New, Upcoming or Elusive

New and Upcoming Prison Movies

  • The Nightingale of Tibet (2012, India)
  • Calapor (2013, India)
  • Brides (2014, Georgia)
  • Ley de Fuga (2014, Venezuela) released 26 September 2014
  • Captain Masr (2015, Egypt)
  • Unutra / Inside (2015, Serbia)
  • Presos / Imprisoned (2015, Costa Rica / Colombia)
  • La Stoffa dei sogni (2016, Italy)
  • Stanley a Man of Variety (2016, UK)
  • Il permesso – 48 ore fuori (Italy, 2017) – available but no English subtitles
  • The Brutal 9 (2017, USA)
  • Death House (2017, USA)
  • Jugni – Hath Kise na Auni (2017, India)
  • Last Rampage (2017, USA)
  • Inhumane (2018, USA)
  • Kyoukaishi (2018, Japan) – available but no English subtitles
  • Chalkboard Prison (2018, Canada)
  • Jibril (2018, Germany)
  • Night Walk (2019, USA)
  • De Frivillige / Out of Tune (2019, Denmark)
  • El Principe / The Prince (2019, Chile, Argentina, Belgium)
  • Prison 13 (2019, Japan)
  • Lupin the Third – Prison of the Past (2019, Japan)
  • Semper Fi (2019, UK, USA)
  • Inmate Zero (2020, USA)
  • Dark Blood (2021, Argentina, Colombia)
  • Great Freedom (2021, Germany)
  • Ariaferma / The Inner Cage (2021, Italy, Switzerland)
  • Le paradis / The Lost Boys (2023, France, Belgium)
  • Los delincuentes / The Delinquents (2023, Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile)
  • Eileen (2023, USA, UK, South Korea)

In Development

  • Goree Girls (USA)
  • Incarceron (USA)
  • Marching Powder (USA)
  • Prison is Not My Home (South Africa) – Zallywood
  • A Letter from Prison (South Korea)
  • The Marriott Cell (UK)
  • All Day and a Night (USA)
  • Welcome to Hoxford
  • Time (UK)
  • Inside (Australia)

Bars

Top 10 Most Wanted but Elusive

  • It’s a Mad, Mad Prison (1988, Taiwan)
  • Fængslende feriedage / Holidays in Jail (1978, Denmark)
  • Gyodoso World Cup / Prison World Cup (2001, South Korea)
  • Gokudô meshi / Sukiyaki (2011, Japan) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Her Majesty’s Pleasure (1973, UK)
  • La Cavale / On the Lam (1971, France)
  • Longe da Vista (1998, Portugal)
  • Tetoviranje / Tattooing (1991, Croatia)
  • The Honor System (1913, USA)
  • Tonight’s the Night: Pass it On (1934, UK)

Bars

  • 30 Youm fel Segn / 30 Days in Prison (1966, Egypt)
  • Accade al penitenziario (1955, Italy) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Açl??a Doymak / Full of Hunger (2012, Turkey) – about the F-Type prisons
  • Alcatraz Island (1937, USA)
  • Alles Nur Tarnung (1996, Germany) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Auraton Ka Jail / Ladies Jail (2002, India)
  • Ba Bai Bang / Letters from Death Row (2008, China)
  • Behind the Wall of Shame (1995, China)
  • Brotherly Love (1928, USA)
  • Cage, The (1990, USA)
  • Captive Faith (1991, USA)
  • Dead Man Out (1989, USA)
  • Dead Man Talking (2012, Belgium / France) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Detenuto in Attesa Di Giudizio / Why (1971, Italy) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Entre Rojas (1995, Spain) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Escape (1980, USA)
  • Escape, The (1994,97,98, Canada)
  • Fixer, The (1968, UK)
  • Forgive Me (Russia) – directed by prisoner Aleksey Andronov in prison
  • Fünf Letzte Tage / Five Last Days (1992, Germany)
  • Great Consoler, The (1933, USSR)
  • Great Redeemer, The (1920, USA)
  • Hard Justice (1985, USA)
  • Honor System, The (1913, USA)
  • Horas de Luz (2004, Spain) – available but no English sub-titles
  • I was a Convict (1939, USA)
  • Il gemello (2012, Italy) – available but no English subtitles
  • Izarren Argia / Stars to Wish Upon (2010, Spain)
  • Jack O’Hearts (1926, USA)
  • Jawhara (2004, Morocco)
  • Kanikuly strogogo rezhima / High Security Vacation (2009, Russia)
  • Kasso Den (1980, Mali)
  • Kattorna / The Cats (1965, Sweden)
  • Koma (2013, Georgia) On You Tube with no subtitles.
  • Komplizzinnen / Accomplices (1987, Germany)
  • Kriminalgården (2015, Sweden)
  • La cárcel de La Victoria: El cuarto hombre (2004, Dominican Republic)
  • La Danse de Mort (1948, France)
  • La Joyeuse Prison (1956, France)
  • Laughter in Hell (1933, USA)
  • Le Solitaire / The Loner (1973, France)
  • Les Mains Libres (2010, France)
  • Les Ordres / Orderers (1974, Canada)
  • Linç: Arap Kadir / The Lynching (1970, Turkey) – on YouTube with French sub-titles
  • Me’Ahorei Hasoragim II / Beyond the Walls II (1992, Israel)
  • Médecin chef a la Santé (2012, France)
  • Le Meteore / The Meteor (2013, Canada)
  • Memórias do Cárcere / Memoir of Prison (1984, Brazil) – On YouTube, no English subtitles
  • Menschen Achter Tralies (1931, Germany) – remake of The Big House (1930)
  • Nadzór / Custody (1985, Poland) – available but no English subtitles
  • Nincs Idö / Beyond Time (1974, Hungary)
  • Ombline (2012, France) – available, but no English subtitles
  • Ormai è Fatta! (1999, Italy)
  • Over the Wall (1938, USA)
  • Petrina hronia / Stone Years (1985, Greece)
  • Prison for Children (1987, USA)
  • Prison Nkrabea 2 (2014, Ghana) – on YouTube
  • Prison on Fire – Plaintive Destiny (2001, Hong Kong)
  • Prison Stories (1991, USA)
  • Prisons de Femmes (1958, France)
  • Prisonnières (1988, France ) – available but no English sub-titles
  • Qu’un seul tienne et les autres suivant / Silent Voice (2009, France)
  • Santo Stefano (1997, Italy)
  • Schneider Wibbel (1939, Germany)
  • School for Girls (1934, USA)
  • Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! / Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975, Sweden)
  • Tatar Ramazan sürgünde (1992, Turkey)
  • They All Come Out (1939, USA)
  • Thirty Stretch (1968, UK)
  • Uçurtmayi Vurmasinlar (1989, Turkey)
  • Vägen Ut / Breaking Out (1999, Sweden)
  • Violetes (2008, Spain)
  • Women in Prison (1938, USA)
  • Zaklyuchennye / Convicts (1936, Russia)
  • Zazidani / The Walled In (1969, Yugoslavia)
  • Zvenenje v glavi / Headnoise (2002, Slovenia / Croatia)

Not Quite Prison Movies

  • Ariel (1988, Finland)
  • A Killer in the Family (1983, USA)
  • Life Begins (1932, USA)