Prison Movies

An embittered penitentiary social worker receives an unwelcome blast from the past when the case file of his father, a convicted murderer who has...

As every Sunday, in the Detention Center where she finds herself prisoner, Nathalie awaits her turn in the visiting room.

While Germany sits as one of the major democratic models, an ex-prisoner of the Stasi delivers from his former cell a frightening testimony that...

Hear from the prosecutors who handled Susan Smith's case and why authorities doubted her story from the beginning. The boys' father, David Smith,...

A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds...

After WWII Comisarul Moldovan spent years as a political prisoner of the communist regime. The favorite entertainment of the Russian Colonel in...

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

Today's the day the Missouri madman Otis Boyle finally gets executed. The Warden and his Captain of the Guards, York, have been looking forward to...

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European...

A portrait of American recidivism produced over a span of two years, Revolving Doors follows Jason, who, despite attempts to retain meaningful...

Stage director Frank Castorf “might have been born to direct From the House of the Dead” (Opera Today). His gritty, visually striking...

Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.

Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.

After many years, a convict who spends his days sketching charcoal art in his prison cell receives a surprise visit from his estranged father,...

After 14 years in prison, the time has come for Gogita to return to his normal life. His wishes seem modest enough: a home of his own and then...

Dramatic Escape follows inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Upstate New York, as they attempt to mount a behind bars production of A FEW...

The play revolves around a person who went to prison because of the accumulated debts on him, and when a very absurd video comes out to the world in...