Best Prison movies of 2010s

Actors : Dean Cain, Michael Beach, Nick Searcy, Janine Turner,
Directors : Nick Searcy,

A movie about the horrific crimes and trial of Kermit Gosnell, America's biggest serial killer.

Actors : Al Sapienza, Courtney B Turk, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Pasha Patriki,

A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.

Actors : Itsaso Arana, Biel Montoro, Lola Cordón, Nacho Sánchez,
Directors : Daniel Sánchez Arévalo,

To find a shelter dog he befriended, a 17-year-old boy escapes a juvenile detention center and is joined on his quest by his older brother.

Actors : Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Scott Adkins, Cung Le,
Directors : Jesse V. Johnson,

A story set in Indochina in 1959, a land beyond rule and a time without mercy and the birth of a legend.

Actors : Maynor Alvarado, Scott Broderick, Mohammad Abdollahi, Roman Arabia,

A rag-tag group of undocumented youth - Dreamers - deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.

Actors : Vernon Wells, Jaime Camil, Jon Gries, Mark Rolston,
Directors : Jeff Celentano,

Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison and loses everything. After his release, he experiences the trials and tribulations of redeeming his reputation, his belt, and his true love.

Actors : Dave Legeno, Richard Brake, Darren Kent, Rupert Evans,
Directors : Alexandre Courtès,

A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm.

Actors : Reed Birney, Kelsey Lynn Stokes, Ashley Blankenship, Dave Bobb,
Directors : Jeff Lipsky,

A mother of three daughters (one died at the age of three) commits a crime of conscience and becomes radicalized in prison; she turns into an idealist run amok, determined to change her ...

Actors : Tara Lee, Seána Kerslake, Charleigh Bailey, Denise McCormack,
Directors : Darren Thornton,

A woman newly released from prison seeks a date to bring to her best friend's wedding.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Isao Hashizume, Masami Nagasawa, Yukiya Kitamura,
Directors : Miwa Nishikawa,

A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and communicate ...

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Robert Hobbs, Steve Coogan, Garion Dowds,
Directors : Oliver Schmitz,

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

Actors : Karl Johnson, Sinead Matthews, Deborah Findlay, Anne Reid,
Directors : Rupert Jones,

A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.

Actors : Joy Mathew, Mammootty, Aparna Gopinath, Saiju Kurup,
Directors : Venu Goopaalan,

Anjali, a freelance journalist meets C.K. Raghavan, an interesting inmate who's outstaying his sentence in jail for a crime he says he didn't commit. His vastly different views peak her interest and she documents his life and happenings.

Actors : Belén Rueda, Javier Rey, Aura Garrido, Manolo Solo,
Directors : Daniel Calparsoro,

A cop returns to the job. A serial killer too returns to the job.

Actors : Ethan Suplee, LeVar Burton, Danny Trejo, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Nick Lyon,

During a zombie apocalypse ,a group of survivors hide on Alcatraz Island to escape from rising zombie hordes. When their refuge is overrun, and upon hearing that a scientist may have ...

Actors : Parinaz Izadyar, Mani Haghighi, Setareh Pesyani, Navid Mohammadzadeh,
Directors : Nima Javidi,

A prison is about to be evacuated to make room for an airport expansion project. Colonel Jahed and his officers are busy transferring all inmates to the new facility, but one inmate is missing.

Actors : Martha Higareda, Omar Chaparro, Mónica Dionne, Rocio Garcia,
Directors : Nacho G. Velilla,

NO MANCHES FRIDA is the story of Zequi, a recently released bank robber who goes to recover stolen money buried by his ditzy accomplice before going to jail. They return to the site only to...

Actors : Gippy Grewal, Diana Penty, Farhan Akhtar, Ronit Roy,
Directors : Ranjit Tiwari,

When an innocent man aspiring to be a musician is framed for committing a murder, he decides to form a music band with his co-prisoners for a competition, but his real intention seems to be different.

Actors : Rashad Evans, Tony Schiena, Dwier Brown, Vinnie Jones,
Directors : Daniel Zirilli,

Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. ...

Actors : Kate Walsh, Eva Longoria, Tom Arnold, Sean Bean,
Directors : Rustam Branaman,

An ex-fighter finds redemption from his troubled past.