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In 1960, convict Frank Morris enters Alcatraz, a prison believed to be inescapable. He forms friendships with other inmates and plans an escape with two brothers and another inmate. They dig a tunnel in their cells, create decoy heads, and make rafts. On the night of the planned escape, Charley panics and doesn't show up. Frank and the brothers manage to escape to the shore, but their fate remains unknown.

Midnight Express (1978) tells the story of Billy Hayes, an American college student who is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. He is sentenced to a harsh prison where he faces brutal treatment from sadistic prison guards and a merciless warden. As he experiences the horrors of prison life, Billy becomes desperate to escape and seeks the help of a lawyer. The movie explores themes of survival, revenge, and the effects of imprisonment on the human psyche.

In Beyond Re-Animator, a mad scientist conducts experiments with re-animation in a prison setting, leading to a series of chaotic and gruesome events. As the experiments go awry, the prisoners and staff must navigate through a bloodbath of horror. The film combines elements of comedy, horror, and sci-fi to create a thrilling and gory experience.

Prison is a supernatural horror movie set in a prison in the 1980s. It follows the story of a prisoner seeking revenge on his sadistic warden and prison guards. As the prisoner's plan unfolds, he encounters a malevolent evil spirit that haunts the prison. The movie explores themes of tragedy, vengeance, and the horrors of incarceration.

When a man is wrongly accused of a crime, he becomes the target of a manhunt and must use his skills to stay alive and clear his name.

During World War II, a British sergeant-major is assigned to a military prison in Libya, where he faces challenges such as sadistic wardens, prisoner abuse, and extreme heat in the Sahara Desert.

In the 1930s, a man named Jim escapes from a French prison, where he was wrongly convicted of murder. He embarks on a journey to Tahiti to reunite with his wife, who is pregnant. Along the way, Jim encounters racial prejudice and faces a disastrous hurricane that destroys the island. Despite the challenges, Jim remains determined to find his wife and prove his innocence.

A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.

Women's Prison is a psychological drama that explores the lives of the inmates in a 1950s women's prison. The film delves into the themes of power, dominance, and jealousy, while also highlighting the struggles and relationships between the prisoners.

A father with problems to communicate with his son and to educate him decide to send the problematic child to a correctional center. The father can't imagine the type of education that this correctional center is going to give to his son.

In the dark underbelly of 1960s London, a female police officer investigates a series of gruesome murders that seem to be connected to an underground club. As she delves deeper into the case, she uncovers a web of conspiracy and deception involving an evil priest, a sadistic warden, and a hunchbacked man. With her life in danger, she must race against time to uncover the truth before she becomes the next victim.

A convict freshly out of prison is given an undercover name "Krishna" and the task to bring down a drug kingpin and his cartel.

A bunch of restless teenagers are constantly trying to find ways to break free from poverty. All day they hang around discos and cafeterias and talking about motorcycles, women, society, etc. Only a few of them have jobs while some others are students. One day they decide to rob a wealthy man since this seems to be their last chance to get their hands on a decent amount of cash. Everything goes fine until they come across another bunch of punks and start fightibg in the streets. All of them get busted and that's when the nightmare starts... They are taken to the prison of Korydalos where they are constantly beaten and tortured by a sadistic warden who calls himself "God" (played by the ultimate god, Nikos Tsachiridis who seems to enjoy this kind of role...). The film goes on showing the filth that they face.

'Prisión de Mujeres' is a film by Fernando A. Rivero that narrates a harsh reality: the strength of women in a prison, how they lose their dignity and do not stop for anything.