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1. Suicide Squad (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis
Votes: 722,164 | Gross: $325.10M
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
Votes: 686,248 | Gross: $532.18M
3. 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: 24,568
4. The Next Three Days (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Michael Buie
Votes: 206,569 | Gross: $21.15M
5. The Nightingale (I) (2018)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie
Votes: 35,617 | Gross: $0.39M
6. The Counselor (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem
Votes: 105,899 | Gross: $16.97M
7. 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: 2,233
8. Death Race 2 (2010 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames
Votes: 34,637
9. Dead Ringer (1963)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Philip Carey
Votes: 6,428
10. 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: 2,590
11. Death Race 3: Inferno (2013 Video)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas, a.k.a. Frankenstein, is a superstar driver in the brutal prison yard demolition derby known as the Death Race. He is only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames
Votes: 21,141
12. Caged (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson
Votes: 4,704
13. Nothing But the Truth (I) (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett
Votes: 39,846 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Born Innocent (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A young girl runs away from her abusive family and ends up in a girls' juvenile detention center, where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker shows interest in helping her.
Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Linda Blair, Joanna Miles, Allyn Ann McLerie, Mary Murphy
Votes: 1,189
15. You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015–2022)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a group of ordinary people learn that an eight-mile-wide comet is on a collision course with Earth, they hunker beneath the town of Slough to watch the end of the world on television.
Stars: Mathew Baynton, Jenna Fischer, Joel Fry, Gaia Scodellaro
Votes: 8,011
16. Against the Wind (1978)
617 min | Drama, History, Western
Mary Mulvane, an 18 year old Irish girl, is transported to New South Wales for seven years for doing little else than protecting her own property. She must endure the horror of transport to... See full summary »
Stars: Mary Larkin, Kerry McGuire, Jon English, Warwick Sims
Votes: 946
17. Wedlock (I) (1991)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar
Votes: 9,152
18. The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Explosive drama and action when two sexy girls go on a bank robbing binge.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Claudia Jennings, Tara Strohmeier, Jocelyn Jones, Miles Watkins
Votes: 761
19. Fortress 2: Re-Entry (2000)
R | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi
7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Beth Toussaint, Willie Garson, Aidan Ostrogovich
Votes: 7,313
20. Two Friends (2015)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two best friends have their relationship tested when Abel tries to help his friend Clement with the latter's love interest Mona.
Director: Louis Garrel | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, Mahaut Adam
Votes: 2,149
21. Four Minutes (2006)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Music
An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.
Director: Chris Kraus | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Monica Bleibtreu, Vadim Glowna, Sven Pippig
Votes: 7,494
22. Escape from Women's Prison (1978)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four female convicts escape from prison and take a bus full of young female athletes hostage, and take refuge in a judge's house. Soon enough, the police surrounds the place, but the escapees are not giving up without a fight.
Director: Giovanni Brusadori | Stars: Lilli Carati, Zora Kerova, Filippo De Gara, Francesco Ferracini
Votes: 362
23. Hard Cell (2022)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy
A documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley while Catherine Tate portrays multiple characters to capture the penal system at its brutal humorous best.
Stars: Catherine Tate, Christian Brassington, Niky Wardley, Donna Preston
Votes: 2,149
24. Soldier Boyz (1995)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tyrin Turner, Jacqueline Obradors
Votes: 1,355
25. Vice Academy Part 3 (1991)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
Female inmates escape from prison and go on a series of robberies, and it's up to the incompetent vice squad rookies to stop them.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Elizabeth Kaitan, Julia Parton, John Henry Richardson
Votes: 463
26. Bandini (1963)
157 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
During the British Raj of the 1930s, a prison-doctor falls in love with a convict who eventually reveals the story of her past and her connection to a freedom fighter.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Dharmendra, Raja Paranjpe
Votes: 886
27. Rain Without Thunder (1992)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
It's the year 2042 and the threat is real...women are going to prison for terminating their pregnancies. An investigating reporter is determined to reveal the truth behind the convictions.
Director: Gary O. Bennett | Stars: Betty Buckley, Carolyn McCormick, Iona Morris, Steve Zahn
Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.01M
28. Gangster Girls (2008)
79 min | Documentary
Documents the daily routine in the only women prison in Austria.
Director: Tina Leisch | Stars: Chantal, Amélie, Cindy, Djejdo
Votes: 25
29. Life Begins (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 546
30. Five Bold Women (1960)
Approved | 82 min | Western
A Texas Marshal transports five female prisoners to prison but their stagecoach is attacked en route by the Comanches and the ex-husband of one prisoner attempts to free her.
