Best Prison movies

Actors : Sunil Shetty, Sonali Bendre, Naseeruddin Shah, Shafi Inamdar,
Directors : Bharat Rangachary,

A convict studies law in prison and becomes a lawyer to seek revenge against the corrupt police officer who framed him on the very day of his marriage.

Actors : Manuela Velasco, Joaquín Núñez, Maggie Civantos, Salva Reina,
Directors : Fernando Colomo,

Quique is a successful 30-year-old composer. He does not have the necessary funds to support a broken family. With a sister who is in prison for trafficking drugs and an elderly mother ...

Actors : Sadek Bacchu, Shakib Khan, Kabila, Shabnam Bubly,
Directors : Kazi Hayat,

The story of a self motivated gangstar under a political God Father and a young lady who is the prisoner of the same politician as his paramour, both fall in love and want to escape from their intolerable situation.

Actors : Nicholle Tom, Alex Carter, Jason Cadieux, Mel Harris,
Directors : Noel Nosseck,

Kelly keeps getting into trouble with the police. Her mother agrees to her going into a juvenile detention centre overnight. She is kept there for much longer. During her incarceration she is assaulted by inmates and abused by the system.

Actors : Jack Spencer, Jaqueline Webb, Neil Flanagan, Judith Israel,
Directors : Andy Milligan,

A deranged 15th Century prison colony chaplain exploits his power to get money for his church including murder and grave robbing committed by his vampire mistress and one-eyed hunchback assistant.

Actors : Salvador Sánchez, José Carlos Ruiz, Manuel Ojeda, Delia Casanova,
Directors : Felipe Cazals,

In Mexico city, the most infamous jail "Lecumberri" three prisoners make a plan to introduce drugs.

Actors : Sunnyi Melles, Marc Hosemann, Nicolette Krebitz, Axel Milberg,
Directors : Rainer Kaufmann,

When Ben is released from prison, undercover police agent Melody picks him up at the gate. Kahnitz, her sinister and ambitious boss, wants to see Ben convicted of another crime as soon as ...

Actors : Emma Suárez, José Ángel Egido, Alberto San Juan, Vicente Romero,
Directors : Manolo Matji,

A prisoner is accused of several murders.

Actors : Stavros Kalaroglou, Nikos Bousdoukos, Zorz Sarri, Giorgos Moshidis,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled prisoners. The everyday life of the people who live there consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, ...

Actors : Victor Campos, Neville Brand, Robert Donner, Sherry Boucher,
Directors : George Peppard,

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

Actors : T.J. Glenn, Mary Ann Schacht, Joe Niola, Joseph Eero,
Directors : W.J. Parolini,

After 16 years in prison, Igor and his gang are out and bent on taking revenge on the town that sent them up.

Actors : Raida Adon, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Maisa Abd Elhadi,
Directors : Mai Masri,

A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

Actors : Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Justin Henry,
Directors : Alan Gibson,

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a twelve-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too, a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, ...

Actors : Rami Malek, Charlie Hunnam, Eve Hewson, Tommy Flanagan,
Directors : Michael Noer,

A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape. A remake of the 1973 film 'Papillon'.

Actors : Ja-Hyeon Chu, Peter Ho, Coulee Nazha, Zitao Huang,
Directors : Xixi Gao,

The movie is set during the gang wars of 1930's Shanghai. An adaptation of Shanghai Bund, the TV series.

Actors : Dermot Kelly, Sylvia Syms, Patrick McGoohan, Walter Macken,
Directors : Arthur Dreifuss,

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His ...

Actors : Miles O'Keeffe, Chris Bolton, Jane Wheeler, Roddy Piper,
Directors : Marc F. Voizard,

Frank, an auto mechanic, witnesses the love of his life's demise at the hands of a drunk driver. Frank lets loose his rage, and kills the man. He then goes to prison, where he is framed for...

Actors : Luciano Cazaux, Daniel Valenzuela, Raúl Taibo, Jorge Sesán,
Directors : Nacho Garassino,

The spectacular escape of seven prisoners from the prison of Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires in 1991. The inmates dug a tunnel from the prison hospital and when was about to flee, made a gruesome discovery.

Actors : Richard Bright, John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin,
Directors : Raphael D. Silver,

In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Then he admits he can't pay for it and becomes indebted to him and the interest is rising daily.

Actors : Ted Markland, Laura Albert, Jerry Trimble, George Takei,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom.