Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

English

♡ 35

77%

67%

based on novel or book

Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

The Paperboy

2012

English

5.7

♡ 34

45%

Lee Daniels Director

Nicole Kidman as Charlotte Bless

Zac Efron as Jack Jansen

Ned Bellamy as Tyree Van Wetter

Matthew McConaughey as Ward Jansen

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

No Surrender

2011

English

4.9

♡ 9

17%

Tristan Dubois Director

Mena Suvari as Amelia Davis

Danette Mackay as Bernice Frankel

Kate Drummond as Jody

Marc Trottier as Trevor

Amelia's blog empowering women not to tolerate violent relationships has brought her fame, fortune and now someone is out to kill her. Is it the new man in her life, her now paroled ex who inspired the blog, or a deranged fan? Just as she has put the pieces of her life back together, Amelia must figure out who is behind the bizarre string of attacks and stop them before her own life comes to an ironic and violent end.

Kiss of Death

1947

English

7.4

♡ 16

89%

Henry Hathaway Director

John Marley as Convict

Robert Adler as Detective

Karl Malden as Sgt. William Cullen

Bill Zuckert as Sing Sing Guard

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Mean Machine

2001

English

6.4

♡ 34

33%

72%

Action

amateur football (soccer)

Barry Skolnick Director

Jake Abraham as Bob Carter

Jason Flemyng as Bob Likely

Jason Statham as Monk

Geoff Bell as Ratchett

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

Dogboys

1998

English

4.7

♡ 8

Action

prison

Thriller

Ken Russell Director

Tia Carrere as D.A. Jennifer Dern

Dean Cain as Julian Taylor

Sean McCann as Pappy

Jody Racicot as Rego

Marine veteran and former middleweight boxing champion Julian Taylor loses control in a bar fight and ends up serving time for aggravated assault. Soon after his arrival, Julian is introduced to Captain Brown, a menacing, overbearing guard who tags him "Dogboy" and orders him to a claustrophobic dormitory called the doghouse. There, Julian meets fellow inmate Willy Owens and learns that the prison's vicious attack dogs are used to catch and kill escaping prisoners.

Cardinals

2017

English

5.6

♡ 3

85%

Aidan Shipley Director

Peter MacNeill as Jim Walker

Anthony Ulc as Michael Loekner

Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker

Grace Glowicki as Zoe Walker

When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at her door and it becomes clear that the past is not easily forgotten.

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

1997

English

6.3

♡ 6

38%

Kiefer Sutherland Director

Kiefer Sutherland as Curtis Freley

Grace Phillips as Donna Moreland

Marshall Bell as Police Lieutenant

Rick Rossovich as Robert Boylan

Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him.

Inside

2024

English

6.4

♡ 6

97%

Charles Williams Director

Fletcher Humphrys as Gerry

Cosmo Jarvis as Mark Shepard

Leah Vandenberg as S.T.O.P. Class Clincian

Guy Pearce as Warren Murfett

After being transferred from juvenile to adult prison, Mel Blight is taken under the wing of both Mark Shepard, Australia’s most despised criminal, and Warren Murfett, a soon to be paroled inmate. As a paternal triangle grows between them, we see that even the worst of men have a little bit of good inside that will be their undoing.

Convict

2014

English

5.4

♡ 17

David Field and George Basha Director

Richard Green as David

George Basha as Ray francis

Brian Ellison as Ricko

David Field as Warden

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.

Broken Lance

1954

English

6.9

♡ 6

86%

Edward Dmytryk Director

Roy Jenson as Bailiff

Robert Wagner as Joe Devereaux

John Roy as Miner

Robert Adler as O'Reilly

Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.

The Pardon

2013

English

5.5

♡ 10

42%

Action

based on a true story

Tom Anton Director

Jackson Beals as Bailiff #1

M.C. Gainey as Gibbs Duhon

John Valdetero as Mr. Calloway

Jaime King as Toni Jo Henry

Toni Jo tries to break her husband, Cowboy, out of prison and becomes an instant sensation due to her beauty.

Five Corners

1987

English

6.1

♡ 23

78%

Tony Bill Director

Tim Robbins as Harry

Jodie Foster as Linda

David Brisbin as Plainclothesman

Victor Slezak as Policeman

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

The Secret Invasion

1964

English

5.8

♡ 19

67%

Roger Corman Director

William Campbell as Jean Saval

Henry Silva as John Durrell - Assassin

Raf Vallone as Roberto Rocca - Organizer

Mickey Rooney as Terence Scanlon - Demolition

During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

English

7.8

♡ 40

88%

human animal relationship

prison

prisoner

rebel

John Frankenheimer Director

Telly Savalas as Feto Gomez

Michael Masters as Guard

Karl Malden as Harvey Shoemaker

John Indrisano as Inmate

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

We Still Steal the Old Way

2016

English

5.2

♡ 69

50%

Sacha Bennett Director

Brian Croucher as Jimmy Harper

Ian Ogilvy as Richie Archer

Christopher Ellison as Roy

Julian Glover as Sir Edward

The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. Once inside, they encounter their old nemesis Slick Vic Farrow (Billy Murray) who is intent on murdering the gang. The old-school criminals need to use all their wits to stage a daring escape, while dodging Slick Vic, and setting in motion a chain of events which leads to an explosive prison riot.

I'll Be Seeing You

1944

English

7.1

♡ 8

72%

George Cukor Director

Earl Johnson as Dog Owner

Margaret Bert as Mother of Boys

Walter Baldwin as Train Vendor

Joseph Cotten as Zachary Morgan

Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.

Penitentiary

1979

English

5.7

♡ 12

Jamaa Fanaka Director

Lorrie Marlow as 2nd Girl in Restroom

Badja Djola as 'Half Dead' Johnson

Chuck Mitchell as Lieutenant Arnsworth

Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.

Incoming

2018

English

3.3

♡ 52

7%

Eric Zaragoza Director

Scott Adkins as

Aaron McCusker as Bridges

Arkie Reece as Doku

Lukas Loughran as Kingsley

The International Space Station is now a prison - the ultimate black site. No one's getting out. And no one knows it's there. But when the imprisoned terrorists take over the Station and turn it into a missile aimed at Moscow, only a shuttle pilot and a rookie doctor can stop them. Their task is complicated by a rogue CIA agent (Scott Adkins) who has his own plans for the station and the terrorists within.