Jail Movies

Jacob, a successful businessman, is settled in Dubai with his family. He is forced to flee to another country when he ends up with a huge debt as his...

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

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

A mother struggles to hold her family together as multiple crises threaten to destroy them.

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

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

Peter Berdon (Mario Selič) joins a group of Stalinists after his father is killed by the Nazis in this grim political drama. The film begins...

Following an order of the landowner, the bride of Arsena’s fellow villager gets kidnapped and the bride’s father is relentlessly flogged....

Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 woman visits her boyfriend, locked up in a prison a few hours’ drive away from Buenos Aires. Each week, she manages as best as she can to...

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...

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