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From thriller to horror and comedy to drama, there's no genre the prison movie hasn't conquered, delivering films as diverse as Stalag 17, The Rock, Chicago, Escape from New York and even Chicken Run. Collecting the greatest tales of incarceration ever committed to film, BLOCKBUSTER Online(TM) presents such timeless classics as Bridge on the River Kwai, The Shawshank Redemption and Papillon, along with more recent hits like Animal and The Longest Yard. Lock yourself in with this little lot.
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Stalag 17(1953)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
War > General
Billy Wilder
William HoldenDon TaylorOtto Preminger;
Billy Wilder's classic resulted in a Best Actor award for Holden. He plays a cynical sergeant in a World War II POW camp, who is suspected of being a ...

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Rock, The   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
Michael Bay
Sean ConneryNicolas CageEd Harris;
A military madman seizes control of the old Alcatraz prison and threatens to launch deadly poison gas missiles at San Francisco. Only a chemical weapo...

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Escape From New York   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
John Carpenter
Isaac HayesHarry Dean StantonDonald Pleasence;
New York city exists as a maximum security prison. A daring rescue attempt is conceived when the President's plane crashes inside it's perimeters.

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Chicken Run(Animated)(2000)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Comedy > General
Peter Lord
Mel Gibson (Voice)Miranda Richardson (Voice)Julia Sawalha (Voice);
Set on a Yorkshire farm in the 1950's, this is the story of a group of repressed chickens who are owned by the evil Mr and Mrs Tweedy. Things start to...

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Bridge On The River Kwai, The(1957)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
War > General
David Lean
Alec GuinnessWilliam HoldenJack Hawkins;
Set in Burma during World War II, the story follows British P.O.Ws forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese, while Allied commandos are sent to...

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Shawshank Redemption, The(1994)   DVD 15
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5 Stars
Drama > General
Frank Darabont
Tim RobbinsMorgan FreemanRobert Gunton;
City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendship...

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Animal   DVD 15
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3 Stars
Thriller > General
Ving RhamesTerrence HowardJim Brown;
A father's legacy of crime and violence must end for his son's life to begin...

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Longest Yard, The   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > Comedy
Peter Segal
Adam SandlerChris RockBurt Reynolds;
Adam Sandler remakes this classic underdog film pitting the inmates of a tough prison against their guards in a full on game of American Football.

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Mean Machine   DVD 15
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3 Stars
Action/Adventure > Comedy
Barry Skolnick
Vinnie JonesDavid HemmingsDavid Kelly;
Ex professional footballer, Danny Mehan, lands in prison on an assault charge and discovers that he is banged up with a few inmates who haven't forgiv...

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Escape From Alcatraz   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Don Seigel
Clint EastwoodPatrick McGoohanRoberts Blossom;
A fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison, Alcatraz.

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Last Castle, The   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Rod Lurie
Robert RedfordJames GandolfiniMark Ruffalo;
General Eugene Irwin is set to prison after he made a serious error. Whilst there he makes a shocking discovery, his fellow prisoners are being murder...

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In The Name Of The Father(1993)   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Jim Sheridan
Daniel Day-LewisEmma ThompsonPete Postlethwaite;
Drama based on the Guildford pub bombings. Gerry Conlon fights for justice for himself and his family.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?   DVD 12
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4 Stars
Comedy > General
Joel Coen
George ClooneyJohn TurturroTim Blake Nelson;
Set in the Deep South during the Depression of the 1920's, this story is loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey. Whilst working on a chain gang, three c...

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Hart's War   DVD 15
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3 Stars
War > General
Gregory Hoblit
Bruce WillisColin FarrellTerrence Dashon Howard;
Based on the novel by John Katzenbach, this is the story of Lt. Tommy Hart who is taken prisoner by the Germans during World War II. Whilst a POW, Har...

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Great Escape, The(1963)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
War > General
John Sturges
Steve McQueenCharles BronsonJames Garner;
Action and tension are equally balanced in this story of one of the most remarkable incidents of World War Two, in which a group of Allied POW's in a ...

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Count Of Monte Cristo, The(2002)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
Kevin Reynolds
Jim CaviezelGuy PearceRichard Harris;
The story of Edmond Dantes, a young sailor who plans to marry Mercedes, his beautiful girlfriend. Edmond is betrayed by his best friend Fernand and fi...

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Con Air(1997)   DVD 18
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4 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
Simon West
Nicolas CageJohn CusackJohn Malkovich;
Recently parolled Cameron Poe finds himself on an aircraft with some of the most notorious criminals of all time. When one of them hijacks the plane, ...

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Hurricane, The(1999)   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Norman Jewison
Denzel WashingtonJohn HannahDeborah Unger;
The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer with a promising career ahead of him, until he is falsely convicted of a triple murder. Carter's only ...

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Papillon   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Franklin J Schaffner
Steve McQueenDustin HoffmanVictor Jory;
The story of one man's struggle to escape from Devil's Island prison and his refusal to be broken by his captors. Based on the novel by Henri Charrier...

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Dead Man Walking   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Tim Robbins
Susan SarandonSean PennRobert Prosky;
The true story of Sister Helen Prejean and her relationship with a convicted murderer on death row. Susan Sarandon received an Academy Award for Best ...

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