Jail Movies

The story of a naive young man, provincial and not very experienced, to whom the circumstances of destiny, when crossing with the beautiful Frida,...

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.

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.

Dani is a petty criminal who falls in love with the female police officer who arrests him after a robbery. It is love at first sight, a moment of...

Jimmy Morales is a young fighter with a short career but with a promising future in the world of boxing. One night, after watching a movie, he...

An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work...

A documentary about juveniles who are serving life in prison without parole and their victims' families.

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 rich man's enemies cause him to lose his money, his best friend (his dog), as he goes to jail. Once free he spends all his time hunting for his...

This is a story, actually a fairytale for adults, that expresses how life could be beautiful, if only mankind would get out of its own way and enjoy...

Andrés Rabadán was headline news after killing his father with a crossbow. But beyond the chatter of the media, what is the true story...

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

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

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

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

Harry Doolittle wakes up on the day he's to marry Betty Bright. He has a terrible hangover. A strange woman appears in his room saying that he...

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

A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.

The St. Valentine's Day massacre is the stuff of American legend, and the tale is familiar to nearly everyone. But the story of that bloody day in...