Movies about “prison”
27 movies tagged “prison”.
The Dream Catcher
Overview: An abandoned teen jumps a freight train in Philadelphia intent on reaching his uncle in Indiana, whom he believes will help him with financial difficulties including a pregnant gir…
The Accountant 2016
Overview: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
The 13th 2016
Overview: An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Down by Love 2016
Overview: A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story.
Paper Dove 2003
Overview: 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 in his village near Huaraz when…
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003
Overview: British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six m…
In Hell 2003
Overview: A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Beyond Re-Animator 2003
Overview: 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. We…
Levity 2003
Overview: Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspape…
Bringing Down the House 2003
Overview: Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts cha…
We'll Meet Again 2002
Overview: Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter…
Inside 2002
Overview: A teenage inmate's boxing skills land him in the middle of a turf war within prison walls.
Doing Time 2002
Overview: A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
Butterfly in Grey 2002
Overview: Dao was life sentenced from the guilty of murder at first degree which changed her world upside down, once young bright graduate with prosperous future with her boyfriend turned to…
Führer Ex 2002
Overview: Ingo Hasselbach, whose parents were Communist Party members in East Germany during his childhood, has lived at both ends of the political seesaw. The question of how people reach a…
Bangkok Hell 2002
Overview: When offered a deal to snitch on fellow prisoners, an inmate faces a tough dilemma: act in his own interest, or help those who may need him.
Beneath Clouds 2002
Overview: The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic e…
The Rendering 2002
Overview: Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and w…
The Third Eye 2002
Overview: Michael is supposed to go to prison for 18 months, but escapes from the police officer. On the run, he meets Malika, who has also committed "stupid things." Together, they flee fro…
Mean Machine 2001
Overview: Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget e…
The Last Castle 2001
Overview: A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Bandits 2001
Overview: After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfo…
Within These Walls 2001
Overview: Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).
Chalk 2001
Overview: A short directed by Diederik Van Rooijen.
15 Minutes 2001
Overview: When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both le…
The Experiment 2001
Overview: 20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation.…
3000 Miles to Graceland 2001
Overview: It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot a…
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