Prison Movies

John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high...

A look inside one of the most brutal campaigns of state repression in modern history - told by those who endured it and those who enforced it.

When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.

A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the...

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to...

When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.

Set in Rebibbia (a prison in Rome), the short film follows the lives of three inmates waiting for an interrogation.

While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 40-foot...

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way...

A young man becomes convinced that the solution to all his problems is to live in jail, and he will do whatever it takes to get it.

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

Celebrity financier and jet-setter Markus Føns has been taken into custody. Following a brutal assault by a gang of bikers in connection with...

A group of women are kidnapped by guerrillas and brought to a jungle brothel where they are forced to work as prostitutes for the soldiers. Those who...

After serving a jail sentence, Hasan gets a job driving a hearse for the protestant church, and becomes involved with a widow, Ayse, and her son.

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring...

In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five...

Lena and Karin have known each other for six years and have gotten really close to each other. When freedom is coming up for one of them, it's not as...

A woman learns that one of her doctor husband's patients used to be the cellmate of her first husband, who died in prison years before.

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

Alexis Tompras is a bigamist pilot who divides his time between his first wife, who lives in Thessaloniki, and his second wife, who lives in Athens...