🏷 Discover The Best Jail Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Imprisoned in Entertainment: Discovering the Best Movies and TV Shows Related to Jail

Get ready to dive into the world of crime and punishment as we explore the most gripping movies and TV shows that take you behind bars. From Oscar-winning dramas to thrilling crime series, we've got you covered with the ultimate list of must-watch content related to jail. So, grab some popcorn and let's begin our journey into the world of incarceration.

Cast

Tom Hanks

David Morse

Bonnie Hunt

Michael Clarke Duncan

The Green Mile (1999)

8.5 19.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 189 min.

Audience: R

Story: A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Plot: mentally disabled, death penalty, based on novel or book, southern usa, psychopath, death row, jail guard, supernatural, ...

Time: great depression, 1930s

Cast

Edward Norton

Edward Furlong

Beverly D'Angelo

Jennifer Lien

American History X (1998)

8.3 12.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

Plot: prison, neo-nazism, rape, skinhead, sibling relationship, swastika, nazi, brother, ...

Place: los angeles, california

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Paulette Goddard

Henry Bergman

Tiny Sandford

Modern Times (1936)

8.3 4.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: G

Story: A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Plot: factory, ambulance, invention, mental breakdown, tramp, industrial revolution, slapstick comedy, automation, ...

Time: great depression

Cast

Damian Chapa

Jesse Borrego

Benjamin Bratt

Enrique Castillo

Bound by Honor (1993)

8.2 1.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 190 min.

Audience: R

Story: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Plot: street gang, ghetto, juvenile prison, artist, tragedy, jail, east los angeles, youth gang, ...

Cast

Riz Ahmed

John Turturro

Bill Camp

Payman Maadi

The Night Of (2016) TV Show

8.0 1.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Plot: new york city, prison, muslim, murder, jail, lawyer, trial, miniseries, ...

Cast

Abimana Aryasatya

Bront Palarae

Dimas Danang

Endy Arfian

Ghost in the Cell (2026)

7.9 16 votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Country: Indonesia, South Korea

Duration: 106 min.

Story: In a notorious prison, an invisible force begins killing inmates brutally, compelling enemy gangs and corrupt guards to work together as they try to survive the mounting bloodshed.

Style: dark, intense, brutal

Plot: prison, prisoner, prison cell, gore, terror cell, satire, jail, inmate, ...

Cast

John Wayne

Dean Martin

Ricky Nelson

Angie Dickinson

Rio Bravo (1959)

7.8 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 141 min.

Story: A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

Plot: small town, sheriff, gun, marshal, deputy, murder, jail, alcoholic, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Ji Chang-wook

Shim Eun-kyung

Oh Jung-se

Ahn Jae-hong

Fabricated City (2017)

7.7 360 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 126 min.

Story: In real life, Kwon Yoo is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-wool, he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder case.

Plot: video game, falsely accused, prison escape, murder, jail, gamer, hacking

Soy un prófugo (1946)

7.7 93 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Mexico

Duration: 95 min.

Story: A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.

Plot: police, bank robber, imprisonment, mistaken identity, jail, janitor, criminal organization

Cast

Scott Adkins

Mykel Shannon Jenkins

Mark Ivanir

Hristo Shopov

Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)

7.6 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Bulgaria

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

Plot: prison, martial arts, showdown, fight, shotgun, prison cell, fighter, champion, ...

Cast

Mohanlal

Suresh Menon

Murali Gopy

Bhumika Chawla

Bhramaram (2009)

7.5 24 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 150 min.

Story: Unni, an affluent stockbroker, lives a happy life with his family until he is greeted by a surprise visitor, who is his childhood friend.

Plot: revenge, murder, jail, travel, race, classmate, pyschic

Cast

Farhan Akhtar

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Divya Dutta

Pavan Malhotra

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

7.5 285 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: India

Duration: 186 min.

Story: The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

Plot: fight, knife, biography, past, sister, love, jail, slaughter, ...

Cast

Alberto Ammann

Luis Tosar

Antonio Resines

Marta Etura

Cell 211 (2009)

7.4 1.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: France, Spain

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: 18

Story: The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

Plot: suicide, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, pregnancy, prison cell, penitentiary, prison guard, flashback, ...

Cast

Mammootty

Aparna Gopinath

Nedumudi Venu

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Munnariyippu (2014)

7.4 23 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 115 min.

Story: Raghavan, a simple and lonely man, comes out of jail. His life changes after he meets Anjali, a journalist who wants to prove herself professionally.

Plot: jail, writer, murderer, wrongful conviction

Cast

Michael Jai White

Scott Adkins

Ben Cross

Eli Danker

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

7.4 938 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Bulgaria

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not fighting for a title, he is fighting for his life!

Plot: martial arts, jail

Cast

Philippe Petit

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Jean Franu00e7ois Heckel

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Jean-Louis Blondeau

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Annie Allix

Man on Wire (2008)

7.4 970 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

Plot: judge, juggler, based on true story, street artist, jail, fame, hiding, tower, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

John C. Reilly

Sarah Silverman

Jack McBrayer

Jane Lynch

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

7.4 13.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

Plot: video game, support group, villain, bullying, medal, product placement, jail, racing, ...

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Sofie Gru00e5bu00f8l

Su00f8ren Malling

The Last Viking (2025)

7.3 174 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Duration: 116 min.

Story: After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

Plot: dark comedy, childhood trauma, alter ego, jail, bank robbery, mental illness, danish, brothers, ...

Cast

Rima Kallingal

Fahadh Faasil

Prathap Pothan

Srindaa

22 Female Kottayam (2012)

7.3 32 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 122 min.

Story: Tessa, a young nurse, is betrayed by her lover, Cyril, and sexually assaulted by his employer. After she is released from prison, she sets out to take revenge on her tormentors.

Plot: rape, nurse, revenge, betrayal, jail, female protagonist

Place: bangalore

Cast

Anna Kendrick

Justin Timberlake

Ron Funches

Rachel Bloom

Trolls World Tour (2020)

7.2 2.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.

Plot: dancing, friendship, concert, country music, guitar, cloud, saxophone, sequel, ...

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