Prison · Skopia

Quotes

11

Film · Prison drama (film) · Drama (film) · Prison drama · Drama

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Shawshank Redemption · 1994

★ 4.0

Film · Prison drama (film) · Drama (film) · Prison drama · Drama

You know the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

The Shawshank Redemption · 1994

★ 3.7

Film · Psychological drama (film) · Drama (film) · Psychological drama · Drama

Sometimes people need a little help. Sometimes people need to be forgiven. And sometimes they need to go to jail.

Officer Jim Kurring

Magnolia · 1999

★ 3.6

Film · Prison drama (film) · Drama (film) · Prison drama · Drama

I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

Warden Samuel Norton

The Shawshank Redemption · 1994

★ 3.5

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Songs

9

Jailhouse Rock

1957★ 8.3

Folsom Prison Blues

1955★ 8.1

Mama Tried

1968★ 7.5

54-46 Was My NumberToots and the Maytals

54-46 Was My Number

Toots and the Maytals

1969★ 6.7

I Fought the Law

The Bobby Fuller Four

1966★ 6.5

Murder Was the Case

1993★ 5.8

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Books

4

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault

1975★ 7.8

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1844★ 7.0

Long Walk to Freedom

1994★ 5.8

The Fatal Shore

1986★ 5.8

Movies

1

A Prophet

Jacques Audiard

2009★ 7.6