Prison Shows
by MichaelWipf | created - 18 Jul 2022 | updated - 18 Jul 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Prison Break (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper
Votes: 579,902
2. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Emma Myles
Votes: 320,338
3. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,752
4. Superjail! (2007–2014)
TV-MA | 10 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In a surreal world, a large maximum security prison, which houses thousands of dangerous inmates is run by an eccentric warden and his equally odd staff.
Stars: David Wain, Teddy Cohn, Christopher McCulloch, Christy Karacas
Votes: 7,871
5. The Night Of (2016)
TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Stars: Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, Bill Camp, Amara Karan
Votes: 171,954
6. For Life (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A prisoner becomes a lawyer and fights to overturn his life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.
Stars: Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Dorian Missick
Votes: 9,418
7. When They See Us (2019)
TV-MA | 75 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Stars: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez
Votes: 137,976
8. Porridge (1974–1977)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Crime
The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
Stars: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale
Votes: 6,842
9. Porridge (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Crime
Sequel to the classic sitcom set 40 years on from the original series. Nigel Norman Fletcher, grandson of Norman Stanley Fletcher, is sentenced to 5 years in prison for cyber-crimes and gets into more trouble once inside.
Director: Dominic Brigstocke | Stars: Kevin Bishop, Dave Hill, Mark Bonnar, Dominic Coleman
Votes: 393
10. Porridge (2017)
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Nigel Fletcher is a sharp-witted chancer with no respect for authority. Just like his grandad Norman. Now, nearly 40 years after Norman served time, Nigel is following in his grandad's footsteps. By heading straight into a prison cell.
Stars: Kevin Bishop, Dave Hill, Mark Bonnar, Jason Barnett
Votes: 396
11. Prison Playbook (2017–2018)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Baseball pitcher Kim Je-hyeok becomes a convict overnight after being sent to prison for defending his sister from a sexual assault, days before he was due to fly to the US to join the Boston Red Sox.
Stars: Park Hae-soo, Jung Kyung-ho, Krystal Jung, Lee Kyoo-hyung
Votes: 4,833
12. Buried (2010)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García-Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 168,599 | Gross: $1.03M
13. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman
Votes: 27,148 | Gross: $3.12M
14. Wild Card (2003–2005)
45 min | Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Zoe, a Las Vegas blackjack dealer, becomes an insurance investigator so she can raise her nieces and nephew after their mother--her sister--dies in a car accident.
Stars: Joely Fisher, Chris Potter, Vikki Krinsky, Jamie Johnston
Votes: 378
15. Buried (2003– )
60 min | Drama
Tough drama about life and death in a British prison.
Stars: Lennie James, Stephen Walters, Connor McIntyre, Jane Hazlegrove
Votes: 194
16. Escape at Dannemora (2018)
TV-MA | 63 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A female prison employee in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape.
Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 28,065
17. Brotherhood (2006–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Set in an Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, the series revolves around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a state politician (Jason Clarke).
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish, Kevin Chapman
Votes: 8,108
18. Brotherhood (I) (2019)
96 min | Drama
In 1926, a group of teenage boys arrive at Long Point Camp for the adventure of their lives. When their canoe capsizes in a freak summer storm, their holiday descends into a soul-shuddering fight for survival.
Director: Richard Bell | Stars: Brendan Fletcher, Brendan Fehr, Spencer Macpherson, Jake Manley
Votes: 352
19. Irmandade (2019– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A hard-working lawyer discovers that her missing brother has been jailed for years and is a leader of an ascendant criminal faction.
Stars: Seu Jorge, Hermila Guedes, Bruce Wexler, Naruna Costa
Votes: 1,788
20. Prisoner (1979–1986)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
Stars: Elspeth Ballantyne, Barbara Jungwirth, Betty Bobbitt, Sheila Florance
Votes: 2,241
21. Wentworth (2013–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The confronting look into the lives of the inmates and prison staff of Wentworth Correctional Centre as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in the prison system.
Stars: Kate Atkinson, Katrina Milosevic, Robbie Magasiva, Jacquie Brennan
Votes: 24,636
22. Bad Girls (1994)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Four prostitutes join together to travel the Old West.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore
Votes: 13,556 | Gross: $15.24M
23. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama
British hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
Stars: Kika Mirylees, Victoria Alcock, Helen Fraser, Jack Ellis
Votes: 2,591
24. Women in Prison (1987–1988)
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Follows the inmates of the Cell-Block J of the Bass Women's Prison.
Stars: Julia Campbell, Blake Clark, CCH Pounder, Peggy Cass
Votes: 63
25. Clink (2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Clink tells the story of a group of women thrust together by their life choices as they establish a sisterhood amongst prison walls.
Stars: Alicya Eyo, Lu Corfield, Katherine Rose Morley, Alexandra D'Sa
Votes: 213
26. Within These Walls (1974–1978)
60 min | Drama
Drama inside a women's prison.
Stars: Jerome Willis, Mona Bruce, Denys Hawthorne, Beth Harris
Votes: 100
27. Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997–2010)
48 min | Crime, Drama
Drama set in a women's prison in Germany.
Stars: Katy Karrenbauer, Barbara Freier, Uta Prelle, Christine Schuberth
Votes: 346
28. 60 Days In (2016– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Reality-TV
"60 Days In" offers an unprecedented look at life behind bars at Indiana's Clark County Jail. Seven ordinary people volunteer to live among its general population for 60 days, without fellow inmates or staff knowing their secret.
Stars: Ryan Secord, Dion Shepherd Jr., Zachary Holland Baker, Monalisa Johnson
Votes: 3,215
29. Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up (2018– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
A documentary show about troubled girls who are are juvenile delinquents in Madison Juvenile Center
Votes: 1,246
30. Lockup (2005– )
60 min | Documentary, News
An insight, to the many lives of the women and men that enter jail.
Stars: Rasha Drachkovitch, Tracy Powell, Jacob Hekter, Susan Carney
Votes: 609
31. Beyond Scared Straight (2011–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, Reality-TV
'Beyond Scared Straight!' will once again show young offender intervention programs, only these have evolved since 'scaring teens is no longer as easy of a task.' Each of the four episodes ... See full summary »
Stars: Cecilia, Samuel Robinson, Leanna, Priscilla
Votes: 1,266
32. Jail (2007– )
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, Reality-TV
TV Show that documents the events that happen in different jails across the United States.
Stars: Nicole Sittre, Jeff Morse, Evan Lockwood, Kent Rhoads
Votes: 461
33. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.
Stars: Natalie Dunne, Max Wrottesley, Manuel Villasenor, Jerry Murillo
Votes: 2,235
34. Black Bird (2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
Stars: Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta
Votes: 104,295
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