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poster
Peacock Premium
89
IMDb 43
9.3
/3150900/
91
/52419/
87
/29621/
4.6
/2500778/
89
/146/
98
/53483/
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
YouTube TV
83
7.7
/109833/
77
/3093/
75
/1828/
4.3
/181010/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
poster
Netflix
82
7.6
/73519/
76
/2165/
74
/1326/
3.8
/33390/
98
/47/
88
/495/
cc age 17+

Cell 211 (2009)
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.5
/107705/
74
/1861/
73
/1453/
3.7
/3036/
97
/60/
86
/1955/
80
/26/
cc age 17+

Dead Man Walking (1995)
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
8.1
/25870/
82
/863/
78
/480/
4.0
/38395/
89
/75/

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.
poster
Netflix
81
8.2
/61543/
83
/1942/
82
/4512/
3.8
/111959/
85
/52/

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)
Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
poster
79
8.0
/675064/
79
/18725/
76
/8887/
3.9
/422501/
88
/75/
88
/14943/
75
/20/
cc age 17+

Twelve Monkeys (1995)
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
76
7.5
/12613/
72
/236/
73
/200/
3.8
/14785/
95
/20/
87
/151/
80
/14/

Brute Force (1947)
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
poster
76
7.4
/4202/
70
/132/
67
/65/
3.6
/2753/
79
/107/
79
/371/
70
/31/

Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
poster
74
7.7
/98535/
75
/1929/
74
/1170/
3.7
/25666/
72
/65/
88
/1039/
59
/20/

The Experiment (2001)
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
poster
fuboTV
72
7.3
/47291/
73
/1461/
75
/985/
3.4
/18091/
75
/234/

Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
7.6
/168286/
75
/3829/
75
/2861/
4.1
/388752/
69
/62/
87
/3627/
53
/21/
cc age 18+

Lost Highway (1997)
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
poster
Kanopy
77
64
7.3
/3428/
73
/29/
72
/30/
3.7
/2354/
88
/26/
98
/49/
62
/6/

Amerikatsi (2022)
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window - the home of a prison guard.
poster
72
61
7.1
/5606/
68
/104/
68
/235/
3.6
/2234/
91
/11/
73
/20/
67
/6/

R (2010)
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
poster
60
6.3
/84121/
64
/2064/
61
/1168/
2.9
/21745/
59
/162/
48
/1977/
54
/39/
cc age 18+

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
poster
Kanopy
66
58
6.9
/5287/
63
/78/
66
/111/
3.5
/3788/
60
/10/
72
/204/

Breath (2007)
A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage.
poster
70
56
7.1
/2906/
66
/55/
65
/50/
3.5
/2212/
75
/8/
71
/23/
74
/6/

The Big House (1930)
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
poster
Hoopla
53
5.7
/13873/
60
/484/
59
/390/
2.6
/14080/
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
Hulu
52
5.4
/3994/
58
/447/
58
/87/
2.6
/6164/
46
/13/
48
/21/
cc age 15+

The Mill (2023)
A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
poster
61
52
7.1
/12471/
69
/204/
69
/154/
3.3
/1800/
41
/17/
55
/20/

Goodbye Bafana (2007)
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
poster
75
45
7.5
/1386/
79
/130/
76
/40/
3.6
/1094/

25 Years of Innocence (2020)
Tomasz Komenda was 23 years old when his normal life was brutally interrupted. Overnight he was arrested, thrown into prison and charged with murder. Subsequent expert opinions confirmed his participation in the crime, and any evidence was against him. For nearly two decades in prison, he was beaten, intimidated, humiliated and on his own. Finally, after 18 years of imprisonment, prosecutors and a policeman appeared on his way, who decided to discover the truth behind the mysterious case of the detainee.
poster
69
44
7.7
/1309/
73
/37/
79
/15/
3.5
/10626/
76
/62/
47
/24/

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2022)
Dodo Rozak just wants to be a good father to his daughter, Kartika, despite his limited intelligence, acts and behaves like children. In fact, it is Kartika who takes care of her father most of the time. Both live happily.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
42
6.6
/826/
74
/47/
74
/68/
3.5
/7407/

2037 (2022)
Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a civil servant, is framed as a murderer and imprisoned in a women's prison.
poster
70
35
7.4
/1700/
71
/35/
70
/19/
3.4
/1626/

Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil (2018)
Jacob, a manager at a big financial firm, finds himself behind bars when he tries to save the woman he loves from being involved in a criminal case. The only way for him to survive and to escape was to break out of prison. How he plans and executes the prison break forms the crux of the movie.
poster
Hoopla
55
32
5.5
/1523/
52
/36/
58
/51/
3.1
/631/
48
/84/

Alive (2003)
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
poster
64
30
6.9
/1144/
60
/31/
63
/22/
3.5
/869/
71
/7/
56
/4/

Arise, My Love (1940)
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
poster
61
29
5.5
/836/
63
/51/
61
/82/
3.3
/880/

