Poll: Toughest Prison to Survive

A poll by Hoekkie

Results of 792 votes:

  1. 148

    Clancy Brown, Dion Anderson, and Brian Delate in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  2. 96

    Papillon (1973)

  3. 71

    The Road to Guantanamo (2006)

  4. 63

    Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)

  5. 58

    Clint Eastwood and Larry Hankin in Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

  6. 49

    Prison Break (2005)

  7. 41

    #13

  8. 39

    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Escape Plan (2013)

  9. 36

    Tom Mardirosian and George Morfogen in Oz (1997)

  10. 22

    Edward Norton

  11. 19

    Sylvester Stallone in Lock Up (1989)

  12. 19

    Mel Gibson, Patrick Bauchau, Peter Stormare, Clayton J. Barber, Fernando Becerril, Scott Cohen, Ángeles Cruz, Suzanne Cryer, Dagoberto Gama, Peter Gerety, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Iñaki Goci, Bob Gunton, Dolores Heredia, Roberto Sosa, Davenia McFadden, Dean Norris, Jesús Ochoa, J.J. Perry, Guillermo Ríos, Tom Schanley, Mayra Serbulo, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Gerardo Taracena, Mario Zaragoza, Denise Gossett, Zak Knutson, Jace Jeanes, Stephanie Lemelin, Blue Demon Jr., José Montini, Eileen Yañez, Antonio Zúñiga, Balo Bucio, Tenoch Huerta, Manuel Domínguez, Marco Aurelio Nava, Paloma Arredondo, Sofía Sisniega, Kevin Balmore, Aaron Cohen, Jeff Caughey, William Gibson, Jorge Verdugo, Carlos Ramos, Owen Dunne, Noemi Palomino, Marco Rojas, and Xochiquetzatl Rodríguez in Get the Gringo (2012)

  13. 19

    Christopher Lambert in Fortress (1992)

  14. 15

    Paul Newman, J.D. Cannon, Richard Davalos, Wayne Rogers, and Ralph Waite in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

  15. 15

    Michael Fassbender in Hunger (2008)

  16. 12

    Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (2009)

  17. 12

    Jack O'Connell and Duncan Airlie James in Starred Up (2013)

  18. 11

    Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale in Brokedown Palace (1999)

  19. 11

    Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling in Orange Is the New Black (2013)

  20. 7

    Stephen Dorff in Felon (2008)

  21. 7

    Luis Tosar in Cell 211 (2009)

  22. 5

    Rutger Hauer in Wedlock (1991)

  23. 4

    Clifton Collins Jr. in The Last Castle (2001)

  24. 4

    Sean Penn and Reni Santoni in Bad Boys (1983)

  25. 3

    Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits, and John Lurie in Down by Law (1986)

  26. 3

    #16

  27. 3

    Le Trou (1960)

  28. 0

    Edward Furlong in Animal Factory (2000)

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