Jail Movies

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.

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...

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

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...

Documentary about the "cárcel vieja" of Murcia

North Philadelphia, PA – Kev, El and Andy are three men united by one struggle: they are trying to defy gravity. As part of the 700,000...

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

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...

Upcoming animated adaption of the popular Roblox game Jailbreak.