Category:Prison films
Prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Film genre: This genre category is for those films whose narrative elements primarily are constructed from prison elements. Film setting: For films whose story, action, and/or other environment takes place at least part in prison, use Category:Films set in prison. Filming location: If the place where some or all of the film is produced is in a prison, use the city, county, state, or other geographical location category of the prison.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
- Prison films by century (2 C)
- Prison films by country (12 C)
- Prison films by decade (11 C)
- Prison films by genre (3 C)
D
- Films set on Devil's Island (20 P)
F
- Films about prison escapes (81 P)
G
- Films about the Gulag (1 C, 7 P)
I
- Films about the internment of Japanese Americans (1 C, 16 P)
P
- Prisoner of war films (4 C, 24 P)
W
- Women in prison films (1 C, 105 P)
Pages in category "Prison films"
The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.