Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "prison-farm"

1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 331,999 | Gross: $45.51M

2. Life (I) (1999)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.

Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes

Votes: 55,005 | Gross: $63.84M

3. Bad Boys (1983)

R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry

Votes: 17,161 | Gross: $9.20M

4. Dead Man Walking (1995)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry

Votes: 102,039 | Gross: $39.39M

5. White Lightning (1973)

PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins

Votes: 5,811

6. Brubaker (1980)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander

Votes: 19,502 | Gross: $37.12M

7. They Live by Night (1948)

Passed | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 9,408

8. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Approved | 102 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond

Votes: 2,475

9. Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

In Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girl's irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, Don Murray, Paul Fix

Votes: 2,033

10. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)

R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

During 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.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan

Votes: 693

11. Two Way Stretch (1960)

TV-PG | 78 min | Comedy, Crime

While in prison, Dodger plots the perfect heist: break out, steal diamonds, get back before noticed. With days left on sentence and a solid alibi, he's confident nothing can go wrong.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 2,659

12. Abducted: Fugitive for Love (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

[Spoilers ahead!] Jack, a man wrongly convicted of murder is sent to a prison where the unscrupulous warden has political aspirations. The warden manipulates his wife, his political adviser... See full summary »

Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Sarah Wynter, Andrew W. Walker, Eric Breker, Carl Marotte

Votes: 922

13. The Grave (1996)

R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller

Two inmates escape from prison after learning of a treasure that is supposedly buried with a dead millionaire.

Director: Jonas Pate | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Josh Charles, Donal Logue

Votes: 1,460

14. Reform School Girl (1957)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama

A young man steals a car and ends up involved in a pedestrian fatality. The only witness is a girl he had just met. He threatens her life if she talks, so when she refuses to tell what she knows, she is sent to reform school.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Gloria Castillo, Ross Ford, Edd Byrnes, Ralph Reed

Votes: 308

15. The Killer Is Loose (1956)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr.

Votes: 2,496

16. Carbine Williams (1952)

Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid

Votes: 2,103

17. Mean Dog Blues (1978)

R | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Country singer Paul Ramsey gets betrayed by a friend and lands on a prison farm for five years where sadistic foreman Omar Kinsman uses prisoners to train his beloved fighting dogs and there seems to be no chance of escape.

Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers, Tina Louise

Votes: 293

18. Cellmates (2011)

TV-14 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Baget | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin P. Farley, Héctor Jiménez

Votes: 647

19. The Valiant (1929)

66 min | Drama

After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Johnny Mack Brown, DeWitt Jennings

Votes: 542

20. Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal (2005)

91 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Prison blood donor program allowed infected inmates' blood into pharmaceuticals sold abroad, spreading hepatitis C and AIDS to patients in Canada, Europe, and Asia during Clinton's Arkansas governorship.

Director: Kelly Duda | Stars: Edwin Barron Jr., John Byus, Kelly Duda, Hezile Earl

Votes: 50

21. Duffy of San Quentin (1954)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of prisoners are planning an escape. They take hostages. Warden Duffy tries to convince one of the inmates that their plight is useless, and to give up.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joanne Dru, Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 121

22. Alias a Gentleman (1948)

Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Romance

Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Dorothy Patrick, Gladys George

Votes: 173

23. A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008 Video)

29 min | Documentary, Short

Director Stuart Rosenberg, in his final interview, enlivens this entertaining look at the creation of this chain-gang classic - the film that cemented Paul Newman's status as a screen icon.... See full summary »

Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Stuart Rosenberg, Eric Lax, Frank Pierson, Ralph Waite

Votes: 52

24. Women in Prison (1938)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Wyn Cahoon, Scott Kolk, Arthur Loft, Mayo Methot

Votes: 22

25. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: Just Desserts (1991)

TV-14 | 52 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After Lovejoy is released from a low security prison after an eight month sentence for theft, he is determined to find out who framed him.

Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury

Votes: 89

26. Rescue 8 (1958–1960)
Episode: Smashout (1959)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A prison inmate fakes a heart attack so he can escape and talk his wife out of divorcing him. He takes Wes and Skip along as hostages.

Stars: Jim Davis, Lang Jeffries, Harry Dean Stanton

27. TaleSpin (1990–1991)
Episode: Gruel and Unusual Punishment (1990)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In order to squeeze into his tuxedo so he can escort Rebecca to the Pilot's Ball, Baloo has to shed a few pounds. He decides to visit a famous fat farm, the Elizabeth Tapir Center.

Director: Robert Taylor | Stars: Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert, Michael Gough, Allan Melvin

Votes: 71

28. Against the Wind (1978)
Episode: The Tree of Liberty (1978)

50 min | Drama, History, Western

Work on the land is hard and there is talk of an uprising among the convicts and Jonathan, against Mary's will, wants to help them.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Don Barker, Don Barkham

Votes: 11

29. Against the Wind (1978)
Episode: When Kings Go Forth to Battle (1978)

Drama, History, Western

The uprising has begun but the convicts are tricked and betrayed. The British troops are too powerful and the uprising fails.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Don Barker

Votes: 11