Prison escape stories have long seemed to capture our imagination because they speak to our love of antiheroes and underdogs, From Alexandre Dumas' 1846 novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo," to ...

It's arguably one of the best movies ever made. The film is undoubtedly synonymous with the prison genre, but it’s not the only flick about life in the clink. To celebrate more than a quarter ...

It was the most successful movie at the box office in 1957, and deservedly won seven Oscars, including for Best Picture. One of the greatest prison movies, this Clint Eastwood film was the star's ...

But there’s one new Netflix release that just hit the streamer called Cell 211. The Spanish-French prison film is based on ...

The movie has also been warmly embraced by viewers over the years. Again on Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an 88% rating from audiences. Some of the available viewer's reviews label the thriller “utterly ...

Fans of Breaking Bad have been urged to check out a film hailed by viewers as the 'best prison movie ever' that is streaming for free. Shot Caller, which hit cinemas in 2017, has recently been ...

With The Shawshank Redemption turning 30 this year, the hosts of BBC Radio 4's Screenshot Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode are putting the best prison movies and TV shows on trial. Incarceration has ...