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89
IMDb 71
9.3
/3128869/
91
/51309/
87
/29334/
4.6
/2312347/
89
/146/
98
/53487/
82
/22/
cc age 15+

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned 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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
7.6
/26989/
76
/1258/
75
/295/
4.3
/284262/
97
/214/
98
/77/
83
/43/
cc age 15+

Sing Sing (2024)
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
poster
86
7.8
/106488/
77
/2160/
76
/1658/
4.2
/83038/
96
/163/
89
/2109/
90
/31/

A Prophet (2009)
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
poster
84
8.1
/37893/
78
/617/
76
/511/
4.1
/24696/
94
/83/
93
/624/
89
/21/

White Heat (1949)
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
poster
83
7.5
/8572/
73
/274/
72
/189/
4.0
/33584/
97
/62/
91
/11/
89
/18/

Great Freedom (2021)
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.
poster
Netflix
82
7.8
/110390/
78
/8272/
74
/2637/
4.1
/596541/
99
/253/
89
/1262/
88
/38/
cc age 6+

Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.5
/161102/
76
/4667/
75
/3019/
3.8
/158943/
97
/31/
85
/1593/
76
/9/
cc age 13+

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
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Kanopy
80
7.3
/45774/
72
/1240/
71
/725/
4.0
/89190/
89
/53/
78
/717/
81
/16/

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.3
/50887/
72
/1781/
70
/985/
3.9
/34473/
99
/116/
84
/435/
81
/26/
cc age 17+

Starred Up (2014)
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
poster
Hulu
76
7.1
/81949/
72
/5282/
69
/1511/
3.7
/84361/
90
/99/
73
/589/
79
/21/
cc age 18+

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
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.
poster
Starz
75
7.2
/80389/
72
/4471/
70
/1251/
3.4
/58738/
85
/215/
95
/539/
65
/37/
cc age 13+

The Courier (2020)
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
poster
70
6.7
/187884/
71
/11573/
66
/4468/
3.1
/423421/
84
/259/
72
/1420/
67
/41/
cc age 15+

A Simple Favor (2018)
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
7.3
/111070/
75
/7856/
69
/2149/
3.5
/73530/
69
/49/
81
/343/
59
/10/
cc age 17+

Shot Caller (2017)
A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
poster
Kanopy
76
69
7.3
/6966/
69
/101/
72
/154/
3.8
/5383/
92
/50/
74
/60/
77
/20/

Caesar Must Die (2012)
Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
poster
72
68
6.9
/11444/
67
/240/
64
/198/
3.5
/6097/
95
/21/
68
/139/

Topkapi (1964)
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
poster
Netflix
67
6.5
/108609/
71
/10529/
73
/3136/
3.2
/231307/
65
/253/
96
/1604/
54
/50/
cc age 16+

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
5.9
/55974/
62
/4390/
59
/1023/
3.0
/91767/
83
/266/
64
/1063/
65
/41/
cc age 10+

Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it.
poster
Netflix
67
65
6.6
/15792/
67
/343/
63
/251/
3.3
/8124/
83
/35/
59
/228/
65
/12/

Animal Factory (2000)
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
65
7.0
/89750/
74
/2509/
71
/1363/
3.3
/28338/
52
/117/
74
/1359/
43
/32/
cc age 15+

The Last Castle (2001)
A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
poster
The Roku Channel
64
6.7
/32118/
70
/1143/
64
/467/
3.3
/15346/
69
/16/
75
/743/
56
/6/

Stir Crazy (1980)
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
poster
fuboTV
62
6.4
/4941/
69
/120/
65
/110/
3.1
/2410/
52
/25/

The Valachi Papers (1972)
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.1
/29078/
66
/2841/
63
/654/
3.0
/42920/
72
/120/
52
/234/
54
/22/
cc age 17+

Becky (2020)
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
poster
57
6.4
/866/
70
/23/
66
/16/
3.4
/1161/
50
/97/

Framed (1975)
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.3
/12722/
66
/327/
62
/205/
3.1
/5104/
60
/10/
61
/148/
38
/5/

Uncommon Valor (1983)
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
poster
56
6.4
/49052/
67
/1383/
68
/1269/
3.1
/15148/
31
/16/
51
/414/
52
/6/

Lock Up (1989)
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.
poster
55
6.3
/5687/
63
/110/
61
/99/
3.1
/2696/
58
/12/
43
/51/

