THEME EXPLORATION

prison island

26 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
King Kong
King Kong
2005 · Peter Jackson
King Kong
King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Violence in a Women's Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Frank Miller
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
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
Thirdworld
Thirdworld
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
2018 · Roar Uthaug
Dogboys
Dogboys
1998 · Ken Russell
Fårö-dokument
Fårö-dokument
1979 · Ingmar Bergman
Island of Terror
Island of Terror
1966 · Terence Fisher
La strada
La strada
1954 · Federico Fellini
L'Avventura
L'Avventura
1960 · Michelangelo Antonioni
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
1984 · Yannis Dalianidis
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
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

His films critique institutional confinement and societal constraints through physical comedy and spatial critique.

 Michael Curtiz Hungary/United States

Directed iconic prison films like 'Angels with Dirty Faces' and 'White Heat' that explore incarceration as both punishment and moral reckoning.

 Werner Herzog Germany

Obsessively examines human confinement, isolation, and survival on desolate landscapes in films like 'Stroszek' and 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God'.