Jail Movies

Don Luis Valdez is a luthier of traditional music instruments, who embarks on the task of teaching a group of inmates from the "Santiago 1" prison...

This film traces the prison life of a group of women who-rather than being prepared to reenter society-are brought to the limits of depravity....

Mahi, a seasoned convict who is well-known for attacking his enemies stealthily, decides to murder someone in order to raise money for his friend.

The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill...

Anwar becomes entangled with a terrorist group after personal tragedy leads him down a dark path. As he infiltrates their network, his true motives...

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Based on a real event, this is the spectacular escape of seven prisoners in 1991 from the Villa Devoto prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the...

Based on the true story of three Christian prisoners who face execution in a third world country and how their joy in Christ results in a stunning...

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.

8 men in a holding cell with a homeless man who claims to be God.

Alo, an undocumented overseas Filipino worker, lives in an overcrowded house-share in London. He is struck by a latent neurological problem, which...

Seven men, after getting acquainted in prison and finding out that all of their lives have been affected by the same con man, decide to raid the...

Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six...

The leakage of a massive LPG tank causes a group of brave firemen, police and local people to put their life on the line when a total city evacuation...

A knife in the pocket, adrenaline in the blood and only one dream in mind: to be a gangster - and the biggest one at that. Yehya was 15 years old and...

Following an order of the landowner, the bride of Arsena’s fellow villager gets kidnapped and the bride’s father is relentlessly flogged....

A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.

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...

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape.

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...