The Heist

An imprisoned ex-police inspector discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate running a crime syndicate and becomes part of the...

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

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military...

A doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

A young pickpocket is taken in by an attorney who attempts to 'civilize' her.

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

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.

Joe Sullivan (O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed prison escape plan and other means intended to get rid...