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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,887,586 | Gross: $28.34M

2. Deadpool 2 (2018)

R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison

Votes: 645,227 | Gross: $324.59M

3. Identity (2003)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes

Votes: 267,105 | Gross: $52.16M

4. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 752,309 | Gross: $330.36M

5. Predators (2010)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga

Votes: 243,794 | Gross: $52.00M

6. Natural Born Killers (1994)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield

Votes: 251,705 | Gross: $50.28M

7. Furious 6 (2013)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 416,775 | Gross: $238.68M

8. Pompeii (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Votes: 116,622 | Gross: $23.22M

9. The Fate of the Furious (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a mysterious woman seduces Dominic Toretto into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 253,810 | Gross: $226.01M

10. Cube (1997)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.

Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller

Votes: 247,579 | Gross: $0.50M

11. Spenser Confidential (2020)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate Hawk to take down criminals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

Votes: 97,607

12. Get Hard (2015)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

When millionaire James King is jailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars.

Director: Etan Cohen | Stars: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Tip 'T.I.' Harris

Votes: 146,996 | Gross: $90.41M

13. The Informer (2019)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Votes: 42,065

14. The Raid 2 (2014)

R | 150 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.

Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara

Votes: 131,240 | Gross: $2.63M

15. Dog Pound (2010)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama

Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.

Director: Kim Chapiron | Stars: Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Matthew Morales, Slim Twig

Votes: 13,519

16. Starred Up (2013)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Eric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On his first day, he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell

Votes: 48,673 | Gross: $0.03M

17. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

Task Force 141 faces its greatest threat yet - a newly aligned menace with deep, yet unknown, connections.

Director: Jeffrey Keith Negus | Stars: Alain Mesa, Barry Sloane, Ramon Fernandez, Claudia Doumit

Votes: 3,014

18. Get the Gringo (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.

Director: Adrian Grunberg | Stars: Mel Gibson, Kevin Balmore, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa

Votes: 111,628

19. The Concrete Jungle (1982)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When an unsuspecting woman, who was setup by her boyfriend to carry a stash of cocaine, is sentenced to three years in prison, she struggles to survive against the corrupt warden and the vicious inmates.

Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman, BarBara Luna, June Barrett

Votes: 821

20. The Quarry (2020)

R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A drifter (Shea Whigham) kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief (Michael Shannon) suspects foul play.

Director: Scott Teems | Stars: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto

Votes: 3,635 | Gross: $0.00M

21. Women in Cages (1971)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.

Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan, Pam Grier

Votes: 1,935

22. Danny 45 (2022)

103 min | Crime, Drama

Based on the real-life story of an inmate who became the underground boss of the Dominican Republic's most dangerous prison.

Director: Gilbert de la Rosa | Stars: Ramón Emilio Candelario, Jalsen Santana, Antonio Melenciano, Miguel Ángel Martínez

Votes: 64

23. 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

24. Under Lock and Key (1995)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A drug lord's prison connections make this a dangerous and deadly assignment for undercover FBI agent Danielle Peters.

Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Wendi Westbrook, Barbara Niven, Taylor Leigh, Stephanie Ann Smith

Votes: 337

25. R-Point (2004)

R | 107 min | Action, Horror, War

During the Vietnam War, a South Korean base receives a radio transmission from a missing squad, presumed dead, and sends a platoon to rescue the lost squad from the R-Point.

Director: Su-chang Kong | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Son Byung-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Won-sang

Votes: 5,830

26. Angel of Evil (2010)

R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A biography of Milanese bank robber Renato Vallanzasca.

Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu

Votes: 3,440

27. Riot (1969)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Mike Kellin, Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Votes: 657

28. Convicts 4 (1962)

Approved | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko (Ben Gazzara) is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora Prison where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.

Director: Millard Kaufman | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston, Vincent Price

Votes: 546

29. Rumble on the Docks (1956)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Crime drama concerning the coming-of-age of a Brooklyn-born 17-year old whose loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: James Darren, Laurie Carroll, Michael Granger, Jerry Janger

Votes: 278

30. Hangfire (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Brad Davis, Kim Delaney, Ken Foree, Lee de Broux

Votes: 392

31. Veneno (I) (2018)

TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The origin and rise of the most famous Dominican wrestler of all time, Rafael Sánchez aka Jack Veneno, and his arch-nemesis, José Manuel Guzmán aka Relámpago Hernández.

Director: Tabaré Blanchard | Stars: Manny Perez, Pepe Sierra, Richard Douglas, Yamile Scheker

Votes: 506

32. Shiv Mahapuran (2002–2003)

45 min | Drama

The story of Indian God Shiv. It includes various stories of demons and Gods involved in Hindu Mythology.

