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Cinemaths

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Cinemaths  ·  List View Prison Films Ranked by Score
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Poster — Chicken Run
1.
92 /100
93rd percentile
Chicken Run
2000 84m Animation, Comedy, Family, G
Directed by
Nick Park, Peter Lord
UK  ·  English
Poster — Oldboy
2.
92 /100
93rd percentile
Oldboy
2003 120m Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action, R
Directed by
Park Chan-wook
South Korea  ·  Korean
Poster — Cool Hand Luke
3.
90 /100
90th percentile
Cool Hand Luke
1967 127m Drama, Crime, PG
Directed by
Stuart Rosenberg
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Shawshank Redemption
4.
90 /100
90th percentile
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 142m Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Frank Darabont
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Green Mile
5.
90 /100
90th percentile
The Green Mile
1999 189m Fantasy, Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Frank Darabont
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Bridge on the River Kwai
6.
89 /100
89th percentile
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 161m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
David Lean
UK  ·  English
Poster — Straight Time
7.
89 /100
89th percentile
Straight Time
1978 114m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Ulu Grosbard
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Great Escape
8.
88 /100
87th percentile
The Great Escape
1963 173m Adventure, Drama, War, NR
Directed by
John Sturges
USA  ·  English
Poster — Midnight Express
9.
88 /100
87th percentile
Midnight Express
1978 121m Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Alan Parker
UK  ·  English
Poster — Grand Illusion
10.
87 /100
85th percentile
Grand Illusion
1937 114m Drama, History, War, NR
Directed by
Jean Renoir
France  ·  French
Poster — Brawl in Cell Block 99
11.
86 /100
83rd percentile
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017 132m Action, Crime, Thriller, NR
Directed by
S. Craig Zahler
USA  ·  English
Poster — Starred Up
12.
85 /100
80th percentile
Starred Up
2014 106m Drama, R
Directed by
David Mackenzie
UK  ·  English
Poster — Logan Lucky
13.
84 /100
78th percentile
Logan Lucky
2017 119m Comedy, Crime, Action, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
USA  ·  English
Poster — Sing Sing
14.
84 /100
78th percentile
Sing Sing
2024 107m Drama, R
Directed by
Greg Kwedar
USA  ·  English
Poster — O Brother, Where Art Thou?
15.
83 /100
75th percentile
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 107m Adventure, Comedy, Crime, PG-13
Directed by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
USA  ·  English
Poster — Rescue Dawn
16.
83 /100
75th percentile
Rescue Dawn
2007 125m Adventure, Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
Werner Herzog
USA  ·  English
Poster — Escape from Alcatraz
17.
81 /100
72nd percentile
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 113m Drama, Thriller, PG
Directed by
Don Siegel
USA  ·  English
Poster — Escape from New York
18.
79 /100
67th percentile
Escape from New York
1981 99m Science Fiction, Action, R
Directed by
John Carpenter
USA  ·  English
Poster — Stalag 17
19.
79 /100
67th percentile
Stalag 17
1953 120m Comedy, Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Billy Wilder
USA  ·  English
Poster — Chopper
20.
79 /100
67th percentile
Chopper
2000 94m Crime, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Andrew Dominik
Australia  ·  English
Poster — I Love You Phillip Morris
21.
78 /100
64th percentile
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010 98m Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, R
Directed by
Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Count of Monte Cristo
22.
77 /100
62nd percentile
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 131m Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
USA  ·  English
Poster — Holes
23.
76 /100
60th percentile
Holes
2003 117m Adventure, Family, Drama, Comedy, PG
Directed by
Andrew Davis
USA  ·  English
Poster — Snowpiercer
24.
75 /100
58th percentile
Snowpiercer
2013 127m Action, Science Fiction, Drama, R
Directed by
Bong Joon Ho
South Korea  ·  English
Poster — Against the Wall
25.
75 /100
58th percentile
Against the Wall
1994 111m Drama, History, TV Movie, R
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Count of Monte Cristo
26.
73 /100
54th percentile
The Count of Monte Cristo
2024 178m Drama, Action, Adventure, PG-13
Directed by
Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
France  ·  French
Poster — In the Name of the Father
27.
68 /100
42nd percentile
In the Name of the Father
1993 133m Drama, R
Directed by
Jim Sheridan
Ireland  ·  English
Poster — Ernest Goes to Jail
28.
68 /100
42nd percentile
Ernest Goes to Jail
1990 81m Comedy, Family, Crime, PG
Directed by
John Cherry
USA  ·  English
Poster — Andersonville
29.
65 /100
37th percentile
Andersonville
1996 167m War, Drama, TV Movie, History, NR
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
USA  ·  English
Poster — Murder in the First
30.
64 /100
35th percentile
Murder in the First
1995 122m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Marc Rocco
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Longest Yard
31.
63 /100
32nd percentile
The Longest Yard
1974 121m Comedy, Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
USA  ·  English
Poster — Brubaker
32.
60 /100
28th percentile
Brubaker
1980 125m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Stuart Rosenberg
USA  ·  English
Poster — Trial by Fire
33.
54 /100
20th percentile
Trial by Fire
2019 127m Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Edward Zwick
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Jericho Mile
34.
53 /100
19th percentile
The Jericho Mile
1979 97m Drama, TV Movie, Crime, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Michael Mann
USA  ·  English
Poster — Unbroken
35.
51 /100
17th percentile
Unbroken
2014 137m Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
Angelina Jolie
USA  ·  English
Poster — Hunger
36.
49 /100
15th percentile
Hunger
2008 96m Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Steve McQueen
Ireland  ·  English
Poster — The Escapist
37.
28 /100
5th percentile
The Escapist
2008 102m Action, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Rupert Wyatt
UK  ·  English
Poster — Bosco
38.
27 /100
5th percentile
Bosco
2024 99m Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Nicholas Manuel Pino
USA  ·  English
Poster — The Last Castle
39.
25 /100
4th percentile
The Last Castle
2001 131m Action, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Rod Lurie
USA  ·  English