Prison visit movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant prison visit movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, suspense, emotional, thought provoking and weird films and TV shows about / with prison visit, prison, prisoner, storytelling, runaway, mentor, husband wife relationship, redemption, family relations and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as prison visit: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), A Gentle Creature (2017), American Violence (2017), True Story (2015), Cookie (1989), The Reader (2008), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), T2 Trainspotting (2017), Fruitvale Station (2013), The Next Three Days (2010).
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List of prison visit movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A teenager prisoner awaits his release when two weeks before that happens he's told that his mother is returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a Sociology student, Ana, working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Style:
serious, rough, touching, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
forced sexual contact, prison warden, teenage love, redemption, power relations, family relations, parents and children, unfulfilled love, confined, society, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Loosely inspired by Dostoyevsky’s short story A Gentle Creature about a woman who travels to a prison in a remote region to track down her incarcerated husband.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
prison violence, prison, fighting the system, injustice, prison visit, prison guard, social injustice, fight for justice, social problems, society, violence, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2017
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
death row, prison visit, police psychologist, death sentence, jail, criminal, prisoner, moral dilemma, interview, war, female psychologist, teacher ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
journalism, murder mystery, twists and turns, macabre, journalist, courtroom, prison, prisoner, writers, courtroom drama, justice, prison visit ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
new york, oregon, usa, montana, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, semi serious, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangster, illegitimate daughter, chauffeur, teen angst, mother daughter relationship, crime boss, flashback, teenage girl, mistress, husband wife relationship, mob hit, prison visit ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new jersey, new york, boston, australia, tokyo ...
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273K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Style:
inspirational, social, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex scene, african american, racism, prison, love story, love, dating, pregnant woman, injustice, black american, wrongful conviction, pregnancy ...
Time:
2010s, 70s
Place:
puerto rico, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style:
exciting, intense, stylized, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug addiction, theft, junkie, addiction, heroin, sex scene, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, revenge, violence, redemption ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 70s, year 1979 ...
Place:
edinburgh scotland, slovenia, scotland, scottish highlands, china ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Style:
hood, independent film, thought provoking, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
racism, african american, police brutality, black, marijuana, murder, black history, prison visit, introspection, black lives matter, civil rights, character study ...
Time:
year 2013, 2000s, year 2008, year 2009, 2010s ...
Place:
california, new york, usa, oakland california, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on ...
Style:
suspense, romantic, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
innocent, twists and turns, danger, injustice, prison escape, false accusation, couples, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, escapades, murder, lawyer ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
venezuela, pennsylvania, usa, haiti, canada ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself ...
Style:
black comedy, sexy, dark comedy, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dark humor, small town, closeted homosexual, murder, confession of crime, embezzlement, true crime, hidden corpse, prison visit, district attorney, murder trial, greed ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends sneak into an abandoned prison with the intention of making a ghost hunting video, until they start to go missing one by one.
Style:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Plot:
trapped in a building, paranormal phenomena, abandoned building, prison visit, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ghost, legend, alien, ghost hunter, reverse cowgirl, locked in, female nudity ...
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In an old building, Bill and Blue, a call girl, discover a mutoscope and a secret room that is key to unlocking a dark secret related to Blue's family.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, psychedelic, psychological horror, mystical ...
Plot:
fear, forbidden love, lovers, society, serial killer, husband wife relationship, prison visit, police investigation, missing girl, prison, adaptation, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
victorian era
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
3G is the nightmarish story of Sam Arora and Sheena, a couple, who become victims of a series of events when Sam buys a 3G enabled second hand phone in Fiji islands while on a holiday. One night they receive a Phantom Call which changes their lives ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic
Plot:
ghost, cell phone, supernatural, couples, danger, forbidden love, disorder, murder, telephone call, kidnapped woman, true crime, prison ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
A sketch program that takes place in Grape Prison and brings the experiences of the guards, prisoners, and visitors.
Style:
satirical, sketch comedy, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, satire, sketch, imprisoned, jail, prison sentence, prison guard, prison visit, prison life, social commentary, irreverent, dark humor ...
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Explores the relationship which develops between a grieving mother and the man she believes murdered her daughter.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
grief, murder, british, loss, mourning, relationships, prison visit, grieving mother, accused of murder, prison, prisoner, jail ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Death-row inmate Sudo (Pierre Taki) sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii (Takayuki Yamada). In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura (Lily Franky), also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While ...
Style:
tense, dark, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigative journalism, journalist, investigative reporter, investigation, killing, true crime, serial killer, killing spree, prison visit, murderer, hitman ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A U.S. soldier comes to Korea and tracks down his biological father in jail.
Style:
captivating, emotional, tear jerker, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, biological father, military, family drama, prisoner, family problems, relationship problems, jail, uncover truth, parents and children, soldier, search for father ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, witty, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, obsession, revenge, hairdresser, vengeance, humiliation, ex husband ex wife relationship, rags to riches, relationships, love story, sexual frustration ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
poland, paris france, france, warsaw poland, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.
Style:
detective, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, outlaw, old west, two man army, male bonding, friendship between men, fugitive, sheriff, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, bank robbery, train robbery ...
Time:
year 1979, 19th century
Place:
wyoming, utah
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, serious, powerful, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, police officer, gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, love, gay affair, relationships, lost love, secret relationship, male male relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1957, 50s, year 1958, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
venice, brighton, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, feel good, touching, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, fashion, cat, woman, secret past, love, destiny, love of one's life, eccentricity, writers, love and romance, party ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, los angeles, brazil ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, weeping, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, death sentence, redemption, friendship, moral dilemma, guilt, drug addiction, drug, courage, lawyer, death row ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
malaysia, southeast asia, new york, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.
Style:
entertaining, light, inspirational, 3d animation, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot:
creativity, singing, anthropomorphic animal, music, musician, talent show, pig, mentor, friendship, talking animal, furry, animal ...
Time:
year 2016
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The lives of four women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Style:
thought provoking, ironic, disturbing, captivating, heartfelt ...
Plot:
lesbian interest, mountain, mother daughter relationship, small town, teacher, flirting, dysfunctional relationship, feminist, marriage, lgbt, women, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 1975, year 1959, year 1966, year 1918
Place:
montana
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120K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's ...
Style:
humorous, parody, sex comedy, teen, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
dumb, brother sister sex, stupidity, family relations, parents and children, female pedophile, teacher student relationship, foul language, pedophile, cheating fiancee, meet the parents, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, year 1984, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, north america, seattle ...
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81K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, humorous, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
cold war, buddy cop, culture clash, revenge, drug dealer, police brutality, brutality, police officer, gunfight, russian abroad, showdown, manhunt ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chicago, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Failing to make it on his own, 27-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
Style:
touching, emotional, stylized, sincere, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, dysfunctional family, coma, little boy, single parent, homecoming, alienation, introspection, writers, family problems, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, indiana, texas, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in court providing moral support. At first she resists the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, weeping, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
erection, nudity, coming of age, terrorist, male nudity, psychoanalysis, student, teenage boy, high school, terrorism, wedding, telephone call ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy
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