Escape from Alcatraz(1979)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.



The Great Santini(1979)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 13

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.



Escape to Athena(1979)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A World War II adventure, involving a group of Allied POWs, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.



Porridge(1979)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ...



Dabide no hoshi: Bishôjo-gari(1979)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

One dark and stormy night, a middle age prison escapee haphazardly breaks into the luxurious mason of a wealthy and privileged family and rapes the young wife in front of her bound husband....



A Sense of Freedom(1979)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.



Human Experiments(1979)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.



Xiao hun yu(1979)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.



Ba wan zui ren(1979)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A probation officer tries to help a prisoner who faces harassment from corrupt guards and inmates.



39 Stripes(1979)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The true story of Ed Martin, former chain gang convict who converted to Christianity in prison in 1944 and formed the HopeAglow Prison Ministries. Ron Ormond's dramatized version of Ed's ...



Inés de Villalonga 1870(1979)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

1870. Agnes, of the wealthy family of Villalonga, enter as a novice in a cloistered convent. He soon falls in love with James, a soldier brother of another inmate, Sister Jacinta, and is ...