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)

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)

• 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)