Best Prison movies

Actors : Karl Johnson, Sinead Matthews, Deborah Findlay, Anne Reid,
Directors : Rupert Jones,

A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.

Actors : Sara Downing, Vincent Laresca, Val Kilmer, Christian Slater,
Directors : Predrag Antonijevic,

Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Rossano Brazzi, Patrizia Pellegrino, Venantino Venantini,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Homicidal Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta; when the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes rogue to catch him.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Isao Hashizume, Masami Nagasawa, Yukiya Kitamura,
Directors : Miwa Nishikawa,

A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and communicate ...

Actors : Judith Brown, Brooke Mills, Roberta Collins, Pam Grier,
Directors : Jack Hill,

Beautiful women prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison, until 5 of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with the reluctant help of 2 male fruit vendors.

Actors : Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado, Pablo Echarri, Rodrigo De la Serna,
Directors : Israel Adrián Caetano,

The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.

Actors : Daniel Valdez, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, Edward James Olmos,
Directors : Luis Valdez,

A kind of musical accompanying the story of the early 1940's and the effect that the "zoot suit" (a man's suit of long jacket and pegged pants, always worn with a long keychain that looped ...

Actors : Martha Higareda, Omar Chaparro, Mónica Dionne, Rocio Garcia,
Directors : Nacho G. Velilla,

NO MANCHES FRIDA is the story of Zequi, a recently released bank robber who goes to recover stolen money buried by his ditzy accomplice before going to jail. They return to the site only to...

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Darren Mann, Alyssa Goss,
Directors : James Rowe,

A young ex-con risks his newfound freedom to track down the estranged daughter of a fellow inmate, and unknowingly brings a devil from her past straight to her doorstep.

Actors : Adam Ferency, Krystyna Janda, Agnieszka Holland, Janusz Gajos,
Directors : Ryszard Bugajski,

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

Actors : Parinaz Izadyar, Mani Haghighi, Setareh Pesyani, Navid Mohammadzadeh,
Directors : Nima Javidi,

A prison is about to be evacuated to make room for an airport expansion project. Colonel Jahed and his officers are busy transferring all inmates to the new facility, but one inmate is missing.

Actors : David Alan Grier, Vincent Gallo, María Celedonio, Natasha Lyonne,
Directors : Matthew Bright,

A teenage prostitute escapes from a juvenile prison with a 16-year-old serial killer and both go on a destructive road trip to Mexico in this twist on the "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale.

Actors : Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Peter Ustinov, Bob Newhart,
Directors : Eric Till,

A paroled London fraudster poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.

Actors : Julio Chávez, Luis Machín, Soledad Villamil, Agostina Lage,
Directors : Israel Adrián Caetano,

Bear has never gotten over the separation from his wife and daughter after having been convicted for armed robbery and homicide and sent to prison. Now he is out, to finally get his cut of ...

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Gastone Moschin, Frank Wolff, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden...

Actors : Kate Walsh, Eva Longoria, Tom Arnold, Sean Bean,
Directors : Rustam Branaman,

An ex-fighter finds redemption from his troubled past.

Actors : Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, Pallavi Sharda, Jai Courtney,
Directors : Sophia Banks,

A group of officers in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences.

Actors : Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Jan Machulski, Ewa Szykulska,
Directors : Juliusz Machulski,

Set in Warsaw in 1930's. After six years in jail, framed for bank robbery by an accomplice, the legendary Kwinto has only revenge on his mind. He is a safecracker in the old style, a thief ...

Actors : Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, Peter Ustinov, Carrie Fisher,
Directors : Michael Winner,

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Joe Don Baker, Robert Duvall, Karen Black,
Directors : John Flynn,

Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank.