Best Prison movies of 1993

Actors : Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Lewis, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

A spoof of Robin Hood in general and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne,
Directors : Marco Brambilla,

A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

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 : Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Chris Rock,
Directors : Tamra Davis,

A "rapumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't ...

Actors : Lloyd Bridges, Richard Crenna, Valeria Golino, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Jim Abrahams,

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Actors : Ralph Cotterill, Syd Brisbane, Claire Benito, Nicholas Hope,
Directors : Rolf de Heer,

Bubby has spent thirty years trapped in the same small room, tricked by his mother. One day, he manages to escape, and, deranged and naive in equal measures, his adventure into the modern and nihilistic life begins.

Actors : Geoffrey Lewis, Kristian Alfonso, George Segal, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Vic Armstrong,

A framed prison escapee unknowingly kidnaps a female cop en-route to a rendezvous with the corrupt cop who put him behind bars.

Actors : Thorsten Flinck, Ray Jones IV, Malou Bergman, Liam Norberg,

Convicts return to life of crime after release from prison.

Actors : Kimberley Kates, Paul Koslo, Kari Whitman, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : Lloyd A. Simandl,

An innocent woman is sent to a Czech prison, where the sadistic warden and guards rape and perform bizarre sex acts on the prisoners.

Actors : Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Keerikkadan Jose, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

The sequel to Kireedam (1989), Chenkol continues the story of Sethumadavan who hopes to regain his lost life after 8 years in prison.

Actors : André Eisermann, Jeremy Clyde, Udo Samel, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Peter Sehr,

Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without...

Actors : Pooja Bhatt, Rahul Roy, Avtar Gill, Pooja Bedi,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Alcoholic movie director, Rahul (Rahul Roy) ends up in a Rehabilitation Centre. Once there, he finds out that there is an inmate who is suicidal and has deep ranging mental problems, namely...

Actors : Ted Markland, Laura Albert, Jerry Trimble, George Takei,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom.

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Anna Thalbach, Thomas Heinze, Mathias Gnädinger,
Directors : Hans W. Geissendörfer,

Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is dining with the struggling idealistic young lawyer, Felix Spat. Kohler puts up no defense and...

Actors : David Heavener, Joe Nuzzolo, Frank Gallacher, Lyn Levand,
Directors : Joe Straw,

Michael Julian has spent the last eight years in prison for saving his brother Charlie's life. Now he's free, but only to find out his brother is commanding a rapidly expanding drug empire ...

Actors : Clare Wren, Michael DeLuise, Will Patton, Judson Vaughn,
Directors : Howard Libov,

A big city newspaper reporter returns to his small hometown and stumbles onto a horrific murder scene. He pursues the story relentlessly, it's his professional dream come true, but when he ...

Actors : Frigyes Funtek, Zoltán Gera, Barbara Hegyi, Péter Gyenes,
Directors : Tibor Puszt,

Zoltán, the eight year-old hero, is taken by his mother to his grandparents. It is 1955 and the boy's father is in prison and in order to help, the mother's parents agree to bring up their ...

Actors : Sam J. Jones, Ian Jacklin, Mel Novak, Joe Estevez,
Directors : Steven L. Austin,

While on death row for killing a policeman, small-time criminal Adam (Ian Jacklin) is sprung from his cell and asked to join a covert government organization that will shape him into a ...

Actors : Nafisa Ali, Anaida, Shammi Kapoor, Birbal,
Directors : Robin Khosla,

After young Raj, who lives with his widowed mom, Rama, writes to jailed inmate St. Michael about how to escape from a maximum security prison, Michaels escapes, and decides to make Raj his ...