Prison Movies

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

The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security...

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

Augusto Cardenas, former guerrilla of bourgeois origin, goes free after four years in prison, he meets with his parents and his wife. He returns to...

This documentary, which features Sergei Parajanov’s heartbreaking letters from prison, explores creativity among inmates and the art born in...

A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.

An urban drama about a parolee trying to be a better father to his daughter as he struggles for perspective in his life.

An investigation into how inmates, from their cells on Death Row, help pen pals outside in their daily struggles.

A short directed by Diederik Van Rooijen.

For thousands of years, there has been a struggle between good and evil in the world; it also takes place within each person from birth to death. By...

Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground

About Lillemor Östlin in the 60s and 70s. Her downfall from the glamorous Stockholm nightlife to drug addiction, crime and prostitution.

In a German town, teacher Irene leads an inconspicuous, boring, lonely life. One day, a man rings at her door and slips in. It's an armed convict...

An embittered penitentiary social worker receives an unwelcome blast from the past when the case file of his father, a convicted murderer who has...

Confined to a cold cell for 41 nights, a doctor's dreams of failures collide with his memories of success.

A reworking of a familiar theme, the story finds scheming steel tycoon James J. MacGlennon (Tully Marshall) and his high-minded lawyer son Jonathan...

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important...

When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold. He finds the map to the gold on Taggart's...