Jail Movies

A story depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his prison mob while...

In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the complex forces of racism and greed currently at...

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island...

The St. Valentine's Day massacre is the stuff of American legend, and the tale is familiar to nearly everyone. But the story of that bloody day in...

A pretty factory girl falls for an ex con. He's still in love with his ex wife. Love triangle soon becomes even larger.

A mother struggles to hold her family together as multiple crises threaten to destroy them.

Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of...

Jacob, a successful businessman, is settled in Dubai with his family. He is forced to flee to another country when he ends up with a huge debt as his...

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.

A look at the prison breakout of Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional facility, as well as a look back at some of the most daring...

Norbert Witte, once the king of the only amusement park of the former GDR, today he is behind bars in Germany. When fleeing bankruptcy in Berlin,...

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

After a prison leader grants an interview before his release, a reporter investigates the course of events that led to this inmate's untimely death.

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

Multiple recidivist Tadeusz Wilk out of jail thanks to an amnesty. He has no idea where to go and what to do with themselves. Post lays down back...

North Philadelphia, PA – Kev, El and Andy are three men united by one struggle: they are trying to defy gravity. As part of the 700,000...

Carlito 'Kado' is sentenced to three years in prison for fraud, leaving his pregnant girlfriend to fend for herself in the real world.

Chronicles the days between Mayweather's May 5, 2012 victory over Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto and the start of a three-month jail term on...