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51. Carandiru (2003)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama
Stories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Enrique Diaz, Wagner Moura, Caio Blat, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 22,047 | Gross: $0.21M
52. Riot (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action
Cop Jack Stone robs a Russian mob bank to end in the same prison as the mob boss killing Jack's wife. An inmate helps him as does a reporter. Lots of fights.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Matthew Reese, Dolph Lundgren, Danielle C. Ryan, Chuck Liddell
Votes: 3,832
53. Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror.
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Tommy Dean Musset, Jason Barry, Bárbara Elorrieta
Votes: 13,068
54. Half Past Dead (2002)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Matt Battaglia, Ja Rule
Votes: 16,773 | Gross: $15.36M
55. Brute Force (1947)
Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo
Votes: 11,593
56. Up Close & Personal (1996)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 15,347 | Gross: $51.09M
57. Scum (1991 TV Movie)
R | 78 min | Crime, Drama
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, David Threlfall, Martin Phillips, Davidson Knight
Votes: 2,794
58. Caged (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson
Votes: 4,736
59. Prison (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 4,781 | Gross: $0.35M
60. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Sport
A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen
Votes: 9,408
61. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,441
62. Crazy Joe (1974)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Rip Torn
Votes: 685
63. Two Men in Town (1973)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 5,052
64. Lockdown (2000)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Director: John Luessenhop | Stars: Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P
Votes: 2,738 | Gross: $0.45M
65. Fortress 2: Re-Entry (2000)
R | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi
7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Beth Toussaint, Willie Garson, Aidan Ostrogovich
Votes: 7,333
66. Talk to Me (2007)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps
Votes: 10,280 | Gross: $4.47M
67. Virumandi (2004)
Not Rated | 175 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A temperamental farmer gets embroiled in a bloody clan feud in a southern Tamil Nadu village.
Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Pasupathy, Napolean
Votes: 7,807
68. Against the Wall (1994 TV Movie)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on the true story of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Clarence Williams III, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 3,297
69. Island of Fire (1990)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercenaries is being assembled.
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 3,935
70. Destroyer (1988)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, 18 months later, a team of filmmakers converge on the prison to film a women-in-prison exploitation flick.
Director: Robert Kirk | Stars: Deborah Foreman, Clayton Rohner, Lyle Alzado, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 1,037
71. Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Prisoners and guards clash in a high-tech security jail where there are no rules.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: David Field, Mike Bishop, Chris DeRose, Kevin Mackey
Votes: 1,963
72. Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
The young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He's assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out ... See full summary »
Directors: Harvey Hart, Jules Schwerin | Stars: Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Zooey Hall, Danny Freedman
Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.18M
73. Today You Die (2005 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those who framed him.
Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy | Stars: Steven Seagal, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Sarah Buxton, Mari Morrow
Votes: 4,754
74. Attica (2021)
TV-MA | 116 min | Documentary, History
This unnervingly vivid dive into the 1971 uprising from Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.
Directors: Traci Curry, Stanley Nelson | Stars: Arthur Harrison, Carlos Roche, Tyrone Larkins, George Che Nieves
Votes: 3,092
75. Girls in Prison (1994 TV Movie)
R | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars ... See full summary »
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Diane McGee, Harvey Chao, Bahni Turpin, Ralph Meyering Jr.
Votes: 689
76. Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A sympathetic detective helps reunited sisters (Annie Wood, Gail Harris) out of trouble as they avenge their mother's death.
Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Annie Wood, Gail Thackray, Jenna Bodnar, Dean Howell
Votes: 471
77. Half Past Dead 2 (2007 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime
Former WWE & WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg and hip-hop group Tha Dog Pound's Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown push life to the limit in this explosive sequel to the 2002 hit movie Half Past Dead.
