Best Prison movies

Actors : David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Actors : Robert John Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton,
Directors : Kevin Hooks,

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.

Actors : Lancelot Roch, Olivier Marchal, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lindon,
Directors : Fred Cavayé,

With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.

Actors : Alberto Ammann, Manuel Morón, Antonio Resines, Luis Tosar,
Directors : Daniel Monzón,

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

Actors : Camilla Belle, Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville,
Directors : Trent Cooper,

After 8 years in prison, inventor Robert Axle struggles to win over his estranged family and catch up on current technology as he works to once again become the king of the infomercial.

Actors : Kristoffer Kjornes, Bianca Malinowski, Richard Tyson, Tina Ivlev,
Directors : José Manuel Cravioto,

A young girl, chained in the basement of a sexual predator, escapes and turns the tables on her captor.

Actors : Shawn Ashmore, Jared Abrahamson, Dianna Agron, Rachelle Lefevre,
Directors : Scooter Corkle,

A woman with a troubled past sets out to find her missing brother.

Actors : Vasilina Makovtseva, Valeriu Andriutã, Liya Akhedzhakova, Boris Kamorzin,
Directors : Sergei Loznitsa,

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.

Actors : Raffaella Carrà, Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter,
Directors : Mark Robson,

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.

Actors : Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, Edward Woodward, John Waters,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Margot Kidder, Richard Pryor, Ronny Cox,
Directors : Michael Pressman,

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.

Actors : Diane Kruger, Patrick Lyster, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Bille August,

GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Actors : Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Adrien Brody,
Directors : Paul Scheuring,

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Actors : Nat Wolff, Arturo Castro, Jai Courtney, Finn Wittrock,
Directors : Henry Alex Rubin,

A police officer who serves in the Marine Corps Reserves is faced with an ethical dilemma when it comes to helping his brother in prison.

Actors : Wilhelm von Homburg, Clemens Scheitz, Eva Mattes, Bruno S.,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.

Actors : Dana Carvey, Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, Richard B. Shull,
Directors : George Gallo,

Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

Actors : Sener Sen, Sermin Hürmeriç, Yesim Salkim, Ugur Yücel,
Directors : Yavuz Turgul,

The epic adventures of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years, it is no surprise that the world has changed dramatically. Still, Baran ...

Actors : Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Hideo Sakaki, Tak Sakaguchi,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.

Actors : Tim Allen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta,
Directors : Tim Allen,

A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.

Actors : Xun Zhou, Mi Yang, Kun Chen, Wei Zhao,
Directors : Wuershan,

An ancient fox spirit embarks on a diabolical quest to become human after escaping an icy prison, and becomes bound to a disfigured princess who seeks the love of a noble guard as her ...