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1. Con Air (1997)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney
Votes: 319,367 | Gross: $101.12M
2. Jawan (2023)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama, Musical
A prison warden recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice - and that lead him to an unexpected reunion.
Director: Atlee | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone
Votes: 94,681
3. Tango & Cash (1989)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.
Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance
Votes: 113,623 | Gross: $63.41M
4. Paths of Glory (1957)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, War
After a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
Votes: 212,332
5. Death Race (2008)
R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Votes: 218,962 | Gross: $36.32M
6. Death Wish 3 (1985)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam
Votes: 17,399 | Gross: $16.12M
7. Lock Up (1989)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham
Votes: 46,448 | Gross: $22.10M
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: 34,656
9. Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Mystery
Batman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs.
Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, Tom Kane
Votes: 31,485
10. In Hell (2003)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lawrence Taylor, Lloyd Battista, Carlos Gómez
Votes: 21,507
11. xXx: State of the Union (2005)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Darius Stone, a new agent in the xXx program, is sent to Washington, D.C. to stop a coup attempt against the President of the United States.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman
Votes: 73,617 | Gross: $26.87M
12. Death Warrant (1990)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson
Votes: 20,792 | Gross: $16.85M
13. The Inmate (2018– )
60 min | Drama, Thriller
An American SPEC OPS infiltrates one of Mexico's toughest prisons in search of information on the whereabouts of an American politician's daughter.
Stars: Ignacio Serricchio, Ana Claudia Talancón, Flavio Medina, Luis Felipe Tovar
Votes: 3,271
14. Bloodsport 2 (1996)
R | 90 min | Action, Sport
Alex Cardo is imprisoned and disciplined by one of the inmates. His new master also tells him about the brutal yet illegal Kumite tournament - but how will they get there?
Directors: Alan Mehrez, Philip Tan | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, James Hong, Pat Morita, Donald Gibb
Votes: 3,545 | Gross: $0.68M
15. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard
Votes: 10,981 | Gross: $4.36M
16. District 13: Ultimatum (2009)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
Director: Patrick Alessandrin | Stars: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Philippe Torreton, Daniel Duval
Votes: 46,245 | Gross: $0.04M
17. Brute Force (1947)
Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo
Votes: 11,547
18. The President's Man (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A U.S. president's highly classified secret agent must find a fearless replacement to take over his extremely dangerous military missions.
Directors: Eric Norris, Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Dylan Neal, Jennifer Tung, Soon-Tek Oh
Votes: 2,419
19. Shoeshine (1946)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortensi
Votes: 8,118
20. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Set before the events of Pitch Black (2000), this game tells the story of how Richard B. Riddick obtained his ability to see in the dark.
Director: Tom Keegan | Stars: Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Kristin Lehman, Xzibit
Votes: 3,447
21. Citizen Gangster (2011)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
Director: Nathan Morlando | Stars: Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross
Votes: 4,598
22. Prison Break: The Conspiracy (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Thriller
Michael Scofield, brother of Lincoln Burrows purposely incarcerates himself so that he can break out his brother.
Director: Bostjan Troha | Stars: David Boat, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Amaury Nolasco
Votes: 923
23. Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Romance
A police officer goes undercover to investigate the disappearance of inmates at a prison.
Director: Elvis Restaino | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, Ivan Ivanov, Lisa Stothard, Stefanos Miltsakakis
Votes: 1,349
24. Love the Hard Way (2001)
R | 104 min | Drama, Crime, Romance
The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.
Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Jon Seda, August Diehl
Votes: 2,575 | Gross: $0.04M
25. 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: 1,356
26. Steele Justice (1987)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.
Director: Robert Boris | Stars: Martin Kove, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey
Votes: 815 | Gross: $1.33M
27. Animal 2 (2008)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
James "Animal" Allen (Ving Rhames) took the fall for the crimes of his older son (Vicellous Shannon) and is now serving a life term at Folsom Prison.
Director: Ryan Combs | Stars: Ving Rhames, Vicellous Shannon, Richard Waugh, Yannick Bisson
Votes: 1,066
28. Direct Contact (2009)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
An American prisoner in a Russian jail is given a chance at freedom if he can rescue a kidnapped American woman.
Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Gina May, Michael Paré, Bashar Rahal
Votes: 3,113
29. Locked Down (2010)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Tony Schiena, Rashad Evans, Vinnie Jones, Dwier Brown
Votes: 2,653
30. Loving the Bad Man (2010)
PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a young Christian girl has a baby boy from a rapist, she determines to try to give her son a chance at a somewhat-normal family by forgiving the man and visiting him in prison.
Director: Péter Engert | Stars: Cree Kelly, Arturo Rossi, Antoni Corone, Kim Ostrenko
Votes: 456
31. Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Mystery
Mr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil's Island so he can help his cellmate escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 894
32. Payback (II) (2007)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
An escaped convict tracks down the cop who put him away.
Director: Eric Norris | Stars: Angie Everhart, Costas Mandylor, Christopher Atkins, Michael Leon
Votes: 251
33. Fist of Honor (1993)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A martial-arts boxer working as a debt collector gets involved in a feud between rival Mafia families in L.A.
Director: Richard Pepin | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Joey House, Abe Vigoda, Harry Guardino
Votes: 228
34. Hidden Crimes (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
After her brother is attacked in jail and stays in a coma, Julia has to face her nephew's kidnappers, while trying to figure out what her brother meant with his last letter.
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Tricia Helfer, Jonathan Scarfe, Kris Holden-Ried, James Gallanders
Votes: 270
35. Rocky Legends (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Comedy, Drama
Based off all five Rocky movies, play as Rocky Balboa as he rises to championship battling foes like Apollo Creed, Billy Snow, Joe Czak, Ivan Drago and more.
Stars: Cyrille Artaux, Jay Benedict, Alain Bergé, John Chancer
Votes: 158
36. Survivant(s) (2010)
26 min | Short, Action, Horror
France, 2014. 8 condemned to death prisoners are the contestants of a real TV show. They must find the exit of a disused military experiment factory infested with mutant zombies within 2 hours. Only the last survivor can win the game.
Director: Vincent Lecrocq | Stars: Alysson Paradis, Salem Kali, Alaa Safi, Héléna Soubeyrand
Votes: 36
37.
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode:
Fight or Die
(1999)
TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime
Walker goes undercover in a Arkansas prison to expose a warden money making fights.
Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Sheree J. Wilson, Judson Mills
Votes: 117
38.
Cobra Kai (2018–2024)
Episode:
Miyagi-Do
(2021)
TV-14 | 39 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In Okinawa, Daniel spends time with an old friend - and an old enemy, who has much to teach him. The dueling dojos' rivalry comes to a nasty head.
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida | Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña
Votes: 4,609
39.
Cobra Kai (2018–2024)
Episode:
Now You're Gonna Pay
(2021)
TV-14 | 32 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Daniel's tarnished public image takes a toll on his sales, leading to a takeover offer. Johnny tries to raise money for Miguel's surgery.
Director: Lin Oeding | Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña
Votes: 3,745
40.
Mayor of Kingstown (2021– )
Episode:
The Price
(2021)
TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Everyone wants something from Mike, who reminds them who is in control. Iris visits Mike's office. Mariam and Mike discuss Kyle's future.
Director: Ben Richardson | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa
Votes: 1,184
41.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
The Devil You Know
(2012)
TV-MA | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A prison guard springs Dickie and Dewey from prison in an attempt to get his hands on Mags' secret fortune, while Robert Quarles offers Devil a shot at becoming a boss if he betrays Boyd.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts
Votes: 1,528
42.
Arrow (2012–2020)
Episode:
Keep Your Enemies Closer
(2013)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Amanda Waller sends A.R.G.U.S. agents to kidnap Diggle. Waller informs Diggle that Lyla has gone missing after following a lead on Deadshot in Moscow. When Diggle tells the team he's headed... See full summary »
Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Willa Holland
Votes: 4,647
43.
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2018)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll, a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Anna Chancellor, Anthony Boyle, Morven Christie, Bill Nighy
Votes: 611