Best Prison movies of 1985

Actors : Sonia Braga, Raul Julia, José Lewgoy, William Hurt,
Directors : Hector Babenco,

A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.

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.

Actors : Steven Williams, Chuck Norris, Bennett Ohta, Soon-Tek Oh,
Directors : Lance Hool,

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Rossano Brazzi, Patrizia Pellegrino, Venantino Venantini,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Homicidal Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta; when the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes rogue to catch him.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, William Ostrander, Sue Kiel, Linda Blair,

An American woman visiting her fiancée in West Germany is caught up with a defecting spy and captured by those in the East. After brutal interrogation she is placed in a prison along with ...

Actors : Christiane Jean, Gérard Lanvin, Bernard Giraudeau, Maurice Barrier,
Directors : Patrice Leconte,

During a routine transfer of prisoners from one jail to another, an accused cop killer, Paul Brandon, is temporarily chained to a con with only a year left to serve, Stéphane Carella. Paul ...

Actors : Themis Bazaka, Dimitris Katalifos, Maria Martika, Eirini Inglesi,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and out of prisons during the dark period between the Greek civil war until the end of ...

Actors : Jorge Emilio Salazar, Sebastián Ospina, María Eugenia Dávila, Gustavo Angarita,
Directors : Jorge Alí Triana,

A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his "pueblo" (village). But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the ...

Actors : John Laughlin, Michael Paré, Richard Farnsworth, Lee Purcell,
Directors : Conrad E. Palmisano,

In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets ...

Actors : T.J. Glenn, Mary Ann Schacht, Joe Niola, Joseph Eero,
Directors : W.J. Parolini,

After 16 years in prison, Igor and his gang are out and bent on taking revenge on the town that sent them up.

Actors : Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Justin Henry,
Directors : Alan Gibson,

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a twelve-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too, a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, ...

Actors : Mammootty, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Babu Namboothiri,
Directors : Joshi,

Ravi Varma, who is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, tells his story to his wife's sister, a news reporter, about the true story of what happened.

Actors : Ranjeet, Mithun Chakraborty, Divya Rana, Amjad Khan,
Directors : Shibu Mitra,

Balwant is a ex-convict and former jailbird. He returns home after completing his sentence, and finds out that the wealthy Thakur has a treasure stashed away nearby with a map enclosed in a...

Actors : Zlata Numanagic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Dara Dzokic,
Directors : Gordana Boskov,

Young Woman After graduating, getting his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story tells of her struggle to survive in her small town with a small child, addiction to ...

Actors : Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Radmila Zivkovic, Milan 'Lane' Gutovic,
Directors : Svetislav Prelic,

An impostor called Dumpling escapes the prison and arrives to institute where he meets doctor Strukl, an expert in weight-change who is wanted by many celebrities. After discovering his ...

Actors : Jan Peszek, Wojciech Wysocki, Gustaw Holoubek, Janusz Michalowski,
Directors : Wojciech Has,

Set during the World War I in a prison cell. A newspaper satirist, a safecracker and a clerical murderer have been loaded into a common cell until the investigation into their supposed ...

Actors : Gérard Klein, Richard Bohringer, Agnès Soral, Niels Arestrup,
Directors : Robert Kramer,

A prositute (Anges Sorel) tries to change her life after her release from prison, but a murderous slave organization, the Consortium, is determined to bring her back to the fole or kill her...

Actors : Lyon Chan, Joe Ho, Philip Chan, Sandy Lau,
Directors : Stewart Cheung,

After serving three years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, an angry streetfighter seeks justice. Two sworn brothers oppose a gang of killers running a gym.

Actors : Raj Babbar, Vikas Anand, Abhi Bhattacharya, Master Bittoo,
Directors : Ravi Tandon,

A journalist, Mehta, on the run from Jagmohan's men, leaves an envelope with singer, Ramprasad Singh, and asks him to deliver it to Inspector J.S. Sharma at Bandra (Bomay) Police Station. ...

Actors : Darlene Mignacco, Rose Graham, John Haslett Cuff, Agi Gallus,
Directors : Jerry Ciccoritti,

A woman breaks out of an insane asylum, accompanied by two crazed inmates, to kill her sister.