Prison Movies

Socialist Croatia, sometime during the 1980s. After he's accused of a crime he didn't commit, Martin is sent to a high-security state prison where he...

A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds...

Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.

Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers...

After getting out of prison, Ma returns home to find his wife Ji Ha remarried and his son apparently dead. He kidnaps Siu Ching, Ji Ha's new son, and...

Achille, 13, awaits, full of hope, the release from prison of his father, unknown and fantasized. His dream of living as a threesome, like a real...

A portrait of American recidivism produced over a span of two years, Revolving Doors follows Jason, who, despite attempts to retain meaningful...

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's...

There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from both President Obama and the...

A reworking of a familiar theme, the story finds scheming steel tycoon James J. MacGlennon (Tully Marshall) and his high-minded lawyer son Jonathan...

This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the...

Berta, imprisoned in Franco's Spain on fraud charges, learns to navigate the indignities of prison, spreading her own brand of kindness and empathy...

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking. While the other son marries a bad- tempered...

An urban drama about a parolee trying to be a better father to his daughter as he struggles for perspective in his life.

A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was...

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features...