{"id":9987,"date":"2020-07-26T19:47:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T19:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/?p=9987"},"modified":"2020-09-13T21:14:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T21:14:07","slug":"the-top-25-greatest-prison-movie-posters-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/movie\/the-top-25-greatest-prison-movie-posters-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 25 Greatest Prison Movie Posters of All-Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Poster Fans!<\/p>\n

As we continue our series of the greatest movie posters by film genre, we are pleased to present our forth list.\u00a0 Prison movies are a very specific movie genre which can encompass many genres or themes from prisoner of war, to prison life and of course the prison break out.\u00a0\u00a0As is our custom, we judge posters from all over the world and even compared initial and re-release posters as well as alternative styles to come up with this list of the 25 greatest prison movie posters of all-time.\u00a0 There were so many great posters with some great artwork.\u00a0 A number of posters included are from the same film.\u00a0 The art was so great that we strongly felt that we needed to include the different versions.\u00a0 Unlike previous list, this selection was almost unanimously agreed to between our team.\u00a0 We hope you enjoy the list.\u00a0 Please let us know what you think.\u00a0 We hope you discover some great art as you countdown the top 25 greatest prison movie posters of all-time. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

25.\u00a0The Hurricane (Universal, 1999) One Sheet
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for The Hurricane<\/a><\/p>\n

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24. Schindlers List (Universal, 1993) Alternate One Sheet
\nArtwork\u00a0by Saul Bass
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for\u00a0Schindlers List<\/a><\/p>\n

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23. The Green Mile (Warner Brothers, 1999) One Sheet
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for\u00a0The Green Mile<\/a><\/p>\n

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22.\u00a0Kiss of the Spider Woman (Island Alive, 1985) One Sheet
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Kiss Of The Spider Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

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21.\u00a0Escape from Alcatraz<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount Pictures, 1979) One Sheet
\nArtwork by\u00a0Birney Lettick
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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20.\u00a0Le Trou (Titanus , 1960) French
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\n19.\u00a0I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Warner Brothers, 1932) Leader Press One Sheet
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\n18.\u00a0Birdman of Alcatraz (United Artists, 1962) One Sheet
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Birdman of Alcatraz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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17.\u00a0Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence<\/strong><\/a> (Universal, 1983) One Sheet
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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16.\u00a0Stalag 17<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount, 1953) French Grande
\nArtwork by Boris Grinsson
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Stalag 17<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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15.\u00a0Shoe Shine (Lopert, 1946) Italian 2 – Folio
\nArtwork by\u00a0Luigi Martinati
\n\"\"14.\u00a0Papillon (Allied Artists, 1973) Italian 4 – Folio
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Papillon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

13.\u00a0The Shawshank Redemption (Columbia Pictures , R-2004) One Sheet
\nArtwork by Drew Struzan
\n\"\"12.\u00a0San Quentin (Warner Brothers, 1937) Other Company One Sheet
\n\"\"11.\u00a0A Man Escaped (Gaumont, 1956) Argentinean Poster
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for A Man Escaped<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Brute Force (Universal International, 1947) Style A Half Sheet
\n\"\"9.\u00a0La Grande Illusion (RAC, 1937) French Double Grande
\nArtwork by\u00a0N. Brodsky
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for La Grande Illusion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Escape from New York<\/strong><\/a> (Avco Embassy, 1981) One Sheet
\nArtwork by\u00a0Barry Jackson
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Escape from New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Knock On Any Door (Columbia, 1949) Italian 2 – Foglio
\n\"\"6.\u00a0Cool Hand Luke<\/strong><\/a> (Warner Brothers, 1967) One Sheet
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for Cool Hand Luke<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0The Great Escape (United Artists, 1963) Six Sheet
\nArtwork by\u00a0Frank McCarthy
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for The Great Escape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0The Bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia, 1958) French Grande, Style A
\n\"\"See additional poster designs for The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0You Can’t Get Away with Murder (Warner Brothers\/First National, 1939) One Sheet
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2.\u00a0I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Warner Brothers, R-1950s) Italian 2-Foglio
\n\"\"1.\u00a0La Grande Illusion (RAC, R-1946) French Affiche
\nPost War
\nArtwork by\u00a0Herve’ Morvan
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See all our list of the best movie posters of all-time:<\/p>\n

The Top 50 Greatest Western Movie Posters Of All-Time<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Top 50 Greatest Film Noir Movie Posters Of All-Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Top 50 Greatest Horror Movie Posters Of All-Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Top 25 Best Rock Movie Musical Posters Of All-Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Top 24 Best Political Movie Posters Of All-Time<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Dear Poster Fans! As we continue our series of the greatest movie posters by film genre, we are pleased to present our forth list.\u00a0 Prison movies are a very specific movie genre which can encompass many genres or themes from prisoner of war, to prison life and of course the prison break out.\u00a0\u00a0As is our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9987"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10259,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9987\/revisions\/10259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}