Best Prison Brutality Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 12 top-rated prison brutality movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Papillon 1973 ★ 7.8

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 ★ 7.8

Midnight Express 1978 ★ 7.4

A Hidden Life 2019 ★ 7.2

Titicut Follies 1967 ★ 7.2

Brubaker 1980 ★ 7.1

The Prince 2019 ★ 7.3

Les Misérables 1935 ★ 7.1

The Stanford Prison Experiment 2015 ★ 6.8

The Alabama Solution 2025 ★ 6.9

The Cross of Lorraine 1943 ★ 6.5

A Sense of Freedom 1985 ★ 6.5