Prison Movies

A film narrated by a prison interview with long-jailed black radical Ojore Lutalo. Ojore touches on many issues, from what prisons are, to why he is...

Ray's life is turned upside down when he is jailed for the accidental vehicular homicide. Life behind bars is bitter and violent. Over crowding, male...

In the late 19th century at Längelmäki two men kill a mailman and rob all the money he carried. Based on actual events.

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...

Metamorphosis is a documentary-style film giving the true account Bill Troester and the transformation he experienced by Jesus out of a life of...

Skin flick about bank robbery.

Sarajevo, rush hour. Emir (15), accompanied by a social worker, is on his way to meet his father Safet for a weekend picnic at Igman, a semi-open...

Five star (hotel) is a sarcastic reference to the Pretoria prison which is central to the plot. An inmate Skollie (A nickname meaning delinquent)...

Hostage-taking in a maximum security prison. Three felons bring three friends with homemade bombs under their control. A police officer who happens...

David Aldrich aspires to be an author. The publishers reject most of his manuscripts because they seem to lack realism. David struggles on, however,...

The adventures of an escaped convict.

When an unworldly country man is released from prison setting out a new revenge, a night club singer crosses his path. He eagerly leads her to his...

The story of a policeman whose life was ruined by an accident

Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events...

Halil is a teenage boy, son of a poor porter, and sees him dying when serving a man without compassion. Halil keeps on with father's work, to pay for...

Augusto Cardenas, former guerrilla of bourgeois origin, goes free after four years in prison, he meets with his parents and his wife. He returns to...

Young gangster wannabe is framed for a murder and sent to prison.

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

An experimental intake of Ojore Nuru Lutalo as he recounts the 22 years he spent in political isolation, and the flourishing comradery he built with...

Markus is in an institution for young sex offenders. He is a shy boy whose face tells wordless stories. There is no physical proximity at the...