THEME EXPLORATION

survival in prison

35 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The Escapist
The Escapist
2008 · Rupert Wyatt
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Jail: The Women's Hell
The Jail: The Women's Hell
2006 · Frank Miller
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Women in Heat Behind Bars
Women in Heat Behind Bars
1987 · Junichi Suzuki
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His film 'Brute Force' (1947) and especially 'The Hill' (1965) unflinchingly depict the psychological and physical brutality of prison survival.

 Jacques Audiard France

His masterpiece 'A Prophet' (2009) intricately explores how a young man survives and rises within the prison hierarchy through intelligence and ruthlessness.