Top 100 Prison Riot movies
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Attica (2021)
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Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
Maze (2017)
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Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
Shot Caller (2017)
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A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
Cell 211 (2009)
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The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Felon (2008)
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A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
In Hell (2003)
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A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Against the Wall (1994)
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In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.
In the Name of the Father (1993)
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A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
The Naked Cage (1986)
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A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.
Attica (1980)
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Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.
Street Warriors II (1979)
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A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated in a robbery at a gas station in which a murder has occurred. Helped by his friends, Ángel rebuilds the facts that serve him as an alibi, but while he is in pre-trial detention in La Modelo prison (Barcelona) a terrible mutiny will take place.
Riot (1969)
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A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
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A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Caged (1950)
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A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Brute Force (1947)
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Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
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G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Pardon Us (1931)
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It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.