Imprisoned movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant imprisoned movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, serious and psychological films and TV shows about / with imprisoned, jail, prison, prison life, jail cell, violence, survival, corruption, jailed and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as imprisoned: Starred Up (2013), Midnight Express (1978), Block B - Under Arrest (2015), Plantadas (2023), Get the Gringo (2012), The Guys from Paradise (2000), Incarcerated (2023), Inside (2024), Mynaa (2010), Pink Is (2021).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, naked man, violence, prison life, juvenile delinquent, nudity, prison guard, hot guys, male nudity, therapist, nude young male ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
ethiopia, ireland, britain, england
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, brutality, torture, injustice, lawyer, escape, prison life, prison escape, drug, drug smuggling, court, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970, year 1978, year 1975 ...
Place:
turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece, istanbul turkey, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
"Block B - Under Arrest" is the story of Bea Kroeger, who is charged with attempted murder of her husband. During the pre-trial detention in the prison Tempelhof they must fight for their place in the pecking order among the inmates ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
prison, imprisoned, women's prison, jailed, women in prison, jail, prison sentence, prison life, problem, framed for murder, accusation, female protagonist ...
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Story:
Alina, Luisa and América are three women who after fighting to restore and stabilize democracy to their country realize they’ve been betrayed by the leader of the revolution. The three women begin to confront and challenge the new system in their ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
revolution, imprisoned, cuban revolution, women, imprisonment, oppression, women's prison, female protagonist, social problems, life is a bitch, prison, social issues ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
brutal, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, outsmarting, prisoner, thief, prison gang, prison escape, resourceful, lone hero, prison life, mafia, vengeance, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, organized crime, corruption, jail, imprisoned, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, criminal underworld, gangster, false accusation ...
Place:
japan, the philippines
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After being incarcerated, a woman enacts an elaborate plan of revenge on the ruthless female drug lord responsible for her family’s demise.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
revenge, imprisoned, jailed, women's prison, gang, prison sentence, vengeance, bandit, life is a bitch, prison life, criminal gang, jail cell ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being transferred from juvenile to adult prison, Mel Blight is taken under the wing of both Mark Shepard, Australia’s most despised criminal, and Warren Murfett, a soon to be paroled inmate. As a paternal triangle grows between them, we see ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, harsh ...
Plot:
prison, jail, jail cell, prison life, prison sentence, jailed, relationships, imprisoned, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, confined, character study ...
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Genre: Action, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
To avoid getting into an unwanted marriage, Mynaa escapes with her childhood love, Suruli, and plans to marry him. Along the way, they face many problems and fate has something drastic in store.
Style:
emotional, captivating, suspenseful, tense, entertaining ...
Plot:
village, escape, prison escape, jailed, young girl, imprisoned, rural setting, prison, young woman, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young lovers, forbidden love ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
This comedic series follows the antics of the inmates and staff of Chatsworth, a dysfunctional women's prison.
Style:
exciting, thrilling, realistic, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
women's prison, jail cell, women, jailed, prison warden, jail, women in prison, prison, female protagonist, prison life, prison sentence, strong female presence ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lorena, Frida, Lisset and Montse, four friends who are in prison serving a sentence. One of them is accused unjustly. In the prison where they are held there is a massive escape and they escape. After their escape, the fugitives take refuge in a bar ...
Style:
soap opera, exciting, realistic, dramatic, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, prison sentence, fight, imprisoned, love affair, jail cell, women in prison, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, relationships, jail ...
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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
Country: Germany
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story:
Momo, a young soccer player who ends up innocently behind bars. In Berlin jail he now has to assert himself and is put under pressure by his uncle, the clan leader Amar.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
prison, innocent, problem, prison sentence, jail, prison life, imprisoned, jailed, social problems, life is a bitch, football player, organized crime ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell - on whose life much of the film ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
ira, prison, anglo irish relations, cell mate, women's prison, female prisoner, jail cell, protest, resistance, hunger, problem, jailed ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dimitris Pavlatos is a supervisor trying to improve the conditions in Kalamos female prison, but he falls in love with a prisoner.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, emotional ...
Plot:
greek, love story, romantic relationship, prison, women, jailed, love interest, in love, satire, social satire, love and romance, imprisoned ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Years ago, Takuma Yoshito (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) was arrested and prosecuted for attempted murder. He received a 15-year prison sentence, but it was proven that he was wrongfully convicted and he got out of prison with his name cleared. Takuma was ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
criminal psychology, conspiracy, police detective, corruption, investigation, police procedural, confined, police, prisoner, ex convict, jailed, imprisoned ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Akemi Adachi is in prison for illegal drug possession, Chinatsu Katsuda for tax evasion and Yoko Daimon for embezzlement. Shinobu Edogawa is imprisoned due to a miscarriage of justice.
Style:
crime drama, captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
women in prison, corruption, revenge, prison life, female protagonist, criminal, imprisoned, miscarriage of justice, court, jail, prison sentence, prison ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Women establish a sisterhood as they spend time together behind bars.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, women, confined, sisterhood, women's prison, prison life, problem, jail cell, prison sentence, criminal, imprisoned, jailed ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Muthuvel Pandian lives a peaceful life with his family, but a sudden intrusion of unwelcome parties in the lives of his family forces him to turn to a path he had long left behind.
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, revenge, jail, gang of outlaws, jail cell, leader, imprisoned, jailed, criminal gang, gang, bandit, manhunt ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The anomalous heat wave overwhelms everything, forcing everyone to reverse the pace of life: only during the hours of darkness it is possible to work, move, survive. And it is precisely in the middle of the night that Samantha emerges from the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, rough, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, danger, psychopath, psychologist, private investigator, kidnapped, survival, psychiatry, kidnapped woman, investigation, amnesia ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, entertaining, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
travel, self discovery, life, psychiatrist, life philosophy, relationships, teaching the ways of the world, happiness, friendship, loneliness, midlife crisis, stereotypes ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
africa, china, tibet, england, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style:
epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
dragon, medieval, intrigue, fantasy world, incest, kingdom, power struggle, peril, abuse of power, political intrigue, conflict, rivalry ...
Time:
ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
idaho, former yugoslavia, hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, erotic, stylized, period piece ...
Plot:
royal family, queen, royalty, monarchy, royal court, aristocracy, throne, young woman, love and romance, medieval, tudors, king ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
prison, bird, warden, life sentence, alcatraz, redemption, medical, pet bird, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, kansas, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, manly, kids ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, prisoner, soldier, pow, freedom, prison escape, nazi, chase, war, capture, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe, switzerland, alps ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, alcatraz, escape, prison life, freedom, jail, island, prison warden, harassment, prison guard, convict ...
Time:
year 1960, 20th century, year 1979, year 1961, year 1962 ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a ...
Style:
slasher, atmospheric, retro, disturbing, cult classic ...
Plot:
prison, ghost, night, prison guard, haunting, revenge, prisoner, prison life, jail, execution, imprisonment, prison warden ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1964
Place:
wyoming
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of the movie. The prison is a futuristic one run by a private ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, cyber, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, dystopia, escape, desert, prisoner, maximum security prison, violence, overpopulation, isolation, pregnancy, strong sexual content, dream ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1992, year 2017, 80s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, grindhouse, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, jungle, island, dystopia, prison guard, survival, escape, all male cast, island prison, chase, male male relationship, prisoner ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1994
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