Best Prison movies of 1990s

Actors : Nicholas Lamont, Dominic Carter, Nicholas Moss, Neil Fitzmaurice,
Directors : Jim Doyle,

After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world.

Actors : Damon Saleem, Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Jeffrey Combs,
Directors : Darin Scott,

She caught his eye. He was caught off guard. Now Daryl Allen is caught in the line of fire. After six years behind bars, a reformed street hood(Bokeem Woodbine) puts down his gun and ...

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Lori Singer, Aaron Neville, Peter Berg,
Directors : Michael Karbelnikoff,

Frank T. Wells has just been released from prison after serving a term for manslaughter. Frank's a reasonably honest man and a good rodeo rider. When he meets up with Scarlett, a bank ...

Actors : David Bradley, Victor Melleney, Jill Pierce, Morgan Hunter,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

A fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist ...

Actors : Til Schweiger, John Hurt, Polly Walker, Pete Postlethwaite,
Directors : Maciej Dejczer,

In the start of the 1990s, the British government decided to send prisoners with short sentences to serve abroad. Some went to Romania, to serve in schools, orphanages, and hospitals. Some were brutal beasts.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel,
Directors : Harry Hook,

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar ...

Actors : Sumiko Mikami, Toshiyuki Sugihara, Shigeru Bokuda, Shunsuke Sawada,
Directors : Kazuyoshi Kumakiri,

While the leader is in jail, his leftist group is controlled by his girlfriend, but her leadership lacks conviction and perspective. When the leader commits suicide in prison, despair and ...

Actors : André Eisermann, Jeremy Clyde, Udo Samel, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Peter Sehr,

Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without...

Actors : Gildor Roy, Brigitte Paquette, Sabrina Boudot, Jean-Guy Bouchard,
Directors : Robert Morin,

The last three days in the life of a notorious criminal as seen through the eyes of eight different people.

Actors : John Hurt, David Keith, Maggie Weatherly, Matthew Modine,
Directors : Matthew Modine,

Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery, in which his father and brother also participated. When he's released from jail, he's determined to live a normal life, and gets work at a ...

Actors : Gregory Scott Cummins, Elizabeth Hicks, Sydney Coale, Kascha,
Directors : Bill Milling,

Discontent leads to a daring escape plan in a women's prison where the inmates are all lingerie clad models and the lesbian warden demands unusual favours for early parole.

Actors : Janardanan, Kaveri, Mahesh, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

Sadayam follows the final days of a condemned prisoner, for murdering two little girls.

Actors : Chandrachur Singh, Shakti Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Mahima Chaudhry,
Directors : Raj Kanwar,

Karan is a former soldier. One day when Karan finds out that his father committed suicide in prison after he is falsely charged with a crime, he suspects Ravi Verma, a city attorney who has...

Actors : Maryam d'Abo, Jeffrey Meek, Arye Gross, Ricco Ross,
Directors : Robert Munic,

In the 23rd century, a penal colony in a distant galaxy falls into anarchy when an inmate loads a virus into the computer system. While cryonic suspension was used to control the most ...

Actors : Youssef Dawood, Adel Imam, Ragaa Al-Gidawy, Farouk Al-Fishawy,
Directors : Mohamed Abdel Aziz,

An officer balancing his marriage and police responsibilities releases a prisoner temporarily with the aim of using him to find and capture his old gang.

Actors : Marina Confalone, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Francesca Antonelli, Simona Caramelli,
Directors : Mimmo Calopresti,

Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the...

Actors : Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Keerikkadan Jose, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

The sequel to Kireedam (1989), Chenkol continues the story of Sethumadavan who hopes to regain his lost life after 8 years in prison.

Actors : Larry John Meyers, Alexandra Powers, Sam Hennings, Gloria McCord,
Directors : Ryan Haidarian,

'Race' is a story of incorruptible intent, exposing the color of the human heart. Sitting on a time bomb of anxiety, Mance Hopkins is a small town prison inmate. Other than his color, we ...

Actors : Rick Dean, Richard Roundtree, Gregory McKinney, Don Wilson,
Directors : Oley Sassone,

Jimmy Boland is a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.

Actors : Stephanie Davis, Jon Daugherty, Ryan Daugherty, Lynn Boyd,
Directors : Julian Goldberger,

Ryan Kazinski, 16, is in juvenile detention in Fort Myers, Florida. He gets away one day, and the world is all before him: where should he go, what should he do? Should he try to find his ...