Cape Fear

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 13 Nov 1991 · English

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Wasteman

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 20 Feb 2026 · English

Taylor's hopes for a fresh start post-parole are jeopardised by cellmate Dee's arrival. As Dee takes Taylor under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond, forcing Taylor to choose between protecting Dee and his own chances at freedom.

Bronson

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 13 Mar 2009 · English

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

Chopper

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 21 Jun 2000 · English

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Cleveland Abduction

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 2 May 2015 · English

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

Lost Highway

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 15 Jan 1997 · English

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Requiem for a Dream

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 6 Oct 2000 · English

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Land of the Blind

Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 1 May 2006 · English

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

Brawl in Cell Block 99

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 23 Sept 2017 · English

After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.

The Valachi Papers

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 6 Jan 1972 · English

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie · 8.4 / 10 · 23 May 1984 · English

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

South Central

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 18 Sept 1992 · English

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.