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Kanopy
80
7.5
/162017/
76
/4690/
75
/3047/
3.8
/166941/
97
/31/
85
/1593/
76
/9/
cc age 13+

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
poster
80
7.6
/119321/
77
/4087/
74
/2033/
3.8
/130230/
88
/77/
91
/4912/
83
/16/
cc age 15+

Enter the Dragon (1973)
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
poster
MGM Plus
79
78
7.8
/21060/
73
/369/
75
/332/
3.9
/10486/
88
/24/
85
/240/
76
/7/

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
7.1
/170847/
71
/6294/
70
/3418/
3.6
/252009/
85
/71/
77
/3483/
76
/12/
cc age 16+

Escape from New York (1981)
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
poster
73
7.4
/377620/
76
/11014/
71
/5052/
3.6
/170744/
68
/74/
85
/11175/
58
/24/
cc age 16+

The Rock (1996)
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
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Netflix
70
7.5
/71072/
75
/3617/
73
/1235/
3.7
/57611/
75
/219/
85
/191/
53
/35/
cc age 16+

The Mauritanian (2021)
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
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Kanopy
64
7.2
/94788/
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
80
44
7.6
/1271/
73
/17/
75
/28/
4.0
/3424/
80
/5/
100
/5/

The White Meadows (2009)
Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Iran's political leadership emerges.
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Amazon Prime Video
57
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7.0
/366/
45
/3/

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the notorious maximum security prison. Serving a 99-year sentence for a gas station holdup and murder, Carnes makes periodic attempts to escape, the final attempt being the most violent. Many of the subordinate characters are fictional (as are most of the details concerning Carnes' escape efforts); the one exception is Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", here portrayed by Art Carney as a gentle, kindly philosopher. Telly Savalas, a costar of the Burt Lancaster vehicle Birdman of Alcatraz, also guest starred in the 1980 film. Originally titled Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes, this made-for-TV movie wavers between gritty realism and "I'm bustin' outta here!" artifice.
poster
?
7.7
/46/
45
/2/
60
/1/

Apartheid Did Not Die (1998)
An analysis of South Africa's new, democratic regime.
poster
?
7.5
/36/
60
/1/

Rikers (2016)
This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.


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