Statistics for Prison Movies and TV Shows

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Group	Year(s)	Description	Answer	% Correct
Movies	1999	The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.	The Green Mile	92%
Movies	1994	Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker, Andy Dufresne, as a prisoner, after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. Here he befriends a wise long term inmate named Red.	The Shawshank Redemption	88%
Movies	1979	Based on the true story of 3 men who escape from one of the worlds most infamous island prisons.	Escape from Alcatraz	85%
Television	2005-2017	Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside.	Prison Break	65%
Movies	1957	British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across a river for the Burma-Siam railway for the Japanese in WWII, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.	The Bridge on the River Kwai	65%
Movies	1992	Biographical epic of an influential Black Nationalist leader, who goes from being a small time gangster, to becoming a Muslim in prison, to being a leading member of the Nation of Islam.	Malcolm X	62%
Movies	1963	Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.	The Great Escape	62%
Movies	1939, 1977, 1998	The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned.	The Man in the Iron Mask	58%
Movies	1981	In the future (1997) Manhattan Island is one giant maximum security prison for the worst criminals. When the US President crashes on the Island, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.	Escape From New York	54%
Movies	1997	When an open-minded Italian-Jewish librarian and his son are thrown into a concentration camp by the Nazis, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.	Life is Beautiful	50%
Television	2013-2019	Convicted of a decade old crime of transporting drug money to an ex-girlfriend, normally law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to a year and a half behind bars.	Orange is the New Black	46%
Movies	1962	A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.	Birdman of Alcatraz	42%
Movies	1981	As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.	Victory	42%
Movies	1967	A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform and has trouble communicating.	Cool Hand Luke	38%
Movies	1995	A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, tries to empathise with both the killer and his victim's families.	Dead Man Walking	38%
Movies	1957	After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.	Jailhouse Rock	38%
Movies	1978	Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.	Midnight Express	38%
Movies	1973, 2017	Two men befriend each other whilst serving time in prison on Devil's Island in French Guiana in the 1930s.	Papillon	38%
Television	1979-1986	Follows the lives of inmates and employees of an Australian female prison.	Prisoner	38%
Movies	1974, 2005	A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.	The Longest Yard	38%
Television	1998-2003	Chronicles the lives of prison inmates in the unusually designed and technologically advanced Emerald City prison complex.	Oz	31%
Movies	2000	Biopic of a notorious Australian criminal of the 1970s to 1990s, who wrote a series of autobiographical books whilst in Pentridge Prison.	Chopper	27%
Movies	2008	Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.	Death Race	27%
Movies	1993	A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.	In the Name of the Father	27%
Television	2013-	Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison.	Wentworth	27%
Movies	1983	During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	23%
Television	1974-1977	The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.	Porridge	23%
Television	1966-1971	The inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp Stalag 13 conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders.	Hogan's Heroes	19%
Movies	1980	Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery and end up in prison. Their life in prison is made easier when the warden chooses Skip to ride in the inter-prison rodeo.	Stir Crazy	19%
Movies	1983	Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to juvenile prison after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.	Bad Boys	15%
Movies	2008	A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by that of his alter-ego, an action movie star.	Bronson	15%
Documentary/Reality	2006-	Chronicles the real life stories of people who are arrested whilst overseas, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs	Banged Up Abroad	12%
Movies	1986	Three very different men(Jack, Zach and Bob), two of whom are framed, find themselves locked up in a Louisiana prison together.	Down by Law	12%
Movies	2006	A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War, and being held in a Vietnamese POW camp.	Rescue Dawn	12%
Movies	2001, 2010	Based on a true story; 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.	The Experiment	12%
Movies	2012	A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.	Get the Gringo	8%
Movies	2003	An American is sentenced to a Russian prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.	In Hell	8%
Movies	2012	A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.	Lockout	8%
Television	2009-2012	After 17 years in captivity, 3 Israeli soldiers return home to the country that made them national icons. They find it difficult to settle back into normal life. Meanwhile, the military psychiatrist assigned to them finds discrepancies in the soldiers' testimonies as to what happened to them.	Prisoners of War	8%
Documentary/Reality	2016-	Offers an unprecedented look at life behind bars at Indiana's Clark County Jail. Seven ordinary people volunteer to live among its general population, without fellow inmates or staff knowing about it.	60 Days In	4%
Movies	2000	A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.	Animal Factory	4%
Documentary/Reality	2012-2013	Each episode of the series focuses on the real life story of a person sentenced to death for murder.	On Death Row	4%