Prison movies often show how people deal with being locked up, both physically and emotionally. They explore feelings like hope, regret, and the struggle to stay strong in tough situations. These stories can feel real because they focus on personal challenges and the desire to change or survive, which many people can understand in some way.
70 Movies
2009
After a brutal crime tears his family apart, a grieving man is pushed to the edge when the justice system fails him releasing one of the killers through a plea bargain. Consumed by rage, he takes the ...
2024
Sergei Kravinoff, a legendary big-game hunter, gains superhuman abilities and an extended lifespan after taking a mystical serum...
1999
Set on death row in a Southern prison, The Green Mile follows John Coffey, a gentle giant with the miraculous ability to heal. When head guard Paul Edgecomb realizes Coffey’s extraordinary gift...
1981
n 1997, Manhattan has been sealed off and converted into a massive maximum-security prison where the nation’s most dangerous criminals create their own lawless society. But when the President o...
1994
Wrongly convicted in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, honorable banker Andy Dufresne begins serving a life sentence at Shawshank Prison. There, he uses his accounting skills ...
2009
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a sweet kid who adores his parents, but their constant business dinners mean he’s often left with a babysitter. It’s fine when his favorite sitter, Janelle...
1979
Escape from Alcatraz recounts the daring breakout of the only three inmates ever known to escape the legendary maximum-security prison. For 29 years, the fortress-like federal penitentiary—home...
2017
Based on the real-life journey of Billy Moore, the story follows his brutal struggle to survive inside a Thai prison—where he ultimately finds a path to endurance and redemption by training to ...
1978
Billy Hayes is arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey, and the courts, eager to make an example, sentence him to over 30 years in prison. His chances for freedom hinge on two paths: ap...
2014
Warren Jeffs ascends to power within the polygamist Mormon sect founded by his late father, but a group of his wives courageously resist, determined to bring him to justice. Based on true events....
1974
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose custody of their baby to the state of Texas and become determined to get him back at any cost. After Lou-Jean helps Clovis break out of jail, ...
2015
A gripping drama exploring the tense and complex relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted murderer who had been living abroad under Finkel’s identi...
