After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

Rise of the Zombies

2012

English

3.6

♡ 9

san francisco, california

Nick Lyon Director

Danny Trejo as Captain Caspian

Ted Nugent as Zombie

Gabriel Dell Jr. as Zombie

Mercy Malick as Zombie Housewife

When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our heroes are forced to return to the mainland overrun with the undead.

Skidoo

1968

English

4.7

♡ 7

42%

Otto Preminger Director

Austin Pendleton as Fred

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sammy Davis Jr. in Trailer

George Raft as The Skipper

Charles Evans as Whitey Farrell - Crime Committee Witness

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.

Murder in the First

1995

English

7.3

♡ 27

55%

Marc Rocco Director

Mia Kirshner as Adult Rosetta Young

William H. Macy as D.A. William McNeil

Kevin Bacon as Henri Young

Gary Oldman as Milton Glenn

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

Point Blank

1967

English

7.3

♡ 28

93%

83%

Action

alcatraz prison

based on novel or book

John Boorman Director

Michael Bell as 2nd Penthouse Lobby Guard

Ethelreda Leopold as Conventioneer

Chuck Hicks as Guard

Keenan Wynn as Yost

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

Sharkatraz

2016

English

5.3

♡ 1

historical documentary

shark encounter

San Francisco Bay is home to various shark species. Alcatraz guards made sure the prisoners knew it, telling stories of sharks to stop escapes.

Alcatraz: Search for the Truth

2015

English

7.3

♡ 1

More than 50 years after three men broke out of the world's toughest penitentiary, HISTORY's 'ALCATRAZ: SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH' uncovers new leads and exclusive family secrets that may solve this country's most notorious cold case.

The Enforcer

1976

English

6.7

♡ 62

69%

san francisco, california

Thriller

James Fargo Director

Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan

Chuck Hicks as Huey

Jerry Walter as Krause

Michael Cavanaugh as Lalo

Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.

Resident Evil: Death Island

2023

Japanese

5.7

♡ 86

71%

Eiichirô Hasumi Director

John Eric Bentley as Additional Voice

Ryan Colt Levy as Additional Voice

Matthew Mercer as Leon S. Kennedy

Erin Cahill as Rebecca Chambers

In San Francisco, Jill Valentine is dealing with a zombie outbreak and a new T-Virus, Leon Kennedy is on the trail of a kidnapped DARPA scientist, and Claire Redfield is investigating a monstrous fish that is killing whales in the bay. Joined by Chris Redfield and Rebecca Chambers, they discover the trail of clues from their separate cases all converge on the same location, Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence and awaits their arrival.

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