Jail Movies

A knife in the pocket, adrenaline in the blood and only one dream in mind: to be a gangster - and the biggest one at that. Yehya was 15 years old and...

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

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...

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

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...

Documentary about the "cárcel vieja" of Murcia

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...

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

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