Critically acclaimed Prison movies of 2021

Actors : Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Allari Naresh, Priyadarshi, Harish Uthaman,
Directors : Vijay Kanakamedala,

Revolving around undertrial prisoners who languish in jails while awaiting a judgement, the movie follows Surya Prakash who gets caught in a similar situation while being on trial for the murder of a powerful man.

Actors : Rahul Ramakrishna, Faria Abdullah, Priyadarshi, Naveen Polishetty,
Directors : Anudeep K.V.,

The plot revolves around the three prisoners. They get released and plan for a happy life outside. Things take a new turn and bring in a twist. Can they find happiness and love now?

Actors : Simran Choudhary, Rakul Preet Singh, Nithiin, Priya Prakash Varrier,
Directors : Chandra Sekhar Yeleti,

The story of a prisoner on Death row fighting his wrongful conviction in the backdrop of Chess.

Actors : Adiyon Dashalon, Jabari Crowder, Benny the Butcher, Marcellous Brown, Nekaya Griffith,
Directors : Amire K Reed,

A Buffalo gangster struggles to do right after being released from prison.

Actors : Don Shanks, Corynn Treadwell, Todd Haberkorn, Paris Warner, Easton Lay,
Directors : Brian Jagger,

A paranormal investigation YouTube channel is getting ready to shut down if they don't have a video that goes viral in time. In this last ditch attempt, a long-time mystery is solved.

Actors : Florin Busuioc, Paula Chirila, Monica Anghel, Sergiu Costache,
Directors : Catalin Bugean,

The story of three friends who, through a less happy situation, end up in prison. There they plan their escape and with the help of a local mobster they manage to escape only to prepare for...

Actors : Aubin Bradley, Eddie Beveridge, Kaye Tuckerman, Timothy J. Alex,
Directors : Michael Morrissey,

A female serial killer escapes from prison to go after the one victim that got away.

Actors : Suhaib Nashwan, Ali Suliman, Tara Abboud, Saba Mubarak,
Directors : Mohamed Diab,

A Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.

Actors : Franco Nero, Caspar Phillipson, Markus Gertken, Armand Assante,

Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens

Actors : Songül Öden, Ercan Kesal, Sarp Akkaya, Aleyna Özgeçen,
Directors : Mehmet Ada Öztekin,

One day, Sedat, who works as a prison guard in Konya, is given the duty to take one of the prisoners, Musa, to his hometown. Musa does not intend to return until he finds out why his daughter was killed.

Actors : Fabrizio Ferracane, Salvatore Striano, Silvio Orlando, Toni Servillo,
Directors : Leonardo di Costanzo,

The last remains of a prison, guards and a few inmates, are waiting to be transferred and gradually the rules seem to make less and less sense and the waiting men become a new fragile community.

Actors : Jawed Hannachi Herzi, Sabrina Benhamed, Halima Benhamed, Mourad Tahar Boussatha,
Directors : Hafsia Herzi,

After her son is arrested in a gas station robbery, housekeeper Nora does everything she can to help him as he remains incarcerated awaiting trial.

Actors : Mert Firat, Asuman Dabak, Timur Acar, Melisa Pamuk,
Directors : Adil Oguz Valizade,

In a highly secured prison, 10 prisoners are found dead mysteriously. Erol and Selin are tasked with investigating the murders. The cause of death is the same for all: heart attack. But the truth is utterly different from that.

Actors : Rohini, Vasanth Ravi, Bharathiraja, Raveena Ravi,
Directors : Arun Matheswaran,

Rocky, A gangster released after 17years from prison, goes back to his childhood house, searching for his missing sister Amudha, all the while reminiscing his violent past as it comes back to haunt him.

Actors : Arthur De Larroche, Clint Carmichael, Janice Blue, Andre Boyer,
Directors : Christian Vinces,

Rianne Angers has spent the last nine years obsessing over the vicious murder of Gwen Anderson. And it is understandable: Her brother Nick went to prison for the crime. Now that Nick is ...