Best Prison movies of 2010s

Actors : Ailei Yu, Tianyu Ma, Kai Wang, Talu Wang,
Directors : Sheng Ding,

This film traces the journey of a former smuggler attempting to start his life anew and repair his relationship with his estranged brother after his release from prison.

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 : Christos Lawton, Kelvin Fletcher, Tom Taplin, Samantha Coughlan, Audrey L'Ebrellec, Ryan Winsley,
Directors : Ben Mole,

When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.

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 : Billey Demirtas, Jonathan Zaccaï, Özz Nûjen, Golshifteh Farahani,
Directors : Hiner Saleem,

In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who ...

Actors : Katharine Isabelle, Vera Cherny, Georgina Haig, Jolene Andersen,
Directors : Simon Fink,

A story of survival about a woman's first night in a Soviet prison camp.

Actors : Anne Consigny, Gérard Lanvin, Niels Arestrup, Sylvie Testud,
Directors : Frédéric Schoendoerffer,

After 3 years in prison Kancel is being transferred for questioning. In transit, he escapes, abducting Captain Carré of the BRB, responsible for putting him behind bars. Kancel has 96 hours to find out who betrayed him and get his revenge.

Actors : Jamie Morgan, Steve Diasparra, Danielle Donahue, James Carolus, Jeff Kirkendall,
Directors : Mark Polonia,

A cursed survivor of killings at the Amityville House brings evil to a small island where bizarre genetic experiments are carried out on humans and animals in a secret women's prison.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Claudio Amendola, Luca Argentero, Giacomo Ferrara, Valentina Bellè,
Directors : Claudio Amendola,

The Furlough is an ensemble movie, it is the story of four inmates during their 48 hours furlough, of their reality and how it has brought them behind bars. The characters are described ...

Actors : Todi Llupi, Karafil Shena, Mirela Naska, Luli Bitri,
Directors : Bujar Alimani,

Conjugal visits unite two strangers visiting a prison to meet their incarcerated spouses. During these visits, Elsa and Spetim find the companionship missing from their lives. But a ...

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 : Luis Alberti, Hugo Catalán, Lola Dueñas, Fausto Alzati,
Directors : Lluís Miñarro,

A powerful international army assigns a regiment the task of guarding a mysterious man, held in a maximum security prison in the middle of the desert. Soldier Salome, daughter of Commander ...

Actors : Ed O'Ross, Danny Trejo, Mike Earp, Shelby Deekins,
Directors : John Edward Lee,

The true story, based on a Deathbed Confession, about what really happened to Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers who escaped from Alcatraz Prison in 1962. They made it- but what happened next is shocking. Investigated by the US Marshals.

Actors : Rachel Hunter, Michael Madsen, Lazar Rockwood, Tony Pearce,
Directors : Fatmir Doga,

Some 9 years ago, Walter Karl is convicted for the brutal murder of 11-year-old Annie Gordon and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Now, out early for good behaviour, his release sends shock ...

Actors : Jefri Nichol, Tatjana Saphira, Chandra Liow, Joe Taslim,
Directors : Ody C. Harahap,

A celebrity policeman who is followed by cameras everywhere because he has his own reality show. He is assigned to arrest a drug kingpin who has just escaped from prison. Unfortunately, this time he must be paired with a conman.

Actors : Alaina Warren Zachary, Jude Moran, Mike Starr, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : Devin Hume,

Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that is based on a true story.