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Imprisoned Stories: Uncovering the Best Movies and TV Shows

Imprisonment has long been a staple of storytelling, captivating audiences with tales of hope, redemption, and the human spirit. From classic films to modern series, the theme of imprisonment has been explored in countless ways, offering a glimpse into the lives of those behind bars. In this collection, we delve into the best movies and TV shows that explore the complexities of imprisonment, shedding light on the struggles and triumphs of those who find themselves locked away.

Oldboy
Cast
Choi Min-sik Choi Min-sik
Yoo Ji-tae Yoo Ji-tae
Kang Hye-jung Kang Hye-jung
Kim Byeong-ok Kim Byeong-ok
8.2 10.0K votes
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Audience: R
Story:  With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Plot:  daughter, martial arts, rage and hate, hostility, transformation, imprisonment, dark comedy, hypnosis, ...
Place:  south korea
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Room
Cast
Brie Larson Brie Larson
Jacob Tremblay Jacob Tremblay
Joan Allen Joan Allen
Sean Bridgers Sean Bridgers
8.0 9.7K votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 118 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Plot:  based on novel or book, escape, isolation, carpet, kidnapping, imprisonment, grandparents, hospital, ...
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The Breadwinner
Cast
Saara Chaudry Saara Chaudry
Soma Bhatia Soma Bhatia
Noorin Gulamgaus Noorin Gulamgaus
Laara Sadiq Laara Sadiq
7.9 932 votes
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Plot:  based on novel or book, arranged marriage, cartoon, imprisonment, father, taliban, poverty, family, ...
Place:  afghanistan
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Cool Hand Luke
Cast
Paul Newman Paul Newman
George Kennedy George Kennedy
Luke Askew Luke Askew
Morgan Woodward Morgan Woodward
7.7 1.6K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 127 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Plot:  prison, dying and death, based on novel or book, escape, loss of loved one, rebel, harassment, imprisonment, ...
Place:  florida
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Soy un prófugo
7.7 93 votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:  A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
Plot:  police, bank robber, imprisonment, mistaken identity, jail, janitor, criminal organization
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Girl in the Basement
Cast
Judd Nelson Judd Nelson
Stefanie Scott Stefanie Scott
Joely Fisher Joely Fisher
Braxton Bjerken Braxton Bjerken
7.6 877 votes
Genre: Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
Country: United States of America
Duration: 88 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Plot:  imprisonment, based on true story, basement, controlling parent, depressing
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The Experiment
Cast
Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Bleibtreu
Christian Berkel Christian Berkel
Justus von Dohnu00e1nyi Justus von Dohnu00e1nyi
Maren Eggert Maren Eggert
7.4 1.2K votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:  20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Style:  absurd
Plot:  prison, journalist, rape, prisoner, experiment, based on novel or book, authority, prison cell, ...
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Martyrs
Cast
Morjana Alaoui Morjana Alaoui
Mylu00e8ne Jampanou00ef Mylu00e8ne Jampanou00ef
Catherine Bu00e9gin Catherine Bu00e9gin
Robert Toupin Robert Toupin
7.3 3.0K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 99 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Plot:  child abuse, suffering, nihilism, degradation, ecstasy, woman martyr, cult, hysteria, ...
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War for the Planet of the Apes
Cast
Andy Serkis Andy Serkis
Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson
Karin Konoval Karin Konoval
Terry Notary Terry Notary
7.2 9.8K votes
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
Plot:  suicide, civil war, escape, winter, mutation, peace, solidarity, gorilla, ...
Time:  2040s
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Cast
Dylan O'Brien Dylan O'Brien
Kaya Scodelario Kaya Scodelario
Thomas Brodie-Sangster Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Ki Hong Lee Ki Hong Lee
7.1 8.5K votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 143 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
Plot:  based on novel or book, fight, maze, post-apocalyptic future, imprisonment, terminal illness, mad scientist, trial, ...
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Climax
Cast
Sofia Boutella Sofia Boutella
Romain Guillermic Romain Guillermic
Souheila Yacoub Souheila Yacoub
Kiddy Smile Kiddy Smile
7.0 2.3K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—before it's too late.
Plot:  dancing, child abuse, sexual abuse, drug abuse, pregnancy, paranoia, orgy, imprisonment, ...
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Cast
Benicio del Toro Benicio del Toro
Adrien Brody Adrien Brody
Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton
Lu00e9a Seydoux Lu00e9a Seydoux
7.0 3.0K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Style:  lighthearted, whimsical
Plot:  art collector, journalist, small town, poison, journalism, editor-in-chief, artist, imprisonment, ...
Time:  1970s
Place:  france
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Alien³
Cast
Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver
Charles S. Dutton Charles S. Dutton
Charles Dance Charles Dance
Paul McGann Paul McGann
6.4 6.4K votes
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
Plot:  prison, android, spacecraft, dystopia, imprisonment, space travel, space colony, redemption, ...
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Dark Shadows
Cast
Johnny Depp Johnny Depp
Michelle Pfeiffer Michelle Pfeiffer
Eva Green Eva Green
Helena Bonham Carter Helena Bonham Carter
6.1 7.6K votes
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 113 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:  absurd
Plot:  witch, vampire, imprisonment, curse, fish out of water, chains, gothic, madness, ...
Time:  18th century
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Cast
Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart
Chris Hemsworth Chris Hemsworth
Charlize Theron Charlize Theron
Sam Claflin Sam Claflin
6.0 8.3K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 127 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.
Plot:  magic, immortality, fairy tale, queen, imprisonment, forest, deception, eternal youth, ...
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Oldboy
Cast
Josh Brolin Josh Brolin
Elizabeth Olsen Elizabeth Olsen
Sharlto Copley Sharlto Copley
Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson
5.9 2.2K votes
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 104 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
Plot:  martial arts, imprisonment, remake, revenge, based on manga, incest, psychotic, 9/11, ...
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