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Sucker Punch(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 2,135 votes)

A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.

Brawl in Cell Block 99(2017)

NR
| 2h 12min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 604 votes)

After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.

Felon(2008)

R
| 1h 43min | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 369 votes)

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Madea Goes to Jail(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 83 votes)

After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.

A Prophet(2009)

R
| 2h 35min | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 660 votes)

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

White Heat(1949)

NR
| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 194 votes)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

The Incident(2012)

1h 25min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 51 votes)

A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm.

Chasers(1994)

R
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 64 votes)

Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.

Scum(1979)

R
| 1h 38min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 79 votes)

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory. [This is the feature film version Alan Clarke made after the BBC banned the original before its scheduled TV broadcast (see Scum (1977)].

Locked Up(2005)

1h 24min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.4/5 (with 13 votes)

Dennis is a new inmate. Mike is an older black inmate. Together the two face hostile prison officals and inmates in their attempts to become a loving couple.

Directed by Jörg Andreas - With Marcel Schlutt, Mike Sale, Ralph Steel

The Big House(1930)

NR
| 1h 27min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Room 8(2013)

3.7/5 (with 28 votes)

Thrown to rot in a narrow and gloomy cell of a hideous Soviet prison, a weary new inmate struggles to come to terms with the new reality. Within the grey cage, an unwelcoming fellow convict cautions the newcomer not to touch the intriguingly mysterious red wooden box which rests on the lower bunk, moreover, not even think of opening it. Why is there so much secrecy about the contents of the box? Could there be hiding the means to his escape?

Directed by James W. Griffiths
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Riot(1969)

R
| 1h 36min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

Under His Influence(2023)

1h 28min | Thriller
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A social media influencer falls for an inmate and starts a crusade to prove his innocence, but after they win his appeal, she uncovers a dark secret that changes her life.

Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars(2004)

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's infamous Limestone penitentiary to uncover the long-term causes and consequences of prison rape. With a startling lack of inhibition, five inmates reveal the workings of an elaborate inner society.

Stuck!(2009)

1h 35min | Drama, Comedy
0.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek homage to 1950s women-in-prison films.

This Time Only(1983)

1h 37min | Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A young prison inmate gets released together with an old gangster. They go to town together in order to visit their families and friends, but nobody knows that the old man is mortally ill.

Fun and Games(1971)

R
| 1h 32min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

The daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school, and chases after the inmates of her Dad's prison.

The House Across the Street(2004)

1h 15min | Crime, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

The small coastal town of Roquesas de Mar (village invented by the author) is shocked by the disappearance of one of her neighbors sixteen years of age. When days later found the girl's body, horribly maimed in the back of the house of one of the most famous residents of the village, all Alsina Alvaro suspect as the perpetrator.

Freed(2019)

3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

After two years in jail, Issa is about to get out when he meets Gaëtan, a young inmate who has not served his sentence yet.

Directed by Josza Anjembé

The Last Installment(1945)

19min | Crime, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.

Heliotrope(1920)

1h 10min | Drama

A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the girl in a blackmail scheme.

Directed by George D. Baker - With Julia Swayne Gordon, Wilfred Lytell, Ben Hendricks, Betty Hilburn, Diana Allen, Frederick Burton, ...

King of Prison(2020)

1h 48min | Crime, Action, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Man-hee, imprisoned for being caught up in an accidental violent case, will be admitted to a violent room where the king of prison can be found. On the other hand, with Tae-soo, the opposition leader being admitted to the same prison, a group of people who are unhappy with the king gather one by one, and the gang members face a desperate crisis.

A Thrill for Thelma(1935)

18min | Drama, Crime
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.

My Marlboro City(2011)

50min | Documentary

Brindisi, Italy: a focal point in cigarette smuggling. The director returns to her hometown to see what's left of the past and what lies in store for the future.

Out of State(2017)

1h 22min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Out of State is the unlikely story of native Hawaiians men discovering their native culture as prisoners in the desert of Arizona, 3,000 miles, and across the ocean, from their island home.

Freigang(2019)

35min | Drama

Single mother Kathi receives day release from prison and finds her three-year-old son, who is living with her unstable mother, in bad circumstances. She is forced to find a way to enable a better future for him, while time is against her, she has to be back in prison at six pm.

45 Days In Harbar(2019)

1h 18min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

The plastic artist Cesar Arechiga recreates his living room and studio in the maximum-security prison of Puente Grande, Jalisco, in which fifteen inmates learn about paper production, clay modeling, sculpting and painting. Through this artistic interaction, they share their personal experiences of how they became involved with the world of drug trafficking.

À double tour(1993)

54min | Documentary

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Not Yet Titled(2016)

After an 87 day labor dispute the New York Symphony Orchestra returned to play music. This is the story of that day.