Best Prison movies

Actors : Noel Clarke, Hugh Bonneville, Timothy Spall, Sam Claflin,
Directors : Ron Scalpello,

Liam is an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. Liam's drive for redemption will see him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.

Actors : Lino Ventura, André Falcon, Charles Gérard, Françoise Fabian,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewellers in out-of-season Cannes ...

Actors : Benjamin Hollingsworth, Dean Cain, Michael Eklund, Paul Wight,

A detective pushed beyond his limits will stop at nothing for vengeance. When his wife is killed by a criminal that he put away, Mason, a hard-nosed detective, deliberately gets arrested in...

Actors : Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Ronnie Barker,
Directors : Dick Clement,

This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ...

Actors : Tim Daly, Connie Nielsen, Kelly Preston, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Bille August,

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.

Actors : Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown, Fernando Lamas,
Directors : Tom Gries,

In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.

Actors : Katharine Isabelle, Brendan Fletcher, Brendan Fehr, Michael Shanks,
Directors : Lowell Dean,

Six forensic undergrads embark on a scientific expedition to a remote island that was once used as illegal biological testing grounds for life-term prisoners.

Actors : Bert Remsen, Gary Busey, Seymour Cassel, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.

Actors : Adam Hampton, Ryan Merriman, Katie Burgess, Perrey Reeves,
Directors : Ryan Bellgardt,

In the near future, 10 death row convicts are forced to compete in a virtual reality game that pits them against dinosaurs and each other.

Actors : Victor Izay, Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Teresa Kelly,
Directors : Tom Laughlin,

After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The...

Actors : Mira Sorvino, Aaron Farb, Doug Jones, Kristoffer Polaha,
Directors : Adam Marino,

Four small-town boys are kidnapped by James Whitley, a warm-eyed psychopath.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari,
Directors : Terence Young,

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt ...

Actors : Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P,
Directors : John Luessenhop,

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

Actors : Takashi Fujiki, Mariko Kaga, Naoki Sugiura, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Gene Hackman, Terry O'Quinn, Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Directors : Nicholas Meyer,

A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.

Actors : Wes Chatham, Neal McDonough, Sarah Butler, Devon Sawa,
Directors : Jason Connery,

A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.

Actors : Olivia Birkelund, Gia Carides, Patrick Swayze, Kim Myers,
Directors : David Carson,

A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally ...

Actors : William DeMeo, Cathy Moriarty, Armand Assante, Ice-T,
Directors : Paul Borghese,

After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.

Actors : Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Masanobu Andô, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shunsuke Kubozuka,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

A visually stylish tale of two male prisoners bonded by emotion, love and murder.

Actors : Paulina Gálvez, William Miller, Irene Montalà, Cornell John,
Directors : Brian Yuzna,

Dante travels across a desolate, futuristic Spain in search of his girlfriend, Ula. He is pursued by a bloodthirsty, cybernetic Rottweiler.