Best Prison movies

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 : 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 : Kurtwood Smith, Gene Hackman, Terry O'Quinn, Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Directors : Nicholas Meyer,

A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.

Actors : Takashi Fujiki, Mariko Kaga, Ryô Ikebe, Naoki Sugiura,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari,
Directors : Terence Young,

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt ...

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 : 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 : Victor Izay, Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Teresa Kelly,
Directors : Tom Laughlin,

After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The...

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 ...

Actors : Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Ronnie Barker,
Directors : Dick Clement,

This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ...

Actors : Bert Remsen, Seymour Cassel, Gary Busey, 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 : Benjamin Hollingsworth, Dean Cain, Paul Wight, Michael Eklund,

A detective pushed beyond his limits will stop at nothing for vengeance. When his wife is killed by a criminal that he put away, Mason, a hard-nosed detective, deliberately gets arrested in...

Actors : Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P,
Directors : John Luessenhop,

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

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 : Nagesh Kukunoor, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Naseeruddin Shah,
Directors : Nagesh Kukunoor,

The story of a documentary movie-maker who films the reformation story of three hardened criminals within the prison walls - and in the process, finds redemption in her own life.

Actors : Kayoko Shiraishi, Meiko Kaji, Yukie Kagawa, Fumio Watanabe,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

After spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.

Actors : James Woods, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert Sean Leonard,
Directors : Tim Metcalfe,

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him ...

Actors : Zoë Tapper, Amanda Plummer, Anna Madeley, Domini Blythe,
Directors : Tim Fywell,

A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships ...

Actors : Noel Clarke, James D'Arcy, Frank Harper, Kate Magowan,
Directors : Reg Traviss,

The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on ...

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Bernadette Lafont, Guy Marchand, Charles Denner,
Directors : François Truffaut,

Stanislas Previne is a young sociologist, preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets in prison Camille Bliss to interview her. Camille is accused to have murdered her lover Arthur and ...