Best Prison Movies & TV Series of the 1960s

3eyedraven's 22 top-rated prison movies and TV series of the 1960s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Le Trou 1960 ★ 8.2
The Great Escape 1963 ★ 7.9
Cool Hand Luke 1967 ★ 7.7
Le Deuxième Souffle 1966 ★ 7.7
One, Two, Three 1961 ★ 7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz 1962 ★ 7.5
The Hill 1965 ★ 7.5
Take the Money and Run 1969 ★ 7.1
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962 ★ 7.2
The Chase 1966 ★ 7.1
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 ★ 7.0
The Italian Job 1969 ★ 6.9
Hang 'em High 1968 ★ 6.9
The Stranger 1967 ★ 6.8
Two-Way Stretch 1960 ★ 6.8
The Big Job 1965 ★ 6.7
Ace High 1968 ★ 6.5
Pressure Point 1962 ★ 6.5
Objective: 500 Million 1966 ★ 5.9
The Secret Invasion 1964 ★ 5.8
Thunder at the Border 1966 ★ 5.8
Marquis de Sade: Justine 1969 ★ 5.1