Lock Up

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 4 Aug 1989 · English

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

The Concrete Jungle

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 3 Oct 1982 · English

An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.

Jailhouse Rock

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 17 Jan 1957 · English

Young convict Vince Everett, serving time for manslaughter, discovers his musical talent in prison and becomes a rock and roll star after his release, navigating fame and relationships.

Brubaker

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 20 Jun 1980 · English

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Felon

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 17 Jul 2008 · English

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

Bad Boys

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 25 Mar 1983 · English

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.

In Hell

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 24 Nov 2003 · English

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

The United States of Leland

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 15 May 2003 · English

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.

Good Time

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 11 Aug 2017 · English

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

Cadence

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 16 Nov 1990 · English

As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 11 Apr 2006 · English

Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not fighting for a title, he is fighting for his life!

The Woodsman

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 24 Dec 2004 · English

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.