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The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

R
| 2h 22min | Drama, Crime
4.4/5 (with 12,480 votes)

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Directed by Frank Darabont - With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, James Whitmore, Clancy Brown, ...
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Undisputed III: Redemption(2010)

R
| 1h 36min | Action, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 366 votes)

Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

Directed by Isaac Florentine - With Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Hristo Shopov, Marko Zaror, Lateef Crowder Dos Santos, Mark Ivanir, ...
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Miracle in Cell No. 7(2019)

2h 12min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 2,043 votes)

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.

Directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin

Lost Highway(1997)

R
| 2h 14min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 1,187 votes)

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Directed by David Lynch - With Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Jack Nance, Richard Pryor, ...
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2037(2022)

2h 6min | Kids & Family, Drama
3.6/5 (with 15 votes)

19-year-old Yoon Young lives alone with her mother and prepares for the civil service exam while working part-time. Regardless of good heart and sincere will, unexpected incidents turn Yoon Young from a victim to the killer, driving her to prison and being called inmate "2037" instead of "Yoon Young." In a hopeless situation her co-inmates in Cell No. 12 with their own stories offer a hand of hope to protect Yoon Young...

Directed by Mo Hong-jin - With Kim Ji-young, Kim Mi-Hwa, Hwang Seok-jeong, Shin Eun-jung, Jeon So-min

Cell 211(2009)

1h 50min | Action, Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 546 votes)

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

Directed by Daniel Monzón - With Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Marta Etura, Carlos Bardem, Vicente Romero Romero, ...

Malcolm X(1992)

PG-13
| 3h 22min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 698 votes)

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Directed by Spike Lee - With Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, ...
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The Mill(2023)

1h 46min | Science Fiction, Horror
3.1/5 (with 11 votes)

A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.

Directed by Sean King O'Grady

Miracle in Cell No. 7(2013)

2h 7min | Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 184 votes)

A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.

Directed by Lee Hwan-kyung - With Park Shin-hye, Kal So-won, Jeong Man-sik, Ryu Seung-ryong, Oh Dal-su, Jeong Jin-yeong, ...

The Experiment(2001)

2h | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 466 votes)

Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence — a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted prematurely when the experimenters lost control.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel - With Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Polat Dal, Danny Richter, ...

Brute Force(1947)

1h 38min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 73 votes)

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Directed by Jules Dassin - With Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, ...
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Beyond Re-Animator(2003)

R
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
3.0/5 (with 163 votes)

Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.

Directed by Brian Yuzna - With Jeffrey Combs, Elsa Pataky, Santiago Segura, Jason Barry, Bárbara Elorrieta, Simón Andreu, ...
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Breath(2007)

1h 24min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 42 votes)

A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk - With Kim Ki-duk, Park Ji-a, Chang Chen, Ha Jung-woo

Alive(2003)

1h 59min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
2.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.

Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura - With Hideo Sakaki, Tak Sakaguchi

Goodbye Bafana(2007)

R
| 1h 55min | History, Drama
3.4/5 (with 68 votes)

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Directed by Bille August - With Dennis Haysbert, Joseph Fiennes, Diane Kruger, Mehboob Bawa, Terry Pheto, Patrick Lyster, ...

R(2010)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 70 votes)

The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.

Directed by Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer - With Pilou Asbæk, Mia Maria Back, Omar Shargawi, Roland Møller, Tobias Lindholm, Dulfi al-Jabouri, ...

Rookies Go to War(1974)

1h 30min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 34 votes)

A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.

Directed by Claude Zidi - With Gérard Rinaldi, Jean-Guy Fechner, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli, Alain Flick, André Badin, ...

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.

Directed by George W. Hill - With Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Chester Morris, George F. Marion, Claire McDowell, ...
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Women's Prison(1955)

1h 19min | Drama, Crime
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

Directed by Lewis Seiler - With Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Howard Duff, Mae Clarke, ...

25 Years of Innocence(2020)

1h 52min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 16 votes)

A story of Tomasz Komenda - a man, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, for a crime he did not commit.

Directed by Jan Holoubek - With Piotr Trojan, Agata Kulesza, Jan Frycz, Łukasz Lewandowski, Magdalena Różczka, Andrzej Konopka, ...

Female Prisoner 701: Sasori(2011)

1h 12min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Nami Matsushima, prisoner #701 is sent to a Woman's Prison for attempted murder. Nami is brought into Number 2 community cell, where suicides and unnatural deaths occurred one after another. In the punishment cell, Nami begins to look back in her past. After dealing with her horrible experiences, Nami seeks to escape from prison. Who will survive?

Freedom at Midnight(2018)

2h 18min | Action, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Jacob, a manager at a big financial firm, finds himself behind bars when he tries to save the woman he loves from being involved in a criminal case. The only way for him to survive and to escape was to break out of prison. How he plans and executes the prison break forms the crux of the movie.

With Antony Varghese., Vinayakan, Chemban Vinod Jose, Lijo Jose Pellissery, Anil P Nedumangad, Rajesh Sharma, ...

Standard Operating Procedure(2008)

R
| 1h 57min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 26 votes)

Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Directed by Errol Morris
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Amerikatsi(2022)

1h 55min | Drama, Comedy
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

As a young boy, Charlie escaped the Armenian Genocide bound for the United States. His family was not so lucky. Our story begins in 1947, as Charlie repatriates back to Armenia only to begreeted by the harsh reality of Soviet Communism. Almost immediately Charlie is arrested and sentenced to prison. Just as he appears to be succumbing to the terror of his situation, he discovers that the prison wall outside his cell window had been damaged during a recent earthquake. And through a hole he can see into a nearby apartment building... The Armenian couple who live in the apartment, Tigran and Ruzan, become Charlie’s only connection to the outside world, living vicariously through their private life, sharing meals with them, laughing, crying, singing and dancing with them, all the while discovering the Armenian culture he never knew.

Directed by Michael A. Goorjian - With Michael A. Goorjian, Hovik Keuchkerian, Nelli Uvarova, Mikhail Trukhin, Narine Grigoryan, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, ...

Tattoo(1991)

2h 12min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

After a quarrel with his wife, a man leaves their apartment with one suitcase only. Having slept in a train station, the police legitimates him and found him suspicious. Soon he'll find himself locked in a prison with several other, mostly innocent people. The true horror begins only then.

Directed by Stole Popov - With Meto Jovanovski, Stole Aranđelović, Jovica Mihajlovski

Inside(2012)

1h 25min | Horror
2.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Prison inmate Miles Barrett is ripped awake in the middle of the night by a terrifying crash, gunfire, and the sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison - and it's coming for Miles...

Directed by Daryn Tufts - With Luke Goss, Derek Phillips, Paul Rae, Isaac C. Singleton Jr.

General von Döbeln(1942)

1h 27min | Drama, History, War
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.

Directed by Olof Molander - With Edvin Adolphson

Zig Zag(1970)

PG
| 1h 45min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
4.1/5 (with 2 votes)

A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.

Directed by Richard A. Colla - With George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Charlene Holt, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, ...

The Walled In(1969)

1h 34min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A guard prevents the inmate's escape from the prison. During his second attempt, the inmate decides to save guard's life who have been fallen into the river while trying to catch him. Since the guard's job is now to keep an eye on him in the cell, they spend a lot time together and their hatred turns into a sincere friendship. The guard wants to help inmate to escape again.

Directed by Vojislav Rakonjac Kokan - With Ljuba Tadić, Danilo Stojković, Branko Pleša

Silent Scream(1990)

1h 25min | Horror, Crime, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.

Directed by David Hayman - With Iain Glen, Robert Carlyle
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