Best Prison movies

Actors : Angel Tompkins, Lucinda Crosby, Stacey Shaffer, Shari Shattuck,
Directors : Paul Nicholas,

A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.

Actors : Richard Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Enrico Lo Verso, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Philippe Bérenger,

After many years spent in prison, Pitou returns back to his native town Marselle. He couldn't even imagine all the disappointments he would face there.

Actors : Terry Stone, Jamie Foreman, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian,
Directors : Zackary Adler,

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.

Actors : Reatha Grey, Stan Kamber, Marlo Monte, Tiffany Peters,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

A proud black man does time in jail where he is subjected to heinous experiments. Once released, he goes about extracting vengeance on those who put him in prison. This includes both ...

Actors : Fridtjov Såheim, Thorbjørn Harr, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen,
Directors : Eva Isaksen,

At the psychiatric clinic Varden the attendants are mad and the inmates are sane. Here you find life in all it's different faces. Through 24 year old Aina we get to know the insane gang, bringing back her lust for life.

Actors : Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi, Ken Olandt, Claire Stansfield, Nick Eldredge,
Directors : Phillip J. Roth,

Set in the near future, one man must restore order when a mainframe system crashes in a virtual reality prison where computers control the inmates' thoughts.

Actors : Snezana Bogdanovic, Bozidar Bunjevac, Slobodan Custic, Branko Djuric,
Directors : Ademir Kenovic,

After the release from prison, small-time criminal is marrying his girlfriend and lives a straight and poor, but happy life with her and her daughter. However, his happiness is shattered by...

Actors : Daphne Scoccia, Josciua Algeri, Laura Vasiliu, Valerio Mastandrea,
Directors : Claudio Giovannesi,

Youth detention centre. Daphne, arrested for theft, falls in love with Josh, who is also a young robber. Men and women can not meet in jail and love is forbidden. Daphne and Josh's ...

Actors : Ekin Cheng, Karen Mok, Kin-Lung Au, Bond Chan,
Directors : Jingle Ma,

Dragon is determined to leave his life of crime after leaving prison but denying the temptations of the free world won't be easy.

Actors : Denise Weinberg, Lee Taylor, Eucir de Souza, Andrea Beltrão,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

The widow piano teacher Lúcia and her unemployed teenage son Rafa move to a poor neighborhood in the periphery of São Paulo after the bankrupting of her pension plan. Rafa a.k.a. Pilot ...

Actors : Gene Hackman, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Mike Kellin, Jim Brown,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

Actors : Manolo Ozuna, Phillip Rodríguez, Giovanny Cruz, Raymond Pozo,
Directors : Ángel Muñiz,

Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a Güira, a Tambora and an Accordion. During their journey they meet with a bunch of interesting characters and are forced to use their musical skills to help them get home.

Actors : Mark Dacascos, Michael Peña, Emily Lloyd, Jaimz Woolvett,
Directors : Craig Hamann,

A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.

Actors : Frédéric Dorkel, Michael Dauber, Jason François, Moïse Dorkel,
Directors : Jean-Charles Hue,

18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. He is about to celebrate his baptism when his half-brother Fred returns after fifteen years in prison. Together, with their last ...

Actors : Maria Romano, Laura Gemser, Ursula Flores, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

Emanuelle goes undercover into a prison to expose the corrupted officials who are brutalizing the inmates. Emanuelle is shocked by the horrors and humiliation the prisoners are subjected to...

Actors : Vikas Anand, Harbans Darshan M. Arora, Amitabh Bachchan, Bharat Bhushan,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

After learning a few magical tricks from his fellow inmate former businessman and ex-jail convict assume the identity of an ascetic named Mahaprabhu Jagatsagar Chintamani so that he can ...

Actors : Miki Sugimoto, Masami Sôda, Chiyoko Kazama, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Atsushi Mihori,

After her father is exploited and killed by a yakuza gang, a tough woman, fresh out of prison, exacts her revenge over said gang with the help of three girls she met in prison.

Actors : Asad Farr, David A.R. White, John Gilbert, Kevin Downes,
Directors : Wes Llewellyn,

After a dramatic escape from death row, former FBI agent Adam Riley (David White) reunites with his friend and mentor Jacob Krause (Brad Heller) leader of The Way, and his small remnant of ...

Actors : Gloria Gaitan, Georgiana Saizescu, Vlad Logigan,
Directors : Catalin Saizescu,

The dream of a provincial actor seems to be shattered, while the dreams of those around him or of the inmates with whom he ends up staging a theater show seem to be closer to fulfillment.

Actors : Mr. T, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ernie Hudson, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.