Prison Movies

Imagine the prison of Alcatraz, only 10 times worse, built on tropical, hellish and deadly islands, lost to the rest of the world. Three tiny...

A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who...

Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that...

A support program brings the two convicts Gerd and Steinbock into the care of women. There they are supposed to prove that they are capable of...

Lena and Karin have known each other for six years and have gotten really close to each other. When freedom is coming up for one of them, it's not as...

The story of a cowboy who fights a bandit gang that is after him.

Charley Gray is about to be released from the state penitentiary after serving a long term for the robbery of a government gold shipment. The gold...

Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: Pademba Road. The adult prison in Freetown. In...

A beautiful computer programmer is framed by her fraudulent lover and sent to prison. When she gets out she agrees to cooperate with a scheme of a...

Made for the landmark anthology series, For the Record, Seer Was Here is an example of the bold dramatic programming made at the CBC in the mid-70s,...

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her...

Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a güiro, a tambor and an accordion. During their journey, they meet with a bunch of...

The film tells the story of three young men who land in an Austrian prison for various reasons. They have been sentenced for minor misdemeanors and...

In a dystopian near-future where animal species are on the brink of extinction, a violent sociopath is interviewed by an institutional psychologist...

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

An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.