Jail Movies

Set in two contrasting environments that underline the same premise of imprisonment, Selda tells the story of Rommel, a young man who accidentally...

The story of three boys who, fascinated with seventh art magic, decide to escape from their remote village straight to Hollywood. In the same time, a...

A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show...

A guard prevents the inmate's escape from the prison. During his second attempt, the inmate decides to save guard's life who have been fallen into...

Low budget softcore farce where two men cross-dress to go into a women's prison.

Loaded with a hilarious cast of comedians and internet personalities, The Bid follows Maurquis Boone and Richard “Philly Filthy Rich”...

Chronicles the days between Mayweather's May 5, 2012 victory over Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto and the start of a three-month jail term on...

In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the complex forces of racism and greed currently at...

From its beginning during the Reagan years through current times, the War on Drugs has left many victims stranded in the prison system. PRISONERS OF...

One of the Three Kings and Santa Claus spend Christmas in jail, talking about what their future will be like in a world like this.

The small coastal town of Roquesas de Mar (village invented by the author) is shocked by the disappearance of one of her neighbors sixteen years of...

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number...

A young woman tries to make a documentary about women who have relatives in prison, but she finds difficulties trying to get the testimonials.

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape.

In the heart of their hood, Lola and Moha are staggering home. On their way, they come across a car, the lights are on… as if someone had...

Version of the play "Todo bicho de uña". It tells the story of revenge. The tour of the Andean, for ten years, a young man in search of the...

For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it...