Best Prison movies

Actors : Gary Oldman, Radha Mitchell, Mary Steenburgen, Skeet Ulrich,
Directors : David Seltzer,

An outlaw, a waitress and her misfit neighbor come upon a baby in the midst of car wreckage. With his former partner in crime out to get him, the outlaw and his new friends put their lives on the line to protect the infant from danger.

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 : 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 : Telly Savalas, Bud Spencer, James Coburn, Georges Géret,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

Branded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel attempts to redeem himself by leading a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.

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 : Nick Nolte, Rita Taggart, Ernie Hudson, Mark Rolston,
Directors : John D. Hancock,

A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.

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 : Natalia Dyer, Tate Donovan, Ella Rae Peck, Devon Bostick,
Directors : Philip Harder,

Twenty-two and on the verge of entering high society, college graduate Billy Mitchell finds his plans changing when he falls in love with an inmate with multiple personalities at his father's mental institution.

Actors : Gérard Darmon, Leïla Bekhti, Kheiron, Zabou Breitman,
Directors : Kheiron,

An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.

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 : Moe Dunford, Lalor Roddy, Dafhyd Flynn, Robbie Walsh,
Directors : Frank Berry,

An 18 year old man living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather, is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to 3 months in prison.

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 : 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 : Yoshio Harada, Genta Dairaku, Ryûhei Matsuda, Eita,
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 : Moe Dunford, Lorcan Cranitch, Emily Taaffe, Francis Magee,

After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim's father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of him is to help...

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.

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 : 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 : Sami Bouajila, Hugo Becker, Tewfik Jallab, Mélanie Doutey,
Directors : Xavier Durringer,

A team of former robbers arrived at Paradise: Phuket, southern Thailand. Until the day when the devil arrives: Mehdi, sentenced to 15 years in prison during the robbery, comes to recover his share of the cake.