Prison Movies

After decades behind bars, three men set out to prove success can lie on the other side of tragedy. Follows the stories of Harrison, Noel, and Chris a...

About Lillemor Östlin in the 60s and 70s. Her downfall from the glamorous Stockholm nightlife to drug addiction, crime and prostitution.

A prison inmate escapes from his wrecked penitentiary during Chile's February 2010 earthquake.

A former gang leader has a passion for rebuilding relationships.

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

After Murat is released from prison, he will do illegal deeds to help street kids.

Augusto Cardenas, former guerrilla of bourgeois origin, goes free after four years in prison, he meets with his parents and his wife. He returns to hi...

The horrifying story of what went on inside General Pinochet's secret prisons.

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking. While the other son marries a bad- tempered woman...

Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers and forests on loop, prompting them to refl...

A film composed of images from prisons. Quotes from fiction films and documentaries as well as footage from surveillance cameras. A look at the new co...

In Italy, in the mid-seventies, Adriana, Barbara, Nadia and Susanna were 20 years old when they decided to join the armed struggle and leave behind th...

Dewey Bozella’s life changed forever when he was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for a murder he did not commit. Throughout his 26 years behin...

David Aldrich aspires to be an author. The publishers reject most of his manuscripts because they seem to lack realism. David struggles on, however, d...

The documentary depicts the remarkable phenomenon of the national competition Kalina Krasnaya, organised with a flourish in which the convicts from al...

Psychological action drama about a group of partisans, ambushed by the enemy.

A sleazy comedy directed by Ákos Ráthonyi.

Behind the scenes at one of the most unique and controversial prisons in the UK, home to some of Britain's worst female criminals

Set in Rebibbia (a prison in Rome),the short film follows the lives of three inmates waiting for an interrogation.