Jail Movies

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

Loaded with a hilarious cast of comedians and internet personalities, The Bid follows Maurquis Boone and Richard “Philly Filthy Rich”...

For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it...

A father killed his son. In a state of alcoholic delirium, a young man murdered his friend. A 21 year-old boy shot a policeman. Faced with their...

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape.

Three women are in enclosed psychological zones that function as both refuge and jail.

Alexander Birgukov shot and killed his two commanding officers. He was sentenced to death but when it was alleged that one of his victims had...

A former thief driving through a small town is coerced into stealing a valuable statue but finds himself in hot water after he's accused of murder.

Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six...

A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.

Upcoming animated adaption of the popular Roblox game Jailbreak.

A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he...