10 The Longest Yard
Year: 1974
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie
Albert, Ed Lauter
Director: Robert Aldrich
IMDb rating: 7.1
9 Escape from Alcatraz
Year: 1979
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom
Director: Don Siegel
IMDb rating: 7.6
8 Midnight Express
Year: 1978
Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins
Director: Alan Parker
IMDb rating: 7.7
7 Birdman of Alcatraz
Year: 1962
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter
Directors: John Frankenheimer, Charles Crichton
IMDb rating: 7.8
6 Papillon
Year: 1973
Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
IMDb rating: 8.1
5 American History X
Year: 1998
Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo
Director: Tony Kaye
IMDb rating: 8.6
4 The Great Escape
Year: 1963
Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard
Director: John Sturges
IMDb rating: 8.3
3 Cool Hand Luke
Year: 1967
Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
IMDb rating: 8.2
2 The Green Mile
Year: 1999
Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse
Director: Frank Darabont
IMDb rating: 8.5
1 The Shawshank Redemption
Year: 1994
Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
Director: Frank Darabont
IMDb rating: 9.3
by Greg Dallas
