Prison Movies

An exchange of video messages between an artist and an inmate, a surprising and intimate portrait from behind prison walls.

Stage director Frank Castorf “might have been born to direct From the House of the Dead” (Opera Today). His gritty, visually striking...

In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number...

Sexploitatation drama very loosely based on the former penal colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

North Philadelphia, PA – Kev, El and Andy are three men united by one struggle: they are trying to defy gravity. As part of the 700,000...

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...

Devil worship? Could it be real? Follow up to Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground.

Five star (hotel) is a sarcastic reference to the Pretoria prison which is central to the plot. An inmate Skollie (A nickname meaning delinquent)...

The story of South Boy. Caught up in a life of crime, he finds himself doing time in Federal Prison.

Gwang-pil (Lee Ryong), Dal-su (Choi Bong) and Sang-mun (Choi Myeong-su) are gangster boys who pick pockets. Ae-ran (Do Geum-bong), who works at a...

Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.

The adventures of an escaped convict.

Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and...

In the year 2061, where only one utilitarian race -- known as 'The Nation' -- is recognized, a Native American man is imprisoned for speaking his...

An urban drama about a parolee trying to be a better father to his daughter as he struggles for perspective in his life.

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