Best Prison Movies .. ?

[Lumpy 1]

I'm thinkin the original "Papillon" (1973) and "Cool Hand Luke" ..


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[evenflow1969]

I'm thinkin the original "Papillon" (1973) and "Cool Hand Luke" ..


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you hit my number one. I try and watch it yearly, have not been successfull in that endevour for a couple years. Shawshank is the other.

 

[miketx]

I don't like any of them because I worked in a prison and the movies I have seen don't show it how it is. Now, the series orange is the new black, at least the first two seasons I saw, was remarkably similar to the unit I worked in regarding behavior of c/o's and cons.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

 

[gipper]

Shawshank Redemption.

 

[whitehall]

The Green Mile and Shawshank. Not realistic but entertaining none the less. Both based on Stephen King books.

 

[Lumpy 1]

... okay, I'm adding "The Green Mile"



(whoops .. to late on the draw.. )
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[skye]

"The Big House" (1930)

-"Not the first of the prison pictures, but the one that truly put the genre on the map." -

A Classic!

 

[Mr Natural]

Not a movie, but Oz was a great series on HBO.

 

[Lumpy 1]

I don't like any of them because I worked in a prison and the movies I have seen don't show it how it is. Now, the series orange is the new black, at least the first two seasons I saw, was remarkably similar to the unit I worked in regarding behavior of c/o's and cons.

Well, I've never been to prison or jail but I get your point..

I guess I could have said, "Name the most entertaining prison movies that weren't even close real" but .. I'm not big on long titles for threads ...

 

[aaronleland]

America History X. The shower scene is also the sexiest scene in a movie.

 

[gipper]

This was a good one.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Linda Blair had a decent rack back in the day.

 

[Crepitus]

Best of Woman in Prison Movies - IMDb

Best of Woman in Prison Movies

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[miketx]

I don't like any of them because I worked in a prison and the movies I have seen don't show it how it is. Now, the series orange is the new black, at least the first two seasons I saw, was remarkably similar to the unit I worked in regarding behavior of c/o's and cons.

Well, I've never been to prison or jail but I get your point..

I guess I could have said, "Name the most entertaining prison movies that weren't even close real" but .. I'm not big on long titles for threads ...

No it's ok, I understood, but I just think is some cases the movies should be more accurate. For example, in Shawshank, the scene where the sisters cornered Andy and were gonna rape him never would have happened. You NEVER let cons work inside unsupervised because they CANNOT be trusted.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Well then .. just for fun, "Chicken Run"


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[CWayne]

Hogan's Heroes.


I have to say though that I really liked The Green Mile.

Also, The Last Castle

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Stir Crazy..always made me laugh!

 

[Marion Morrison]

I'm thinkin the original "Papillon" (1973) and "Cool Hand Luke" ..


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I just watched Papillion last week. That was a helluva movie!

Watched Rio Bravo the same day.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Not the greatest, I think all those have been covered.
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