Prison Movies

The warden of Halden, Norway's most humane prison, tours the U.S. prison system to urge a new approach emphasizing rehabilitation.

Amshir works in a cabaret owned by his wealthy friend Medhat. Medhat is sentenced to a month in prison after he burned the mustache of a wealthy...

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...

Nearly 10,000 children in Britain visit a parent in prison every week, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Catey Sexton gives a humane and sensitive insight...

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

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years...

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

In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind.

In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court...

Micheal Smith is released from prison after serving four long years for a crime that he claims he did not commit. Within a few hours of his release,...

Set in Rebibbia (a prison in Rome), the short film follows the lives of three inmates waiting for an interrogation.

Movie about prisoners in prison "Thorberg"

The horrifying story of what went on inside General Pinochet's secret prisons.

A Bosnian woman is released from prison after 13 years. She comes back home, where she finds her young son and his pregnant girlfriend. With luggage...

From its beginning during the Reagan years through current times, the War on Drugs has left many victims stranded in the prison system. PRISONERS OF...

A documentary on reformed ex-con Rick Maylender and his attempts to help troubled youths by taking them out of their environment and showing them how...

A boy is locked in his room after an argument with his father, but things go wrong and he may never get out of this silent punishment again.