Best Prison movies

Actors : Nicky Wu, Shao-Wen Hao, Yvonne Hung Yung, Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Directors : Yen-Ping Chu,

A young police officer "makes a mess" of a police operation, shoots a man in self-defense, and ends up in prison. There he learns that the world isn't black and white, but has many shades of gray, and makes new friends and enemies.

Actors : Priscilla Star, Ian Paola, Edna Lee Figueroa, Denia Brache,
Directors : Adel L. Morales,

"RELEASE" is a tragedy that follows Ricky "Maverick" Santana, free after twenty-one years in prison. He's a changed man dealing with the pressures of a changed world, while figuring out his...

Actors : Rebecah Rye, Lon Hannah, Brandon Baker, Jeffrey Smith,
Directors : Tyler Smith,

Colman Dobbs has returned from prison seeking revenge on the judge who sentenced him. What better way to extract his revenge than by taking the only thing the judge really cares about. His daughter. But can it really be just that easy?

Actors : Dae-yeob Lee, Su-il Bang, Hye-jeong Kim,
Directors : Keung-ha Jo,

A man held prisoner in North Korea following the Korean War, organizes a resistance movement against the cruelty of the communist prisoners.

Actors : Jacques Bonnaffé, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Laura Schiffman, Elisabeth Depardieu,
Directors : Costa Natsis,

A French-Greek co-production, filmed in Paris, in which the forty-year-old Maxim is released from prison after five years in prison. As he tries to adjust to life on the outside, he ...

Actors : Roberto Govin, Ramón Merlo, Franciska Ródenas, Azucena De La Fuente,
Directors : Fernando Merinero,

Lazarus is a Cuban appeal that makes a living in Madrid. When his girlfriend Dolores travels from Cuba to Spain to live with him, he is in prison for kidnapping and attempted rape. Dolores ...

Actors : Joan O'Brien, Ziva Rodann, Gilbert Roland, George Montgomery,
Directors : George Montgomery,

George Montgomery plays a cynical doctor that is taken to prison at Samar island because his political opinions. The commander (Gilbert Roland) is waiting for his own doctor, that is ...

Actors : Jan Adamski, Arkadiusz Bazak, Piotr Augustyniak, Andrzej Balcerzak,
Directors : Wanda Jakubowska,

While showing the Auschwitz Concentration Camp to American tourists, guide Henryk recalls his own memories as its inmate.

Actors : Janelle Bayard, Vanessa Branch, Chris D'Elia, Ryan Larsen Davis,

Marc is released from prison after seven years. As he tries to get back to his old life, he reconnects with his best buddy, Jay. They both go through somewhat of a "quarter-life crisis".

Actors : Stanley Baxter, Percy Herbert, Bill Fraser, Harry H. Corbett,
Directors : Frank Launder,

Busted for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War, a gang of East End wideboys choose conscription over prison and take their talents on a tour of duty.

Actors : Christopher George, Gary Raymond, Lawrence P. Casey, Justin Tarr,
Directors : John Peyser,

Rommel's last open port is maintained by POW labor against Allied bombing, a commando operation is undertaken to liberate the prisoners.

Actors : Fabrizia Carminati, Mara Chemini, Federica Gili, Frank Adonis,
Directors : Max Chicco,

The story is about two Italian contractors in AbuGhraib prison. Their task is to guard a very important prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison: Saddam Hussein.

Actors : Sam J. Jones, Ian Jacklin, Mel Novak, Joe Estevez,
Directors : Steven L. Austin,

While on death row for killing a policeman, small-time criminal Adam (Ian Jacklin) is sprung from his cell and asked to join a covert government organization that will shape him into a ...

Actors : Luis Manzano, Billy Crawford, DJ Durano, Marvin Agustin,
Directors : Wenn V. Deramas,

Half-witted longtime friends Albert (Luis Manzano), Isaac (Billy Crawford), Mozart "Mo" (DJ Durano), Michaelangelo "Mike" (Martin Escudero) and Aristotle "Aris" (Marvin Agustin) were used ...

Actors : Kyle Clarke, Stormi Maya, Nicole Stark, John Scuderi,
Directors : Rene Perez,

(This version of the film is Uncensored and uncut) When serial killer Havoc escapes from his prison, there is no holding back. He descends upon unsuspecting lovers in their cabin get away. ...

Actors : Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Foster, Danny DeVito,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

The film is set post-World War II and will star Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, ...

Actors : Mario Almada, Alfonso Zayas, Juan Gallardo, Sonia Bayardo,
Directors : Miguel Marte,

A veteran cop and a thief team up to take down a kidnapper who murdered his prisoner thirty years ago.

Actors : Lalita Pawar, Rajendra Kumar, Madan Puri, Mala Sinha,
Directors : O.P. Ralhan,

While defending his sister's honor, Shanker kills a man. His ashamed family say he is away in Africa, while he spends the next ten years in prison. What happens when the truth comes out, can he ever find forgiveness or acceptance?

Actors : Jürgen Jung, Helga Anders, Renate Grosser, Hellmut Lange,
Directors : Roger Fritz,

Just released from a youth detention center, Andrea (Helga Anders) is wooed by her boss' son and finds herself in a love triangle that defies the moral and social norms of the time in more ways than one.

Actors : Anne Heche, Ione Skye, Pam Grier,
Directors : Sharon Zurek,

A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.