Stars: Vikram Gokhale, Adarsh Gautam

Votes: 20

33. Everybody Wants to Kill Me (1957)

102 min | Crime, Drama

Five French criminals pull a jewelry heist, hide the loot and create an alibi by getting themselves sent to prison for a minor infraction but there they are targeted by someone who seeks information about their hidden loot.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: François Périer, Peter van Eyck, Anouk Aimée, Darío Moreno

Votes: 154

34. Straight Right (2000)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

Kalib is ready for one of the fights of his life, he's going up for boxings Lightweight Championship Title of the world, but when trouble erupts-his life takes an awkward turn. Kalib who ... See full summary »

Director: P. David Ebersole | Stars: Brent Smith, Lynn Evans, Zeke Rippy, Bob White

Votes: 115

35. Revolt in the Big House (1958)

79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Gannon is an imprisoned racketeer kingpin who tries to manipulate his young cell mate into staging a riot and prison break, but the cell mate tries to back out when he realizes other inmates may be killed in the process.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Gene Evans, Robert Blake, Timothy Carey, John Qualen

Votes: 197

36. New Fish (2009)

7 min | Short, Action, Comedy

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Directors: Ben Allan, Andrew Todd | Stars: Ben Allan, Daniel Allan, Jeff Clark, Matthew Day

37. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Committed (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the inmate Robbie Garson is found dead inside his room, Grissom, Sara and Capt. Brass investigate the murder. They learn that the inmates are criminally insane and rapists, and they ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 788

38. Fastlane (2002–2003)
Episode: Offense (2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After the shooting of Cyrus One by Billie, and Cyrus' gun missing she is arrested for murder and sent to jail, so Van and Deaq must find a way to prove her innocence, but after they ... See full summary »

Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, Jay Mohr

Votes: 51

39. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Cellmates (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Spoiled American ends up in a South American jail for killing a kid with his car. He counts on his rich daddy's lawyer to get him out but a weird old political prisoner tells him he's in "the bad cell" that no one ever leaves.

Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Maxwell Caulfield, Ferdy Mayne, David Sage, Geno Silva

Votes: 90

40. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Solitary Confinement (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Peter goes undercover as new inmate in prison to investigate the baffling death of a convicted murderer, who somehow choked on dirt while being in solitary confinement known as Room 216, a place where terrors from the past can kill.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 17

41. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The Fog/House on Garden Street (1997)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

New convict, a feared Russian hitman dubbed the Angel of Death, somehow causes strange hallucinogenic fog to appear in the high security prison he's in. Wife's frustration over her busy yuppie husband manifests itself as an apparition.

Directors: Clay Borris, Craig Pryce | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 23

42. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Episode #8.5 (2006)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama

Julie S's son visits her with good news. Joy wants Stella transferred out of Larkhall so that no-one discovers her secret. Donny and Janine become close. A fully recovered Phyl returns to G Wing.

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Helen Modern, Ellie Haddington, Amanda Donohoe, Colin Salmon

Votes: 31

43. Supergirl (2015–2021)
Episode: Crime and Punishment (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Kara and Lena head to Stryker's Island to find clues that may help defeat Lex; Kelly encourages James to confide in someone about his PTSD; Alex faces off against Ben Lockwood when he takes powerful weapons from the DEO to hunt Supergirl.

Director: Antonio Negret | Stars: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath

Votes: 1,223

44. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Institutionalized (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a Petty Officer's son is found murdered at his welcome home from prison party, evidence suggests that Kasie's lifelong best friend, Dante Brown, is the suspect.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Emily Wickersham

Votes: 492

45. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: Take Your Choice (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

With the hunt for Alice heating up, Kate faces a difficult decision.

Director: Tara Miele | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 1,487

46. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: A Narrow Escape (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Batwoman encounters a new challenge when an old villain resurfaces; Alice's limits are tested.

Director: Paul Wesley | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 1,183

47. For Life (2020–2021)
Episode: Daylight (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In order to maintain his lifeline to the outside world, Aaron is forced to defend Cassius Dawkins when he puts three white supremacists in the hospital.

Director: Russell Lee Fine | Stars: Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson

Votes: 240

48. For Life (2020–2021)
Episode: Switzerland (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Aaron bolsters his case with newfound information from Marie but finds himself torn between two worlds when Cassius suspects Aaron is a snitch and seeks retribution.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson

Votes: 276

49. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk's Other Brother (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Monk's half-brother Jack shows up at his door, he's less than thrilled, especially after learning that Jack has just escaped from prison and is accused of killing a very popular female employee while making his escape.

Director: David Hoberman | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,159

50. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: My Name Is Inmate #28301-016: Part 2 (2007)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy

Earl begins his prison sentence. Meanwhile, Joy tries to repay Earl by taking care of Randy, who is struggling to adjust, and a prison bully is looking for Earl.

Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 529