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Bill Goldberg, Kurupt, Jack Conley, Robert Madrid
Votes: 2,098
78. Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003 Video)
R | 81 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A Time Enforcement Commission police officer (Jason Scott Lee) travels back in time to prevent a criminal mastermind from gaining control of the future.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Mary Page Keller, John Beck
Votes: 2,583
79. The Beautiful Country (2004)
R | 125 min | Drama
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Dang Quoc Thinh Tran, Thi Hoa Mai
Votes: 3,979 | Gross: $0.44M
80. Screwed (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on ... See full summary »
Director: Reg Traviss | Stars: James D'Arcy, Noel Clarke, Frank Harper, Kate Magowan
Votes: 2,306
81. Terra Nova (2008)
119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
This dystopia takes place in the near future. The death penalty has been abolished throughout the world. The prisons are overcrowded. International organizations decide to conduct an experiment.
Director: Aleksandr Melnik | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Andrey Feskov, Marat Basharov, Pavel Sborshchikov
Votes: 2,073
82. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon
Votes: 2,450
83. Weeds (1987)
R | 115 min | Drama
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Nick Nolte, Rita Taggart, Ernie Hudson, Mark Rolston
Votes: 923 | Gross: $2.33M
84. Imprisoned (2018)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Dylan attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal, with his true love, Maria. He soon realizes that his past will continue to haunt him, when he learns the new local prison warden has not forgiven him for an old crime.
Director: Paul Kampf | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, John Heard
Votes: 304
85. Pardon Us (1931)
Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 2,830
86. Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991)
R | 88 min | Action
Jimmy Boland is a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.
Director: Oley Sassone | Stars: Don Wilson, Richard Roundtree, Gregory McKinney, Rick Dean
Votes: 667 | Gross: $0.04M
87. Danny 45 (2022)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the real-life story of an inmate who became the underground boss of the Dominican Republic's most dangerous prison.
Director: Gilbert de la Rosa | Stars: Ramón Emilio Candelario, Jalsen Santana, Antonio Melenciano, Miguel Ángel Martínez
Votes: 66
88. The McKenzie Break (1970)
PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, War
During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson
Votes: 1,704
89. Attica (1980 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
The true story of the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 541
90. The Hunter Will Get You (1976)
110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Labro | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Jean Négroni, Patrick Fierry
Votes: 2,466
91. Stir (1980)
101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a repeat offender returns to a prison after exposing abuses committed by its guards to the press, tensions boil between inmates and staff, culminating in a bloody riot.
Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Gary Waddell
Votes: 397
92. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A corrupt D.A. (Thurston Hall) with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter (James Cagney) for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft
Votes: 3,737
93. The Inmate (2007)
140 min | Drama, Romance
Set in two contrasting environments that undeline the same premise of imprisonment, Selda tells the story of Rommel (Sid Lucero), a young man who accidentally kills a boy, resulting in his ... See full summary »
Directors: Ellen Ramos, Paolo Villaluna | Stars: Sid Lucero, Emilio Garcia, Ara Mina, Michael De Mesa
Votes: 212
94. Civil Brand (2002)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
Frances is in the pen for killing her abusive husband. The abused the prisoners rise up against the "new plantation" that harvest human labor for profit. Nothing will stop Frances and her fellow inmates in this brutal battle for justice.
Director: Neema Barnette | Stars: LisaRaye McCoy, N'Bushe Wright, Yasiin Bey, Monica Calhoun
Votes: 817 | Gross: $0.24M
95. Vice Academy Part 3 (1991)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
Female inmates escape from prison and go on a series of robberies, and it's up to the incompetent vice squad rookies to stop them.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Elizabeth Kaitan, Julia Parton, John Henry Richardson
Votes: 464
96. Convicted (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 1,497
97. The Escape (1978)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The lawyer Jean-Philippe Duroc visits his client, Martial Gaulard, sentenced to death for a murder he has not committed. At that moment, a mutiny happens inside the prison.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Pierre Richard, Victor Lanoux, Raymond Bussières, Claude Brosset
Votes: 1,393
98. The Last Gangster (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander
Votes: 1,762
99. We Who Are About to Die (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man (John Beal) sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer
Votes: 238
100. Why? (1971)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 1,019