Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?

Felon

2008

English

7.4

♡ 49

60%

Ric Roman Waugh Director

Marisol Nichols as Laura Porter

Harold Perrineau as Lt. Jackson

Mike Smith as Rooker

Roman Mitichyan as Swamper Deputy

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Remember My Name

1978

English

6.3

♡ 5

70%

Alan Rudolph Director

Geraldine Chaplin as Emily

Jeff Perry as Harry

Jeff Goldblum as Mr. Nudd

Terry Wills as Waiter

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.

Down by Law

1986

English

7.6

♡ 27

88%

new orleans, louisiana

pimp

prison

prostitute

Jim Jarmusch Director

Billie Neal as Bobbie

Ellen Barkin as Laurette

Pruitt Taylor Vince as (scenes deleted)

Tom Waits as Zack

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

Eileen

2023

English

5.9

♡ 67

81%

53%

Action

based on novel or book

boston, massachusetts

William Oldroyd Director

Shea Whigham as Jim Dunlop

Marin Ireland as Mrs. Polk

Anne Hathaway as Rebecca

Peter McRobbie as Warden

During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.

The Rendering

2002

English

5.2

♡ 5

32%

Peter Svatek Director

Richard Zeman as Older Cop

Shannen Doherty as Sarah Reynolds

Peter Outerbridge as Theodore Gray

Jason Cavalier as Younger Cop

Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police detective Nick Sousa, who put Grat away, as sketch-artist. Then new cases following Gray's MO occur, and a victim who got away gives a description Sara hesitates to confide to paper: it fits Michael scarily. She turns it in, yet once he's behind bars searches in and is blackmailed to plead Gray's paroling or his crime cahoots will torture Michael to death.

The Getaway King

2021

Polish

6.5

♡ 6

72%

man woman relationship

prison

Mateusz Rakowicz Director

Mateusz Nedza as Bald

Robert Wieckiewicz as Barski

Jude Gerard Prest as Barsky

Dawid Ogrodnik as Zdzislaw Najmrodzki

Comedy about Zdzisław Najmrodzki, most famous polish criminal in the times of Polish People Republic, named "the getaway king", known for stealing cars and escaping prison many times, but never hurting anybody.

Walk the Line

2005

English

7.8

♡ 59

83%

James Mangold Director

Shelby Lynne as Carrie Cash

Tyler Hilton as Elvis Presley

Joaquin Phoenix as John R. Cash

Robert Patrick as Ray Cash

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

Undisputed 3: Redemption

2010

English

7.3

♡ 157

Isaac Florentine Director

Scott Adkins as Boyka

Robert Costanzo as Farnatti

Anton Trendafilov as Old Waterman

Vernon Dobtcheff as Rezo

Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

Undisputed

2002

English

6.1

♡ 95

50%

Walter Hill Director

Michael Rooker as A.J. Mercker

Ving Rhames as George 'Iceman' Chambers

Elaine Kagan as Lady Judge

Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein

Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. When these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.

Chained Heat 2

1993

English

3.5

♡ 8

24%

Lloyd A. Simandl Director

Kimberley Kates as Alexandra Morrison

Brigitte Nielsen as Magda Kassar

Paul Koslo as Stanley Goff

Marek Vasut as Stefan Lotsky

An American tourist lands in a Slavic prison run by a twisted woman and the U.S. ambassador.

Hang 'Em High

1968

English

7.0

♡ 56

92%

Ted Post Director

John Wesley as Guard

Clint Eastwood as Marshal Jed Cooper

Paul Sorensen as Prisoner on Scaffold

Bill Zuckert as Sheriff

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

Con Air

1997

English

6.9

♡ 200

59%

Simon West Director

Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe

Steve Buscemi as Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene

M.C. Gainey as Swamp Thing

John Cusack as Vince Larkin

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

2009

English

6.5

♡ 204

30%

Patrick Tatopoulos Director

Michael Sheen as Lucian

Kate Beckinsale as Selene

Rhona Mitra as Sonja

Bill Nighy as Viktor

A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.

Middle of Nowhere

2012

English

6.6

♡ 1

88%

Ava DuVernay Director

Bob Rumnock as Dying Cancer Patient

Dondre Whitfield as Littleton

Craig Cole as Prison Guard

Lorraine Toussaint as Ruth

When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.

Derailed

2005

English

6.6

♡ 56

20%

58%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

Mikael Håfström Director

Clive Owen as Charles Schine

Giancarlo Esposito as Detective Church

Vincent Cassel as LaRoche

Jennifer Aniston as Lucinda Harris

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.

Another 48 Hrs.

1990

English

5.9

♡ 39

19%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Walter Hill Director

Tisha Campbell-Martin as Amy Smith

Steve Monroe as Pickpocket victim

Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond

Shauna O'Brien as Waitress

For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.

The Limey

1999

English

6.9

♡ 30

92%

Steven Soderbergh Director

Luis Guzmán as Eduardo Roel

George Clooney as Himself

Barry Newman as Jim Avery

Nancy Lenehan as Lady on Plane

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

Dr. Broadway

1942

English

6.3

♡ 3

Anthony Mann Director

Edward Earle as Assistant District Attorney Hayes

William Haade as Dynamo

Harry Harvey as Pedestrian

Lester Dorr as Pickpocket

A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.

Malcolm X

1992

English

7.7

♡ 199

89%

Spike Lee Director

Terence Blanchard as Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet

William Fichtner as Cop at Harlem Station

Magic Johnson as Himself - at End of Credits

Denzel Washington as Malcolm X

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

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Remember My Name

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Hang 'Em High

Con Air

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Middle of Nowhere

Derailed

Another 48 Hrs.

The Limey

Dr. Broadway

Malcolm X