[custom_adv] The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. [custom_adv] Runaway Train (1985) Runaway Train is a 1985 American independent action thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan. The screenplay by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker was based on an original screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent Kurosawa collaborators Hideo Oguni and Ryūzō Kikushima. [custom_adv] Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world. [custom_adv] Midnight Express (1978) Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. [custom_adv] Papillon (1973) A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. [custom_adv] Cool Hand Luke (1967) A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform. [custom_adv] The Great Escape (1963) Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. [custom_adv] Le Trou (1960) In prison four long-sentence inmates planning an elaborate escape cautiously induct a new inmate to join in their scheme which leads to distrust and uncertainty. [custom_adv] A Man Escaped (1956) Is a 1956 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance held in Montluc prison by the occupying Germans during World War II. [custom_adv] La Grande Illusion (1937) La Grande Illusion (also known as The Grand Illusion) is a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.
