Best Prison movies of 1998

Actors : Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien,
Directors : Tony Kaye,

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Vincent Gallo,
Directors : Vincent Gallo,

After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.

Actors : Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Spike Lee,

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

Actors : Joe Pantoliano, Robert Downey Jr., Wesley Snipes, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Stuart Baird,

U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Jones) and his team of Marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan (Snipes), who has been accused of a double-murder.

Actors : Richard Crenna, Leslie Nielsen, Melinda McGraw, Kelly LeBrock,
Directors : Pat Proft,

Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.

Actors : Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, Nas, Taral Hicks, DMX,
Directors : Hype Williams,

A pair of violent Men have spiritual awakenings.

Actors : Manoj Bajpayee, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, J.D. Chakravarthi,
Directors : Ram Gopal Varma,

An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.

Actors : Sonja Sohn, Lawrence Wilson, Bonz Malone, Saul Williams,
Directors : Marc Levin,

Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of ...

Actors : Charlie Sheen, Marlon Brando, Thomas Haden Church, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Yves Simoneau,

Walrus-like warden, Sven "Swede" Sorenson, a cross between Bluto and Wimpy, runs the prison, murders convicts who escape, and has the FBI on his trail in the form of agent Karen Polarski, ...

Actors : Olivia Birkelund, Gia Carides, Patrick Swayze, Kim Myers,
Directors : David Carson,

A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally ...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Werner Schreyer, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo,
Directors : Matt Earl Beesley,

Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a ...

Actors : Kumiko Asô, Tomorô Taguchi, Akira Emoto, Jacques Gamblin,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel,
Directors : Harry Hook,

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar ...

Actors : Damon Saleem, Bokeem Woodbine, Jeffrey Combs, Cynda Williams,
Directors : Darin Scott,

She caught his eye. He was caught off guard. Now Daryl Allen is caught in the line of fire. After six years behind bars, a reformed street hood(Bokeem Woodbine) puts down his gun and ...

Actors : Matheus Nachtergaele, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Nelson Sargento,

On December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone.

Actors : Mark Dacascos, Michael Peña, Emily Lloyd, Jaimz Woolvett,
Directors : Craig Hamann,

A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.

Actors : Stephanie Davis, Jon Daugherty, Ryan Daugherty, Lynn Boyd,
Directors : Julian Goldberger,

Ryan Kazinski, 16, is in juvenile detention in Fort Myers, Florida. He gets away one day, and the world is all before him: where should he go, what should he do? Should he try to find his ...

Actors : Kristi Gibson, Simon Elsworth, Bret Michaels, Martin Sheen,

A psychological thriller (...or is it?) that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row... or does it? Was he guilty of killing his ...

Actors : Gary Daniels, Meg Foster, Jeffrey Combs, Bryan Genesse,
Directors : Jeff Burr,

Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is ...

Actors : Michael Madsen, Balthazar Getty, Phillip Glasser, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : Andrzej Sekula,

In the eerie backdrop of the lousiana bayou, former inmate Frank(Michael Madsen, "Reservoir Dogs,"Donnie Brasco") sees the opportunity of a lifetime in the form of cursed cash... See full synopsis »