Best Prison movies

Actors : Andrew Howard, Camille Coduri, Alex Reid, Geoff Bell,
Directors : Danny Hiller,

As the result of an armed robbery Mickey Ronson has served eight years in prison, leaving his wife Gemma and their child Lucy to cope on their own. As the time of Mickey's release draws ...

Actors : Dino Strano, James Rogers, Sophia Kammara, Tony Kendall,
Directors : Edoardo Mulargia,

A man is falsely charged with bank robbery, prompting his brother to break him out of prison. Together the pair set out to find the real culprits, and their search leads them to a gang of outlaws headed by a notorious gunfighter.

Actors : Mike Bucy, Arturo Adame, Dane E. Connor, Venilda Cintron,
Directors : Meosha Bean,

A vigilante, Franck Denard is released from prison after serving 10-years for a crime he didn't commit. Discovering he's on borrowed time with a brain tumor, he sets out for one last blood-thirsty fight seeking redemption and vengeance

Actors : Ian Bamberg, Josie Davis, George W. Ellerman, Sara Antonio,
Directors : Damián Romay,

A convicted robber (lead villain) loses his wife and child after being sentenced to prison. While away he meets another crook who mentions a "job" he worked with a fellow thief that ended ...

Actors : Dean Jones, Jay Robinson, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews,
Directors : Irving Rapper,

Charles Colson was involved in the infamous Watergate scandal that brought down the administration of former President Richard Nixon. Colson was sentenced to prison for the crimes he ...

Actors : Jun'ichi Kawamoto, Sana, Suwaru Ryû, Kirara Asuka,
Directors : Ken'ichi Fujiwara,

Based on the movie series of the same name from 1972 and on, the updated film is the story of a betrayed Nami Matsushima, prisoner #701, who is sent to a women's prison for attempted murder...

Actors : Asha Parekh, Farida Jalal, Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha,
Directors : Sultan Ahmed,

Heera lives in a small rural town in India with his father, a Magistrate, and housewife mother. He meets with the town's moneylender Dhaniram's daughter, Asha, both of them fall in love, ...

Actors : Linda Marlowe, Ballard Berkeley, George Pastell, Conrad Phillips,
Directors : Peter Maxwell,

Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.

Actors : Jutta Wachowiak, Slávka Budínová, Christine Gloger, Regimantas Adomaitis,

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations of her time ...

Actors : Red Colona, Tom Weddle, Capri, Jerry Harris,

Jerry and his cellmate escape from prison. While fleeing, they see Honey taking a dip in the stream. The men force her to take them to her home, and there they terrorize her father, her ...

Actors : Alexandra Bard, Mateus Ward, Casey Bond, Jamie McShane,
Directors : Justin Ward,

Based on the book, "The Meanest Man in Texas" is the true story of Clyde Thompson. In 1928, near Cisco, Texas, a young Clyde finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the ...

Actors : Peter Sallis, Jennifer Jayne, Harry Fowler, Terence Longdon,
Directors : Montgomery Tully,

A bus carrying prisoners on their way to jail, is hijacked by a gang, who want to free one of the passengers. The rest of the prisoners are locked in a petrol soaked barn, and warned not to...

Actors : Ciccio Ingrassia, Didi Perego, John Bartha, Franco Franchi,
Directors : Giuseppe Orlandini,

A penniless Prince and a petty thief become associates in a con game and when they end up in prison, the Prince, who is a compulsive gambler, loses all his money to the other and becomes ...

Actors : Kôji Wada, Tetsuya Watari, Fujio Suga, Chieko Matsubara,
Directors : Keiichi Ozawa,

Although Goro is a known assassin, he has always been against the ways of the yakuza. In "Outlaw Kill!" he deals with the dilemma of living such a lifestyle more than ever: the sacrifices, the time wasted in prison.

Actors : Dong-hwi Jang, Seong-ja Bang, Ko-seong Dok,
Directors : Shin-myeong Lee,

A gangster agrees to take the fall for his boss and serve a prison sentence if the boss takes care of his sister while he is in jail. When he is finally released from prison, he finds that ...

Actors : Timothy Paul Taylor, Cindy Maples, Brenda Jo Reutebuch, Michael Loos,
Directors : Chip Rossetti,

Three very different soldiers, held hostage in a small, dank prison cell, share their stories with one another before they meet their ultimate end.

Actors : Andrzej Bogucki, Tadeusz Bialoszczynski, Halina Billing-Wohl, Aleksander Benczak,
Directors : Waclaw Florkowski,

Maria, ex-prisoner at Majdanek Concentration Camp, travels to New York to testify as a crown witness at the trial of former camp guard, Gertruda Steiner.

Actors : Robert Christopher, Dorothy Haney, William White, Robert Clarke,
Directors : Jerry Warren,

An escaped prisoner flees to the South American jungle, where he must survive not only wild animals and disease, but a ferocious Indian tribe.

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Turgut Özatay, Selda Alkor, Yilmaz Köksal,
Directors : Türker Inanoglu,

A prisoner who escapes from prison in his execution day, takes shelter in a one woman's house.

Actors : Yelena Sabel, Manoush, Tatyana Kot, Monique Dupree,
Directors : Yelena Sabel,

What would you do if you had to choose between ten years in prison and selling your soul to the Devil? Vera's biggest desire is to become a housewife and have children. Her dreams get ...