Jail Movies

Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable...

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...

Don Luis Valdez is a luthier of traditional music instruments, who embarks on the task of teaching a group of inmates from the "Santiago 1" prison...

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

Alexander Birgukov shot and killed his two commanding officers. He was sentenced to death but when it was alleged that one of his victims had...

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

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...

A slice of the eccentric lives of Roca and Sammy, two members of the Gay Inmates Organization detained at the Pampanga Provincial Jail, intertwined...

The internal journey of eight men, who, through a theater workshop, go through the different prisons they inhabit. Practicing the art of seeing...

Short wartime comedy in which mister Dingemans and madam Babbel are trying to do some clandestine business in Brussels.

Scottish man Jimmy Anderson, released from jail in the middle east over unpaid debt disputes, reunites with his wife Lillian after over a year's...

Three women are in enclosed psychological zones that function as both refuge and jail.

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...

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

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

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

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 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...

Documentary about the "cárcel vieja" of Murcia