Prison Movies

How does it feel to be free? Best friends Kay and Jenna are reuniting after being separated by prison. But reigniting what they had before isn't...

In 2002, the greatest prison in Latin America, Complex Carandiru, was demolished. A couple of months before its implosion, director Paulo Sacramento...

It is an unwelcome homecoming for Siva, a Singaporean-Indian ex-convict, haunted by a tragedy in his past. Released after eight years behind bars and...

In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court...

A former gang leader has a passion for rebuilding relationships.

A criminal drama set in the Soviet Union. Director of a Children's Theatre is sentenced to a prison term after a false accusation. He is spending his...

A man struggles with grief after coming out of prison.

From its beginning during the Reagan years through current times, the War on Drugs has left many victims stranded in the prison system. PRISONERS OF...

A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he...

A young Nigerian student and poet, abused and neglected by his cruel stepmother, finds solace in friendship. His wrongful arrest tests his...

"Do Not Forget Me" - About Arzu and Bülent's stormy love. Arzu is the daughter of a upper class lawyer. Bülent is young and lack a proper...

Hostage-taking in a maximum security prison. Three felons bring three friends with homemade bombs under their control. A police officer who happens...

A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.

A documentary about Goran Ivandic 'Ipe', the drummer of most popular Yugoslav rock band of all time, Sarajevo-based "Bijelo dugme" (White Button)....

Emma is 50 years old and twenty who acts corrections officer. Her life revolves around the jail where he works and her home. Without leaving his...

Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a...

A cruel world of the Yugoslavian prison during 1980s, based on real events about a man who gets life sentence for committed crime.

Riley Danger documents her experience inside of the UK's vilest prison. Guided by Officer Evans, she encounters the most dangerous criminals,...

As a young filmmaker who suffers from OCD, Lucas struggles with finishing his synopsis for a film that he had always dreamt of making. Despite his...