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YouTube TV
88
8.0
/196690/
79
/3222/
77
/1559/
4.2
/115660/
100
/56/
95
/4203/
92
/16/
cc age 14+

Cool Hand Luke (1967)
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
poster
Netflix
87
8.2
/39132/
81
/2484/
79
/773/
4.3
/117244/
97
/105/
90
/240/
81
/29/
cc age 16+

13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/65016/
73
/2051/
74
/1557/
4.0
/172444/
92
/254/
82
/174/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
83
7.9
/30473/
74
/553/
74
/499/
4.0
/40286/
100
/43/
89
/602/
89
/15/
cc age 12+

Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/5260/
74
/86/
75
/53/
3.7
/3854/
91
/22/
79
/70/
80
/6/
cc age 12+

Sounder (1972)
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
poster
78
7.6
/77699/
74
/1284/
73
/1292/
3.7
/33183/
79
/146/
85
/3689/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
76
7.5
/12621/
72
/236/
73
/202/
3.8
/14785/
95
/20/
87
/151/
80
/14/

Brute Force (1947)
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
74
7.2
/270703/
74
/18985/
73
/4362/
3.5
/720220/
91
/318/
92
/1943/
72
/57/
cc age 12+

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
poster
Kanopy
73
8.0
/145062/
78
/2761/
78
/2061/
4.0
/59781/
73
/33/
90
/1635/
58
/10/
cc age 15+

Papillon (1973)
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.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.9
/2445/
72
/126/
70
/180/
3.6
/3812/
69
/32/
88
/6/
61
/12/

At War (2018)
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
71
7.3
/10715/
73
/303/
72
/202/
3.5
/3731/
82
/186/

Escape from Sobibor (1987)
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
poster
71
6.9
/18933/
70
/337/
66
/282/
3.3
/19002/
72
/50/
72
/426/
70
/26/
cc age 15+

Wilde (1997)
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.
poster
74
69
7.3
/13144/
72
/199/
72
/203/
3.7
/8231/
80
/15/
81
/205/
68
/14/

Lust for Life (1956)
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
poster
74
69
7.2
/5517/
70
/206/
69
/171/
3.9
/20146/
83
/101/

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
poster
79
68
8.0
/3084/
73
/153/
74
/75/
4.0
/4499/
91
/89/

21 Up (1977)
After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.1
/9284/
70
/242/
68
/152/
3.6
/5888/
74
/23/
76
/291/

Bent (1997)
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.
poster
MGM Plus
67
6.5
/9644/
63
/179/
60
/133/
3.4
/4049/
56
/117/
61
/412/
63
/30/

Undertow (2004)
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
poster
Netflix
72
66
6.9
/7681/
69
/179/
68
/169/
3.5
/3508/
89
/9/
67
/61/

Barabbas (1961)
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
poster
Kanopy
64
7.2
/94807/
74
/4567/
73
/2076/
3.5
/65654/
52
/110/
71
/183/
51
/31/
cc age 16+

Papillon (2017)
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
poster
Plex
71
64
6.8
/5633/
70
/138/
68
/132/
3.5
/2602/
82
/11/
71
/34/
72
/7/

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
poster
75
63
7.6
/4144/
72
/92/
67
/68/
3.8
/2094/
84
/72/

God on Trial (2008)
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
57
5.8
/3440/
63
/136/
56
/78/
3.1
/3820/
100
/7/
50
/82/

The Big Doll House (1971)
Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women -- along with the help of two men -- plot an escape.
poster
55
5.8
/43999/
60
/2023/
58
/1443/
2.4
/64285/
61
/114/
42
/1584/
59
/26/
cc age 6+

The Ant Bully (2006)
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the colony," Lucas can only regain his freedom by living with the ants and learning their ways.
poster
MGM Plus
70
51
7.0
/2344/
67
/49/
67
/45/
3.7
/3016/
79
/14/
65
/18/

Our Daily Bread (1934)
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
46
5.7
/4231/
60
/137/
61
/139/
2.8
/2743/
33
/92/

Island of Fire (1990)
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
poster
MGM Plus
46
4.8
/5380/
55
/212/
53
/87/
2.6
/3575/
43
/151/
24
/10/

Solarbabies (1986)
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
poster
64
45
6.8
/2402/
64
/41/
65
/28/
3.4
/2975/
56
/485/

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.
poster
68
45
6.8
/3015/
68
/66/
67
/50/
3.4
/1320/
73
/20/

Two-Way Stretch (1960)
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
poster
70
41
7.4
/1574/
67
/44/
69
/40/
3.6
/1477/

Big House Bunny (1950)
While attempting to evade a group of hunters, Bugs Bunny jumps into a rabbit hole and inadvertently tunnels into Sing Song prison, where the malevolent prison guard, Sam Schultz, assumes he's an inmate.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
41
7.1
/1874/
64
/31/
63
/40/
3.6
/3370/
66
/15/

