Critically acclaimed Prison movies of 2020

Actors : Steve Tientcheu, Bakary Koné, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Jean Cyrille Digbeu,
Directors : Philippe Lacôte,

A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.

Actors : Al Sapienza, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Josh Trank,

The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

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 : Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Nathan Page, Mark Leonard Winter,
Directors : Francis Annan,

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

Actors : Nicolas Duvauchelle, Stéfi Celma, Alban Lenoir, 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 : Josh Hartnett, Jim Gaffigan, J.C. MacKenzie, 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 : Meiko Kaji, Isao Hashizume, Masami Nagasawa, Yukiya Kitamura,
Directors : Miwa Nishikawa,

A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and communicate ...

Actors : Bruce Dern, Clark Harris, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Daniel Steven Gonzalez,
Directors : Scott Windhauser,

Just out of prison, Billy Walker returns to El Paso to find his mom dying of liver failure but low on the transplant list. However, the border offers other, darker options.

Actors : Annabelle Wallis, Keira Knightley, Lucy Punch, Matthew Goode,
Directors : Camille Griffin,

An extended family come together for a Christmas dinner in the country.

Actors : François Arnaud, Erika Rosenbaum, Christian Convery, Emily Hampshire,
Directors : Adam O'Brien,

Meredith, her husband Jared and son Alex face unspeakable terror in the wake of a family tragedy.

Actors : Nathaniel Martello-White, Cary Crankson, Bradley Taylor, Frank Harper,
Directors : Will Thorne,

Mark, a low end South London hitman recently released from prison, tries to go straight for his daughter, but gets drawn back in by Alan, his former cellmate, to do one final job.

Actors : Miguel Ángel Solá, Cecilia Roth, Benjamín Amadeo, Sofía Gala Castiglione,
Directors : Sebastián Schindel,

Desperate and confused, Alicia will do the impossible to keep her son from prison after he's convicted of trying to murder his ex-wife.

Actors : Christos Lawton, Kelvin Fletcher, Tom Taplin, Samantha Coughlan, Audrey L'Ebrellec, Ryan Winsley,
Directors : Ben Mole,

When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.

Actors : Kate Bell, Meg Alexandra, Raymond Bethley, Gabz Barker,
Directors : Russell Owen,

There's a zombie outbreak after a medical trial in an international detention and medical facility on an isolated island. An ex US Special Forces/bodyguard woman inmate and a guard form a team.

Actors : Beau Fowler, Chris Lines, Tom Hendryk, Marcus Langford, Helen Crevel, Jonathan Hansler,
Directors : Steve Lawson,

Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world

Actors : Anirban Bhattacharya, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Srijit Mukherji,
Directors : Srijit Mukherji,

A crime repeats its pattern after 25 years .Is it the same killer or a new psycho on the streets?

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 : Boguslaw Linda, Marcin Dorocinski, Cezary Pazura, Jan Frycz,
Directors : Wladyslaw Pasikowski,

Franz Maurer is released after 25 years in prison and finds a completely changed Poland.

Actors : Kristi Ray, Gunner Willis, Damian Maffei, Felissa Rose,
Directors : Tommy Faircloth,

A group of travelers are forced to seek shelter inside an abandoned jail where a notorious nun named Sister Monday had once been assigned and was suspected of murdering prisoners.

Actors : Benjamín Vicuña, Amparo Noguera, Roberto Farías, Francisca Gavilán,
Directors : David Albala,

This drama is inspired on a real event in 1990 when 49 political prisoners escaped from a tunnel that took 18 months to dig.