Most popular Prison movies that are golden globes winners or nominees

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton, William Sadler,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Actors : Peter Brocco, Michael Berryman, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Milos Forman,

A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner,
Directors : John Sturges,

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Actors : J.D. Cannon, Strother Martin, Paul Newman, George Kennedy,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.

Actors : Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Actors : David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

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.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.

Actors : Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Actors : Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli,
Directors : Alan Parker,

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Actors : Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Actors : Michael Conrad, Eddie Albert, Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

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.

Actors : Clifton James, Otis Young, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Actors : William Finley, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Taye Diggs, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Actors : Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi, Jack Nicholson, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Neville Brand, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter,

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.