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1. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)
TV-14 | 132 min | Drama
A story of love between a mentally-ill father who was wrongly accused of murder and his lovely six year old daughter. Prison will be their home. Based on the 2013 Korean movie Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013).
Director: Mehmet Ada Öztekin | Stars: Aras Bulut Iynemli, Nisa Sofiya Aksongur, Deniz Baysal, Celile Toyon Uysal
Votes: 55,809
2. Lock Up (1989)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham
Votes: 46,527 | Gross: $22.10M
3. No Escape (1994)
R | 118 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon
Votes: 22,759 | Gross: $15.34M
4. Fortress (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a future, private underground prison/Fortress, the inmates are computer controlled with CCTV, dream readers and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife are inside but want to escape before birth.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith, Clifton Collins Jr.
Votes: 30,525 | Gross: $6.74M
5. Down by Love (2016)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Based on a true story, the impossible love between a prison director and one of its female inmates.
Director: Pierre Godeau | Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Guillaume Gallienne, Stéphanie Cléau, Aliénor Poisson
Votes: 2,410 | Gross: $0.00M
6. Stroszek (1977)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg
Votes: 15,373
7. The Big Hit (2020)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Director: Emmanuel Courcol | Stars: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes
Votes: 2,943
8. The Executioner (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 7,447
9. Unchained (1955)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A convict in a medium-security prison is torn between his need to finish his sentence and get back to his wife and family, and his desire to escape the confines of prison.
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, Barbara Hale, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan
Votes: 233
10. The Hunter Will Get You (1976)
110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Labro | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Jean Négroni, Patrick Fierry
Votes: 2,462
11. Convict 13 (1920)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,566
12. Diary for My Children (1984)
Unrated | 106 min | Biography, Drama
Having lost her parents to Stalin's purges, a girl returns from Soviet Union to her native Hungary to live with her Stalinist aunt.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Ágnes Csere, Anna Polony, Teri Földi
Votes: 1,018
13. The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Joe Calvert (Fernandel) is a nearsighted, friendly man who works as a clerk in a large department store, who gets into embarrassing situations when he isn't wearing his glasses. Since Joe ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Louis Seigner, David Opatoshu
Votes: 305
14. Vénéneuses (2017)
81 min | Crime
An aging gangster escapes from prison and is taken in by a very beautiful blonde who asks him to kill her uncle because he guards her money but prevents her from using it.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Richard Bohringer, Clara Huet, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 26
15. Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A mild-mannered government bureaucrat discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Bourvil, Joan Greenwood, Gérard Oury, Roger Tréville
Votes: 577
16. Crossing Dates (2008)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
3 separate stories take place over two days. The characters' paths intersect, and they affect each-other unintentionally. The three stories are united not only by the characters but also by... See full summary »
Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Mimi Branescu, Oxana Moravec, Andi Vasluianu, Dorian Boguta
Votes: 204
17. Like the Wind (2013)
110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Inspired by a true story LIKE THE WIND narrates 15 years of Armida Miserere's life, a woman who with determination and grit, but also personal suffering, was one of the first woman to ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Simon Puccioni | Stars: Valeria Golino, Filippo Timi, Francesco Scianna, Chiara Caselli
Votes: 426
18. Vnitrní zrak (1983 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
Abstract painter Renast has an exhibition coming up featuring art collector and connoisseur Tessier. He buys a set of paintings from him and the delighted painter rushes home to his beloved... See full summary »
Director: Antonín Moskalyk | Stars: Josef Bek, Eduard Cupák, Veronika Freimanová, Ladislav Frej
19. Médecin-chef à la Santé (2012 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
A woman replaces a co-worker as a medical doctor at La Sante prison in Paris.
Director: Yves Rénier | Stars: Mathilde Seigner, Samuel Labarthe, Youssef Hajdi, Jérôme Robart
Votes: 37
20. Les coupables (1965 TV Movie)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Abder Isker | Stars: Bernard Murat, Pierre Michaël, Nadine Alari, André Weber
21. Santo Stefano (1997)
84 min | Crime, Drama
In 1959, in the prison of Santo Stefano, located on an Italian island, Bruno D'Assisi, the just arrived new director, tries to make is best to improve prisoners' life conditions, with the ... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Pasquini | Stars: Lucio Allocca, Gaetano Amato, Claudio Amendola, Claudio Bigagli
Votes: 12
22. La justice des hommes (1959–1960)
45 min | Documentary
Stars: Étienne Lalou, Claude-Henri Salerne, Edmond Michelet, René Floriot
23.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Blutsbande
(2004)
Crime, Drama
Leo Kress is very bad tempered: Georg Saldon ,who has been sentenced for the murder of the husband of Luise will marry Luise.The families have organized a party for the toast.Georg says to ... See full summary »
Director: Hartmut Griesmayr | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher
Votes: 16
24.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Lohmanns innerer Frieden
(1983)
57 min | Crime, Drama
A man, sentenced for life for a goldsmith's murder, is released after 15 years. The cop who arrested him back in the day, is bothered by a hunch that this may not be the guilty man after all.
Director: Jürgen Goslar | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Martin Benrath, Christine Ostermayer
Votes: 73
25.
Lady Cop (1994–2006)
Episode:
Die Geliebte des Killers
(2000)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lover of the killer.
Director: Karola Hattop | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Thomas Scharff, Arthur Brauss, Gertraud Jesserer
26.
La justice des hommes (1959–1960)
Episode:
Prisons de Fresnes et de Melun
(1959)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Igor Barrère, René Lucot | Stars: Étienne Lalou, Edmond Michelet, Claude-Henri Salerne
27.
La justice des hommes (1959–1960)
Episode:
La peine capitale
(1960)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Igor Barrère | Star: Étienne Lalou
28.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
Gato gris
(2015)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Thriller
A DNA test could help to prove Macarena's innocence, but the doctor refuses to perform one at this stage in her pregnancy. Macarena asks Fabio to help her, but things don't go as she had planned.
Directors: Sandra Gallego, David Molina Encinas | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 419
29.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
Negra, negrita, negrata
(2015)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller
Macarena's caught smuggling drugs and ends up in debt to the prison doctor, Zulema and her rival Anabel. As Zulema prepares to escape, Leopoldo closes in on her boyfriend and is ready to confront him.
Directors: Jesús Colmenar, Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 433
30.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
El principio de las tortugas
(2015)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Thriller
Following Fabio's disappearance Macarena gets an emergency hearing. However she uncovers Zumela's plan.
Directors: Jesús Colmenar, Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 437
31.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
Hogar dulce hogar
(2016)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Thriller
Macarena has returned to prison. The doctor has problems with Fabio because of their past issues. Karim wants avenge for Hanbal murder. Zulema is in trouble with Karim.
Director: Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 390
32.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
A un mono, dos pistolas
(2016)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Thriller
Macarena is now linked with Zulema and her crew. They have problems to reach the goal. The police is desperately looking for them. The prison has new rules, more severe with the women.
Director: Jesús Colmenar | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 424
33.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
En la línea de fuego
(2016)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Thriller
Macarena participates in a boxing competition inside the prison. Zulema has to visit the dentist and her plan is discovered. Macarena's family have help to make disappear the body they have.
Director: Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 366