- Maze, produced by Brendan J. Byrne, Jane Doolan ; written & directed by Stephen Burke
- Birdman of Alcatraz, [the story of a real and living man...], Harold Hecht presents ; screenplay by Guy Trosper ; produced by Stuart Millar and Guy Trosper ; directed by John Frankenheimer
- The longest yard, director, Robert Aldrich
- Carpinteros, Woodpeckers, produced by Jose Maria Cabral, Maria Jose Ripoll ; written and directed by Jose Maria Cabral
- Escape plan, the extractors, Summit Entertainment, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Emmett Furla Oasis Films and Diamond Film Productions present ; an Emmett Furla Oasis Films production ; in association with Twirly Films, The Fyzz, Leomus Pictures ; produced by Randall Emmett, George Furla, Xing Su, Jie Qiu, Mark Canton, Zack Schiller, Robbie Brenner ; written by Miles Chapman and John Herzfeld ; directed by John Herzfeld
- 20,000 years in Sing Sing, First National Pictures & Vitaphone ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play by Wilson Mizner & Brown Holmes ; adaptation by Courtenay Terrett & Robert Lord
- Papillon, Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Franklin J. Schaffner film ; produced by Robert Dorfmann and Franklin J. Schaffner ; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
- Escape from New York, [produced by Larry Franco & Debra Hill ; directed by John Carpenter ; written by John Carpenter & Nick Castle]
- Untamed youth, Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Howard W. Koch
- Escape plan, the extractors, Summit Entertainment, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Emmett Furla Oasis Films and Diamond Film Productions present ; an Emmett Furla Oasis Films production ; in association with Twirly Films, The Fyzz, Leomus Pictures ; produced by Randall Emmett, George Furla, Xing Su, Jie Qiu, Mark Canton, Zack Schiller, Robbie Brenner ; written by Miles Chapman and John Herzfeld ; directed by John Herzfeld
- The Shawshank redemption, Castle Rock Entertainment ; screenplay by Frank Darabont ; produced by Niki Marvin ; directed by Frank Darabont
- Slamma jamma, Kangen Water & Ampex present ; produced by Ray Walia, Tim Chey ; written and directed by Tim Chey
- Birdman of Alcatraz, the story of a real and living man..., Harold Hecht presents ; screenplay by Guy Trosper ; produced by Stuart Millar and Guy Trosper ; directed by John Frankenheimer
- Celda 211, Cell 211, produced by Álvaro Augustín ... [et al.] ; adaptation, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón ; directed by Daniel Monzón
- The last mile, United Artists Pictures Inc. ; screenplay by Milton Subotsky and Seton I Miller ; produced by Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky ; directed by Howard W. Koch
- Castle on the Hudson, Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Anatole Litvak ; screenplay, Seton I. Miller, Brown Holmes, Courteney Terrett
- Lost in the stars, American Express Films Inc. and the Ely Landau Organization Inc. present the American Film Theatre ; screenplay by Alfred Hayes ; producer, Ely Landau ; director, Daniel Mann
- Hell's highway, Radio Pictures presents ; David O. Selznick, executive producer ; by Samuel Ornitz, Robert Tasker and Rowland Brown ; directed by Rowland Brown
- Il generale Della Rovere, General Della Rovere, produced by Moris Ergas ; writers, Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli, Roberto Rossellini ; directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Brute force, Mark Hellinger Productions ; directed by Jules Dassin ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; screenplay by Richard Brooks
- Apprentice, Akanga Film Asia, Peanut Pictures, Zhao Wei Films present ; a film by Boo Junfeng ; written and directed by Boo Junfeng ; producers, Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Fran Borgia, Tan Fong Cheng
- Cool hand Luke, produced by Gordon Carroll ; screenplay by Frank Pierson, Don Pearce ; directed by Stuart Rosenberg
- Animal factory, produced by Steve Buscemi, Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, Julie Yorn ; written by Edward Bunker, John Steppling ; directed by Steve Buscemi
- The green mile, Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Darkwoods production ; produced by David Valdes and Frank Darabont ; written for the screen and directed by Frank Darabont
- The number, a Born Free Media Presentation in association with Videovision Entertain [and others] ; produced by Carolyn Carew, Khalo Matabane ; screenplay by Paul Ian Johnson ; directed by Khalo Matabane
- Caged, writers, Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Virginia Kellogg ; director, John Cromwell
- Papillon, Warner Bros. Pictures ; Allied Artists presents ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner ; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. ; produced by Robert Dorfmann and Franklin J. Schaffner
- Vendetta, Lionsgate presents ; a WWE Studio production ; producers, Michael Luisi ; writer, Justin Shady ; director, Jen & Sylvia Soska
- Maze, directed by Stephen Burke ; produced by Jane Doolan, Brendan Byrne
- The women in cages collection, New World Pictures presents
- The green mile, Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Darkwoods production ; produced by David Valdes and Frank Darabont ; written for the screen and directed by Frank Darabont
- Riot
- Escape from Alcatraz, Paramount Pictures presents a Malpaso Company/Siegel Film ; screenplay by Richard Tuggle ; directed by Don Siegel
- The Jericho mile, an ABC Circle Film production ; produced by Tim Zinnemann ; screenplay by Patrick J. Nolan, Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann
- Lost in the stars, directed by Daniel Mann ; screenplay by Alfred Hayes ; book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson ; music by Kurt Weill ; American Film Theatre ; produced by Ely Landau
- A man escaped, Gaumont Distribution présente ; un film de Robert Bresson ; scénario et dialogues de Robert Bresson ; une co-production, Gaumont, Nouvelles Editions de Films ; producteurs délégués, Jean Thuillier et Alain Poiré
- Undisputed III, Nu Image presents ; producer, Israel Ringel ; written by David N. White ; directed by Isaac Florentine
- There was a crooked man, [presented by] Warner Bros. ; in Joseph L. Mankiewicz' production ; written by David Newman & Robert Benton ; produced and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Dead-end drive-in, Springvale Productions Pty. Ltd. in association with New South Wales Film Corporation present ; screenplay by Peter Smalley ; produced by Andrew Williams ; directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Escape from Alcatraz, Paramount Pictures ; Malpaso Company ; screenplay by Richard Tuggle ; produced and directed by Donald Siegel
- Novai︠a︡ zemli︠a︡, Kinokompanii︠a︡ "Andreevskiĭ flag" ; prodi︠u︡ser, Anton Melʹnik ; rezhisser-postanovshchik, Aleksandr Melʹnik