Best Prison movies

Actors : Jim E. Chandler, Kim DeLonghi, Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Dolph Lundgren,

Rival gangs seek out millions of dollars hidden inside a luxury condominium that's scheduled to be demolished, but first they have to deal with the janitor who found the loot first.

Actors : Sam Wanamaker, Stanley Baker, Margit Saad, Grégoire Aslan,
Directors : Joseph Losey,

In UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and for the money.

Actors : Ned Manning, Wilbur Wilde, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

In the near future, a teenage couple are trapped in a drive-in theater which has become a concentration camp for social outcasts. The inmates are treated to drugs, exploitation films, junk food, and new wave music.

Actors : Roosevelt Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Ray Milland,
Directors : Lee Frost,

Doctors are forced to transplant the head of a dying, racist surgeon onto the body of a black death row inmate.

Actors : Sami Bouajila, Maurice Bénichou, Salomé Stévenin, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Roschdy Zem,

In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. ...

Actors : Gino Samil, Magnus Nilsson, Johan Ulveson, Björn Skifs,
Directors : Jonas Frick,

Conny is a chemistry teacher who is framed for drugpossesion. Unable to prove his innocence he ends up in prison. When he finds a secret exit some inmates "persuades" him to participate in ...

Actors : Vivica A. Fox, Kristanna Loken, Zoë Bell, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : Christopher Ray,

The President's daughter is captured and imprisoned while touring a war zone, so a team of elite female commandos is assembled to infiltrate a women's prison for a daring rescue.

Actors : Sidse Babett Knudsen, Dar Salim, Sebastian Bull,
Directors : Gustav Möller,

The idealistic prison officer Eva is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works.

Actors : Ilker Ayrik, Murat Akkoyunlu, Timur Acar, Didem Balçin,
Directors : Murat Seker,

Brother Gokhan, Accountant Servet, Meatball Necmi and Del Piero Hikmet are released from prison on probation and they join group therapy in order to be reintegrated to society.

Actors : In-jae Heo, Eun-pyo Jeong, In-seong Hwang, Jeong-su Han,
Directors : Seok-beom Kang,

Released from prison, Taesik goes to live with an adopted mother. He takes a job and tries to live a quiet life with his new family. His efforts are threatened when a politician seeks to knock the family restaurant down to build a mall.

Actors : Grace Glowicki, Noah Reid, Katie Boland, Sheila McCarthy,

When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at ...

Actors : Garry Summers, Bernie Hodges, Daniel Brocklebank, Wayne Virgo,

Father Jack is imprisoned for a crime that he has committed. The inmates suspect him of paedophilia and begin to persuade his teenage cellmate of this. His true crime is confessed to a prison guard with whom Jack has fallen in love.

Actors : Marta Etura, Verónica Sánchez, Gabriella Pession, Pilar López de Ayala,
Directors : Emilio Martínez Lázaro,

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940's. ...

Actors : Jorge Rivero, Barbara Hershey, James Coburn, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century....

Actors : Rae-won Kim, Kyeong-yeong Lee, Seong-gyoon Kim, Suk-kyu Han,
Directors : Hyeon Na,

A troubled ex-cop is imprisoned for a hit-and-run accident. He discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate who has been running a crime syndicate with the help of the warden and guards which provides them 100% alibi.

Actors : Benjamín Vicuña, Amparo Noguera, Alberto Ellena, Carolina Paulsen,
Directors : David Albala,

This drama is inspired on a real event in 1990 when 49 political prisoners escaped from a tunnel that took 18 months to dig.

Actors : Ryan Guzman, Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine, Meadow Williams,
Directors : Brian A. Miller,

The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.

Actors : Yoshio Harada, Genta Dairaku, Eita, Ryûhei Matsuda,
Directors : Toshiaki Toyoda,

Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murders. They commandeer a van from a strip club. Their plan is to find a stash of counterfeit money that a deranged cell mate told them...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Nutan,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

The PSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail...

Actors : Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin, Kate Micucci,
Directors : Audie Harrison,

With Coco and kitty in prison, Mystery Inc. thinks that they can finally enjoy a break.