Best Prison movies

Actors : Burt Young, Denis O'Hare, Joe Manganiello, Sofía Vergara,
Directors : Raymond De Felitta,

After serving 17 years in prison for a violent mistake he made in his youth, a once-aspiring baseball player returns to his Bronx neighborhood.

Actors : Jasmin Tabatabai, Jutta Hoffmann, Katja Riemann, Nicolette Krebitz,
Directors : Katja von Garnier,

Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to...

Actors : Adèle Exarchopoulos, Patrick Bouchitey, Daphne Patakia, Noée Abita,
Directors : Léa Mysius,

Vicky lives with her mother Joanne and father Jimmie, a man struggling to find his place. When Vicky's aunt Julia arrives after being released from prison, her presence brings back the past in a violent, magical way.

Actors : Stephen Dorff, Morgan Freeman, Nomadlozi Kubheka, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

An English boy, living in Africa during World War II, through his boxing prowess, becomes a symbol of hope, in a time of war.

Actors : Lloyd Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges, Suzy Amis,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.

Actors : José Pérez, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Bruce Davison,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A child molester sent to prison finds that criminals exact harsher justice than society.

Actors : Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Karl Malden, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Marlon Brando,

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sarah Rowland Doroff, Martin Short, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Francis Veber,

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.

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

A pair of violent Men have spiritual awakenings.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Clifton Collins Jr., Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin,
Directors : Stuart Gordon,

A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of ...

Actors : Halil Ergün, Serif Sezer, Meral Orhonsay, Tarik Akan,

A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world ...

Actors : Hye-jin Jeon, Kyoung-Young Lee, Si-wan Im, Kyung-gu Sol,
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 : Paul Walker, Piper Perabo, Bob Gunton, Brooklynn Proulx,
Directors : John Glenn,

A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility.

Actors : Colm Feore, Rhona Mitra, Jim Caviezel, Frankie Faison,
Directors : Robert Harmon,

Rennie Cray (Caviezel) embarks on a bloodthirsty rampage to avenge the death of his wife who was struck down by a serial killer - a man who hunts and kills women using his '72 El Dorado.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, 50 Cent, Dave Bautista, Jin Zhang,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured.

Actors : Lauren Cohan, Kyra Sedgwick, Thomas Jane, Kevin Connolly,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

A motivational book written by a mysterious man quickly gains popularity, inspiring a group of people that includes a journalist, his editor, a former inmate, a hip-hop mogul, an actor and ...

Actors : Fred Ward, Cecilia Pérez-Cervera, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : George Armitage,

When Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute ...

Actors : John Hannah, Julian Kostov, Amanda Abbington, Jenny Seagrove,
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 : Keenen Ivory Wayans, Rick Cramer, Robert Kotecki, Jon Voight,
Directors : David Hogan,

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and it's officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.

Actors : Ralph Cotterill, Syd Brisbane, Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito,
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.