Prison Movies

Josef tries to survive and repent in prison. However, both authorities and inmates are curious about the money he has supposedly hidden.

The cold-hearted AI that runs a futuristic prison summons a prisoner to face his second parole hearing. Can he re-enact his crime without offending...

A film narrated by a prison interview with long-jailed black radical Ojore Lutalo. Ojore touches on many issues, from what prisons are, to why he is...

An insight view on the life of Udo Honig, successful football manager with a gambling addiction (similarities to a successful football manager in...

A film about the youth prison in Uppsala, which focuses on one intern's alienation and anxiety.

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking. While the other son marries a bad- tempered...

Stage director Frank Castorf “might have been born to direct From the House of the Dead” (Opera Today). His gritty, visually striking...

Out after 46 years in prison, Anthony Blanks must now re-learn how to live a normal life. But with no surviving family, money or technical skills...

The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room,...

A father killed his son. In a state of alcoholic delirium, a young man murdered his friend. A 21 year-old boy shot a policeman. Faced with their...

A criminal drama set in the Soviet Union. Director of a Children's Theatre is sentenced to a prison term after a false accusation. He is spending his...

Behzad, who has been in prison for manslaughter for a long time, has a son who does not know about him. When he is introduced, the son goes through a...

Oscar, a tough guard at Newberry Prison, gets into an argument with Jerry, a smallish barber. He causes Jerry to be arrested as a fugitive, and gets...

The Internationally award winning documentary film from Norway follows a 33 year old woman's life prior to serving a 7 year prison sentence for...

Two people meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but...

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

Set as an experiment in a simulated cell in Oslo, three former political prisoners are locked up for three days with no film crew, to revisit their...

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...