Scared Straight!
"It took going behind bars to keep them out."
Documentary
Overview
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Top Cast
Similar Movies
Hoop Dreams
1994
7.6
Hearts and Minds
1974
7.7
Harlan County U.S.A.
1977
7.5
The Art Director
1949
6
Burden of Dreams
1982
7.6
Food and Magic
1943
5
I Don't Know
1971
4
Always for Pleasure
1978
7.3
The Battle of Midway
1942
5.8
With the Marines at Tarawa
1944
6.9
Window Water Baby Moving
1959
6.9
The Unconquered
1954
7.3
Recommended Movies
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
2015
5.9
The King's Musketeers
2018
5.9
Knives Out
2019
7.8
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
9.5
I'm Still Here
2024
8
The Purge: Election Year
2016
6.4
A Simple Favor
2018
6.6
Crazy Rich Asians
2018
7.1
Despicable Me 4
2024
7
Honest Thief
2020
6.5
Things to Come
2016
6.5
Elmer Gantry
1960
7.3
No Rest for the Wicked
2011
5.9
Desperate Living
1977
6.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2015
7.6