THEME EXPLORATION

prison camp

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Phoenix
Phoenix
2014 · Christian Petzold
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
The Phoenix
The Phoenix
1978 · Kon Ichikawa
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
Dogboys
Dogboys
1998 · Ken Russell
La strada
La strada
1954 · Federico Fellini
Scum
Scum
1979 · Alan Clarke
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Masaki Kobayashi
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Fred Zinnemann
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Compañeros
Compañeros
1970 · Sergio Corbucci
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
Carandiru
Carandiru
2003 · Héctor Babenco
Hunger
Hunger
2008 · Steve McQueen
It Was Just an Accident
It Was Just an Accident
2025 · Jafar Panahi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrzej Wajda Poland

His films like 'A Generation' and 'Kanal' powerfully document the Polish experience in WWII camps and wartime imprisonment with emotional depth.

 Alain Resnais France

His documentary 'Night and Fog' remains one of cinema's most profound meditations on concentration camps and their historical memory.