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transformed crime and jail into entertaining objects, thus eroding our doubts and concerns about the prison as a solution of crime reduction. The fictional representation of prison in cinema, the last decade, manufactures prison not only as necessary punishment but also as a unique process for the control and reduction of crime, in order to eliminate these "others" misfits, "psychotic criminals".
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Themes repeatedly visited in the prison films include escape attempts, gang activities inside the prison, efforts of wrongly convicted persons to prove their innocence, and guard and management cruelty. An entire subgenre of films exists where the toughest prisoners are permitted (or forced) to
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170:The Shawshank Redemption
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3096:Prisoner of conscience
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256:List of prison films
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2424:Sword-and-sandal
2242:Italian futurist
2237:Iranian New Wave
2100:British New Wave
1913:Sword-and-sandal
1794:Rape and revenge
1735:Mouth of Garbage
1581:Tentacle erotica
1529:Goona-goona epic
1509:Extraterrestrial
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2070:New Objectivity
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1647:Bruceploitation
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2117:Calligrafismo
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4158:expanding it
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4028:Soviet Union
3871:Work release
3832:Prison Radio
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3579:Overcrowding
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3262:House arrest
3216:Penal colony
2692:Experimental
2687:Ethnofiction
2434:Third Cinema
2337:Persian Film
2080:Auteur films
2051:By movement
1908:Swashbuckler
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1767:Ozploitation
1762:Outlaw biker
1642:Martial arts
1637:Magical girl
1487:Exploitation
1482:Ethnographic
1411:Mafia comedy
1054:Pornographic
931:Psycho-biddy
916:Lovecraftian
750:Contemporary
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720:Experimental
600:Mockumentary
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41:Please help
36:verification
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4203:Film genres
4000:North Korea
3993:New Zealand
3586:Pay-to-stay
3013:Criminology
2918:Video nasty
2913:Underground
2898:Slow cinema
2868:Sceneggiata
2756:Live action
2734:Independent
2714:Film Ă clef
2682:Docufiction
2650:Compilation
2625:Blockbuster
2593:Traditional
2588:Stop-motion
2524:Chick flick
2382:Slow cinema
2372:Remodernist
2187:Free Cinema
2167:Erra Cinema
2132:Cinema Novo
2010:Revisionist
1519:Gendai-geki
1455:Psychedelic
1443:Apocalyptic
1309:Beach party
1204:Slow cinema
1177:Space opera
1142:Fantastique
1013:Sceneggiata
1003:Musicarello
876:Fantastique
755:Fantastique
698:Educational
625:Video essay
580:Documentary
123:prison film
4197:Categories
3914:By country
3551:Informants
3466:Literature
3405:Helicopter
3364:Sally port
3329:Commissary
3307:Components
3200:Chain gang
3186:Labor camp
3172:Internment
3137:Black site
3034:Punishment
2838:Paracinema
2823:Neorealist
2818:Mythopoeia
2803:Mockbuster
2768:Low-budget
2709:Featurette
2542:technique,
2540:By format,
2419:Surrealist
2414:Structural
2292:New German
2282:Neorealist
2277:Mumblecore
2217:Heimatfilm
2177:Film d'art
2142:Cinéma pur
1876:South Seas
1849:Sex report
1115:Paranormal
1078:Propaganda
978:Mumblecore
765:Historical
647:Historical
536:Remarriage
526:Mo lei tau
272:References
194:Stir Crazy
188:Undisputed
127:film genre
69:newspapers
3923:Australia
3655:Sexuality
3544:Education
3503:Tattooing
3297:Death row
3193:Battalion
3052:Prisoners
2828:No-budget
2793:Meta-film
2761:animation
2719:Film-poem
2655:Composite
2600:Anthology
2563:Animation
2558:Actuality
2544:approach,
2312:New Queer
