Best Jail and Jail Break Scenes?

[Qrazy]

Alright, going to do another montage. Give me what ya got.

A Man Escaped
The Great Escape
Le Trou

[D_Davis]

I'm one of the only ones, but I really like Kitamura's Alive. The constantly-building tension is very cool.

And I'll add:

Riki-Oh

[Kurosawa Fan]

Escape from Alcatraz

[Ezee E]

I was hoping you were doing a Club Montage.

Fun ones
Face/Off
Life

Shawshank Redemption (duh)
Cool Hand Luke

[Watashi]

Mission Impossible 4
The Incredibles

[Qrazy]

I was hoping you were doing a Club Montage.


That was more for writing research.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Roberto Begnini bumming smokes from John Lurie and Tom Waits in Down By Law.

Nick Cave howling on his bed with his shirt covered in blood in Ghosts... of the Civil Dead.

[Qrazy]

Just to give you guys an idea this can be a little more abstract than a physical jail as well.

The Trial
Catch 22

[Ezee E]

Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls

[Derek]

Just to give you guys an idea this can be a little more abstract than a physical jail as well.

The Exterminating Angel

[Morris Schæffer]

A prophet
Papillon
The bridge on the river kwai
The Matrix?
Midnight express
Thx-1138

[ledfloyd]

the grand illusion
stalag 17

[Russ]

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[Skitch]

The Last Castle

There was another older prison movie with Redford that totally kicked ass, and the name escapes me at the moment. It also had a Morgan Freeman in a bit part. The title was Redford's character's name...

[Morris Schæffer]

The Last Castle

There was another older prison movie with Redford that totally kicked ass, and the name escapes me at the moment. It also had a Morgan Freeman in a bit part. The title was Redford's character's name...

Brubaker!

[Skitch]

Brubaker!

Yes!

[Dukefrukem]

The Count of Monte Cristo

[Chac Mool]

I feel like I have to mention "The Silence of the Lambs"...

[Li Lili]

Not sure these are "the best", but there are perhaps a "sub-genre" : women prison films.
I think of the 70s Japanese series of pinku films, Female Convict 701: Scorpion, if I recall well there are 3 of them, saw them years ago...

[Ivan Drago]

Surprised no one's mentioned Raising Arizona.

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[Ezee E]

Good one Drago.

[Spinal]

In Cold Blood

[Winston*]

Some good harrowing ones in Scum and Hunger.

Out of Sight has a a fun prison break.

The odd scene in Chopper where he's getting stabbed.

Old Boy

[Yxklyx]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[Raiders]

I misread this many times as looking for jail breaks only. A couple great jail scenes:

Famous "cowardly" ending of Angels With Dirty Faces
Gerry and Giuseppe prison reunion in In the Name of the Father

[Adam]

Steve McQueen's Hunger has a lot of great jail scenes that would go well in a montage about jail scenes in movies. The flood of piss, receiving their new clothes, Michael Fassbender getting a haircut, etc...

[monolith94]

Ooooh, Freeway must have some good ones!!!

[Skitch]

Lost Highway has a few.

[Dukefrukem]

Con Air

[number8]

Crybaby, obviously.

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[Qrazy]

Bump, need more foreign films please.

[Winston*]

There's probably stuff you could use in all three parts of The Human Condition.

[Qrazy]

There's probably stuff you could use in all three parts of The Human Condition.

Good call.

[Russ]

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (actually, one of Miike's better films)

[Qrazy]

And remember everyone, the whole film doesn't have to be about a jail break or jail sequence. Just a scene.

[elixir]

Les anges du péché
L'Enfant
Pickpocket

[chrisnu]

The Wrong Man
Twelve Monkeys
Brazil
The Deer Hunter
The Manchurian Candidate

[Yxklyx]

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[KK2.0]

another vote for Midnight Express

[Qrazy]

Anyone have any more before I wrap this? Looking for prison or prison break scenes in (ideally) foreign movies where the entire film isn't about the break but just a scene is.

[Qrazy]

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