Where prison movies and shows were filmed
42 prison films and TV shows are in our library. The places that turn up most often are San Francisco, California, New Orleans and Los Angeles.
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Prison titles
Select a title to see where it was filmed.
- American History X Los Angeles
- American Me San Francisco
- Animal Factory Philadelphia
- Bad Boys Chicago
- The Big Bird Cage Philippines
- Bronson Welbeck Abbey
- Chicago Toronto
- A Clockwork Orange Elstree
- Cool Hand Luke California
- Dead Man Walking New Orleans
- Down by Law New Orleans
- Escape from Alcatraz San Francisco
- Escape to Victory Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
- The Escapist Kilmainham Gaol
- Get the Gringo Mexico
- The Green Mile North Carolina
- He Got Game Long Island
- The Hill AlmerÃa Province
- Holes California
- The Hurricane East Jersey State Prison
- I Love You Phillip Morris New Orleans
- In the Name of the Father South Lotts
- Kiss of the Spider Woman São Paulo
- The Longest Yard South Carolina
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Rarotonga
- Midnight Express Malta
- Natural Born Killers New Mexico
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Fayetteville
- Out of Sight Detroit
- The Reader Berlin
- Return to Paradise New York City
- The Rock San Francisco
- Rosewater Jordan
- Runaway Train Alaska
- The Shawshank Redemption Ashland
- Shot Caller New Mexico
- Son of a Gun Australia
- The Stanford Prison Experiment Los Angeles
- Stir Crazy Arizona
- True Believer California
- The Way Back Bulgaria
- Wild Bill East London
Where prison gets filmed most
- San Francisco3
- California3
- New Orleans3
- Los Angeles2
- New Mexico2
- Philadelphia1