Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream 2000

8.00

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

2000

Fled

Fled 1996

5.56

During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.

1996

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones 1958

7.16

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

1958

Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels 1941

7.40

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

1941

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932

7.80

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

1932

Route 666

Route 666 2001

5.04

Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In the course of getting Smith away from the mafia thugs, the pair of agents assigned to protect him turn onto an abandoned stretch of highway nicknamed 'Route 666' after the mysterious death of a prison chain gang. As the three continue on their way, they soon discover just what happened to the chain gang, and how the highway earned its name.

2001

Cut-Throats Nine

Cut-Throats Nine 1972

6.80

A wagon load of convicts on their way to prison is being escorted through the mountains by a cavalry troop. They are attacked by a bandit gang, and only a sergeant, his beautiful young daughter and an assortment of seven sadistic, murderous prisoners survive, and they are left without horses or a wagon. The sergeant must find a way to get his prisoners to their destination while protecting his daughter, watching out for the still pursuing bandits and trying to determine which one of the prisoners was the man who raped and murdered his wife.

1972

Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us 1974

6.67

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.

1974

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1926

5.80

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.

1926

The Chain Gang

The Chain Gang 1930

5.90

Mickey Mouse and several other characters are on a prison chain gang, guarded by Pegleg Pete. They break rocks for a while, then Mickey breaks out a harmonica and everyone starts making music and/or dancing. Soon there's a jail-break, and Mickey's on the run, tracked by bloodhounds (including his future pet, Pluto, in his first appearance). He falls off a cliff and right into a jail cell.

1930

Hell's Highway

Hell's Highway 1932

6.10

A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.

1932

Blackmail

Blackmail 1939

6.40

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

1939

Mean Dog Blues

Mean Dog Blues 1978

4.90

A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.

1978

Chain Gang Women

Chain Gang Women 1971

2.00

A shackled murderer and marijuana offender escape from a Georgia chain gang.

1971

39 Stripes

39 Stripes 1979

4.00

Former chain gang convict Ed Martin converts to Christianity in prison in 1944 and forms the HopeAglow Prison Ministries.

1979

The Laramie Kid

The Laramie Kid 1935

5.00

When Morley has his own bank robbed, Tom tries to break it up. Mistaken for one of the gang, he is caught and sentenced to a chain gang. His girlfriend Peggy then sets out to prove his innocence.

1935

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang 1933

7.00

Four convicts escape from a chain gang. Shortly thereafter, changes are made at the prison, because a blue ribbon commission will be investigating conditions there. The changes include steak every day for dinner and stage shows for entertainment. After reading about this, the four escapees plead with the warden to take them back in. Or was this all a dream?

1933