Prison Movies

A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife--and also the $50,000 in stolen cash for which he was originally...

When Morley has his own bank robbed, Tom tries to break it up. Mistaken for one of the gang, he is caught and sentenced to a chain gang. His...

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).

Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was...

A man who used to be a political brigade commissar offended the society. Twenty years after the war, he comes to visit the old monument erected in...

In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic...

Three friends embark on a life-changing journey triggered by a mysterious white pigeon. Experience a heartwarming tale of perseverance and...

In the military dictatorship, many political prisoners were tortured and killed by the Brazilian army. In Bahia, those who survived were transferred...

A doctor who believes he can cure criminals takes on a big challenge.

Rosario Inzulìa, a young man involved with the Mafia, was sentenced to labor camp, forced to pay also for crimes he didn't commit. After eight...

Two vagabond friends become lovers of the same beautiful girl, but when their third friend and leader comes out of prison, he has other plans for all...

In Paradisum relates two disturbing stories simultaneously. The female narrator tells her personal tale of imprisonment as the wife of the notorious...

The film tells the love story of Reyhan, who works as a sales assistant at a record company, and Mehmet, a driver. Mehmet is going to Germany to buy...

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

Kemal, unaware that his father is a mafia boss, sells cotton candy at train stations. After his father is killed, his inheritance is divided. Kemal...

An investigation into how inmates, from their cells on Death Row, help pen pals outside in their daily struggles.

Nearly 10,000 children in Britain visit a parent in prison every week, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Catey Sexton gives a humane and sensitive insight...

Phillip Schuman's women-in-prison film is an account of a group of female prisoners who decide to organize a variety show.

The St. Valentine's Day massacre is the stuff of American legend, and the tale is familiar to nearly everyone. But the story of that bloody day in...