The Joke (1969)
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.
poster
74
38
7.5
/1781/
73
/41/
71
/44/
3.9
/1365/
76
/6/

In the Crosswind (2014)
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
37
7.6
/2209/
66
/16/
79
/14/
3.4
/375/
87
/72/

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998)
Thomas Hardy's classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men. Justine Waddell stars as the hapless Child of Nature who is tossed around by the dark forces of fate. Jason Flemyng is the dark and sinister Alec D'Urberville whose relentless pursuit of Tess triggers the heroine's downfall. Oliver Milburn plays the handsome young Angel Clare, the caring rebel who falls deeply in love with Tess.
poster
71
36
7.1
/1234/
75
/18/
62
/29/
3.5
/597/
100
/5/
52
/8/

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
poster
56
34
6.2
/2751/
63
/53/
63
/89/
3.1
/564/
32
/331/

Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
poster
The Roku Channel
46
32
5.0
/2137/
51
/92/
50
/68/
2.8
/2116/
24
/18/

Women in Cages (1971)
Carol Jeffries is a naive American woman staying in the Philippines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Rudy. She endures the harsh conditions, sadistic head matron and attempts on her life, then convinces her cell-mates to try to escape with her through the jungle, in spite of the knowledge that ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.
poster
Hoopla
60
31
6.5
/3327/
65
/39/
57
/59/
3.3
/453/
50
/13/

The Edge (2010)
The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among Russians and Germans with damaged personal stories and a strange transformation: the victors seem to be crawling into the skins of the defeated, and vice versa. Ignat, is the embodiment of the larger-than-life image of the Soviet victorious warrior who, in fact, proves to be shell-shocked, sick and broken, although not completely destroyed. Trains become fetish for the heroes of the film, and speed becomes a mania; they virtually become one with their steam engines, while the machines take on human names. The heroes set up an almost fatal race in the Siberian forest, risking their own lives and those of others.
poster
45
28
5.3
/1213/
43
/32/
41
/17/
3.0
/1015/
41
/22/
33
/43/
45
/13/

The Girl from Monday (2005)
A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.
poster
The Roku Channel
55
28
6.0
/1065/
59
/21/
61
/36/
3.2
/918/
32
/196/

Minnesota Clay (1964)
Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. There is a problem however, he is going blind.
poster
78
26
8.1
/876/
66
/9/
79
/11/
3.9
/1741/
89
/7/

The Tin Mine (2005)
A failed engineering student in the late 1940s gets the unexpected education of a lifetime by working for four years in a rainforest tin mine.
poster
68
25
7.1
/891/
63
/6/
70
/13/
3.5
/383/
67
/239/

The Godless Girl (1928)
High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings. When a girl is accidentally killed by a stairway collapse, the Girl and Boy go to reform school where they are treated brutally.
poster
64
20
6.4
/104/
70
/10/
60
/11/
3.1
/1903/

Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean (2025)
Jean Valjean is released from prison after nineteen years of hard labor, violence, and suffering. Filled with anger and a deep sense of injustice, he has become a dangerous man who trusts no one and nothing. When he arrives in a small village in Provence, he is repeatedly turned away. Desperate, he unknowingly finds refuge at the house of Bishop Bienvenu, who lives simply, with his sister and a single servant. There, he is surprised by their warm welcome, and his inner demons start to waver. But the temptation to be what society sees in him still haunts him, and he steals the Bishop’s silverware. When the police ultimately catches him, the Bishop forgives him and gifts him the candlesticks. This acts becomes the starting point of Jean Valjean’ transformation into a new man who reclaims his humanity.
poster
61
19
6.4
/731/
49
/14/
57
/19/
3.2
/269/
86
/4/
47
/11/

Proteus (2003)
An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the passionate (true) story of two men caught in an unjust system rife with racism, homophobia and cruelty.
poster
62
15
6.5
/837/
63
/8/
63
/14/
3.4
/271/
53
/14/

Up in the World (1956)
Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand
poster
66
14
7.2
/497/
63
/10/
62
/15/
3.4
/541/

The Unmentionables (1963)
In a spoof of TV's "Untouchables" Rocky and Mugsy chase "Elegant Ness" (Bugs) through the ACME cereal company.
poster
65
14
7.2
/775/
68
/9/
57
/21/
3.6
/398/
60
/1/

The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975)
In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
poster
MGM Plus
32
12
3.3
/920/
41
/39/
35
/32/
2.5
/547/
5
/8/

Savage Island (1985)
Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.
poster
50
10
5.6
/499/
50
/7/
55
/12/
3.2
/212/
27
/20/

Everlasting Regret (2005)
A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.
poster
FlixHouse
42
9
3.7
/541/
41
/19/
37
/18/
2.8
/339/

Helga: She Wolf of Stilberg (1977)
Helga, a woman who runs a strict prison camp, forces her female prisoners into slave labor and to be love toys for her own personal pleasure, as well as for her soldiers. Issuing torture and whippings to anyone who dares defy her, man or woman.


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