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Devil's Island
Devil's Island is a 1939 Warner Bros. drama film starring Boris Karloff. The story concerns a French surgeon who is unjustly sent to the Devil's Island penal colony, a group of former French penal settlements off the coast of French Guiana, where imprisonment and escape shape the drama.
apps Top Devil's Island Alternatives
The top alternative to Devil's Island in 2026 is Le Trou with a score of 9.5/10, followed by The Grand Illusion (9.4) and Papillon (1973) (8.4).
Le Trou
Jacques Becker’s *Le Trou* (The Hole) is a seminal 1960 French prison film. The movie gained recognition for its remarka...
The Grand Illusion
Jean Renoir’s *The Grand Illusion* explores themes of loyalty and identity within a French prisoner-of-war camp during W...
Papillon (1973)
Papillon recounts the true story of Henri Charrière, a French man wrongly convicted of murder who spends years imprisone...
The Criminal Code
The Criminal Code is a pre-Code American drama film released in 1931, directed by Howard Hawks and distributed by Columb...
Each Dawn I Die
"Each Dawn I Die" is a 1939 Warner Bros. gangster and prison drama directed by William Keighley. The film pairs James Ca...
Two Seconds
Two Seconds is a 1932 Warner Bros. pre-Code drama directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Edward G. Robinson as a condemned m...
Strange Cargo
Strange Cargo is a 1940 MGM drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. Set in a Fr...
The Escapist
The Escapist is a 2008 British prison drama directed by Rupert Wyatt in his feature debut, starring Brian Cox as Frank P...
The Last Mile
The Last Mile is a 1932 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff, based on the 1929 Broadway play...
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 American pre-Code prison drama directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Spencer Tracy...
Invisible Stripes
Invisible Stripes is a 1939 American crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Warner Bros. George Raft plays a...
Hell's Highway
Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code drama directed by Rowland Brown and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film...
Devil's Island (1939)
Devil's Island is a 1939 American prison film directed by William Clemens. The story is connected with the French penal...
San Quentin
San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. crime film starring Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, set inside California's San Quen...
Ladies of the Big House
Ladies of the Big House is a 1931 Paramount drama directed by Marion Gering, starring Sylvia Sidney as a woman unjustly...
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island is a 1939 American crime drama directed by William C. McGann and released by Warner Bros. John Garfie...
Up the River
Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code prison comedy directed by John Ford. The film follows inmates and prison author...
Hell's House
Hell's House is a 1932 American pre-Code drama directed by Howard Higgin. The film follows a young boy who is sent to a...
Condemned Women
Condemned Women is a 1938 American prison drama released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Lew Landers. Sally Eilers...
Behind Stone Walls
Behind Stone Walls is a 1932 independent American drama directed by Frank Strayer, depicting the harsh conditions inside...
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