Prison Movies

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

The Stanford prison experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances...

The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled...

This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to...

Five inmates break out of a remote minimum security prison for women. Four are hardened convicts, the fifth was wrongfully convicted. As the...

Since November 2022, the Brussels prisons of Saint-Gilles, Forest and Berkendael have been moving to the brand-new "prison village" of Haren, on the...

A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California.

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

A narrative feature film inspired by the events known as the Beltway sniper attacks.

Presented by Voices in Society and Travelers Insurance Indemnity, this untitled PSA-style film from the 1970s is a compilation of various anti-drug...

A Bosnian woman is released from prison after 13 years. She comes back home, where she finds her young son and his pregnant girlfriend. With luggage...

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving...

The story follows a group of people who are kidnapped from the street and held hostage in an underground prison to await deportation. Will they...

Two women end up in prison because of they fell for the same two timing con man. When they discover each other all hell breaks loose.

Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events...

The film tracks protagonist Chen Zhihui who succumbs to trauma and frustration when he is released after spending 20 years in prison and becomes a...

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