Prison Movies

  • 2006
    Cruel and Unusual

    Cruel and Unusual

    Cruel and Unusual

    42006HD

    Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included.

    Cruel and Unusual
  • 2007
    Black August

    Black August

    Black August

    5.92007HD

    The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex....

    Black August
  • 2007
    Alle Alle

    Alle Alle

    Alle Alle

    4.82007HD

    Ina, just released from prison, returns to the place of her childhood in search of life and meets the occasional desperado Domühl in her...

    Alle Alle
  • 1999
    Scared Straight! 20 Years Later

    Scared Straight! 20 Years Later

    Scared Straight! 20 Years Later

    6.81999HD

    Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago by confronting them about their lifestyles as teenagers.

    Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
  • 2011
    The University of Sing Sing

    The University of Sing Sing

    The University of Sing Sing

    5.52011HD

    An inside look at the notorious Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where one of the U.S.’s only in-prison college programs, Hudson Link, offers...

    The University of Sing Sing
  • 1923
    Within the Law

    Within the Law

    Within the Law

    5.61923HD

    When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always...

    Within the Law
  • 1994
    Sin Bin

    Sin Bin

    Sin Bin

    91994HD

    A male nurse in a mental hospital witnesses one patient killing another, but struggles with his loyalties and his conscience to come forward.

    Sin Bin
  • 1998
    Thug Life in D.C.

    Thug Life in D.C.

    Thug Life in D.C.

    81998HD

    Aundrey Burno, a black youth looking down the wrong end of a murder charge -- for which a conviction could result in a lifetime in prison -- appears...

    Thug Life in D.C.
  • 1973
    She Knew No Other Way

    She Knew No Other Way

    She Knew No Other Way

    3.41973HD

    Two vagabond friends become lovers of the same beautiful girl, but when their third friend and leader comes out of prison, he has other plans for all...

    She Knew No Other Way
  • 1987
    Despite Everything

    Despite Everything

    Despite Everything

    4.91987HD

    After serving a jail sentence, Hasan gets a job driving a hearse for the protestant church, and becomes involved with a widow, Ayse, and her son.

    Despite Everything
  • 2012
    Young Kids, Hard Time

    Young Kids, Hard Time

    Young Kids, Hard Time

    62012HD

    Young Kids Hard Time explores the story of young children sentenced to adult prison for decades, through the eyes of 12-year old Paul Gingerich and...

    Young Kids, Hard Time
  • 2019
    The words of Ventotene

    The words of Ventotene

    The words of Ventotene

    02019HD

    The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled...

    The words of Ventotene
  • 1996
    Prisoners of the War on Drugs

    Prisoners of the War on Drugs

    Prisoners of the War on Drugs

    7.51996HD

    From its beginning during the Reagan years through current times, the War on Drugs has left many victims stranded in the prison system. PRISONERS OF...

    Prisoners of the War on Drugs
  • 2010
    Superheroes

    Superheroes

    Superheroes

    3.72010HD

    When a policewoman is unfairly accused of selling drugs, her three deadbeat brothers come to the rescue.

    Superheroes
  • 1970
    Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

    Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

    Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

    01970HD

    A split screen jazz and liberation film based on the words of “Un Trip through the Mind Jail” by raúlrsalinas, written in 1969 in...

    Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation
  • 1976
    The Heist

    The Heist

    The Heist

    6.51976HD

    In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out...

    The Heist
  • 1919
    Looney Lions and Monkey Business

    Looney Lions and Monkey Business

    Looney Lions and Monkey Business

    81919HD

    The adventures of an escaped convict.

    Looney Lions and Monkey Business
  • 1989
    Bangkok... One Way

    Bangkok... One Way

    Bangkok... One Way

    101989HD

    Arriving in Bangkok, former boxer Marco Boschi meets Fabio and Andrea to organize the delivery of a cargo of heroin to Italy

    Bangkok... One Way
  • 1970
    Selahattin Eyyubi

    Selahattin Eyyubi

    Selahattin Eyyubi

    5.61970HD

    The film depicts the Christian West's attack on Jerusalem and the defense of Muslims led by Saladin. Believing that they will become rich and go to...

    Selahattin Eyyubi
  • 1991
    Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment

    Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment

    Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment

    5.91991HD

    The Stanford prison experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances...

    Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment