7 Best Prison Drama Movies Of All Time

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Yashshvi Srivastava
Oct 25, 2024

Cool Hand Luke

The gripping surrounds a fearless prisoner who escapes from prison every time he is captured and there the prison staff is planning ways to capture him.

In The Name of the Father

The plot highlights Gerry Conlon, a young Irish man who lives in London is falsely sentenced to prison with his father after the IRA bombing of 1974.

The Great Escape

The story follows imprisoned Allied soldiers who plan their escape from a German camp to fight Nazi soldiers and force them away during WWII.

American History X

The story centers on Danny Vinyard, a high school student who is on the way to become a Neo Nazi but his brother, a former neo Nazi released from prison, guides him about his wrongs.

The Green Mile

The story surrounds Paul Edgercomb, a head guard of the prison who meets John Coffey, a black man prisoned in charge of murdering two girls but has a special gift for Paul.

Schindler’s List

The story revolves around Oscar Schinder who is a successful and self-loving German businessman but soon starts worrying about the safety of his Jewish worker during WWII.

The Shawshank Redemption

The story follows Any Dufresne who is sent to Shawshank prison and sentenced to life imprisonment after being charged with his wife and her lover's murder.

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