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1. Law of Tehran (2019)
131 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The police are after a drug lord named Naser Khakzad, but when they finally manage to catch him, he tries whatever he can think of to escape and save his family.
Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Farhad Aslani
Votes: 18,552
2. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,678
3. The Big House (1930)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Directors: George W. Hill, Ward Wing | Stars: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery
Votes: 2,592
4. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Not Rated | 625 min | Drama
The collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito
Votes: 509
5. Death and the Judge (2018)
50 min | Documentary, Crime, Family
The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years and issued about 4500 death sentences; ... See full summary »
Director: Hassan Khademi | Stars: Nourollah Aziz-Mohammadi, Hassan Khademi
Votes: 21
6. Strangeways Riot: 25 Days of Mayhem (2022 TV Special)
88 min | Documentary
The story of the riot and subsequent protest over living conditions that engulfed Manchester's Strangeways Prison in 1990.
Director: Kim Lomax | Stars: Colin Tierney, Kay Burley, Alan Hall, Peter Hancox
Votes: 14
7. The Tree That Remembers (2002)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
In 1992, a young Iranian student hanged himself on the outskirts of a small Ontario town. Having escaped the Ayatollah's regime and found a new home in Canada, he could not escape his past.... See full summary »
Director: Masoud Raouf | Stars: Niousha Farahi, Reza Gahfari, Shirin Ghanbari, Shokoufeh Sakhi
Votes: 25
8.
Eli Stone (2008–2009)
Episode:
Patience
(2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Eli's practical joke against Dowd results in Taylor taking on a gay chimpanzee case, and Eli enlists Bennett's help when his vision leads him to a prisoner who is the victim of a vindictive warden.
Director: Perry Lang | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Natasha Henstridge, Loretta Devine, Matt Letscher
Votes: 186
9.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Enter the Biggest Prison System in History
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Abby Martin, Eugene Puryear
Votes: 17
10.
Unreported World (2000– )
Episode:
Haiti: The Prison from Hell
(2016)
25 min | Documentary, News
Reporter Seyi Rhodes gains access to one of the world's most notorious prisons, Haiti's National Penetentiary in Port-au-Prince, where 80% of the inmates crowded into the jail have not been convicted of a crime.
Director: Kate Godfrey | Stars: Seyi Rhodes, Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Votes: 7
11.
S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode:
Seizure
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Hondo suspects there's an ulterior motive when civilians are taken hostage in a prison riot.
Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell, Lina Esco
Votes: 758