Time in Prison
Or, "Life in The Big House". The prison film has proved to be a popular subject for cinema and many superb titles are represented in this canon of work. Here the human spirit is often shown to thrive in what are generally hostile and oppressive settings. There are the tales of the 'wrongly accused man' protesting his innocence, the 'race against time' thrillers to save the condemned from execution, and the 'prison as hell' where your worst nightmares have come true. There are also the comedies where the familiar prison 'cliches' are parodied, and the science-fiction variants that show the possible shape of things to come...
Now, go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Pictured: Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins in "The Shawshank Redemption".
The Shawshank Redemption ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
9.3/10
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbi...
Director Frank Darabont's powerful adaptation of the novella by Stephen King stars Tim Robbins as a man serving two life sentences in New England's Sh... Read more
Escape From Absolom (1994)
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Ray Liotta, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Kevin J O'Connor, Mich...
A.k.a. 'No Escape'. Sentenced to life imprisonment in a futuristic high security prison, convict John Robins (Ray Liotta) is left to fend for himself... Read more
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
9.3/10
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Tim Robbins, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bello...
Director Frank Darabont's powerful adaptation of the novella by Stephen King stars Tim Robbins as a man serving two life sentences in New England's Sh... Read more
In the Name of the Father ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
8.1/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
"In the Name of the Father" tells the true saga of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), a petty thief in strife-torn '70s Belfast. After angering the IRA... Read more
In the Name of the Father (1993)
8.1/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
"In the Name of the Father" tells the true saga of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), a petty thief in strife-torn '70s Belfast. After angering the IRA... Read more
The Last Man Hanged (1992)
6.5/10
Director: Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Starring: Colin Friels, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Angie Milliken
This dramatized documentary features Colin Friels as Ronald Ryan, the last man to be hanged in Australia, in 1967. A gambler who turned to crime to s... Read more
Alien 3 (Blu-Ray) (1992)
7.7/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Charles S Dutton, Lance Henriksen
INCLUDES BOTH THEATRICAL CUT AND ASSEMBLY CUT. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wa... Read more
Alien 3 (1992)
7/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Charles S Dutton, Lance Henriksen
This third installment in the hit series finds Sigourney Weaver's weary Ripley landing on a dark prison planet inhabited by male criminals, killers an... Read more
American Me (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Edward James Olmos
Starring: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna
A brilliant directorial debut by Edward James Olmos in depicting thirty years in the life of an East Los Angeles Latino family. Olmos stars as the piv... Read more
Wedlock (1991)
5.9/10
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar
Aka "Deadlock". Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers escape a high-tech prison but are bound by a security device that will explode if they stray more than 10... Read more