Best Prison movies

Actors : Erik Griffin, Melissa Leo, Edgar Ramírez, Tessa Thompson,
Directors : Laurie Collyer,

When an inmate is granted one weekend out of prison to see her dying mother, a rookie correction officer struggles to keep her under control.

Actors : Maryna Klimova, Lyubov Vasylyna, Iryna Kiryazeva, Vyacheslav Vygovskyl,
Directors : Peter Kerekes,

Follows the real-life stories of 107 mothers in the Odesa prison in Ukraine.

Actors : Ian Hendry, Jack Watson, Helmut Griem, Brian Keith,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.

Actors : Jeremy Piven, Marrese Crump, Terrence Howard, Tyrese Gibson,
Directors : Dallas Jackson,

When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.

Actors : Sophie Moss, Grace Millane, Sally Cavender,
Directors : Helena Coan,

Sky Original true-crime documentary on the murder of Grace Millane following a Tinder date in 2018, a case that held a mirror up to a society with a problem of violence towards women.

Actors : Marek Walczewski, Anna Ciepielewska, Jan Kreczmar, Aleksandra Slaska,

While being aboard a transatlantic ship, German woman Liza notices someone who looks like Marta, the former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be the guard.

Actors : Columbus Short, Bruce Dern, Kaiwi Lyman, Denise Richards,
Directors : Timothy Woodward Jr.,

Fascinated by the root causes of violent behavior, world renowned psychologist, Dr. Amanda Tyler, has an opportunity to interview and analyze death row inmate Jackson Shea. As the interview...

Actors : Marc Limpach, Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries, Max von der Groeben,
Directors : Stefan Ruzowitzky,

When an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial-killer to justice.

Actors : André Wilms, Lorànt Deutsch, Jean Dujardin, Clémence Poésy,
Directors : Francis Palluau,

Two dangerous convicts escape while transferring between jail houses and find refuge in the lovely little house of the charming Roze family. The situation brings everyone's instincts to the surface.

Actors : Ismaila Cissé, Ababacar Sy Cissé, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara,

In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.

Actors : Richard T. Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Fields, T.C. Stallings,
Directors : Kevan Otto,

When tragedy strikes three families, their destiny forces them on a converging path to discover God's love, grace and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs.

Actors : Nathaniel Martello-White, Cary Crankson, Bradley Taylor, Frank Harper,
Directors : Will Thorne,

Mark, a low end South London hitman recently released from prison, tries to go straight for his daughter, but gets drawn back in by Alan, his former cellmate, to do one final job.

Actors : Preeti Barameeanat, Khanutra Chuchuaysuwan, Kumpanat Oungsoongnern, Phutharit Prombandal,
Directors : Thanakorn Pongsuwan,

Tai, a young man arrested on a crime charge, is discharged thanks to his twin brother Tan's dogged help. After being set free, he finds Tan in a coma with severe injuries. Tan's girlfriend,...

Actors : Ferenc Hujber, Csaba Pindroch, Gyözö Szabó, Eszter Ónodi,
Directors : Gábor Herendi,

The Várnai brothers are stuck in prison where they have to make a new version of East West.

Actors : Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford,
Directors : John Sturges,

In this retelling of Gunga Din (1939) transplanted to the 1870's American West, three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man.

Actors : Giovanna Mainardi, Mircha Carven, Paola Corazzi, Giorgio Cerioni,
Directors : Sergio Garrone,

Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.

Actors : Atul Kulkarni, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpayee, Mugdha Godse,
Directors : Madhur Bhandarkar,

Remanded to policy custody, a man reviews his options in an overcrowded jail while awaiting trial.

Actors : Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tyrin Turner, Jacqueline Obradors, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Louis Morneau,

A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.

Actors : Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, Vasiliy Shukshin, Ivan Ryzhov, Mariya Skvortsova,
Directors : Vasiliy Shukshin,

A former thief is released from a prison. He tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman, but his past doesn't let him go.

Actors : Jack Kao, Amanda Lee, Francis Ng, Ching Wan Lau,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. ...