Movies: Prison

A young woman marries against her father's will, but the happy life she expected turns into a series of tragedies....

Set in an open prison, where a former trade union activist subjects his more passive cell mate to an incessant barrage of union mumbo-jumbo....

An ex mobster reflects on love and loss after spending 32 years in prison....

After many years, a convict who spends his days sketching charcoal art in his prison cell receives a surprise visit from his estranged father, forcing him to contemplate his own existence....

A psychologist for inmates has knowledge of a secret, experimental brain implant, designed to change convicts' behavior so that they will not remember or repeat their crimes and, therefore, be able to return productively to society rather than remain...

Brigadier is a cheater and selfish businessman who needs to escape from the prison where he is being held, his only chance to achieve is to become director of a theater group of some prisoners who despises. Amidst the hilarious and tense situations t...

A collection of gags set inside a prison....

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A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California....

Since November 2022, the Brussels prisons of Saint-Gilles, Forest and Berkendael have been moving to the brand-new "prison village" of Haren, on the outskirts of Brussels. An ultra-modern, ultra-secure, semi-private prison. But why build new prison...

Sensationalized in the media as a high profile catfishing case involving an NBA superstar and an aspiring model, Shelly Chartier was portrayed as a master manipulator who used social media as her weapon. Through the sensitive and intelligent lens of ...

3 inmates at a women prison camp are planning a daring escape....

Justi is in dire need of escape after a bar fight she was not responsible for. Thankfully, a party set up by other escapees can give her that excuse....

A documentary about Goran Ivandic 'Ipe', the drummer of most popular Yugoslav rock band of all time, Sarajevo-based "Bijelo dugme" (White Button). Ivandic's fatal jump from the balcony of hotel Metropol in Belgrade in 1994 sparked much controversy ar...

An early Patwardhan documentary completed in 1978, Prisoners of Conscience focuses on the state of emergency imposed by Indira Ghandi from June 1975 through March 1977. During this time over 100,000 people were arrested without charge and imprisoned ...

Five star (hotel) is a sarcastic reference to the Pretoria prison which is central to the plot. An inmate Skollie (A nickname meaning delinquent) escapes from jail with one desire, to be united with his son again. Life outside is much different to ...

Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guards hugging them farewell....

In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German reunification in 1990, talk about their times of trial and their lives today. Neither they, nor their families ...

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A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden....