1972, Italy / France)

Vast (2011, Netherlands)*

Vendetta (1986, USA)

Vendetta (2015, USA)

Verfehlung (2015, Germany)*

Victims, The (1975, Egypt)

Vier Minuten (2006, Germany)*

Violent Prosecutor, A (2016, South Korea)

VIP (Very Important Prisoners) – The Other House (Guatemala, 2007)

Visit, The (2001, USA)

Vortex (2001, Germany)

Vychislitel (2014, Russia)*

Vyfster: Die Slot (1986, South Africa)*

W

Wall, The (1983, Turkey)*

Walls of Abashiri Prison, The (1965, Japan)*

Warden of the Big House (1939, USA)*

Warden’s Ransom, A (2014, Canada)

Way Back Home (2013, South Korea)

We are Monster (2014, UK)

We are the Bus People (1979, Egypt)

Weak and the Wicked, The (1954, UK)

Weary River (1929, USA)

Wedlock (1991, USA)

Welcome to Central Jail (2016, India)

Weeds (1987, USA)

White Heat (1949, USA)

White Night (1996, Israel)

Wicked (2015, Poland)*

Wild, Wild Women, The (1959, Italy)*

With Prisoners (2017, Hong Kong)

Within the Whirlwind (2009, Germany, Poland, Belgium)

Within These Walls (1945, USA)

Within These Walls (2001, USA)

Witness, The (1969, Hungary)

Women in Chains (1972, USA)

Women in Fury (1984, Italy / Brazil)

Women in Prison (1978, Japan)

Women of Devil’s Island (1962, Italy / France)

Women of San Quentin (1983, USA)

Women Prison (1988, Hong Kong)

Women Without Men (1956, UK / USA)*

Women Without Names (1940, USA)

Women’s Prison (1955, USA)

Women’s Prison (2002, Iran)

Women’s Slammer (1991, USSR)

Woodpeckers (2017, Dominican Republic)

Word of Honour (1972, Egypt)

Wounded, The (2002, USA)

Wrath of Cain, The (2010, USA)

Wrath of the Crows (2013, Italy)

Y

Yeux des Oiseaux, Les (1983, Switzerland / France)*

Yield to the Night (1956, UK)*

You Can’t Beat the Law (1943, USA)*

You Can’t Get Away With Murder (1939, USA)*

Young Prisoner’s Revenge, A (2001, China)

You’re Lying! (1969, Sweden)*

Z

Zombie Death House (1988, USA)*

Zonzon (1998, France)

 

By the numbers

3 Clear Sundays (1965, UK)

3 Walls (2003, India)

4th Company, The (2016, Mexico)

7 Ans (2006, France)

7 Stones (2012, USA)

8E88 Fan Lanla (2010, Thailand)

9 Souls (2003, Japan)

13 Dead Men (2003, USA)

14 Days to Life (1997, Germany)

15 to Life (2002, USA)

33 Postcards (2011, Australia / China)

72 Kogus (2011,Turkey)

99 Women (1969, Germany and others)

186 Dollars to Freedom (2012, USA / Peru)

6,000 Enemies (1939, USA)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932, USA)