These prison movies are captivating. Get it? Some of the best movies are actually movies about life on the outside, where the prison represents the mental traps imposed on us by society, or our own ...

An early entry in the subgenre of women behind bars, John Cromwell's Caged is about a married 19-year-old (Eleanor Parker) who is locked up after a botched bank robbery in which her husband is killed.

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Few genres tap into society's worst fears and most illicit curiosities more than the prison film. Jails, felons, and the experience of incarceration have fascinated filmmakers since the early days of ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Needless to say, prison is not the sort of place you want to end up in, which is perhaps why prison escape movies have proven so popular ...