Prisoner Movies

Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch...

Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their...

Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

In the spring of 1945, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed...

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one...

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge...

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.

A prisoner undergoes experimental brain surgery in order to get early parole. He released but has no memories. Things get dangerous when a group of...

After 23 years on Death Row a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed, but as his story unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing...

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a...

An ex-convict is tracked down by his estranged teenage son, and the pair try to build a relationship and life together in Seattle.

Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is...

A man on death-row wants to taste "doenjang jjigae" (a spicy Korean bean paste stew) before he dies. Television producer Choi Yu-Jin hears of the...