Best Prison movies

Actors : Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland,
Directors : Tom Gries,

John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.

Actors : Paul Walter Hauser, Travis Fimmel, Marisa Tomei, Genelle Williams,
Directors : Robert Budreau,

A convicted man embarks on a journey of violence and redemption to find out the truth about his sister's death.

Actors : Franca Pasut, Franco Citti, Paola Guidi, Silvana Corsini,
Directors : Pier Paolo Pasolini,

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

Actors : Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Noomi Rapace, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Robert Budreau,

The strange story of the infamous 1973 hostage crisis in Stockholm.

Actors : Stephen Wight, Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid, Toby Kebbell,
Directors : Michael J. Bassett,

Juvenile delinquents gets sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoners death, where they have to fight for survival.

Actors : Laurence R. Harvey, Robert LaSardo, Dieter Laser, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Tom Six,

Taking inspiration from The Human Centipede films, the warden of a notorious and troubled prison looks to create a 500-person human centipede as a solution to his problems.

Actors : Olivia Wilde, Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Flemyng,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord.

Actors : Nisa Sofiya Aksongur, Aras Bulut Iynemli, Deniz Baysal, Celile Toyon Uysal,
Directors : Mehmet Ada Öztekin,

A story of love between a mentally-ill father who was wrongly accused of murder and his lovely six years old daughter. The prison would be their home. Based on 2013 Korean movie "Miracle in cell No. 7".

Actors : Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré,
Directors : Eric Red,

After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.

Actors : Monica Calhoun, LisaRaye McCoy, N'Bushe Wright, Yasiin Bey,
Directors : Neema Barnette,

Women prisoners strike up a friendship with a young law student who works as a part-time prison guard. Together they discover that a corporation funds and is profitting from the ...

Actors : Ana de Armas, Edgar Ramírez, Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura,
Directors : Olivier Assayas,

The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Jake Busey, Stephen Dorff, Joey Lauren Adams,
Directors : Jefery Levy,

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

Actors : Renata Eastlick, Ray Benitez, Paulina Gálvez, Nisalda Gonzalez,
Directors : Tyler Riggs,

As the summer drags on in central Florida, a young musician, a charismatic hustler, and a man adjusting to life after prison intersect on a dangerous path.

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Don Gordon,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, André Bervil,
Directors : Jacques Becker,

In prison four long-sentence inmates planning an elaborate escape cautiously induct a new inmate to join in their scheme which leads to distrust and uncertainty.

Actors : Keith Carradine, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing, their special talent and claim to fame. The youngest of the three falls in ...

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell,

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole ...

Actors : Tommy Chong, Peter Boyle, Graham Chapman, Cheech Marin,
Directors : Mel Damski,

Yellowbeard, a pirate's pirate, is allowed to escape from prison to lead the authorities to his treasure. He finds that his wife neglected to tell him that he now has a son, 20, and shame ...

Actors : Ray Panthaki, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews,
Directors : Jag Mundhra,

It's the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who leaves India to marry a London-based guy, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband.

Actors : Derya Alabora, Yalcin Cakmak, Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer,
Directors : Zeki Demirkubuz,

Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.