🏷 Discover The Best Prison Fight Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Get Ready for a Battle: Uncovering the Best Prison Fight Movies and TV Shows

From the gritty realism of prison dramas to the over-the-top action of martial arts flicks, the world of prison fight movies and TV shows has something for everyone. In this article, we'll delve into the best of the best, highlighting the must-see films and series that showcase the intensity and drama of life behind bars.

Papillon
7.8 2.1K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America, France
Duration: 151 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Plot:  prison, escape, prison escape, jungle, solitary confinement, based on memoir or autobiography, remote island, leper colony, ...
Time:  1930s
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Vada Chennai
Cast
Dhanush Dhanush
Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Jeremiah
Ameer Ameer
Aishwarya Rajesh Aishwarya Rajesh
7.8 108 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:  Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.
Plot:  gangster, gang war, historical fiction, criminal underworld, gang warfare, prison fight, north chennai, factionism
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Undisputed III: Redemption
Cast
Scott Adkins Scott Adkins
Mykel Shannon Jenkins Mykel Shannon Jenkins
Mark Ivanir Mark Ivanir
Hristo Shopov Hristo Shopov
7.6 1.0K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: R
Story:  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. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.
Plot:  prison, martial arts, showdown, fight, shotgun, prison cell, fighter, champion, ...
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Midnight Express
Cast
Brad Davis Brad Davis
Irene Miracle Irene Miracle
Bo Hopkins Bo Hopkins
Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli
7.4 1.9K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 121 min.
Audience: R
Story:  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. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  prison, airport, drug smuggling, escape, court, attempt to escape, based on true story, prison guard, ...
Time:  1970s
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Blood and Bone
Cast
Michael Jai White Michael Jai White
Julian Sands Julian Sands
Dante Basco Dante Basco
Eamonn Walker Eamonn Walker
7.4 907 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Plot:  martial arts, fight, tournament, kick, prison fight, inspirational, appreciative, approving, ...
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A Hidden Life
Cast
August Diehl August Diehl
Valerie Pachner Valerie Pachner
Maria Simon Maria Simon
Karin Neuhu00e4user Karin Neuhu00e4user
7.2 791 votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, United States of America
Duration: 173 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Plot:  husband wife relationship, nazi, biography, based on true story, conscientious objector, free will, catholic, saint, ...
Time:  world war ii
Place:  austria
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
Cast
Billy Crudup Billy Crudup
Michael Angarano Michael Angarano
Ezra Miller Ezra Miller
Tye Sheridan Tye Sheridan
6.8 999 votes
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 122 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Plot:  prison, experiment, based on true story, prison brutality, human experiment
Time:  1970s
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Madea Goes to Jail
6.5 213 votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 102 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.
Plot:  prostitute, jealousy, judge, women's prison, sequel, conflict, criminal, prison sentence, ...
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Undisputed
Cast
Wesley Snipes Wesley Snipes
Ving Rhames Ving Rhames
Peter Falk Peter Falk
Michael Rooker Michael Rooker
6.5 835 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. When these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.
Plot:  prison, martial arts, showdown, prisoner, sports, fight, gangster, boxer, ...
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Escape Plan 2: Hades
Cast
Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone
Dave Bautista Dave Bautista
Jesse Metcalfe Jesse Metcalfe
50 Cent 50 Cent
5.2 1.6K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: China, United Kingdom
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built, Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.
Plot:  sequel, high tech surveillance, hacking, cousin relationship, held hostage, rubik's cube, prison fight, black site, ...
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The Naked Cage
Cast
Shari Shattuck Shari Shattuck
Angel Tompkins Angel Tompkins
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Stacey Shaffer
4.9 31 votes
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 97 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.
Plot:  prison, rape, women's prison, murder, sexploitation, bank robbery, attempted rape, prison riot, ...
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