So if you are looking to feel a little morally ambiguous tonight, here are the best prison films currently available on Netflix. Seeing life from a prisoner’s perspective can make us feel morally ambiguous and we believe that crime should be punished, but feel for the suffering of our protagonists.
I suppose this is because the loss of our freedom is one of the things people fear most. Unlike almost any other genre, most prison movies are serious action films, we rarely see a comedy take (though there is one on our list).
While none of us want to spend time behind bars, we seem to have a morbid fascination about what life is like on the inside, and what it would take to escape! Luckily most of us can get our fix with a good old-fashioned prison film.