2232:Indiewood
2182:Film gris
2053:or period
2030:Spaghetti
1953:Submarine
1933:Vigilante
1898:Superhero
1652:Chopsocky
1598:Jidaigeki
1467:Dystopian
1366:Detective
1324:Buddy cop
1314:Body swap
1244:Political
1224:Financial
1187:Tokusatsu
1182:Steampunk
1098:Bromantic
1070:Malayalam
1049:Crossover
1025:Detective
993:Backstage
941:Religious
797:Tech noir
792:Pulp noir
782:Film noir
657:Melodrama
595:Docudrama
568:Cyberpunk
561:Slapstick
551:Screwball
511:Gross out
474:Christian
452:Adventure
372:143933027
4084:Scotland
3719:(Brazil)
3683:Violence
3632:Religion
3473:American
3322:Cemetery
3290:Supermax
3209:Military
3151:Debtors'
3075:Detainee
3068:Criminal
3020:Penology
2946:Category
2833:One-shot
2697:Abstract
2583:Computer
2267:Lettrist
2162:Dogme 95
2090:Bourekas
2060:Absolute
2000:Northern
1995:Meat pie
1948:Euro War
1943:Anti-war
1809:Rumberas
1730:Mountain
1632:Luchador
1588:Homeland
1576:Shotacon
1549:Suburban
1477:Economic
1438:Disaster
1371:Gangster
1346:Colonial
1336:Cannibal
1297:By theme
1254:Romantic
1209:Thriller
1167:New Wave
1162:Military
1120:Thriller
1088:Romantic
1035:Whodunit
1008:Operetta
988:Arthouse
956:Splatter
851:Cannibal
841:Arthouse
824:Suburban
814:Southern
787:Neo-noir
691:Thriller
585:Animated
573:Japanese
541:Romantic
531:Thriller
457:Survival
435:Arthouse
423:By style
250:See also
158:Brubaker
4125:Commons
4063:Bermuda
4051:Ukraine
3979:Jamaica
3958:Iceland
3951:Germany
3944:Estonia
3896:Prisons
3676:Suicide
3669:Strikes
3428:Culture
3357:Officer
3350:Nursery
3343:Library
3230:Private
3121:Prisons
3082:Hostage
3061:Convict
3005:Science
2928:Z movie
2704:Feature
2640:Collage
2610:B movie
2578:Cartoon
2317:No wave
1985:Florida
1980:Fantasy
1960:Western
1903:Surfing
1891:Eurospy
1861:Slavery
1711:Vampire
1691:Monster
1662:Kung fu
1603:Samurai
1571:Lolicon
1539:Romance
1386:Gong'an
1356:Concert
1341:Chicano
1304:Animals
1192:Western
1147:Fantasy
1105:Fantasy
1083:Reality
1020:Mystery
998:Jukebox
983:Musical
961:Satanic
951:Slasher
921:Natural
901:Holiday
809:Romance
775:Science
740:Fantasy
642:Dramedy
506:Dramedy
182:Lock Up
83:scholar
4044:Turkey
4021:Russia
4007:Norway
3389:Escape
3378:Warden
3179:Island
2956:Portal
2893:Silent
2883:Shinpa
2878:Serial
2863:Satire
2848:Poetry
2778:Masala
2507:ShĹŤnen
2490:Seinen
2005:Ostern
1990:Horror
1923:Travel
1881:Sports
1804:Rubble
1777:Prison
1745:Nature
1716:Zombie
1657:Gun fu
1593:Isekai
1566:Hentai
1534:Gothic
1460:Stoner
1426:Yakuza
1381:GokudĹŤ
1329:Female
1259:Techno
1229:Giallo
1219:Erotic
1214:Comedy
1157:Horror
1152:Gothic
1137:Comedy
1110:Gothic
1093:Comedy
1042:Giallo
896:Giallo
866:Comedy
836:Horror
804:Gothic
745:Comedy
671:Erotic
662:Korean
620:Travel
610:Pseudo
556:Silent
521:Parody
516:Horror
484:Action
479:Comedy
430:Action
416:genres
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213:Themes
203:, and
173:, and
131:prison
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3986:Japan
3965:India
3937:China
3930:Chile
3881:Lists
3648:Riots
3521:Abuse
3496:Slang
3480:Blogs
3129:Types
3110:Slave
2908:Sound
2888:Short
2645:Color
2568:Anime
2529:Josei
2519:Women
2512:ShĹŤjo
2480:Anime
2470:Black
2465:Adult
2025:Space
1928:Trial
1871:Snuff
1782:Women
1757:Opera
1706:Mummy
1701:Kaiju
1684:Anime
1679:Mecha
1672:Wuxia
1667:Ninja
1615:LGBTQ
1610:KaitĹŤ
1561:Harem
1544:Space
1524:Ghost
1472:Ecchi
1433:Dance
1406:Mafia
1391:Heist
1361:Crime
1319:Buddy
1288:Trick
1234:Legal
891:Ghost
829:Urban
819:Space
652:Legal
632:Drama
605:Mondo
489:Black
368:S2CID
125:is a
90:JSTOR
76:books
4154:stub
4014:Peru
3616:Rape
3558:LGBT
3489:Ring
3450:Gang
3443:Film
3336:Food
3315:Cell
3276:Open
3237:Ship
3165:Farm
2665:Cult
2502:Teen
2495:Stag
2486:Men
1965:Acid
1799:Road
1789:Race
1625:Yuri
1620:Yaoi
1450:Drug
1401:Hood
846:Body
760:High
730:see
708:Epic
681:Pink
615:Semi
499:Sexy
413:Film
304:ISBN
244:Scum
200:Life
185:and
62:news
3767:POA
3436:Art
2605:Art
2573:Art
1938:War
1886:Spy
1132:Art
871:Eco
546:Sex
464:Art
360:doi
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220:war
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