penitentiary movies

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)
5.651 / 10

Horror, Thriller

A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly...

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
7.808 / 10

Drama, Action, Crime

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the...

Cell 211 (2009)
7.44 / 10

Action, Thriller, Drama

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as...

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
7.4 / 10

Drama

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to...

Under Capricorn (1949)
6 / 10

Drama, History

A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to...

Doin' Time (1985)
4.5 / 10

Comedy

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

Star-Crossed Lovers (1962)
8.2 / 10

Drama, History

Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is...

The Family (2011)
3.955 / 10

Horror, Thriller

A family has a hard time tying to stay together, because murder seems to be in their blood, and a their favorite type of gathering is a massacre.

Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars (2004)
6.7 / 10

Documentary, Crime

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's...

Quinto patio (1970)
5 / 10

Crime, Drama

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his...

Escapade (1932)
0 / 10

Crime, Drama

Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip...

Picnic (2015)
0 / 10

Family, Drama

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...

They All Come Out (1939)
5.6 / 10

Crime, Drama

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of...

Bitayin si....Baby Ama! (1976)
6.8 / 10

Action, Drama

A story depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his prison mob while...

God and Devil on Top of the Wall (2006)
7 / 10

Documentary

Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these...

Debut (2017)
6.8 / 10

Documentary

The soulless atmosphere of a women's penitentiary destroys the prisoners' personality, kills all femininity in them. The film looks at the...

Olha pra Elas (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary