Prison Movies

List of the best movies about jail and prisoners, showing life and jailbreak: The Shawshank Redemption, Run the Tide, 13th, Vault, A Prayer Before Dawn, All Eyez on Me, Flower, The Scent of Rain & Lightning, The Dark Knight Rises, Guardians of the Galaxy.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 9.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

When their drug abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:11

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

A group of small time criminals in 1975 attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history; stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, drama, crime, biography, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
Duration02:05

The true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand's most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in Muay Thai tournaments.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.

Markimdb: 5
Genredrama, western, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

When a young woman learns her parents' killer has been released from jail, she is forced to revisit old wounds while discovering the destructive power of hate and the true cost of family secrets fully revealing themselves.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:45

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:01

    Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredocumentary, crime
    CountryDenmark, USA
    Duration02:22

    This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:22

      Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.

      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: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:13

      A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:35

      Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security prison.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration02:13

        A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.

        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: 6.2
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:54

          Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted prematurely when the experimenters lost control.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:11

          An evil scientist and a hunchback escape from prison and encounter Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's Monster.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA

          Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Murder mystery set in Yellowstone National Park.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryPuerto Rico, USA
          Duration02:09

          A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

          A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredrama, crime, biography, history
          CountryUSA

          Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, China
          Duration02:33

          Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, short, detective
          CountryUSA, Italy
          Duration02:36

          Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:27

          Major-league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson has lost his focus. After choking on the mound, he’s sent down to the minors and prescribed sessions with an unorthodox sports therapist, who pushes him to uncover the origins of his anxiety.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:55

          Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the job, launching her on a collision course with the killer, entangling them in a dangerous and seductive relationship.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantasy, comedy, family
          CountryUSA, Canada

          Nick Snowden is reluctantly taking over the family business and with only three days before the big night, one of Nick's younger reindeer is stolen from the North Pole and taken to a zoo.

          Markimdb: 3.3
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA

          There is an old wives tale that you should hold your breath when passing by a cemetery because an evil spirit rejected by both heaven and hell can get inside of you when you inhale. Somewhere in a carload of college kids on holiday doesn't follow the rules when driving by a graveyard, allowing a spirit of a recently executed serial killer to get inside him/her to begin a killing spree of body-jumping carnage.

          Markimdb: 3.5
          Genreaction, adventure
          CountryUSA

          When Bud McCall is framed for a drugs charge he ends up in prison and he must prove his innocence by testifying against his former police partner to put him and his gang behind bars for good.

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