Best Prison movies of 2010s

Actors : Antony Varghese, Vinayakan, Chemban Vinod Jose, Tito Wilson,
Directors : Tinu Pappachan,

Jacob, a manager at a big financial firm, finds himself behind bars when he tries to save the woman he loves from being involved in a criminal case. The only way for him to survive and to escape was to break out of prison.

Actors : Lily Franky, Chizuru Ikewaki, Takayuki Yamada, Pierre Taki,
Directors : Kazuya Shiraishi,

Journalist Shuichi Fujii receives a letter from convicted killer Junji Sudo. Writing from death row, Sudo wants to confess to crimes unknown to the police. On visiting Sudo in prison, Fujii...

Actors : Jeanine Mason, Michael Grant Terry, Bill Sage, Bailey Noble,
Directors : Valerie Weiss,

Lauren Pierce has just become the high-school Tri-State Archery Champion. After the competition, Lauren and her teammate Emily return to their hotel room for a night of irresponsible ...

Actors : Morten Hebsgaard, Anders Matthesen, Christopher Læssø, Jacob Lohmann,
Directors : Frederikke Aspöck,

Follows a celebrity financier who ends up in prison. After being assaulted by a gang of bikers in the prison, he ops for voluntary solitary confinement. During this time he joins the choir, aiming for the top of it's hierarchy.

Actors : Gary Dourdan, Tom Sizemore, Malik Barnhardt, Taryn Manning,
Directors : Kader Ayd,

In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he ...

Actors : Nick Cheung, Louis Koo, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Michelle Chen,
Directors : Matt Chow,

A prostitute (Sandra Ng) helps a former flame (Nick Cheung) adapt to a new life after his release from prison.

Actors : Derek Phillips, Luke Goss, Paul Rae, Isaac C. Singleton Jr.,
Directors : Daryn Tufts,

Miles Berret is ripped awake in his prison cell. Guards rush past Miles cell in the dark as he hears gunfire, screaming and then... the horrible, sickening screams of a man being torn apart...

Actors : Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Louisa Harland, Willie Nelson,
Directors : Woody Harrelson,

Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.

Actors : Patrice Robitaille, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Viviane Audet, Gilles Renaud,
Directors : Philippe Gagnon,

Takes place in 1665 in New France at a time when a part of Canada was colonialized by France. Joseph Côté escapes from a prison in order to avoid death by hanging. Moreover, while some ...

Actors : Danny Trejo, Ryan Caltagirone, David Thomas Jenkins, Kerry Knuppe,
Directors : Walter Boholst,

Imagine an insatiable demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and reaches from beyond the grave to torment the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is nothing ...

Actors : Andrew W. Walker, Courtney Gains, Ernie Hudson, Abraham Benrubi,
Directors : Dustin Rikert,

U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.

Actors : Nadia Abdelouafi, Rachida Chbani, Aziz Akazim, Thor Braun,
Directors : Norbert ter Hall,

The story of a Dutch-Moroccan boy who tries to survive at an elite music academy in posh Amsterdam South, while his brother is in prison. Based on the novel by Mano Bouzamour.

Actors : Rannvijay Singh, Tanvi Azmi, Raghuvir Yadav, Ayesha Takia,
Directors : Nagesh Kukunoor,

A woman falls for a male she believes is her class-mate until she finds out that he is an unknown and unstable inmate from a mental institute.

Actors : Ryan Alosio, Bruce Marchiano, Robert Loggia, Laurence Fuller,
Directors : Gabriel Sabloff,

Three days before his execution, the elderly Apostle Peter tells his jailer about his time with Jesus.

Actors : Frédéric Dorkel, Michael Dauber, Jason François, Moïse Dorkel,
Directors : Jean-Charles Hue,

18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. He is about to celebrate his baptism when his half-brother Fred returns after fifteen years in prison. Together, with their last ...

Actors : Julia Brendler, Pit Bukowski, Edin Hasanovic, Marc Benjamin Puch,
Directors : Lars-Gunnar Lotz,

In a project with the concept of open-prison, Benjamin is given the unique chance of a new beginning. As one of seven juvenile offenders he should adopt social skills and experience ...

Actors : Zachary Laoutides, Madrid St. Angelo, Emmanuel Isaac, Ric Morgan,

Inspired by real events a day of reckoning approaches for Rory, a rising Irish-Mexican street gang member, when his trusted life-long friend Eloy, is released from prison.

Actors : Drew Fuller, Krista Allen, Masiela Lusha, Ivan Sergei,
Directors : Luciano Saber,

A police detective follows a trail of evidence that eventually seems to lead to his trusted partner's ex-con brother who he helped put in prison years ago.

Actors : Suzi Lorraine, Justin Deas, Colleen Zenk, Yancy Butler,
Directors : Dylan Bank,

A filmmaker's dream, Blue Lives Matter will be one of the only movies ever to be filmed entirely in one shot ...A police officer, a prosecutor, a judge, and a forensic scientist conspire to...

Actors : Kenny Johnson, David Marciano, Erin Daniels, Brad Dourif,
Directors : George A. Pappy Jr.,

When a convicted drug courier leaves prison after 22 years for one youthful mistake, he just wants to start over and obey the law. But, unable to find work, he's forced to take a supposedly...