THEME EXPLORATION

prison gangs

24 films · 2 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
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
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
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Paradise
Paradise
1994 · Paolo Sorrentino
Scum
Scum
1979 · Alan Clarke
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Masaki Kobayashi
Duvar
Duvar
1983 · Yílmaz Güney
Las Islas Marias
Las Islas Marias
1951 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Masked Avengers
Masked Avengers
1981 · Chang Cheh
Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison
1984 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Oshima
One Way Ticket
One Way Ticket
1997 · Richard Franklin
Stefania
Stefania
1966 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Ayer United States

His films like 'Felon' and 'Ghosts of Mars' intensively explore prison hierarchy, gang dynamics, and survival within carceral systems.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

His early work, particularly in Mexican cinema, examines organized crime structures and gang warfare as reflections of societal breakdown and institutional corruption.