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The 50 Greatest Prison Movies (Rate Your Music/Cinemos)

The fifty greatest prison movies ever made as ranked by users of Rate Your Music (in future, Cinemos for films) with the following additional criteria imposed by me:
Minimum of 200 ratings.
Must be a full-length movie. No shorts.
300 users · 885 views
 
avg. score: 10 of 50 (21%)
required scores: 1, 4, 6, 11, 17 
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1
Le Trou (1960)
Le Trou (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
2
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
3
A Man Escaped (1956)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
8
Down by Law (1986)
Down by Law (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
9
Shoeshine (1946)
Shoeshine (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
11
The Hill (1965)
The Hill (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
12
A Prophet (2009)
A Prophet (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
In the Name of the Father (1993)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
14
Papillon (1973)
Papillon (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
15
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Interrogation (1989)
Interrogation (1989)
17
Scum (1979)
Scum (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
18
The Green Mile (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
19
Stalag 17 (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
21
Hunger (2008)
Hunger (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
22
Brute Force (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
23
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
Starred Up (2014)
Starred Up (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
25
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
26
Midnight Express (1978)
Midnight Express (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
27
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
28
King of Devil's Island (2010)
King of Devil's Island (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
29
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
31
Bronson (2008)
Bronson (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
32
The Counterfeiters (2007)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
33
Chopper (2000)
Chopper (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
34
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
35
Symmetry (2003)
Symmetry (2003)
36
Caesar Must Die (2012)
Caesar Must Die (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
37
Cell 211 (2009)
Cell 211 (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
38
The Experiment (2001)
The Experiment (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
39
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
40
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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