Best Prison movies

Actors : Jim Hutton, Richard Harris, James Coburn, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.

Actors : Leif Sylvester, Anne Sørensen, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg, Mads Mikkelsen,
Directors : Nicolas Winding Refn,

Tony is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner,
Directors : John Sturges,

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Actors : Will Arnett, Dax Shepard, David Koechner, Chi McBride,
Directors : Bob Odenkirk,

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Danny Cannon,

In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.

Actors : Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor,

A teenage Leatherface escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnapping a young nurse and taking her on a road trip from hell, while being pursued by a lawman out for revenge.

Actors : Clive Owen, David Kelly, Helen Mirren, Warren Clarke,
Directors : Joel Hershman,

A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.

Actors : Slim Twig, Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Matthew Morales,
Directors : Kim Chapiron,

Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.

Actors : Jesús Ochoa, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mel Gibson, Kevin Balmore,
Directors : Adrian Grunberg,

A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.

Actors : Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Damien Richardson, Rachel Griffiths,
Directors : Scott Roberts,

Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and ...

Actors : Al Pacino, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Actors : David Morse, Robin Wright, Anjelica Huston, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Sean Penn,

Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.

Actors : Nicolas Duvauchelle, Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma, Ramzy Bedia,
Directors : Guillaume Pierret,

A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.

Actors : Scott Adkins, Thomas Turgoose, Craig Fairbrass, Nick Moran,
Directors : Jesse V. Johnson,

After years of assaults on him in prison, Cain escapes for avengement on those responsible.

Actors : Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Edwina Findley Dickerson, Lorraine Toussaint,
Directors : Ava DuVernay,

When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.

Actors : Josh Hartnett, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Jim Gaffigan, Stephen McHattie,
Directors : Daniel Roby,

In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.

Actors : Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Luke Forbes, Natalie Paul,
Directors : Matt Ruskin,

When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devotes his life to proving Colin's innocence.

Actors : Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Lilou Siauvaud, Matt Damon,
Directors : Tom McCarthy,

A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway,
Directors : James Foley,

A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.

Actors : Steven Berkoff, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.