Best Prison movies of 1990s

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, Annabella Sciorra,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.

Actors : Sal Lopez, Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Vira Montes,
Directors : Edward James Olmos,

A Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle.

Actors : Lloyd Bridges, Richard Crenna, Valeria Golino, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Jim Abrahams,

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Actors : Campbell Scott, Ian Hart, Ned Beatty, Liev Schreiber,
Directors : Tom Gilroy,

As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen...

Actors : Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater,
Directors : Marc Rocco,

An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.

Actors : Grégoire Colin, Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar,
Directors : Benoît Jacquot,

A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Glenn Close, Pauline Collins,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.

Actors : Sean Connery, Kate Capshaw, Laurence Fishburne, Blair Underwood,
Directors : Arne Glimcher,

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after 25 years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.

Actors : Richard Crenna, Leslie Nielsen, Melinda McGraw, Kelly LeBrock,
Directors : Pat Proft,

Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.

Actors : Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Mary Walsh, Tara Spencer-Nairn,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.

Actors : Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak, Janeane Garofalo, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Directors : Robert Greenwald,

Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment ...

Actors : Obba Babatundé, Charmin Lee White, Terrell Mitchell, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Jordan Walker-Pearlman,

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

Actors : Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Lance Henriksen, Ray Liotta,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

A soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts.

Actors : Robert John Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton,
Directors : Kevin Hooks,

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.

Actors : Dana Carvey, Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, Richard B. Shull,
Directors : George Gallo,

Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

Actors : Sener Sen, Sermin Hürmeriç, Yesim Salkim, Ugur Yücel,
Directors : Yavuz Turgul,

The epic adventures of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years, it is no surprise that the world has changed dramatically. Still, Baran ...

Actors : Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Hideo Sakaki, Tak Sakaguchi,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.

Actors : Jasmin Tabatabai, Jutta Hoffmann, Katja Riemann, Nicolette Krebitz,
Directors : Katja von Garnier,

Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to...

Actors : Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, Nas, Taral Hicks, DMX,
Directors : Hype Williams,

A pair of violent Men have spiritual awakenings.