Prison movies similar to Escape from Alcatraz?

[gigantalor]

The GOAT prison movie:

Midnight Express is another one of the great '70s prison movies.

Both great movies.

There was another older movie about the Alcatraz escape, where it showed a boat picking up the escapees. But I don't remember what it was called. Don't remember if it was any good or not.

 

[gigantalor]

Not suspenseful, but Cool Hand Luke is a good prison movie.

 

[BVG]

Papillon. It's 1973 but I enjoyed it.

 

[TrippleOG]

Blood In Blood out, American Me has Prison scenes.

 

[TrippleOG]

Also Murder in the First is based in prison most scenes, also has a dungeon!

 

[gigantalor]

Bad Boys (Sean Penn, 1983) is pretty good.

Dog Pound was okay.

 

[Pliny Pete]

Theyre not suspenseful but Animal Factory and American Me are great realistic prison movies

 

[gigantalor]

The Next Three Days was very good, IMO. Russell Crowe helps his wife (wrongly imprisoned) escape. Lots of suspense.

 

[El Chimpo]

good call...forgot about that

 

[gigantalor]

King of Devil's Island. Good movie. It's in Norwegian though, but still good with English subtitles.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

If you're really fascinated with this genre, watch Bad Boys (1983), and then forget films. This is the masterpiece of the prison genre: