Best Prison movies of 2017

Actors : Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Victor Almanzar, Udo Kier,
Directors : S. Craig Zahler,

A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Jessy Schram, Max Greenfield, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Directors : Ric Roman Waugh,

A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

Actors : Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor,

A teenage Leatherface escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnapping a young nurse and taking her on a road trip from hell, while being pursued by a lawman out for revenge.

Actors : Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Luke Forbes, Natalie Paul,
Directors : Matt Ruskin,

When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devotes his life to proving Colin's innocence.

Actors : Joe Cole, Panya Yimmumphai, Nicolas Shake, Vithaya Pansringarm,
Directors : Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire,

The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.

Actors : Robert Forster, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jacki Weaver, Molly Parker,
Directors : E.L. Katz,

A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder - returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.

Actors : Vasilina Makovtseva, Valeriu Andriutã, Liya Akhedzhakova, Boris Kamorzin,
Directors : Sergei Loznitsa,

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.

Actors : Shawn Ashmore, Dianna Agron, Jared Abrahamson, Rachelle Lefevre,
Directors : Scooter Corkle,

A woman with a troubled past sets out to find her missing brother.

Actors : Kyung-gu Sol, Hye-jin Jeon, Kyoung-Young Lee, Si-wan Im,
Directors : Sung-hyun Byun,

Jae-ho has established his own rules and put all of his fellow inmates under his control in a penitentiary facility. After he meets a newly imprisoned inmate, Hyeon-soo who won't give in to...

Actors : Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Julian Kostov, Amanda Abbington,
Directors : Christopher Menaul,

Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Lou took in an escaped Russian POW and hid him over the war's course. ...

Actors : Loretta Devine, Daniel Beaty, Selenis Leyva, Omari Hardwick,
Directors : Jamal Joseph,

Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired...

Actors : Robert Williams, Regina Williams, Ry'nesia Chambers, Andrew Bleechington,
Directors : Antonio Méndez Esparza,

Standing on the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young African-American in today's America. With his mother longing to find more to her life then parenting, Andrew ...

Actors : Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Scott Adkins, Cung Le,
Directors : Jesse V. Johnson,

A story set in Indochina in 1959, a land beyond rule and a time without mercy and the birth of a legend.

Actors : Gippy Grewal, Diana Penty, Farhan Akhtar, Ronit Roy,
Directors : Ranjit Tiwari,

When an innocent man aspiring to be a musician is framed for committing a murder, he decides to form a music band with his co-prisoners for a competition, but his real intention seems to be different.

Actors : Akihiro Kitamura, Yumi Adachi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kaho,
Directors : Sion Sono,

Manami is captured by blood thirsty trigger happy vampires, and taken to their hotel, where they keep prisoners as future meals. They are all instructed to find a partner to survive, when a vampire clan from Transylvania interferes.

Actors : Lotte Verbeek, Alison Doody, Linus Roache, Clarke Peters,
Directors : S.A. Halewood,

2039. Jails have been turned into online portals where the public gets to choose what prisoners eat, wear, watch and who they fight. So successful is Panopticon TV, it is about to be rolled...

Actors : Rae-won Kim, Kyeong-yeong Lee, Seong-gyoon Kim, Suk-kyu Han,
Directors : Hyeon Na,

A troubled ex-cop is imprisoned for a hit-and-run accident. He discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate who has been running a crime syndicate with the help of the warden and guards which provides them 100% alibi.

Actors : Grace Glowicki, Noah Reid, Katie Boland, Sheila McCarthy,

When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at ...

Actors : Moe Dunford, Lalor Roddy, Dafhyd Flynn, Robbie Walsh,
Directors : Frank Berry,

An 18 year old man living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather, is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to 3 months in prison.

Actors : RJ Balaji, Karthi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Shraddha Srinath,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

Set during the Kargil War, fighter pilot Varun recalls his romance with Leela while being held prisoner in Pakistan.