Best Prison movies of 1990s

Actors : Joe Pantoliano, Robert Downey Jr., Wesley Snipes, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Stuart Baird,

U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Jones) and his team of Marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan (Snipes), who has been accused of a double-murder.

Actors : Ice Cube, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Mike Epps,
Directors : Steve Carr,

Uncle Elroy and Day Day owe money on taxes so Craig finds a way to steal from the next door neighbors to pay off the taxes so Uncle Elroy's house doesn't get put up for auction.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood,
Directors : Victor Nunez,

A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.

Actors : David Thewlis, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Paul Bettany,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne,
Directors : Marco Brambilla,

A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Susan Sarandon, Raymond J. Barry, Sean Penn,
Directors : Tim Robbins,

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

Actors : Steve Zahn, Ally Walker, William H. Macy, Jeremy Northam,
Directors : Mark Illsley,

Two escaped convicts arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. Enjoying the celebrity...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Actors : Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler,
Directors : Patrick Lussier,

A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo, Edward Furlong, Mark Boone Junior,
Directors : Steve Buscemi,

A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.

Actors : Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

Two women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.

Actors : John Spencer, Ed Harris, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Michael Bay,

A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

Actors : Clive Owen, David Kelly, Helen Mirren, Warren Clarke,
Directors : Joel Hershman,

A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow, Armand Assante,
Directors : Danny Cannon,

In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Actors : David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Sean Penn,

Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway,
Directors : James Foley,

A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.

Actors : Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ken Stott, Iain Robertson,
Directors : Jake Scott,

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of ...

Actors : Chete Lera, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Alejandro Amenábar,

A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

Actors : Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Chris Rock,
Directors : Tamra Davis,

A "rapumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't ...