🏷 Best Prison Movies & TV Shows - Page 2 - Full Archive

154 titles with this tag

A Man Escaped
Cast
Franu00e7ois Leterrier Franu00e7ois Leterrier
Charles Le Clainche Charles Le Clainche
Maurice Beerblock Maurice Beerblock
Roland Monod Roland Monod
8.0 617 votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  prison, nazi, escape, rope, prison escape, escaped convict, religion, black and white, ...
Time:  world war ii
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Mayor of Kingstown
Cast
Jeremy Renner Jeremy Renner
Hugh Dillon Hugh Dillon
Tobi Bamtefa Tobi Bamtefa
Taylor Handley Taylor Handley
7.9 642 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 40
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.
Plot:  prison, corruption, detective, michigan, drug dealer, prison guard, organized crime, brother brother relationship
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The Great Escape
Cast
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
James Garner James Garner
Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough
James Donald James Donald
7.9 2.9K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 173 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Plot:  prison, uniform, swastika, prisoner, based on novel or book, nazi, escape, optimism, ...
Time:  world war ii, 1940s
Place:  switzerland
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La Strada
Cast
Giulietta Masina Giulietta Masina
Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn
Richard Basehart Richard Basehart
Aldo Silvani Aldo Silvani
7.9 1.2K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Plot:  prison, dying and death, rage and hate, unsociability, circus, authority, in love with enemy, wave, ...
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Ghost in the Cell
Cast
Abimana Aryasatya Abimana Aryasatya
Bront Palarae Bront Palarae
Dimas Danang Dimas Danang
Endy Arfian Endy Arfian
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, ...
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In the Name of the Father
7.9 2.0K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 133 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Plot:  prison, rebellion, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, faith, biography, northern ireland, trial, ...
Time:  1970s
Place:  ireland
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The Night of the Hunter
Cast
Robert Mitchum Robert Mitchum
Shelley Winters Shelley Winters
Lillian Gish Lillian Gish
Billy Chapin Billy Chapin
7.9 1.8K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: 12
Story:  In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Plot:  prison, robbery, based on novel or book, psychopath, widow, boat, fanatic, count, ...
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13th
Cast
Jelani Cobb Jelani Cobb
Angela Davis Angela Davis
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Michelle Alexander Michelle Alexander
7.8 796 votes
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Duration: 100 min.
Story:  An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Plot:  prison, politics, slavery, race politics, murder, conspiracy, racism, race, ...
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Papillon
7.8 2.1K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America, France
Duration: 151 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Plot:  prison, escape, prison escape, jungle, solitary confinement, based on memoir or autobiography, remote island, leper colony, ...
Time:  1930s
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Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
7.8 1.2K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 69
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
Plot:  prison, based on novel or book, drug cartel, drug trafficker, survive, pablo escobar
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A Favorita
Cast
Patricia Pillar Patricia Pillar
Clu00e1udia Raia Clu00e1udia Raia
Murilo Benu00edcio Murilo Benu00edcio
Mariana Ximenes Mariana Ximenes
7.8 40 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 197
Story:  Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?
Plot:  prison, revenge, rivalry, whodunit, injustice, telenovela
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Cool Hand Luke
Cast
Paul Newman Paul Newman
George Kennedy George Kennedy
Luke Askew Luke Askew
Morgan Woodward Morgan Woodward
7.7 1.6K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 127 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Plot:  prison, dying and death, based on novel or book, escape, loss of loved one, rebel, harassment, imprisonment, ...
Place:  florida
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The Blues Brothers
7.7 4.6K votes
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: United States of America
Duration: 133 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Plot:  prison, chicago, illinois, dancing, concert, country music, nazi, jazz, ...
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The Raid 2
7.6 2.6K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, United States of America
Duration: 150 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.
Plot:  prison, martial arts, police, undercover, fight, gangster, gore, mafia, ...
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White Heat
Cast
James Cagney James Cagney
Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo
Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien
Margaret Wycherly Margaret Wycherly
7.6 544 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Plot:  prison, undercover agent, parent child relationship, gangster, psychopath, mama's boy, heist, film noir, ...
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Orange Is the New Black
Cast
Taylor Schilling Taylor Schilling
Laura Prepon Laura Prepon
Kate Mulgrew Kate Mulgrew
Natasha Lyonne Natasha Lyonne
7.6 2.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 91
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Plot:  prison, women's prison, based on true story, lesbian relationship, dark comedy, based on memoir or autobiography, inmate, semi autobiographical, ...
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Malcolm X
Cast
Denzel Washington Denzel Washington
Angela Bassett Angela Bassett
Albert Hall Albert Hall
Al Freeman Jr. Al Freeman Jr.
7.6 1.9K votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: United States of America, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 202 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Plot:  prison, new york city, police brutality, beach, assassination, muslim, police, ku klux klan, ...
Time:  1960s
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Le Cercle Rouge
Cast
Alain Delon Alain Delon
Bourvil Bourvil
Gian Maria Volontu00e9 Gian Maria Volontu00e9
Yves Montand Yves Montand
7.6 731 votes
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
Plot:  prison, corruption, paris, france, escape, police, pimp, ex-cop, ...
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Undisputed III: Redemption
Cast
Scott Adkins Scott Adkins
Mykel Shannon Jenkins Mykel Shannon Jenkins
Mark Ivanir Mark Ivanir
Hristo Shopov Hristo Shopov
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, ...
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Time
7.6 264 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 6
Story:  Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.
Plot:  suicide, prison, fight, blackmail, prison guard, teacher, drugs, alcoholic, ...
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