Jailed Birds: Women in Prison Films
An exploitation sub-genre that erupted in the late sixties and continues to this day. While female prison pictures have been around since the 1930s, earlier efforts were usually cautionary melodramas that bore little resemblance to the blatantly sexualized fare of the seventies.
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- DirectorJesús FrancoBruno MatteiStarsMaria SchellLuciana PaluzziMercedes McCambridgeA new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.
- DirectorJohn RappoportStarsDolly AbramsJennifer EarlyLarry HunterA pretty young college student is arrested during a demonstration. She is taken to a notorious detention center, where she is subjected to sexual harassment by lesbian inmates and guards, and becomes the target of a sadistic, bullwhip-wielding warden.
- DirectorDonald A. DavisStarsBarbara PeetersConnie BarneySusan FrancisMaggie, a naive sixteen-year-old sent to prison, becomes the subject of a power play between rival cellmates, Cat and Brucie, over which one will be her "johnnie." She finds friendship with Angel, a previous victim of the women's pursuit.
- StarsBill JonesTess DrakeNan BealNew inmates arriving at a brutal womens prison are shown exactly what's expected of them by a succession of mean, and horny, male and female guards and other inmates.
- DirectorJack HillStarsRoberta CollinsPam GrierJudith BrownBeautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsJudith BrownRoberta CollinsJennifer GanAmerican women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.
- DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierAnitra FordCandice RomanGrier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
- DirectorJoe ViolaStarsCarmen ArgenzianoAndrea CaganMargaret MarkovHot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.
- DirectorErnst Ritter von TheumerStarsTony KendallMonica TeuberWilliam BergerSeven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi WatanabeAfter being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiFumio WatanabeYukie KagawaAfter spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.
- DirectorMichel LevesqueStarsPhyllis DavisEllarainoTimothy BrownProstitute Sugar, set up by a corrupt politician, joins a chain gang led by Dr. John, who performs cruel medical experiments on his employees.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsIda LupinoBelinda MontgomeryLois NettletonFemale parole officer poses as an inmate in a women's prison in order to investigate murder, abuse and living conditions.
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsPam GrierMargaret MarkovSid HaigA Black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison, then pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the Army.
- DirectorRino Di SilvestroStarsAnita StrindbergEva CzemerysOlga BiseraA woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsBirte ToveLieh LoHsieh WangA nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJuanita BrownErica GavinRoberta CollinsIn a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the crippled female warden and the corrupt prison doctor.
- DirectorBrunello RondiStarsMartine BrochardMarilù ToloErna SchurerYoung French tourist Martine gets falsely accused of drug possession in Italy. She's imprisoned in a brutal women's prison where inmates face abuse from staff and other prisoners. A riot erupts, intensifying the ordeal.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsLina RomayMartine StedilNathalie ChapeA small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but things become even more interesting when his moll murders him and is slammed behind bars where she faces all manner of electric shock treatments to various parts of her anatomy.
- DirectorKôyû OharaStarsHitomi KozueMeika SeriMaya HiromiA group of juvenile delinquents are transferred to a new prison, where the corrupt staff takes advantage of the vulnerable inmates, and fight for dominance and backstabbing is the inmates' only way to survive.
- DirectorKôyû OharaStarsHitomi KozueMihoko ArikawaKumi NatsukiA woman who was gang raped is sent to prison after taking revenge on some of her rapists. Their, she witnesses firsthand the corruption and abuse the inmates go through, but her revenge is not over yet.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsLina RomayPaul MullerMonica SwinnWomen's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsJeannie BellRosanne KatonTrina ParksA band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDeborah RaffinLynne MoodyChuck ConnorsDuring a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.
- DirectorKôyû OharaStarsHitomi KozueYuri YamashinaHiroshi ChôAfter Mayumi kills her cheating man and his mistress she is on her way to prison. The hard time starts with a complimentary cavity search.