Your Favorite Prison movies

[SeattleEd]

Second this one as well.

"Still shakin' it, Boss! Still shakin' it!"

Cool Hand Luke...

"What we've got here...is a failure to communicate..."

[Hector]

[Hector]

Holy crap...can't believe I forgot about these two...

American Me...and Blood In, Blood Out: Bound by Honor.

[Hector]

Papillon (with Steve McQueen)

That's another great one.

[SeattleEd]

American Me....OUCH. That was painful to watch. LOL

[Hector]

American Me....OUCH. That was painful to watch. LOL

What do you mean?

I thought it was a very depressing but realistic portrayal of the Mexican Mafia...so much so...that a couple of film crew members were actually killed by gangs.

Edward James Olmos received tons of threats because of this movie.

[Hector]

Blood In, Blood Out...on the other hand...was a fun movie...but instead of using the real name of Mexican Mafia, they used La Onda instead...the opposite of American Me...

[SeattleEd]

I agree. Very realistic. I grew up in L.A. around those gangs and frequented East L.A. a lot, being Mexican. Very accurate portrayal.
What I'm talking about is that scene in prison where they get EJO alone.
Hardcore.

What do you mean?

I thought it was a very depressing but realistic portrayal of the Mexican Mafia...so much so...that a couple of film crew members were actually killed by gangs.

Edward James Olmos received tons of threats because of this movie.

[Hector]

I agree. Very realistic. I grew up in L.A. around those gangs and frequented East L.A. a lot, being Mexican. Very accurate portrayal.
What I'm talking about is that scene in prison where they get EJO alone.
Hardcore.

Oh yeah...OUCH!

[fallensaviour]

The Great Escape
Escape from New York
Cool Hand Luke
The Green Mile
Innocent Man
American History X
Alcatraz
Lock up
Animal
Animal 2

[Meule]

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Escape From Alcatraz
3. Green Mile
4. Blood In, Blood Out
5. Papillon

[luey]

Yep Papillon was great!
Then Shawshank, Green Mile, Escape from Alcatraz...

[toys2cool]

What do you mean?

I thought it was a very depressing but realistic portrayal of the Mexican Mafia...so much so...that a couple of film crew members were actually killed by gangs.

Edward James Olmos received tons of threats because of this movie.

dam that sounds good, I gotta watch that

[highquality]

[palitoy]

I love Stir Crazy and most of the other films mentioned here.

Count of Monte Christo is one of my favourite novels but I can't usually bear many of the film adaptations.