Prisoner (disambiguation)

A prisoner is someone incarcerated in a prison, jail or similar facility.

Prisoner or The Prisoner may also refer to:

• Prisoner of war, a soldier in wartime, held as by an enemy
• Political prisoner, someone held in prison for their ideology

Books

• La Prisonnière (The Prisoner), the fifth volume of Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time
• The Prisoner, a 1916 novel by Alice Brown
• The Prisoner, the fifth novel in the Henderson's Boys series by Robert Muchamore
• The Prisoner, a short story found in The Soft Voice of the Serpent by South African author Nadine Gordimer
• The Prisoner, a work based on the 1960s television series, by Thomas M. Disch
• The Prisoner, the first volume in the "Kent Family Saga" by Karyn Monk
• Prisoner 24601, the number assigned to Jean Valjean, the main character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables

Film and TV

Film

• The Prisoner (1923 film), featuring Boris Karloff
• Prisoners (1929 film), an early talking film
• The Prisoner (1955 film), starring Sir Alec Guinness
• Island of Fire, a 1991 Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, also known as The Prisoner
• Prisoners (1981 film), an American–New Zealand drama film
• The Prisoner (2013 film), a short film
• Prisoners (2013 film), an American thriller film
• The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair, a 2007 documentary

TV

• The Prisoner, a 1967–68 UK television series starring Patrick McGoohan
  • Its main character, usually addressed in the series as Number Six
  • The Prisoner (video game), a 1980 computer game based upon the series
  • The Prisoner (2009 miniseries), a remake of the 1967 series
• Prisoner (TV series), an Australian soap opera that ran from 1979 to 1986, also known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the UK and the USA and Caged Women in Canada
• "Prisoner" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• "Prisoners" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• The Prisoner, later stage name for professional wrestler Kevin Wacholz

Music

• The Prisoner, English title of Luigi Dallapiccola's opera Il prigioniero
• The Prisoners, a mod revival British band

Albums

• Prisoner (Cher album), a 1979 album by Cher
• Prisoner (The Jezabels album), a 2011 album by Australian band The Jezabels
• Prisoners (album), a 2012 album by Canadian metal band The Agonist
• The Prisoner (album), a 1969 album by Herbie Hancock

Songs

• "Prisoner", a hit Barbra Streisand song from the 1978 film Eyes of Laura Mars
• "Prisoner" (Dokken song), 1987
• "The Prisoner" (Howard Jones song), 1989
• "Prisoner" (Jeffree Star song), 2009
• "Prisoner" (The Weeknd song), 2015
• "Prisoner" (311 song)
• "Prisoner" (Steve Angello song), 2015 from Wild Youth
• "Prisoners", John Denver song from Rocky Mountain High, 1972
• "The Prisoner", a 1977 song by Roger Daltrey from One of the Boys
• "Prisoners", a song by The Vapors on the Canadian release of their 1980 album New Clear Days
• "The Prisoner", a 1982 Iron Maiden song from The Number of the Beast
• "The Prisoner", a song by The Clash released on their 1980 Black Market Clash

See also

• Prisoner's dilemma
• Detention (imprisonment)
• Convict
• Inmate telephone system
• Prison officer