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1) Brute force
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail ; prompting an escape scheme that has every chance...
Publisher
Distributed by Deltamac (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
"Freeman plays 'Red' Redding, a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. Robbins is new inmate Andy Dufresne, a quiet banker unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship; his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises - and he saves his best for last."--Container.
Series
The Criterion collection volume 650
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.
5) A prophet
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Malik el Djebena, who is condemned to six years in prison, cannot read or write, but soon figures out the politics of the prison. Though Malik is only 19-years-old, the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison corners him and gives him certain 'missions' to carry out. He quickly gains the confidence of the gang leader, as these assignments begin to toughen him up. But Malik soon develops some plans of his own.
6) R
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Danish
Description
The prisoner R arrives at Denmark's toughest prison where he is to serve his sentence for a violent assault. R is reduced to a number, a letter, and just another inmate. The prison is a parallel world filled with rules, honor, and debts. A world in which bars cover the windows and blood stains the floor. R is placed in the most hardcore ward. Here he must find his place in the system, learn to navigate, and fight for survival.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape.
8) Cell 211
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
On his first day on the job, prison officer Juan Olivier is knocked unconscious in a freak accident and his co-workers carry him to an empty cell. When he awakens, Juan discovers that he has been abandoned in the middle of a riot in a high-security cellblock, home to the prison's most dangerous criminals. If they discover he's a guard, he's dead meat. To survive, Juan must pose as a prisoner and conspire with the riot's vicious leader, Malamadre.
9) Penitentiary
Publisher
Vinegar Syndrome
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Leon Isaac Kennedy stars as Martel Gordone who, after unwittingly getting involved with a prostitute and attempting to save her from being assaulted by a John, which turns deadly, finds himself charged with a murder he didn't commit. Locked up in the state penitentiary, Martel is forced to fend for himself among hardened criminals, until he's introduced to the underground and lucrative world of in-prison boxing."--Container
10) Each dawn I die
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A reporter who has uncovered corruption is framed for murder. Imprisoned, he is desperate to clear his name. As hope wears thin, he befriends an inmate.
Series
Criterion collection volume 704
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
12) San Quentin
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
What happens during the long years spent behind the walls of San Quentin? The new yard captain wants to make those years a time of rehabilitation rather than punishment, but not everyone is buying it.
13) Bronson
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Michael Peterson was 19 years old in 1974. Reckless, and hoping to make a name for himself, he picked up a homemade sawed-off shotgun and set off to rob a post office. Caught and arrested soon after, he was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. Ultimately, Peterson ended up behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which were spent in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, his alter ego, Charles Bronson, surfaced and eventually replaced his own...
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