THEME EXPLORATION

prison corruption

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Carlito’s Way
Carlito’s Way
1993 · Brian De Palma
Dogboys
Dogboys
1998 · Ken Russell
Scum
Scum
1979 · Alan Clarke
One Way Ticket
One Way Ticket
1997 · Richard Franklin
Carandiru
Carandiru
2003 · Héctor Babenco
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
2015 · Tom Six
Caliber 9
Caliber 9
1972 · Fernando Di Leo
Bare Behind Bars
Bare Behind Bars
1980 · Oswaldo de Oliveira
Overheard 3
Overheard 3
2014 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
The Professor
The Professor
1986 · Giuseppe Tornatore
Violence in a Women's Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Frank Miller
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His films like 'Brubaker' and 'The Hill' expose systemic corruption and brutality within prison institutions through unflinching realism.

 Jacques Audiard France

His prison dramas 'A Prophet' and 'Dardenne' examine how corruption, power hierarchies, and moral compromise flourish behind bars.

 Fernando Meirelles Brazil

His film 'Cidade de Deus' portrays prison corruption and institutional decay as part of larger systemic violence in Brazilian society.