juvenile prison movies

Bound by Honor (1993)
8.101 / 10

Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It...

Sleepers (1996)
7.602 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes...

Bad Boys (1983)
7 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug...

American Me (1992)
7.4 / 10

Crime, Drama

During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana...

Shoeshine (1946)
7.8 / 10

Drama

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The...

Dog Pound (2010)
7.2 / 10

Drama

Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.

7 Virgins (2005)
5.8 / 10

Drama

Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedding of his brother. In the two days he recounts...

Scrubbers (1982)
5.1 / 10

Drama

Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

Perro callejero (1980)
7.9 / 10

Crime, Drama

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

The Wilding (2012)
6.4 / 10

Drama, Romance

When juvenile inmate Malcolm is offered a chance at parole, he is torn between his chance for freedom and protecting the one he loves.

Johnny Holiday (1949)
7 / 10

Crime, Drama

A guard (William Bendix) befriends a wayward youth (Allen Martin Jr.) sent to the Indiana Boys School.

Draussen bleiben (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary

Racing for Time (2008)
5.8 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial...

Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
5.2 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller

When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems...

They Call Us Monsters (2016)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

Behind the walls of the Compound, LA’s most violent juvenile offenders await their trials. To their advocates, they’re kids. To the system,...

Ente Veedu... Appuvinteyum (2003)
5.9 / 10

Family, Drama

The movie revolves around Viswanathan (Jayaram), Meera (Jyothirmayi) and little Vasudev (Kalidas Jayaram) who are from a very happy family.

The Young Ones (1999)
5 / 10

Drama, Action

Two feuding members of the same gang are arrested after a fight with another gang and must stick together while serving time in a juvenile prison.

Young Kids, Hard Time (2012)
6 / 10

Documentary

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...

Roxana (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

Roxana follows a young mother’s return to the juvenile detention center she was once incarcerated in, now as a trained somatic therapist. Through...

Gray Wall Gear (2022)
7.5 / 10

Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller

The stage of this work is Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo in the early Heisei period. Immediately after the bubble burst gangster countermeasures law,...