I tend to avoid slow dramas featuring difficult stories that are hard to watch. Usually, there has to be something...
Quirky and aloof but still entertaining, The Escapist is a different kind of prison movie featuring an excellent cast led by Brian Cox.
Devoid of melodrama and focused on the characters, one of which is the prison itself, Guantanamo Bay, Camp X Ray is above all a human story.
Felon is a slow-burning prison movie featuring excellent performances, a realistic and intense atmosphere, and a haunting true story.
Based on fascinating true events, Against The Wall is an incredibly well-crafted and thought-provoking prison movie with relentless pacing.
Derivative but visually appealing, Shot Caller is a standard-issue gritty prison movie amplified by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's strong performance.
Stylish and entertaining, Son of a Gun is an Australian crime thriller with a familiar story and characters bound to keep your attention.
Emotional, visceral, and based on real events, Blood In Blood Out is a masterpiece that will become one of your favorite crime movies. Orale!
Going wild with the concept of a futuristic prison, Fortress is an entertaining B science fiction movie with a lot of action and familiar faces.
Compelling and intense, Le Trou is without a shadow of a doubt the best prison escape movie based on a true story and with an engaging atmosphere.
Incredibly intense and nerve-wracking, Escape From Pretoria is a prison break movie based on true events taking place during Apartheid in South Africa.
If you've never heard of the sexploitation subgenre, The Big Bird Cage is a great way to get to know it. It features an easygoing atmosphere, an exotic setting and just the right amounts of sleaze.
Intense and gritty, Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a testosterone-filled extravaganza set in prison features great action sequences and nightmarish atmosphere.
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Juicy crime/heist thriller with a strong cast, great story, and authentic atmosphere. If you're tired of American heist movies check out this Aussie one.
Intense, raw, and engaging, Celda 211 AKA Cell 211 is a highly underrated Spanish thriller and one of the best prison movies I've ever seen.
Following a familiar space-actioner formula, Lockout is a fun and stylish science fiction movie and a definition of a guilty pleasure.
Stylish and engaging, Get The Gringo is a gritty prison thriller heavily leaning into Mel Gibson's charm and getting away with it.
Furnace milked the shit out of its creepy prison setting to compensate for the underdeveloped characters and formulaic plot.
So outrageously violent that it's hilarious, Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky is the craziest martial arts prison movie you'll ever see.
Based on true events, Papillon is one of those great seventies movies that stood the test of time. It took...