The MacKintosh Man (1973)
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
54
6.4
/784009/
65
/45831/
59
/18612/
2.5
/860906/
28
/436/
63
/26643/
44
/51/
cc age 13+

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
53
5.9
/11192/
64
/1023/
59
/375/
2.9
/6226/
47
/131/
29
/67/
49
/34/
cc age 17+

Wilson (2017)
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
53
5.7
/13794/
60
/483/
60
/389/
2.6
/13598/
55
/11/
40
/353/

Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.
poster
67
52
6.8
/3044/
71
/99/
64
/84/
3.3
/1573/
67
/350/

Pardon Us (1931)
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
poster
50
6.4
/130750/
68
/3768/
63
/2020/
3.0
/36767/
24
/33/
51
/1680/
36
/20/

The Jackal (1997)
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
48
6.8
/3564/
69
/126/
67
/292/
3.4
/1579/
52
/25/
49
/20/
48
/5/

Angel of Evil (2010)
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated the public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ – for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
47
4.3
/5619/
56
/445/
49
/101/
2.1
/1721/
80
/5/
27
/24/

Corrective Measures (2022)
Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world's most treacherous superpowered criminals, where tensions among the inmates and staff heighten, leading to anarchy that engulfs the prison and order is turned upside down.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
47
5.7
/101248/
69
/14452/
60
/3535/
2.6
/49884/
30
/57/
40
/512/
38
/15/
cc age 17+

Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
poster
Netflix
46
5.5
/75483/
64
/10141/
64
/2118/
2.0
/219157/
15
/160/
72
/838/
35
/41/
cc age 16+

Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
poster
50
45
5.8
/5126/
58
/128/
57
/132/
3.0
/3864/
40
/5/
34
/65/
47
/6/

Prison (1987)
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
poster
45
5.6
/35930/
58
/2010/
58
/1161/
2.3
/12032/
17
/6/
37
/526/

Death Race 2 (2010)
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.
poster
Hoopla
44
5.8
/44203/
61
/1283/
56
/699/
2.7
/19043/
25
/91/
28
/722/
37
/33/

Reindeer Games (2000)
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
poster
68
42
7.1
/2295/
67
/53/
60
/50/
3.4
/3826/
77
/11/

The Jericho Mile (1980)
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
39
6.9
/1611/
64
/28/
60
/33/
3.5
/1720/
50
/53/

The Criminal Code (1931)
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
poster
62
33
6.8
/1688/
66
/29/
60
/30/
3.3
/779/
50
/36/

Convicted (1950)
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
poster
66
32
7.3
/1671/
63
/31/
56
/26/
3.7
/1065/

Bespredel (1989)
Using an elaborate system of denunciation, the chief of the Zone keeps his prisoners in check. A new inmate, allegedly imprisoned for speculating on postage stamps, tries to rebel against the system.
poster
66
27
6.7
/992/
68
/25/
62
/35/
3.4
/723/

The Second 100 Years (1927)
Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.
poster
47
24
5.0
/1176/
55
/30/
48
/33/
37
/38/

Locked Up (2005)
Dennis is a new inmate. Mike is an older black inmate. Together the two face hostile prison officals and inmates in their attempts to become a loving couple.
poster
49
19
4.4
/1086/
48
/40/
48
/34/
2.9
/387/

Bare Behind Bars (1980)
In a women's prison in Brazil, the inmates are young and beautiful, the warden is a sadist, all but one of the guards are cruel, and the nurse is an incompetent cuckoo. To make it difficult for the inmates to hide contraband, they wear no underwear. They are alternately murderous and orgiastic with each other, and they engage in sex play with some of the guards. The warden pimps out inmates to wealthy lesbians. With the help of the nurse and under the cover of Carnival, three inmates stage an escape. Once out, will they contrive to stay undiscovered, or will their natures guarantee an ill-fated end to their attempt?
poster
64
19
6.0
/477/
74
/105/
58
/20/
3.2
/259/

So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
36
18
2.9
/1077/
46
/73/
44
/31/
2.7
/1019/
9
/5/

Alcatraz (2018)
A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber and a gangster, attempt to escape from the infamous Alcatraz Island.
poster
fuboTV
43
16
4.8
/1095/
53
/25/
48
/25/
24
/16/

Ring of Death (2008)
Burke Wyatt is an innocent, but condemned man behind prison walls. He's found an outlet for his rage. It's called the Death Match, a killer sport devised by sadistic wardens and authorities and played out in the bowels of a maximum security prison.


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