The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption 1994

8.71

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

1994

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Miracle in Cell No. 7 2019

8.26

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.

2019

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy 1980

6.50

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.

1980

Frances

Frances 1982

6.86

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

1982

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy 1999

6.60

Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest; however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superiors and law enforcement colleagues.

1999

Barbed Wire Dolls

Barbed Wire Dolls 1976

4.73

Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.

1976

Gamer

Gamer 2009

5.71

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

2009

Sing Sing

Sing Sing 2024

7.10

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

2024

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Miracle in Cell No. 7 2013

7.90

A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.

2013

Breakout

Breakout 1975

6.30

A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

1975

The People Under the Stairs

The People Under the Stairs 1991

6.50

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.

1991

The Servant

The Servant 2023

4.00

Domestic service worker Lera is accused of a crime. In a cell in the premises of a Civil Guard barracks, she meets Mihaela and Julia, two prostitutes with whom she shares the story of Santa Vicenta María, founder of the Religious of Mary Immaculate, which she says saved her life.

2023

Rise

Rise 2014

5.70

The true story of a young man falsely accused of rape and sentenced to six years in a maximum security prison. He must rely on survival skills and an unlikely bond with an infamous inmate to prove his innocence and regain his freedom.

2014

Return to Sender

Return to Sender 2004

6.36

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client

2004

Chronicle of an Escape

Chronicle of an Escape 2006

6.55

The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.

2006

Lessons at the End of Spring

Lessons at the End of Spring 1990

4.50

A young boy loses his innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison during the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev regime

1990

Doin' Time

Doin' Time 1985

4.50

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

1985

Baazi

Baazi 1951

5.80

Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in order to pay for his sister's medical expenses. Soon, he forms a bond with Leena, a dancer, and is falsely accused of her murder.

1951

Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men 1940

5.30

An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.

1940

The Dunera Boys

The Dunera Boys 1985

6.00

At the start of WWII the British Government decided to arrest all Germans in the UK no matter how long they had been there. Among those arrested were many Jewish refugees and many who were fully assimilated. This film records the story of a group who were sent to a POW camp in Australia aboard the Dunera.

1985

Prison Break

Prison Break 2005

8.10

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

2005

The Queen of Flow

The Queen of Flow 2018

7.99

After spending seventeen years in prison unfairly, a talented songwriter seeks revenge on the men who sank her and killed her family.

2018

Time: The Kalief Browder Story

Time: The Kalief Browder Story 2017

7.41

The story of a teenager wrongfully charged with theft and jailed at Riker's Island prison for over 1,000 days.

2017

On Wings of Eagles

On Wings of Eagles 1986

5.80

On Wings of Eagles is a NBC TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Richard Crenna and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The TV series was adapted from Ken Follet's novel of the same name. The plot is set during the Iranian revolution. During the takeover of Iran, the king is overthrown, and two executives of Electronic Data Systems are imprisoned on false charges. The head of the company, Mr. Perot, travels to Tehran to negotiate for their release. Meanwhile, a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel, Arthur Simons, is hired to develop a rescue plan at any cost.

1986

Demons & Saviors

Demons & Saviors 2023

6.70

This true-crime series details the fascination with Christina Boyer. Boyer became a household name for her telekinesis as a teenager and the alleged murder of her own infant daughter in Boyer’s early 20s, a crime she maintains she did not commit. The series details the unlikely band of amateur sleuths obsessed with setting her free.

2023

Prison Break: Proof of Innocence

Prison Break: Proof of Innocence 2006

5.50

The story of Amber McCall as she attempts to uncover evidence to exonerate her friend, L.J. Burrows. A low-budget spin-off series of Prison Break made exclusively for mobile phones with each episode being approximately 2 minutes long. Although the story of this mobisode series revolve around the conspiracy that put Lincoln Burrows in jail, the series does not feature any of the actors from the TV series. Additionally, these episodes were not written by the team of writers from the TV series and the TV series does not acknowledge the events that occurred in this spinoff.

2006

For the Term of His Natural Life

For the Term of His Natural Life 1983

5.90

In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.

1983

Unlocking the Truth

Unlocking the Truth 2016

1

Love, lust, murder, mystery, suspense...all the makings of a great dramatic story. The catch? It’s not a fictional story. It’s real life. This serialized documentary series follows the journey of alleged wrongfully convicted prisoners fighting for their freedom. We will navigate these cases in an effort to uncover the truth with the highest possible stakes – the lives and freedom of innocent people locked up for life, and the duty to honor the lives of those lost. This series takes an in-depth look into three criminal cases through the unique POV of Ryan Ferguson, who at 19 years old was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit

2016