Movies like Hell Behind the Bars
If Hell Behind the Bars's mix of prison, women's prison and sadist stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hell Behind the Bars's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · Directed by Isaac Florentine · 96 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also action and drama
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets.
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Bronson
2009 · Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn · 92 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also drama and action
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
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In Hell
2003 · Directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also action and drama
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
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Gangster No. 1
2000 · Directed by Paul McGuigan · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also action and drama
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately…
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American Me
1992 · Directed by Edward James Olmos · 125 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful,…
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Midnight Express
1978 · Directed by Alan Parker · 121 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: prison
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison.
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Scum
1979 · Directed by Alan Clarke · 96 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: prison
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward.
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Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017 · Directed by S. Craig Zahler · 132 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: prison
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in…