Jail action movies

List of the best action movies about jail and prisoners, showing life and jailbreak: Law Abiding Citizen, Dragged Across Concrete, Get the Gringo, Baby Driver, Hell or High Water, The Raid 2, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Escape Plan, Sherlock Holmes, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:39

Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:36

    A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:36

    After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:40

      A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryIndonesia, France, USA
      Duration02:30

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:10

        The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryChina, USA
        Duration01:55

          Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia
          Duration02:08

          Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, Austria, United Kingdom, Morocco
          Duration02:29

            Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genreaction, drama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:24

            Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:18

            An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's family.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime, biography
            CountryArgentina, USA

            In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
            CountryUSA, Hong Kong
            Duration02:15

              A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, drama, sport
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:31

              The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA, Japan

              Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:08

              Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genreaction, thriller, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA, India
              Duration02:12

              Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA

              After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:05

                As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration02:39

                In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genreaction, comedy, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:49

                In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:55

                When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:49

                  A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

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                  Genreaction, drama
                  CountryUSA

                  After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA, China
                  Duration02:10

                    When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

                    Markimdb: 6.7
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:53

                      Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genrefantastic, action
                      CountryRussia, USA
                      Duration02:30

                        Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

                        Markimdb: 6.7
                        Genreaction, thriller, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:49

                        A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

                        Markimdb: 6.4
                        Genreaction, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:49

                        Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

                        Markimdb: 7.3
                        Genreaction, drama, military, biography
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:12

                          U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

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                          Genreaction, thriller, crime
                          CountryUSA, China

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                          Markimdb: 7.3
                          Genreaction, comedy, adventure
                          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                          Duration02:25

                          At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.

                          Markimdb: 6.6
                          Genreaction, fantasy
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:42

                          In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.

                          Markimdb: 5.7
                          Genreaction, comedy, adventure
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:40

                          Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.

                          Markimdb: 7.1
                          Genreaction, thriller, crime
                          CountryMexico, USA
                          Duration01:44

                          A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.

                          Markimdb: 6
                          Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:41

                          The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life...

                          Markimdb: 7.7
                          Genreaction, thriller, adventure
                          CountryUSA, Mexico
                          Duration01:33

                          When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.

                          Markimdb: 6.6
                          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                          CountryHong Kong, USA
                          Duration01:30

                            It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.

                            Markimdb: 7.7
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Mexico, Luxembourg
                            Duration02:26

                            Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

                            Markimdb: 6.7
                            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration01:58

                            A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck help out various people they encounter.

                            Markimdb: 8.3
                            Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:16

                            Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

                            Markimdb: 7.9
                            Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
                            CountryTaiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China
                            Duration02:00

                            Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

                            Markimdb: 7.4
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                            CountryFrance
                            Duration01:48

                            French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by pursuing what was his original mission.

                            Markimdb: 7.4
                            Genreaction, thriller, adventure
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:16

                            FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own.

                            Markimdb: 7.7
                            Genreaction, drama
                            CountryUSA, New Zealand, Japan
                            Duration02:34

                            Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

                            Markimdb: 5.6
                            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:28

                            Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

                            Markimdb: 7.6
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA, Mexico, Hong Kong
                            Duration02:25

                            A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.

                            Markimdb: 7.1
                            Genreaction, thriller, crime
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration02:08

                              John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.




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