I know most will say "Shawshank Redemption" but I'm going with "Cool Hand Luke." The reason being Paul Newman. It's not fair, really, but Newman, gorgeous as he was, delivered performance after performance that outshined even those striking looks of his.
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Cool Hand Luke was a good movie, but as you predicted, I'm going with Shawshank.
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The Shawshank Redemption
shareShawshank redemption and on the death row with tom hanks.
shareAgree with Papillon, Cool Hand Luke
Also Midnight Express, American History X although it's only half in prison, Le trou, A Prophet, are all better than Shawshank
Empire of the Sun, Great Escape are about the same level
I'm sure there are more but I can't think of them right now.
Birdman of Alcatraz
shareExcellent flick.
Take away all the padding (which is about half the film -- maybe more) and "The Green Mile" deserves mentioning.
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pay-TV series: Oz. Vulgar, violent, crude, indefensible, crass, unartistic, hideous and irredeemable? Absolutely. Fun? Not in the leastl.?Enlightening? No! Horrid, vacuous, and showing us the prison experience? Totally. What a disgusting, yet fully realized, series.
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Shawshank is one of the best. Cool Hand Luke is an all time fave because of our PAUL!
The Green Mile is another favorite. It deserves to be up there with the best of the best.
I love prison movies - most are very good.
(in this order)
-Birdman of Alcatraz
-Grand Illusion
-Le Trou
-A Man Escaped
-Pappillon
-Cool Hand Luke
-I Am A Fugitive From A Texas Chain Gang
-Brubaker
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Escape From Alcatraz