THEME EXPLORATION

haunted prison

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
Violence in a Women's Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Frank Miller
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak
2015 · Guillermo del Toro
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
Dogboys
Dogboys
1998 · Ken Russell
House
House
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
La strada
La strada
1954 · Federico Fellini
Scum
Scum
1979 · Alan Clarke
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
7 note in nero
7 note in nero
1977 · Lucio Fulci
Duvar
Duvar
1983 · Yílmaz Güney
Las Islas Marias
Las Islas Marias
1951 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison
1984 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
One Way Ticket
One Way Ticket
1997 · Richard Franklin
Stefania
Stefania
1966 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His meticulous direction of *The Shawshank Redemption* and exploration of institutional confinement creates psychologically haunting atmospheres within prison settings.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films about prisons and criminal psychology reveal the haunting human condition within confined spaces with philosophical depth.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His visceral approach to depicting institutional violence and psychological imprisonment creates deeply unsettling explorations of trapped human suffering.