Best Prison movies

Actors : Amrita Acharia, Kacey Clarke, Jack Ashton, Richard Blackwood,
Directors : Ben Pickering,

Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.

Actors : Paulina Gálvez, William Miller, Irene Montalà, Cornell John,
Directors : Brian Yuzna,

Dante travels across a desolate, futuristic Spain in search of his girlfriend, Ula. He is pursued by a bloodthirsty, cybernetic Rottweiler.

Actors : Thorsten Flinck, Ray Jones IV, Malou Bergman, Liam Norberg,

Convicts return to life of crime after release from prison.

Actors : Jolene Andersen, Robert LaSardo, Richard Grieco, Douglas Tait,
Directors : Brandon Slagle,

A SWAT team transporting a vicious crime syndicate boss must fight their way out of a county detention center during a catastrophic alien invasion.

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 : 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 : Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Masanobu Andô, Shunsuke Kubozuka,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

A visually stylish tale of two male prisoners bonded by emotion, love and murder.

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 : William DeMeo, Cathy Moriarty, Armand Assante, Ice-T,
Directors : Paul Borghese,

After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.

Actors : Songül Öden, Sarp Akkaya, Ercan Kesal, Aleyna Özgeçen,
Directors : Mehmet Ada Öztekin,

One day, Sedat, who works as a prison guard in Konya, is given the duty to take one of the prisoners, Musa, to his hometown. Musa does not intend to return until he finds out why his daughter was killed.

Actors : Olivia Birkelund, Gia Carides, Patrick Swayze, Kim Myers,
Directors : David Carson,

A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally ...

Actors : Alexander Petrov, Sofya Ozerova, Ivan Yankovskiy, Kristina Asmus,
Directors : Klim Shipenko,

Ilya Goryunov is 27, and has spent the last seven years in prison on a false charge of dealing drugs. Finally outside, he's driven by his desire for revenge against Petr, the rich kid who ...

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 : Roy Cheung, Ka-Kui Ho, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

Inside a Chinese prison two inmates form a friendship and face the difficulty of life on the inside.

Actors : Anirban Bhattacharya, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Srijit Mukherji, Raima Sen,
Directors : Srijit Mukherji,

A crime repeats its pattern after 25 years .Is it the same killer or a new psycho on the streets?

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 : Siobhan Redmond, Julia Ormond, Keith Allen, Tim Roth,
Directors : Angela Pope,

A beautiful young dentist (Ormond) working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate (Roth) after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit ...

Actors : Wes Chatham, Neal McDonough, Sarah Butler, Devon Sawa,
Directors : Jason Connery,

A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.

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 ...

Actors : Miguel Rellán, Alessandro Borghi, Julio Peña,
Directors : Alejandro Amenábar,

In 1575, the young Miguel de Cervantes is taken prisoner and sold to the fearsome Hassan, Bajá of Alger. While awaiting a ransom, he discovers an unexpected refuge in the art of storytelling...And he devises a daring escape plan.