Prison Movies

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

When a young man is accused of a crime, his prideful confession resonates in the face of injustice.

Shangrao Concentration Camp is set in the hellish confines of a Guomindang prison, where the brutal officials try to force two female Communist...

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...

The film is about a woman’s prison and shows how creativity transforms people and gives them strength.

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...

A documentary on reformed ex-con Rick Maylender and his attempts to help troubled youths by taking them out of their environment and showing them how...

200 young people under 25 have died in custody since 1992 in England and Wales. This is the story of three of them; young men who died behind bars -...

An allegory of the hopeless relationship between a prisoner and his jailer, representing the dependence of mankind upon authoritarianism.

3 inmates at a women prison camp are planning a daring escape.

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...

Slim Williams, a small-time dealer, is poised to make his big score with his partner Paulie. But the easy deal becomes a nightmare when Slim is...

A young pickpocket is taken in by an attorney who attempts to 'civilize' her.

A story involving a group of traveling actors who perform at an experimental prison where the thieves have first class comforts provided to them by a...

After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it...

Vlad Thought is a young artist from Iasi, who works on cruise ships. Having just returned home, he witnesses a hit-and-run, but is considered the...

Psychological action drama about a group of partisans, ambushed by the enemy.

An ex mobster reflects on love and loss after spending 32 years in prison.

Pierre Clémenti's Soleil presents a psychedelic meditation on his life and his detention in an Italian Prison in 1972.