Prison Movies

Documentary about the magnitude and severity of domestic violence. This film features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their...

A portrait of American recidivism produced over a span of two years, Revolving Doors follows Jason, who, despite attempts to retain meaningful...

A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.

A woman murders her boyfriends and steals some diamonds he has smuggled. She gets found out though, and locked in a prison with an evil sadistic...

Patio is the story of individuals whose city, no matter how large it may be, feels similar to a small patio for them.

While Germany sits as one of the major democratic models, an ex-prisoner of the Stasi delivers from his former cell a frightening testimony that...

A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was...

The plot revolves around three men waiting to be deported in a prison. To escape the monotony, they form chess pieces from their bread rations, with...

Marlon is visiting her mother in jail for the first time since her imprisonment.

An early Patwardhan documentary completed in 1978, Prisoners of Conscience focuses on the state of emergency imposed by Indira Ghandi from June 1975...

The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex....

A short directed by Diederik Van Rooijen.

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

Three friends embark on a life-changing journey triggered by a mysterious white pigeon. Experience a heartwarming tale of perseverance and...

In 2011, Maine State Prison launched a pioneering reform program to scale back its use of solitary confinement. Bafta and Emmy-winning film-maker Dan...

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European...