prison drama film
C16768
concept
A prison drama film is a narrative movie centered on the lives, conflicts, and emotional struggles of incarcerated individuals and those who control or interact with them, often exploring themes of justice, power, and redemption within the prison system.
Observed surface forms (3)
- women-in-prison film ×4
- prison drama ×1
- prison thriller film ×1
Instances (18)
- The Criminal Code
- Cool Hand Luke
- Midnight Express
- The Big House
- The Big Doll House via concept surface "women-in-prison film"
- Caged Heat via concept surface "women-in-prison film"
- Caged via concept surface "women-in-prison film"
- Riot in Cell Block 11
- Brute Force
- Brute Force (1947 film)
- Felon
- Within These Walls
- Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
- Fortune and Men’s Eyes via concept surface "prison drama"
- 99 Women via concept surface "women-in-prison film"
- Brubaker
- Convicted
- Cell 211 via concept surface "prison thriller film"