Prison Movies

Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father...

A beautiful desperate widow goes on a dangerous quest to meet a mythical wish-granting unicorn who lies deep in the cannibal-infested "Wishing...

For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison.

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and...

Documentary about the 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots in which 33 inmates were killed.

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

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

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

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Clayton, at the age of nineteen, is convicted for a crime he did not commit. Ten years afterwards, after having taken all the abuses against him in...

A young woman marries against her father's will, but the happy life she expected turns into a series of tragedies.

A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.

Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary...

A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery.

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...

Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing...

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...

The enthusiastic Reine is forced to take a job as a social worker at Kumla prison.

Smitty, a young man sentenced to six months in prison for marijuana possession eventually becomes the sexual subordinate of another inmate, Rocky.