Prison Movies

A woman murders her boyfriends and steals some diamonds he has smuggled. She gets found out though, and locked in a prison with an evil sadistic...

A young man’s life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated ‘justice’.

A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.

We discover a modest, almost derisory garden, located in the heart of the women's prison in Rennes, Brittany, France.

Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a...

A crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars.

A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.

A gang of prison inmates escape to do a job at the Royal Mint, with only the time of the Cup Final to get back into the Scrubs.

A young boy loses his innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison during the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev regime

This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice...

When Canada's Government takes the decision to transform the correctional system to one that puts punishment first, the country's rehabilitative...

Based on a play by Jean Genet, a small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.

Two best friends play practical jokes on each other until things get out of hand.

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

Elliott was a loser who robbed the bank only to land in jail. In prison, he encounters homosexuality as every inmate wants to turn Elliott into a...

This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by revisiting the crimes, arrest, trials and...

In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus...

After serving time in prison for attempted murder of the man who caused his wife's death, hard-luck loser Lonnie comes home to find that all of his...

Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her...

Almost casually, the young concrete worker Bastian kills a tramp. The police believe it was an accident and so the murder remains undiscovered for...