Best Prison movies

Actors : Capucine, Ugo Bologna, Anthony Quinn, Adriano Celentano,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

During the 1920s France, con-men Philip and Felice escape prison and join forces to swindle Philip's rich ex-wife Belle.

Actors : Martha Higareda, Omar Chaparro, Mónica Dionne, Rocio Garcia,
Directors : Nacho G. Velilla,

NO MANCHES FRIDA is the story of Zequi, a recently released bank robber who goes to recover stolen money buried by his ditzy accomplice before going to jail. They return to the site only to...

Actors : Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke, Pallavi Sharda, Jai Courtney,
Directors : Sophia Banks,

A group of officers in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences.

Actors : Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, Peter Ustinov, Carrie Fisher,
Directors : Michael Winner,

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Actors : Dean Cain, Andy Dick, Mitchell Whitfield, Sean Patrick Flanery,
Directors : Tamra Davis,

The film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his ...

Actors : Hugo Weaving, Xavier Samuel, Don Hany, Mark Leonard Winter,
Directors : Craig Monahan,

Inspired by true events, HEALING is a story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit - in the most unlikely place for the most unlikely men.

Actors : Gippy Grewal, Diana Penty, Farhan Akhtar, Ronit Roy,
Directors : Ranjit Tiwari,

When an innocent man aspiring to be a musician is framed for committing a murder, he decides to form a music band with his co-prisoners for a competition, but his real intention seems to be different.

Actors : Emile Hirsch, Jake Manley, Graham Patrick Martin, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow,
Directors : Brian Skiba,

Detective Breslin crosses paths with Calloway, a ruthless hacker who's trying to save his kidnapped wife from a drug cartel. When Calloway escapes from police custody, Breslin joins forces with a no-nonsense cop to reclaim his prisoner.

Actors : Julio Chávez, Luis Machín, Soledad Villamil, Agostina Lage,
Directors : Israel Adrián Caetano,

Bear has never gotten over the separation from his wife and daughter after having been convicted for armed robbery and homicide and sent to prison. Now he is out, to finally get his cut of ...

Actors : Aubert Pallascio, Ian D. Clark, Marcel Sabourin, Jason Cadieux,
Directors : John Greyson,

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a québécois prison to hear the confession of a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. The inmates force the prelate to watch a play depicting what ...

Actors : Daniel Valdez, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, Edward James Olmos,
Directors : Luis Valdez,

A kind of musical accompanying the story of the early 1940's and the effect that the "zoot suit" (a man's suit of long jacket and pegged pants, always worn with a long keychain that looped ...

Actors : Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart,
Directors : Eric Till,

A paroled London fraudster poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.

Actors : Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Gillian Armstrong,

Peter Soffel is the stuffy warden of a remote American prison around the turn of the century. His wife, Kate, finds herself attracted to prisoner Ed Biddle. She abandons her husband and ...

Actors : Tim Daly, Connie Nielsen, Kelly Preston, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Bille August,

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.

Actors : Bert Remsen, Gary Busey, Seymour Cassel, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.

Actors : Mira Sorvino, Doug Jones, Aaron Farb, Kristoffer Polaha,
Directors : Adam Marino,

Four small-town boys are kidnapped by James Whitley, a warm-eyed psychopath.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Will Patton, Judith Ivey,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

A seeming good Samaritan (Debra Winger) hires a private detective (Nolte) to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. His investigation discovers deep corruption in a ...

Actors : Vladimir Menshov, Elena Babenko, Sergey Bezrukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev,
Directors : Igor Zaytsev,

Two prisoners, who have escaped from prison, hate each other. But subsequent circumstances make them reunite and deal with all the problems: from kids to gangsters.

Actors : Ashley Walters, Luke Fraser, Leon Black, Clare Perkins,
Directors : Saul Dibb,

In one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and ...

Actors : Craig Parkinson, Martin Compston, David Schofield, John Lynch,
Directors : Craig Viveiros,

'GHOSTED' tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the ...