Best Prison Movies & TV Series

The 508 best-rated prison movies and TV series on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

The Shawshank Redemption 1994 ★ 8.7

Prison High Pressure 2019 ★ 9.2

Banana Fish 2018 ★ 8.6

GoodFellas 1990 ★ 8.5

American History X 1998 ★ 8.3

The Silence of the Lambs 1991 ★ 8.3

MINDHUNTER 2017 ★ 8.1

Le Trou 1960 ★ 8.2

Prison Break 2005 ★ 8.1

I Will Find You 2026 ★ 8.3

Black Bird 2022 ★ 8.1

El marginal 2016 ★ 8.2

Locked Up 2015 ★ 8.0

Prison School 2015 ★ 8.1

Oz 1997 ★ 8.0

The Night Of 2016 ★ 8.0

The Great Escape 1963 ★ 7.9

The Night of the Hunter 1955 ★ 7.9

Arrested Development 2003 ★ 7.9

In the Name of the Father 1993 ★ 7.9

La Strada 1954 ★ 7.9

Mayor of Kingstown 2021 ★ 7.9

Papillon 1973 ★ 7.8

A Man Escaped 1956 ★ 7.9