Best Prison movies of 1980s

Actors : John Van Dreelen, Brent Huff, Mary Stavin, Werner Pochath,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

Super tough Vietnam Veteran Sam Woods (Huff) is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfully tortured before finally managing to escape... See full synopsis »

Actors : Beano, Angelyne, Ted Prior, Vincent Barbi,
Directors : Tony Zarindast,

When Bud McCall is framed for a drugs charge he ends up in prison and he must prove his innocence by testifying against his former police partner to put him and his gang behind bars for good.

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure, Nirupa Roy, Shafi Inamdar,
Directors : Deven Verma,

Charged with the brutal killing of Savitri and Kutti, facing a death-sentence, or life in prison, accused Bombay taxi-driver, Satyaprakash Tripathi, prosecuted by his very own brother, ...

Actors : Andy Lau, Ken Boyle, Siu Chung Mok, Elizabeth Lee,
Directors : Michael Mak,

Michal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.

Actors : Raza Murad, Shashi Kapoor, Neelam Kothari, Govinda,
Directors : R.P. Swamy,

Honest, hardworking, and diligent Police Inspector Vikram, gets his just reward by being arrested for possesion of drugs. His mother gets a shock, and passes away instantly. Vikram is then ...

Actors : Jane Higginson, Alisha Das, Robert Random, Jason Williams,
Directors : Geoffrey G. Bowers,

When Reaper, the leader of a murderous biker gang, is released from prison on a technicality, he swears revenge on Wade Olson, the undercover cop who put him there. And when Reaper swears ...

Actors : Mammootty, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Baiju, Mahesh,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

The movie revolves around a bunch of inmates in a Juvenile home and the movie depicts several corruptions happening in such a facility.

Actors : Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Andy Lau, Kwok Keung Cheung, Alex Man,
Directors : Jing Wong,

Two cops are partnered together and decide to protect two beautiful women who are actually rivals--one, a woman released from prison, the other, an actress who's been targeted for rape--while in search of escaped murderous convicts.

Actors : Vera Sotnikova, Andrey Tolubeev, Oleksiy Gorbunov, Aleksei Volkov,
Directors : Villen Novak,

About battalions of penalized persons of times of World War II, month of service in which was equated by ten years of prison.

Actors : Andrei Gribenyuk, Vladimir Shevelyov, Yuriy Nazarov, Pavel Gromov,
Directors : Nikolai Gusarov,

A criminal drama set in the Soviet Union. Director of a Children's Theatre is sentenced to a prison term after a false accusation. He is spending his time locked up with a gang of teenagers...

Actors : Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Lung Ti, Olivia Cheng,
Directors : Raymond Lee,

Fourteen years ago, Wai Yat Ming (Ti Lung) went to the US to settle affairs for triad boss Sun (Bao Fang), but ended up in prison. Finally free again, Wai wants to start over with his ...

Actors : Mirsad Zulic, Filip Sovagovic, Jelena Covic, Zeljko Vukmirica,

Three prisoners, Combe from Rijeka, Menso from Bosnia, and Bogart from Belgrade, escape from prison. Their final destination is the city of their dreams - Hamburg. They temporarily part ...

Actors : Dulcie van den Bergh, Illse Roos, Steve Hofmeyr, Annelize van der Ryst,
Directors : Franz Marx,

A convict is released on parole after serving two years in prison. He is deadset on getting revenge on the man responsible for his conviction.

Actors : Simon Yam, Andy Lau, Alan Tang, Elizabeth Lee,
Directors : Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung,

A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.

Actors : Chuck Jeffreys, Richard Lynch, Elizabeth Kaitan, Chris DeRose,
Directors : Frank Harris,

Cop is framed for murder and sent to prison.

Actors : David A. Cox, Gina Bergee, Tanya George, Lisa Hamilton,
Directors : Roger Zahr,

After ten years in prison, vicious crime boss Mario Blanco is out for revenge. Revenge against the cop that put him away. Revenge at any cost! But David, the officer that sent Blanco to ...

Actors : James Horan, Pascale Devigne, Deborah Mansy, Eric Kramer,
Directors : Alain Zaloum,

A man is convicted of raping and murdering a child and sent to prison. He is shortly afterwards beaten to death by other inmates. His daughter blames the jurors who convicted him for his ...

Actors : Avangard Leontev, Marina Politseymako, Ramaz Ioseliani, Semyon Farada,
Directors : Efraim Sevela,

About amusing adventures of the young blunderer Yankel during World War II who survives thanks to the sluggishness. The hired legionary he is taken prisoner, will pass across Sicily with ...

Actors : Luke Mullaney, Olga Antal, Karl Tessler, Laura Favali,
Directors : Sándor Söth,

1982, Budapest. Two 18-year-old Hungarian boys think Hungary is boring so they decide to travel to Poland and have a real adventure. Their plan to escape to Sweden fails and they find themselves in a Polish prison.

Actors : Rick Cluchey, Billy Hayes, Douglas Van Leuven, Stefan Kalinka,
Directors : Rick Cluchey,

Prison inmates stage a mock trial for a convicted murderer.