Prison Movies

World renowned journalist, and award-winning filmmaker Rahiem Shabazz presents the third installment of his docu-series Elementary Genocide: Academic...

A convict is forced to participate in a prison break even though he only has a year left on his sentence.

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

Jeff gives the most dangerous – and enlightening – roast of his life from behind the walls of the Brazos County Jail in Bryan, Texas. In...

The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums.

The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled...

The topic of this routine, romantic drama is a little unusual - it concerns what some prisoners do when they are allowed out of jail for two weeks...

After trying to smuggle a package into prison for his father Willi, Harry and his girlfriend Marlies also end up in jail. While Harry is billeted...

Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide...

Fresh out of juvenile prison, Tommy has sworn off the drugs. But when the going gets tough, the only support he finds is from his best friend Sule -...

Skin flick about bank robbery.

A tale of banditry in Sardinia. Considered a "lost" film but a print was located in 2013.

The documentary chronicles the 139 years of the ex penitentiary García Moreno in Quito, Ecuador, and traces left by the inmates to be...

When Canada's Government takes the decision to transform the correctional system to one that puts punishment first, the country's rehabilitative...

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

Over the course of more than a decade, 4-time WNBA champion and Olympic Gold medalist Maya Moore and her family have been fighting for the release of...

Antonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of his political career and private life.

A saloon singer is released from prison after being convicted on a prostitution charge. She plans to blackmail the judge from her case by seducing...

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

Ervin, an ex con man, is released from prison to find his old pal Micky waiting for him. The 75 year olds seem to hit it off as they drive around...