Rookies Go to War (1974)
A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.
poster
Netflix
68
25
7.2
/450/
53
/8/
84
/10/
3.3
/4568/

2nd Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2024)
As a group of cellmates continues to protect the daughter of their peer, they tackle a new challenge when authorities thwart her adoption by caretakers.
poster
JustWatch TV
55
21
6.5
/1323/
62
/26/
57
/18/
3.3
/937/
27
/12/

Women's Prison (1955)
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
poster
63
18
6.2
/639/
65
/15/
61
/20/
3.5
/242/
57
/19/

The Visitor (2008)
A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father - a man of great violence - in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the boy´s only other companion. Their simple life is disrupted when a stranger appears, with a note from the father and a bullet in his side. Reluctantly, mother and son offer the stranger refuge.
poster
36
7
3.8
/483/
42
/16/
40
/16/
25
/5/

Inside (2012)
Prison inmate Miles Barrett is ripped awake in the middle of the night by a terrifying crash, gunfire, and the sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison - and it's coming for Miles...
poster
?
7.3
/45/
50
/5/
70
/1/

Prisoner C33 (2022)
Reading Gaol, England, 1896. Prisoner C33, starving and thin, unable to wash properly, is a brilliant writer, husband and father of two, once the most beloved artist in Victorian London. His real name is Oscar Wilde.
poster
?
6.9
/16/
33
/3/

Lucky Fares (2014)
One of the Three Kings and Santa Claus spend Christmas in jail, talking about what their future will be like in a world like this.
poster
61
?
6.6
/167/
52
/4/
61
/7/
3.5
/349/

Cages (1967)
An allegory of the hopeless relationship between a prisoner and his jailer, representing the dependence of mankind upon authoritarianism.
poster
?
7.8
/5/
10
/1/
80
/2/

Hævnen er vor - et portræt af fange nr. 22, Palle Sørensen (1989)
N/A
poster
?
7.7
/51/
20
/1/
70
/1/

Chalk (2001)
A short directed by Diederik Van Rooijen.
poster
?
7.0
/8/

Violetas (2008)
Emma is 50 years old and twenty who acts corrections officer. Her life revolves around the jail where he works and her home. Without leaving his loneliness, her order and her almost obsessive routine, lives locked in a reality that has been built for she.
poster
?
7.0
/7/
10
/1/

À double tour (1993)
N/A
poster
60
?
6.2
/201/
60
/1/
60
/2/

Prison Ship (1945)
Panic arises among Allied POWs aboard a Japanese freighter when they learn that the ship is actually a decoy target for American submarines on night patrol. The prisoners unite and attack their Japanese captors just as an American sub surfaces and, not knowing the prisoners are aboard, prepares to torpedo the ship.
poster
47
?
5.6
/173/
33
/3/
54
/7/

Silent Scream (1990)
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
poster
68
?
8.4
/992/
60
/4/
48
/6/
3.7
/330/

Tattoo (1991)
After a quarrel with his wife, a man leaves their apartment with one suitcase only. Having slept in a train station, the police legitimates him and found him suspicious. Soon he'll find himself locked in a prison with several other, mostly innocent people. The true horror begins only then.
poster
61
?
6.1
/440/
47
/4/
75
/7/

Zig Zag (1970)
A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.
poster
?
51
/5/
59
/4/

Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment (1991)
The Stanford prison experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances of prison life, and the effects of imposed social roles on behaviour. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University.
poster
?
9.0
/6/
100
/1/

Ashes to Idols (2021)
The journey from ashes to idols through the eyes of a teenager who has created many jobs in the process The documentary shows how a teenager decided to get rid of temple's waste by making idols from them and how few jail inmates became his helper in the process.
poster
?
4.9
/85/
87
/4/
45
/2/

General von Döbeln (1942)
1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead. A group of conspirators are planning to set him free and make him their leader in a coup d'etat.
poster
56
?
7.7
/195/
10
/1/
63
/3/
3.8
/291/

The Walled In (1969)
A guard prevents the inmate's escape from the prison. During his second attempt, the inmate decides to save guard's life who have been fallen into the river while trying to catch him. Since the guard's job is now to keep an eye on him in the cell, they spend a lot time together and their hatred turns into a sincere friendship. The guard wants to help inmate to escape again.
poster
?
5.8
/58/
61
/6/
45
/7/

Female Prisoner No. 701 Scorpion: Gaiden (2011)
Nami Matsushima, prisoner #701 is sent to a Woman's Prison for attempted murder. Nami is brought into Number 2 community cell, where suicides and unnatural deaths occurred one after another. In the punishment cell, Nami begins to look back in her past. After dealing with her horrible experiences, Nami seeks to escape from prison. Who will survive?
poster
?
100
/1/

The Prisoner (2013)
Sonny and Dub once shared a cell. Now Sonny is a free man, but Dub is on death row and sentenced to be executed in a matter of days. As Sonny comes to visit Dub one last time, Dub has one last dying request for Sonny.


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