An early entry in the subgenre of women behind bars, John Cromwell's Caged is about a married 19-year-old (Eleanor Parker) who is locked up after a botched bank robbery in which her husband is killed.

Few genres tap into society’s worst fears and most illicit curiosities more than the prison film. Jails, felons, and the experience of incarceration have fascinated filmmakers s ...

An enjoyable cinematic depiction of a prison escape never gets old, with classic prison escape movies remaining iconic, and more recent prison escape movies still being made. The prison-break movie ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Prison is a scary place. Even in the movies, it's the kind of place that is impossible to romanticize, and Hollywood can do that with a lot of other terrible places. Prisons are also a place where ...

Few genres tap into society’s worst fears and most illicit curiosities more than the prison film. Jails, felons, and the experience of incarceration have fascinated filmmakers since the early days of ...