Prison Movies

A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.

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

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

In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...

Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.

An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.

Prisoners of Detention Satellite 3 plan an impossible escape.

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

The film explores the destruction of a unique train station in Zurich and the construction of the new prison and police centre in its place. From the...

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...

Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members...

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...

Donna is sent to a reform school to take the fall for bad boy Vince. Inside, she makes friends and learns about herself.

Marlon is visiting her mother in jail for the first time since her imprisonment.

A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises...

Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th...

In a nightmarish world of secret graveyards and machine gun executions, inmates must die... or kill to survive. Escape is no option, and is punished...

Ralph gets sent to his room for breaking a window. There, he passes the time in Walter Mitty-type fashion, daydreaming that he's a parent-saving...

Brigadier is a cheater and selfish businessman who needs to escape from the prison where he is being held, his only chance to achieve is to become...