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Films with theme "Prison films", sorted by rating
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Dirty Hands (2008)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Five Middle Eastern captives fight to retain their sanity and dignity in the face of their American interrogators, who in turn struggle with demons of their own.
Up the Ridge (2008)
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Documentary films about law enforcement
The Impossible Itself (2010)
, 1hOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about law enforcement
The film documents the 1957 San Francisco Actor's Workshop production of the Samuel Beckett's play Waiting For Godot which was performed live before inmates at San Quentin Prison. The film also examines a 1953 performance of Godot by inmates at the Luttringhausen Prison in Germany, providing new scholarship material on those performances.
, 33minutesOrigin USA
Genres Biography
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Alexis Cruz, Brittany Ishibashi, Emily Kuroda, Takayo Fischer
In 1941, Ralph Lazo is a 16-year-old student at Belmont High School, an ethnically mixed school in downtown Los Angeles. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, Ralph's Japanese American friend, Jimmy Matsuoka, and his family, are forced to sell their belongings and evacuate to a remote concentration camp. Ralph surprises his friends at the train station as they are about to depart for Manzanar, a relocation center in central California. He joins them for the 5-hour train ride, the three-year stay, and a lifelong friendship.
Prisonniers de Mao (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Véra Belmont
Origin France
Themes Politique, Prison films, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu
Le documentaire, réalisé à partir de Prisonnier de Mao. Sept ans dans un camp de travail en Chine, récit de Jean Pasqualini, décrivant le calvaire d'un Français dans les prisons chinoises. Arrêté en 1957, il fut accusé d'être un « contre-révolutionnaire » et condamné à 12 ans de prison. Il fut incarcéré et transféré dans différentes prisons. Libéré en 1964, il fut expulsé de Chine, obligé d'y laisser sa femme, sa famille et son fils. Il analyse un système politique et ses intolérances.
A Journey Back to Youth (2001)
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about law enforcement
The Grey Area (2011)
, 1h5Origin USA
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about law enforcement
Four Men in Prison (1950)
, 41minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about law enforcement
Actors William Mervyn, Arthur Mullard, Cameron Hall
The film deals with penology. It is semi-documentary.
, 1h23Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Gangster films
Actors Ben Wong, Lam Suet, Chapman To, Natalie Wong
A group of prisoners were doing a variety of activities on the courtyard. Big Fool (William Ho) and Crazy Bill (Tommy Wong) were playing basketball where Bill kicks the ball towards Tung (Ben Wong), who kicks it away. Bill felt humiliated by it and stars a fight with Tung where Tung ends out hospitalized. During hospitalization, Tung thinks about the time when his family moved to another house and opened a food stall nearby. However, their stall was burnt by triad leader Sing (Bill Lung), who constantly bullies Tung's family and also raped Tung's girlfriend Sau (Iris Wong). Unable to tolerate Sing's bullying, Tung kills Sing by chopping him to death, which leads Tung to being imprisoned.
The Right Way (1921)
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Sidney D'Albrook, Helen Lindroth, Tammany Young, Vivienne Osborne, Helen Ferguson, Elsie MacLeod
, 30minutesOrigin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentary films about law enforcement
Après l'ombre (2018)
Directed by Stéphane Mercurio
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films
Quatre anciens détenus et la compagne d'un de ces hommes montent une pièce de théâtre basée sur leurs souvenirs d'incarcération. Le metteur en scène Didier Ruiz les dirige dans ce projet, qui aboutit à une représentation à la Maison des Métallos.
Criminal (1933)
, 1h50Directed by Jack Forrester
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Harry Baur, Pierre Alcover, Jean Servais, Hélène Perdrière, Pauline Carton, Daniel Mendaille
Un homme condamné à tort se retrouve suspecté d'un crime commis dans sa prison.
Galères de femmes (1993)
Directed by Jean-Michel Carré
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films
Pendant deux années, sept jeunes femmes détenues à la maison d'arrêt de Fleury-Mérogis se confient à propos de leur histoire.