Prison Film
A subgenre of the crime film that centers on the difficult living conditions and volatile human interplay within the confines of a prison. Some of these films may also examine the difficulties encountered by ex-cons in adjusting to life "outside." In prison films, like in escape films, audience sympathy usually goes to the inmates or a single prisoner who is either innocent or abused by the system. Audiences continue to stream to movies like Murder in the First about a mistreated prisoner, and Shawshank Redemption, about a framed man who learns about life from a fellow inmate while in prison. Many of the films push prison even to the point of personal metaphor, as representative of how one can become a captive of one's own flaws. These films are often about transformation, where prison becomes a sort of monastery, as in the aforementioned Shawshank Redemption. The struggle of a man in confinement takes many forms, some times through out-and-out rebellion by the individual against the system (Cool Hand Luke), and other times -- The Birdman of Alcatraz -- it's more inward. There are usually graphic portrayals of the crime that runs rampant in prisons, drawing ironic parallels to prison reform and supposed prisoner rehabilitation.
Featured Films:
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| Rating | MPAA | Year | Title |
 | R | 2008 | Felon |
 | R | 2006 | Let's Go to Prison! |
 | PG13 | 2005 | The Longest Yard |
| R | 2005 | Shadow: Dead Riot |
| 2004 | In Your Hands | |
| PG13 | 2004 | Killer Diller |
 | 2004 | Dead Leaves | |
| R | 2004 | Jailbait |
| 2004 | Only God Can Judge Me | |
| 2003 | Arcibel's Game | |
| R | 2003 | Levity |
| R | 2003 | Beyond Re-Animator |
 | R | 2003 | Carandiru |
 | R | 2003 | In Hell |
| 2003 | Blind Flight | |
| R | 2002 | Undisputed |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association | |
 | PG13 | 2002 | Chicago |
| R | 2002 | The United States of Leland |
| R | 2002 | The Circuit 2 |
| R | 2002 | Conviction |
| PG13 | 2002 | Half Past Dead |
| R | 2002 | Civil Brand |
| 2002 | Zendan-e Zanan | |
| 2002 | Back By Midnight | |
| 2002 | The Twilight | |
 | PG13 | 2002 | The New Guy |
| R | 2001 | Con Games |
| 2001 | Prison Song | |
| PG13 | 2001 | Lucky Break |
| 2001 | Shot in the Heart | |
| 2001 | Mean Machine | |
| 2001 | Johnny Greyeyes | |
| 2001 | Stranger Inside | |
| R | 2001 | Das Experiment |
| R | 2001 | The Last Castle |
| 2000 | Animal Factory | |
| 2000 | The Visit | |
| R | 2000 | Greenfingers |
| 2000 | Proximity | |
| 2000 | Dope Case Pending | |
| 1999 | Vagen Ut | |
| NR | 1999 | Ormai E Fatta! |
| PG13 | 1999 | Brokedown Palace |
| R | 1999 | The Green Mile |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | |
| 1999 | Zonzon | |
| R | 1999 | Life |
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