Director: Jorge López Portillo | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Merry Anders, Jim Ross, Irish McCalla
Votes: 68
31. Parole Girl (1933)
67 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman released on parole vows to ruin the life of the man who insisted on sending her to jail.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Mae Clarke, Ralph Bellamy, Marie Prevost, Hale Hamilton
Votes: 355
32. Family (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Thriller
When Eldon and Cole pick up a hitchhiker, Jean on their father-son trip to find perspective on the back roads of America, they quickly learn that everything is not what it seems. As the ... See full summary »
Director: J.M. Logan | Stars: Boyd Kestner, Renée Humphrey, Tanner Richie, Joe Russo II
Votes: 131
34. Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2004 Video Game)
Adventure
Stars: Katy Karrenbauer, Isabelle Stoffel
Votes: 15
35.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Final Escape
(1985)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A manipulative female jailed killer needs a naive old mortician's help to escape.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Season Hubley, George DiCenzo, Patrice Donnelly
Votes: 281
36.
Batman (1966–1968)
Episode:
A Death Worse Than Fate
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Told that her loot is genuine money after all, Zelda is forced to lure Batman and Robin into a possibly unsolvable deathtrap, with hitmen waiting outside to shoot them if they escape.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 550
37.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
The Walls of Night
(1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Kimble and a beautiful trucking dispatcher fall in love, but she's afraid to tell him about legal restrictions against her.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas | Stars: David Janssen, Janice Rule, Steve Ihnat, Sheree North
Votes: 156
38.
The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode:
Two Godmothers
(1981)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
David becomes an unwilling accomplice when three inmates, one of whom is heavily pregnant, escape from a female prison to fled across the mountains.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Kathleen Nolan
Votes: 153
39.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Devolution
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A hospitalized elderly female convict is suffering from bizarre violent explosions that somehow rejuvenate her. The team starts their investigation with her nurse, who belongs to the vampire fetishists within the local goth community.
Director: Clay Borris | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 20
40.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Whirlpool
(1994)
Not Rated | 21 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Struggling comic book artist Rolanda gets fired from her job by her mean and demanding boss Vern. However, Rolanda finds herself experiencing the events of this one fateful day over and ... See full summary »
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Rita Rudner, Richard Lewis, John Kassir, Blake Clark
Votes: 606
41.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993– )
Episode:
Episode #27.5
(2019)
TV-14 | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Mark and Cathy try defusing the political ticking bomb that is the 2019 election, Trent runs as independent, Mark interviews a pollster, Andrew Scheer goes Trumpian, Trudeau sells his costumes. Also, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) election spoof.
Director: Mike Fly Fleischhaker | Stars: Mark Critch, Cathy Jones, Susan Kent, Trent McClellan
42.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
The Ministry of Virtue
(2021)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman who was sentenced to a bridal version of British penal transportation is found dead in the dorm of such female convicts.
Director: Mina Shum | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Daniel Maslany
Votes: 205
43.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
The Life Inside
(2011)
TV-MA | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raylan chases a pregnant fugitive who has fallen into the hands of human traffickers.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts
Votes: 1,702
44.
Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode:
The Happy Face Killer
(2009)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Crime
A common-law couple were found guilty of the 1990 rape and murder near Portland of Taunja Bennett. But a letter signed with a happy face sent to a Portland newspaper claimed responsibility ... See full summary »
Directors: Steve Allen, Chris Triffo | Stars: Bill Courage, Rick Buckner, Don Findlay, Keith Hunter Jesperson
Votes: 8
45.
Banshee (2013–2016)
Episode:
The Thunder Man
(2014)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Carrie Hopewell has her trial. She is sentenced to 30 days in prison. DA Hopewell does nothing to help. Tensions between the Longshadow's and Proctor's intensify. Deputy Kelly's abusive ex-husband returns to town with extreme consequences.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison
Votes: 2,351
46.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
Over the Mountain
(2014)
TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After Dewey receives orders to kill Wade Messer, Raylan is informed that Messer has been working as a confidential informant. Meanwhile, Boyd confronts cousin Johnny on his betrayal and puts a tail on him to find out more.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter
Votes: 1,253
47.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
Shot All to Hell
(2014)
TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Art stumbles on Theo Tonin's right-hand man while investigating Nicky Augustine's death, Boyd tries to tie up loose ends with Lee Paxton, the sheriff, and cousin Johnny, and Raylan tries to get the Crowes to leave Harlan.
Director: Adam Arkin | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter
Votes: 1,419
48.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
Kill the Messenger
(2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An attack on Alison sends Raylan to Harlan in search of payback. Boyd scrambles to arrange protection for Ava.
Director: Don Kurt | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter
Votes: 1,253
49.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
Raw Deal
(2014)
TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While relegated to walk-up duty, Raylan deals with a runaway computer hacker. Meanwhile, Johnny tries to make a deal with the Mexican cartel ahead of Boyd, and Ava makes new allies in prison.
Director: Bill Johnson | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter
Votes: 1,227
50.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
Wrong Roads
(2014)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raylan goes to Memphis to talk to Hot Rod after his men are killed in Mexico, things get tense as Boyd and Darrell wait for the drug shipment, and Boyd and Ava make a deal to get their drugs in prison.
Director: Michael Dinner | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter
Votes: 1,263