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

Literature

• 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
• "The Prisoner", a 1956 short story by Christopher Anvil

Theatre, Film, TV

Theatre

• The Prisoner, English title of the Italian opera by Luigi Dallapiccola, Il prigioniero
• The Prisoners, English title of the Latin play by Titus Maccius Plautus, Captivi
• The Prisoners (play), a Caroline era stage play by Thomas Killigrew

Film

• The Prisoner (1920 film), a German silent drama film
• The Prisoner (1923 film), featuring Boris Karloff
• Prisoners (1929 film), an early talking film
• The Prisoner (1949 film), a German film
• The Prisoner (1955 film), starring Sir Alec Guinness
• The Prisoner (1963 film), a 1963 Australian TV play
• Island of Fire, a 1991 Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, also known as The Prisoner
• Prisoners (1982 film), an unreleased US–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
  • 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" (Gotham), an episode of Gotham
• "Prisoners" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• The Prisoners (The Walking Dead)
• Chapter 6: The Prisoner, 2019 episode of The Mandalorian

Music

• The Prisoners, a mod revival British band

Albums

• Prisoners (album), a 2012 album by Canadian metal band The Agonist
• Prisoner (Cher album), 1979
• The Prisoner (album), a 1969 album by Herbie Hancock
• Prisoner (The Jezabels album), 2011
• Prisoner (Ryan Adams album), 2017

Songs

• "Prisoner" (311 song), 1997
• "Prisoner" (Dokken song), 1988
• "The Prisoner" (Howard Jones song), 1989
• "Prisoner" (Jeffree Star song)
• "Prisoner" (The Weeknd song), 2015
• "Prisoner", by Barbra Streisand from the film Eyes of Laura Mars
• "The Prisoner", by The Clash released on Black Market Clash
• "The Prisoner", by England Dan & John Ford Coley from Nights Are Forever
• "The Prisoner", by Iron Maiden from The Number of the Beast
• "Prisoners", by John Denver from Rocky Mountain High
• "The Prisoner", by Roger Daltrey from One of the Boys
• "Prisoner", by Ryan Adams from Prisoner
• "Prisoner", by Steve Angello from Wild Youth
• "The Prisoner", by Tears For Fears from The Hurting
• "Prisoner", by The Jezabels from Prisoner
• "Prisoners", by The Vapors from the Canadian release of New Clear Days

Other uses

• The Prisoner, later stage name for professional wrestler Kevin Wacholz
• Prisoner 24601, the number assigned to Jean Valjean, the main character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables
• The main character of 1967–1968 TV series "The Prisoner", usually addressed in the series as Number Six
• The Prisoner (video game), 1980

See also

• Prisoners in Paradise, a 1991 album by Europe
• Prisoner's dilemma
• Detention (imprisonment)
• Convict
• Inmate telephone system
• Prison officer