Critically acclaimed Prison movies

Actors : Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer, Steven Strait,
Directors : Raymond De Felitta,

The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought ...

Actors : Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Leehom Wang, Viola Davis,
Directors : Michael Mann,

A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

Actors : Tom Towles, Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Mary Demas,
Directors : John McNaughton,

Henry, a drifter, commits a series of brutal murders, supposedly operating with impunity.

Actors : Frank Coughlan, Sean Kearns, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daragh Donnelly,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison after 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.

Actors : Rosario Dawson, Robert Downey Jr., Dianne Wiest, Shia LaBeouf,
Directors : Dito Montiel,

The movie is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs, or in prison. He comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

Actors : Liam Neeson, Michael Buie, Elizabeth Banks, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Paul Haggis,

A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine,
Directors : Jonathan Teplitzky,

A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.

Actors : Chris Hemsworth, Mark Paguio, Jurnee Smollett, Miles Teller,
Directors : Joseph Kosinski,

In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions.

Actors : Michael Rooker, Wesley Snipes, Peter Falk, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Walter Hill,

When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.

Actors : Nelly, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Peter Segal,

Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.

Actors : Shaun Evans, Andrew Garfield, Siobhan Finneran, Peter Mullan,
Directors : John Crowley,

The story of a young Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a violent crime he committed as a child.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Jude Law, Demián Bichir, Emilia Clarke,
Directors : Richard Shepard,

After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron, Susan Sarandon, Dwayne Johnson,
Directors : Ric Roman Waugh,

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.

Actors : Joe Cole, Panya Yimmumphai, Nicolas Shake, Vithaya Pansringarm,
Directors : Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire,

The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.

Actors : Marsai Martin, Issa Rae, Regina Hall, Justin Hartley,
Directors : Tina Gordon,

A woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.

Actors : Clifton James, Otis Young, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Robert Patrick, Aleksa Palladino,
Directors : Amber Sealey,

The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.

Actors : Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, James Caan, Charlize Theron,
Directors : James Gray,

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he ...

Actors : Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos,
Directors : Paulo Morelli,

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Actors : Edward Norton, Frances Conroy, Milla Jovovich, Robert De Niro,
Directors : John Curran,

A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path.