Best Prison movies of 2010s

Actors : Maher Khammash, Ahmad Thaher, Mahmoud al Massad, Odai Hijazi,
Directors : Mahmoud al Massad,

Ahmad a construction worker gets tangled up in an unfortunate business deal leading him to prison. He meets fraudster Ibrahim who ruins his last hope to prove his innocence. Ahmad is ...

Actors : Benjamín Vicuña, Amparo Noguera, Roberto Farías, Francisca Gavilán,
Directors : David Albala,

This drama is inspired on a real event in 1990 when 49 political prisoners escaped from a tunnel that took 18 months to dig.

Actors : Xiaolu Li, Yiyan Jiang, Ka Tung Lam, Ching Wan Lau,
Directors : Chi-Leung Law,

A women's prison in the Northern China in 1932, Prisoner FU Yuan (JIANG Yiyan) digs a tunnel in her prison cell with a silver spoon and escapes. Inspector SONG Donglu (LAU Ching-wan) is ...

Actors : Irineo Alvarez, Thelma Alves, José Sefami, Kristoff,
Directors : Axel Uriegas,

Crime drama inspired by real events recounts the sensational prison escape of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzmân Loera, aka El Chapo.

Actors : Tim Dax, Leesa Rowland, Ruby Larocca, Nicola Fiore,
Directors : Travis Campbell,

A former beauty queen plots the death of her overbearing mother with the help of her pen-pal, a serial killer on death row.

Actors : Lucas Balmaceda, Gastón Pauls, Alfredo Castro, Juan Carlos Maldonado,
Directors : Sebastián Muñoz,

A '70s-set homoerotic prison drama based on a low-circulated pulp novel, tracking the sexual, often-violent and eventually murderous experiences of 20-something narcissist Jaime.

Actors : Binnu Dhillon, Jaswinder Bhalla, Parminder Gill, Sunil Grover,
Directors : Smeep Kang,

This film is about two prisoners who make a master plan to escape the prison. They escape the prison on Vaisakhi and in few hours of they see the Vaisakhi list made by the government in which they were to be pardoned by the Jail minister.

Actors : Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Naga Chaitanya Akkineni, Sai Kumar,
Directors : Katta Deva,

A boy kills a gangster in an area undertaken by gangsters n political leaders which has great business of automobiles in 80s and completes his graduation in jail n comes there again invents...

Actors : Sara Waisglass, Alan Van Sprang, John Rhys-Davies, A.C. Peterson, Shawn Roberts,
Directors : Brent Cote,

An ex-con, Lance, with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood, attempts to live a quiet life after spending fifteen years in prison. His plans for a quiet life are disrupted when ...

Actors : David Banner, Richard Roundtree, Boris Kodjoe, Kenya Moore,
Directors : Alton Glass,

The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures,...

Actors : Stanley Doe Hunt, Les Aderibigbe, Koran Streets, Devon Libran,
Directors : Jonathan Singer-Vine,

'LICKS' follows the story of a young man, D, as he returns to his Oakland neighborhood after two years served in prison for a botched robbery. In the days after his release, we are taken ...

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Kiowa Gordon, Christina Bennett Lind, Vincent Pastore,
Directors : Valerio Esposito,

Self condemned to the immense and boundless prison of the Mojave desert, Phoenix leads a life of forced isolation, living by himself in a house as far away as possible from the rest of the ...

Actors : Stefan Söderberg, Emelie Sundelin, Sofie Karlsson, Magnus Skog,

Kim has grown up outside of the city in a criminal family. After a prison sentence he makes up his mind to move on. Now he wants a job, a house and a girl.

Actors : Andrew Lauer, Jhey Castles, Monroe Cline, Crystal Allen,
Directors : Penelope Buitenhuis,

A teenage girl visits her mom on death row and gets lured into a dangerous trap to take the fall for her mother's crimes.

Actors : Tiffany Shepis, Debbie Rochon, Domiziano Arcangeli, Tara Cardinal,
Directors : Ivan Zuccon,

Wrath of the crows is very gory and brutal, but tied by a strong concept and the whole story is focused on the characters' development. So there's not only splatter sequences, but also ...

Actors : Kadur Dharmanna, Ninasam Bimbashri, Jayaram, Nataraj S. Bhat,

It is a simple story of a convict on death row, who escapes from prison and accidentally ends up with a veteran who is called upon by the authorities to teach the process of hanging a convict to the new staff.

Actors : Dann Jaques Mouton, Sandi Schultz, Christian Bennett, Tarynn Wyngaard,
Directors : Daryne Joshua,

A film based on the true life story of a young man who becomes a storyteller in jail.

Actors : Julian Richings, Damon Runyan, Nigel Bennett, Michelle Nolden,
Directors : Gaurav Seth,

As the world rages in war and civil strife, a CIA agent arrives at a secret underground prison to interrogate a time-traveling terrorist, who she believes is responsible for the unfolding catastrophe.

Actors : Manny Perez, Juan Maria Almonte, Luz García, Sergio Carlo,
Directors : Fernando Baez Mella,

The dramatic story of Julian, a Dominican drug lord who despite his confinement in prison, was still able to maintain Dominican society in a state of suspense, for over 13 years. At the ...

Actors : Matt Horan, Denis Rafter, Jimmy Shaw, Kimberley Tell,
Directors : Miguel Ángel Jiménez,

Two estranged brothers attempt to reconnect after one has served time in prison and the other remained in their home town and became a Reverend.