Jail Movies

Petr and Richard are among those for whom fixed working hours are a nightmare. They want to be masters of their own time and not be subordinate to...

A women in prison tale. One's rich, one's poor. Can they prosper after prison?

Aundrey Burno, a black youth looking down the wrong end of a murder charge -- for which a conviction could result in a lifetime in prison -- appears...

A former thief driving through a small town is coerced into stealing a valuable statue but finds himself in hot water after he's accused of murder.

A documentary chronicling 17 years of Mark David Allen's alcohol abuse.

Monte Hale has been working as a teller in a Texas bank during the summer to earn money for his medical college expenses during the upcoming year. He...

Psychiatrists interview criminals and victims together to see how they got where they are in space and time. Their stories are told in flashbacks.

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

Hear from the prosecutors who handled Susan Smith's case and why authorities doubted her story from the beginning. The boys' father, David Smith,...

Tough comedy drama set in Glasgow. Former enforcer Jimmy exits jail a changed man, but both his criminal boss and a corrupt copper think he's...

Brindisi, Italy: a focal point in cigarette smuggling. The director returns to her hometown to see what's left of the past and what lies in store for...

Welcome to Florence, Arizona: a cowboy town with a prison problem. Just 8,500 residents call the tiny community home—but over 17,000 inmates...

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

A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he...

A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.

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...

A father killed his son. In a state of alcoholic delirium, a young man murdered his friend. A 21 year-old boy shot a policeman. Faced with their...

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six...

Documentary about the "cárcel vieja" of Murcia