Best Prison movies

Actors : Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Metzler, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : Alan Shapiro,

A counterfeiter finds the true meaning of the holidays.

Actors : Derek Nelson, Patrick O'Donnell, Lee Bane, Harriet Rees,
Directors : Andrew Jones,

A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber and a gangster, attempt to escape from the infamous Alcatraz Island.

Actors : Howard Knight, William J. Kulzer, Melanie Coll, Judi Trevor,
Directors : Eric Louzil,

A former female cop is framed by corrupt police, acting in collusion with the local judge, and has to fight her way out of the pen, alone, against tough inmates, and the people in charge.

Actors : Jude Moran, Alaina Warren Zachary, Mike Starr, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : Devin Hume,

Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that is based on a true story.

Actors : Katharine Isabelle, Vera Cherny, Georgina Haig, Jolene Andersen,
Directors : Simon Fink,

A story of survival about a woman's first night in a Soviet prison camp.

Actors : Gunnar Hansen, Debbie Rochon, Brian Kelly, Jon Miller,
Directors : Paul Talbot,

In a haunted death row cellblock, a deranged female serial killer reads a trio of twisted tales to her executioner.

Actors : Scott William Winters, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, Benjamin A. Onyango, Emily Hahn,
Directors : Eric Welch,

A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring real life story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives ...

Actors : Józef Kondrat, Manfred Krug, Valentina Thielová, Stefan Kvietik,
Directors : Peter Solan,

In a Nazi concentration camp, an escapee awaiting execution is spared when the commandant, a former prize-fighter, discovers the prisoner has amateur boxing ability. Ordered to train, he gradually sharpens his skills.

Actors : Henry Howard, Tom Lillard, Warren Finnerty, Jim Anderson,
Directors : Jonas Mekas,

A ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, ...

Actors : Laura Winther Møller, Selma Sophia Høst, Bodil Jørgensen, Marie Bach Hansen,
Directors : Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis,

We follow Tulle Fiil and her sister Gerda Fiil during WW2, who are sentenced to the horrors of German prison. At home at the inn in Hvidsten, Gudrun fights with her daughter Bitten to get her daughters home.

Actors : Todi Llupi, Karafil Shena, Mirela Naska, Luli Bitri,
Directors : Bujar Alimani,

Conjugal visits unite two strangers visiting a prison to meet their incarcerated spouses. During these visits, Elsa and Spetim find the companionship missing from their lives. But a ...

Actors : Annik Borel, Maria Arnold, Tracy Handfuss, Jacqueline Giroux,
Directors : Tom DeSimone,

Six female prisoners are given a weekend furlough to prepare them for their upcoming parole. While out, they all have miscellaneous sexual experiences, some good, some bad. One returns to ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, John Colicos, Robert Culp, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Bob Clark,

The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.

Actors : Cochi Ponzoni, Renato Pozzetto, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Enrico Montesano,

An Italian priest met an American priest and discover how are different their lives, a guy escaped from prison is seduced by a gorgeous woman but there is a trick, and a layer is engaged by a mad client.

Actors : Andrea Nittoli, Paul Sorvino, Renee Props, Michael Rapaport,
Directors : Dave Rodriguez,

Recently released from prison, an ex-mafia boss tries not to fall into his old habits, but surviving outside of the mafia is harder than it seems.

Actors : Patrick Kilpatrick, Matthew Winters, Sonny Denham, Tony Fadil,
Directors : Steven M. Smith,

Set in 1971, Kris is sentenced to two years in a rural Borstal.

Actors : Javier Albalá, Jorge Sanz, Óscar Ladoire, María Barranco,
Directors : Pedro Olea,

A corporal of the guard is teamed with a young prisoner to solve the strange killings that have occurred in the walled city of Zafarinas. The young team finds themselves plunged into a ...

Actors : Susan Floyd, Paul Fitzgerald, Russell Hornsby, Kate Jennings Grant,
Directors : Paul Fitzgerald,

On the eve of his campaign launch for a seat in the US Senate, Peter Miles, a small town District Attorney, receives word that the governor has exonerated Ronald Bradler, a death row inmate...

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Eduardo Fajardo, Malisa Longo, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Tulio Demicheli,

After 2 years in prison Ricco is released and on a path of vengeance. His father, the head of a mafia family, is gunned down by the ambitious Don Vito and now Ricco is looking to settle the score.

Actors : Nikolai Sotirov, Vania Tzvetkova, Ivan Ivanov, Valcho Kamarashev,
Directors : Nikola Rudarov,

This is a psychological whodunit. The action is tense and there are many ups and downs. Vas, a young militiaman, has to pose as a ex-prisoner and infiltrate an international gang of ...