Best Prison movies

Actors : Jennifer Morrison, Rob Schneider, David Carradine, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Rob Schneider,

A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.

Actors : William Finley, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Actors : Missi Pyle, Courtney Henggeler, Tiffany Haddish, Whoopi Goldberg,
Directors : Tyler Perry,

A woman is released from prison and reunites with her sister. She soon discovers that her sister is in an online relationship with a man who may not be what he seems.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Neville Brand, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter,

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

Actors : Alice Taglioni, Stéphane Debac, Sergi López, Albert Dupontel,
Directors : Eric Valette,

Bank-robber Franck Adrien is serving a prison sentence after robbing a national bank. Before he was caught he managed to hide the money but now it's not just the police who are looking for ...

Actors : Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker, James Woods, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Trevor White,

A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.

Actors : Kanji Furutachi, Tadanobu Asano, Kana Mahiro, Mariko Tsutsui,
Directors : Kôji Fukada,

Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

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 : Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Lance Henriksen, Ray Liotta,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

A soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts.

Actors : Benjamin Bratt, Karolina Wydra, Noah Le Gros, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Shawn Ku,

An ex-enforcer for a local crime syndicate has vowed to enact retribution on his mob bosses after 19 years of wrongful imprisonment. The only thing diverting his violent plans is a new found relationship to his beloved son.

Actors : Will Poulter, Charlie Creed-Miles, Iwan Rheon, Sammy Williams,
Directors : Dexter Fletcher,

A street-toughened parole finds his two boys abandoned by their mum and fending for themselves. Time to step up, or not.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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, Ronny Cox, Richard Pryor,
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 : 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 : Loretta Devine, Daniel Beaty, Selenis Leyva, Omari Hardwick,
Directors : Jamal Joseph,

Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired...

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.