Best Prison movies of 2010s

Actors : Rami Malek, Charlie Hunnam, Eve Hewson, Tommy Flanagan,
Directors : Michael Noer,

A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape. A remake of the 1973 film 'Papillon'.

Actors : Jino Kang, Michael Bauld, Bill Duff, Gina Beretta,
Directors : Jino Kang,

Years ago, Ken Min failed to stop his friend from killing a young couple, leaving their infant son orphaned. After his friend is sent to prison for the crime, Ken spends his life running ...

Actors : Shakib Khan, Sadek Bacchu, Kabila, Shabnam Bubly,
Directors : Kazi Hayat,

The story of a self motivated gangstar under a political God Father and a young lady who is the prisoner of the same politician as his paramour, both fall in love and want to escape from their intolerable situation.

Actors : Adrià Salazar, Alain Hernández, Richard van Weyden, Mario Casas,
Directors : Mar Targarona,

The story of the Catalan photographer Francisco Boix. An inmate in the Austrian concentration camp of Mauthausen.

Actors : Bharat Jha, Vikram Gokhale, Varun Bhagwat, Zakir Hussain,
Directors : Faruk Kabir,

Two impoverished youth take to crime, are held in a juvenile home, and become gangsters after being discharged.

Actors : Rochelle Bostrom, Ned Luke, Dina Engel, Slate Holmgren,
Directors : Stuart Connelly,

A quiet couple. An isolated farmhouse. A pair of desperate fugitives. Everything breaks under pressure...

Actors : Philip Bulcock, Sean Galuszka, Amy Weber, Kim Estes,
Directors : Shervin Youssefian,

A father and husband tries to come to terms and forgiveness with the murderer of his family. When his attempt to meet with the murderer after his released from prison is thwarted by a ...

Actors : Chrissy Carpenter, Dani Colleen, Brooke Bradshaw, Jared Chandus Cain,
Directors : Dutch Marich,

Carrie is freed from prison under the conditions of a work-release program in Reaptown. As she struggles to find her missing sister while working the night shift as a security guard, Carrie soon finds herself in the presence of evil.

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Marie-Sohna Condé, Carole Franck, Marie Denarnaud,
Directors : Audrey Estrougo,

In order to save the man she loves from jail, Mathilde takes his place by helping his break-out. While she exclusively relies on him to survive in this prison setting, Mathilde has not ...

Actors : Luciano Cazaux, Daniel Valenzuela, Raúl Taibo, Jorge Sesán,
Directors : Nacho Garassino,

The spectacular escape of seven prisoners from the prison of Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires in 1991. The inmates dug a tunnel from the prison hospital and when was about to flee, made a gruesome discovery.

Actors : Berkay Ates, Saadet Aksoy, Füsun Demirel, Ipek Türktan,
Directors : Serhat Karaaslan,

In the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a ...

Actors : Diane Neal, Jodelle Ferland, Melissa Marie Elias, Devon Sawa,
Directors : Mike Elliott,

The new female warden of a high-security prison faces challenges when an inmate puts up a bounty to anyone who can break him out of jail.

Actors : Alan Sherlock, Jenny Lee Masterson, Declan Mills, Les Martin,
Directors : Cathal Nally,

Two petty criminal cousins receive a temporary release from prison.The film follows their misfortunes over four days.

Actors : Constantine Attia, Slimane Dazi, Reda Kateb, Mélanie Laurent,

Just out of prison, Nas returns to his neighborhood, Pigalle, where he finds his friends and his older brother Arezki, boss of the bar Le Prestige. Nas is determined to recreate a name and Le Prestige could well serve as a springboard .

Actors : Raida Adon, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Maisa Abd Elhadi,
Directors : Mai Masri,

A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

Actors : Ja-Hyeon Chu, Peter Ho, Coulee Nazha, Zitao Huang,
Directors : Xixi Gao,

The movie is set during the gang wars of 1930's Shanghai. An adaptation of Shanghai Bund, the TV series.

Actors : Hong-pa Kim, Jae-hong Ahn, Won-hae Kim, Seong-oh Kim,
Directors : Hong-jin Mo,

Missing You is a 2016 South Korean revenge thriller film written and directed by Mo Hong-jin. It was released in South Korea on March 10, 2016. A little girl named Hee-ju who lost her father to a serial killer named Ki-bum 15 years ago awaits for his release. Ki-bum is released from prison after serving his sentence. Dae-young, a detective follows Ki-bum closely as he remains suspicious of the ...

Actors : Daniel Marin, Natalia Arias, Leynar Gomez, Alejandro Aguilar,
Directors : Esteban Ramírez,

A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate. All parts involved, inside and outside, will have to deal with the consequences of ...

Actors : Allen Leech, Owen McDonnell, Orlaith Rafter, Amy Huberman,
Directors : P.J. Dillon,

Karen, a recovering addict, has settled into a successful new life with her husband and young daughter. When Karl, an old boyfriend recently released from prison, turns up unexpectedly, ...

Actors : Manuela Velasco, Joaquín Núñez, Maggie Civantos, Salva Reina,
Directors : Fernando Colomo,

Quique is a successful 30-year-old composer. He does not have the necessary funds to support a broken family. With a sister who is in prison for trafficking drugs and an elderly mother ...