This is a list of prison films — films which are primarily concerned with prison life or prison escape or have at least one memorable prison scene.

0–9

• 13 Dead Men
• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
• 3 Deewarein
• 6,000 Enemies

A

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
• Angel on My Shoulder
• Against the Wall
• Alien 3
• American History X
• Animal Factory
• Anything for Her
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

B

• Bad Boys (1983)
• Bangkok Hilton
• Beyond Re-Animator
• The Big Bird Cage
• The Big Doll House
• The Big House (1930)
• Big Stan
• Birdman of Alcatraz
• Black Mama White Mama
• Blackmail
• Blood In Blood Out
• Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
• Borstal Boy
• Boys' Reformatory
• Brawl in Cell Block 99
• Breath (2007)
• Bride of Frankenstein
• Bringing Up Baby
• Brokedown Palace
• Bronson
• Brubaker
• Brute Force (1947)

C

• Caesar Must Die
• Caged Fury (1989)
• Caged in Paradiso
• Canon City
• Captain America: Civil War
• Captain Blood (1935)
• Captives
• Carandiru
• The Case Is Closed, Forget It
• Castle on the Hudson
• Cell 211
• Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
• The Chain Gang (1930)
• Chain Gang (1950)
• Chain Gang (1984)
• Chained Heat
• Chicago (2002)
• Chicken Run
• Chopper
• Civil Brand
• Clash by Night (1963)
• A Clockwork Orange
• Con Air
• Con Games
• The Concrete Jungle
• Condition Red
• Convict 13
• Convicted (1950)
• Convicts 4
• Cool Hand Luke
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
• Crime After Crime
• The Criminal
• The Criminal Code
• Crulic: The Path to Beyond

D

• Dear Sarah
• Death Warrant
• Deathrow Gameshow
• Destroyer
• Devil's Island (1939)
• Dirty Hands (2008)
• Dog Pound
• Doing Hard Time
• Doing Time (2002)
• Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
• Dracula's Daughter
• Dressed to Kill (1946)
• Dragon in Jail
• Dust Be My Destiny

E

• Each Dawn I Die
• Ergastolo
• Ernest Goes to Jail
• Escape from Alcatraz
• Escape from Sobibor
• Escape Plan
• The Escapist (2008)
• Everynight ... Everynight
• The Experiment (2010)
• Das Experiment

F

• Face/Off
• Fast-Walking
• Felon
• Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion^[1]
• The First Time Is the Last Time
• For You I Die
• Fortress (1992)
• Fortress 2: Re-Entry
• Fortune and Men's Eyes
• The Fox of Glenarvon

G

• Gamer
• Get the Gringo
• Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
• The Ghost of Frankenstein
• Gideon's Trumpet
• Go for Broke! (1951)
• Goodfellas
• Gone With the Wind
• The Green Mile
• Greenfingers
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Gunga Din

H

• H3
• Half Past Dead
• Half Past Dead 2
• Heartlock
• Hell to Eternity
• Hellgate (1952)
• The Hill
• The Hole (1960)
• Holes
• The Hot Box
• Houdini
• House of Dracula
• House of Frankenstein (1944)
• House of Numbers (1957)
• The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
• Hunger (2008)
• The Hurricane (1937)
• The Hurricane (1999)

I

• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
• I Believe in You
• I Love You Phillip Morris
• I Want to Live!
• I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy
• If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
• Il camorrista
• In Hell (2003)
• In the Name of the Father
• In Prison Awaiting Trial
• An Innocent Man
• Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
• Invisible Stripes
• Island of Fire

J

• Jailbait (2004)
• Jamila dan Sang Presiden
• Je li jasno, prijatelju?
• El juego de Arcibel
• Juarez (1939)

K

• Kill Kill Faster Faster
• King of the Damned
• Kiss of the Spider Woman

L

• The Last Castle
• Last Light
• The Last Mile (1959)
• Law Abiding Citizen
• Let's Go to Prison
• Les Misérables (1935)
• Lilies
• Lion's Den (2008)
• Lock Up
• Lockdown
• Locked Up: A Mother's Rage
• The Loners
• The Longest Yard (1974)
• The Longest Yard (2005)
• Love Child (1982)
• Lucky Break (2001)

M

• Made in Britain
• Madea Goes to Jail
• The Magic of Ordinary Days
• Les mains libres
• Maléfique
• The Maltese Falcon (1931)
• A Man Escaped
• Manners of Dying
• Marquis
• The Mask of Zorro
• Maundy Thursday
• Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
• Mean Machine
• Memoirs of Prison
• Men of San Quentin
• Midnight Express
• Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
• Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019; Philippines)
• Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019; Turkey)
• Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2022)
• Moon 44
• Mrs. Soffel
• Murder in the First
• Mutiny in the Big House
• My Life for Ireland
• My Six Convicts

N

• Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult
• National Security (2012)
• Natural Born Killers
• New Alcatraz
• The New Guy
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
• Night Train to Munich
• No Escape (1994)
• North by Northwest

O

• Odd Man Out
• Ohm Kruger
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• Out of Sight
• Outland
• Outside These Walls

P

• Paddington 2
• Papillon
• The Paradine Case
• Pardon Us
• The Party
• The Pearl of Death
• Penitentiary (1938)
• Penitentiary II
• Perfect Exchange
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
• Porridge
• The Pot Carriers
• Pressure Point
• Prison (1987)
• Prison Break
• Prison of Secrets
• Prison on Fire
• Prison on Fire II
• Prison on Fire – Life Sentence
• Prison Song
• Prison-A-Go-Go!
• The Prisoner of Shark Island
• Procesado 1040
• A Prophet
• Pros & Cons
• Psycho (1960)
• Public Hero No. 1
• The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)

R

• Raising Arizona
• The Reader
• Reflections on a Crime
• Release the Prisoners to Spring
• Riding High (1950)
• Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
• Ring of Death
• Riot
• Riot in Cell Block 11
• The Rock
• Roxie Hart (1942)
• Runaway Train

S

• Sadomania
• Scarlett (1994)
• The Score (1978)
• La Scoumoune
• Scum
• The Second Hundred Years
• Seed (2007)
• A Sense of Freedom
• Seven Keys
• Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Sherlock Holmes (1932)
• Short Eyes
• Shot Caller
• The Sign of the Cross
• Slaughterhouse Rock
• Sleepers
• Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
• The Son of Monte Cristo
• Spotlight Scandals
• Starred Up
• Stir
• Stir Crazy
• Stoic
• Stranger Inside
• Strawberry Fields (1997)
• The Sun Sets at Dawn

T

• Tango & Cash
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
• Toy Story 3
• The Trial of Joan of Arc
• This Is My Affair
• Tower of London (1939)
• Tower of London (1962)
• Train to Alcatraz (1948)
• True Believer (1989)
• Turning to Stone
• Two Thousand Women
• Two-Way Stretch

U

• Un chant d'amour
• Unchained
• Undisputed
• Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
• Undisputed III: Redemption
• The United States of Leland

V

• Vendetta
• Violence in a Women's Prison
• Virginia City (1940)

W

• Walls
• The Weak and the Wicked
• Wedlock
• Wee Willie Winkie
• Weeds
• White Heat
• Wild Bill
• Women in Cell Block 7
• Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead

Y

• You Can't Beat the Law
• You Can't Take It With You

Z

• The Zero Years (2005)

Documentaries featuring prisons

• The Cats of Mirikitani
• Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
• Family Gathering
• The Feminist on Cellblock Y (2018)
• Prison Ball
• To Be Takei
• Topaz (1945)
• Unfinished Business (1985)