Jailed movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant jailed movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with jailed, prison, jail, prison life, prison sentence, prisoner, confined, prison gang, criminal and jail cell plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as jailed: The Numbers (2016), Convict (2014), Enemies of the State (2010), Prison Playbook (2017), Within the Whirlwind (2009), O.G. (2018), The Prison (2017), Mafia Millionaires (2014), Is It Clear, My Friend? (2000), Sing Sing (2023).
Best films
New films
| Jailer (2023) | 7.2 | |
| For Life (2020) | 7.6 | |
| The Pack (2022) | 6.5 | |
| Asbest (2023) | 6.1 | |
| The Convict (2021) | 7.1 |
List of jailed movies
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Four men are assigned to the prison: Jūgo, a man who attempted to break out of prison and ended up extending his jail time; Uno, a man who likes to gamble with women; Rock, a man who likes to get into fights; and Nico, a man who likes anime.
Style:
anime, humorous, entertaining, action comedy, colorful ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, life, escape attempt, prison gang, jailed, prison sentence, escapades, jail cell, runaway ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
Plot:
prison, prison violence, prison gang, male objectification, gang, humiliation, convict, prison life, confined, prisoner, jailed, bandit ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Crime thriller inspired by the story of Jiri Kajinek, which is considered the first bounty hunter in the Czech Republic. Thanks to his escape from the prison fortress Mirov it became a legend and the most wanted man in Europe. Five weeks while ...
Style:
suspense, captivating
Plot:
prison, criminal, lawyer, prison escape, legal, crime boss, court, law and order, jailed, prison life, prison fight, true crime ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.
Style:
dorama, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot:
prison, baseball, baseball player, prisoner, corruption, jailed, prison life, jail, fame, warden, confined, con artists ...
Place:
thailand, korea
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, historical drama
Plot:
political repression, jailed, male female relationship, gulag, political persecution, political prisoner, couple relations, love affair, wartime, relationships, love story, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1934
Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
Style:
realistic, suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prisoner, friendship, jailed, urban, prison life, realism, convict, confined, social problems, maximum security prison, jail ...
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An imprisoned ex-police inspector discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate running a crime syndicate and becomes part of the crime empire.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama
Plot:
prison violence, prison, jailed, prison life, gang, outlaw gang, jail, syndicate, crime boss, prisoner, prison gang, prison guard ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on a real Italian crime boss and family, their 40-year saga, as seen through their eyes, reflects the history, beauty, and strife of Naples.
Style:
unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, suspense
Plot:
mafia, jailed, murder, drug dealing, police raid, singer, carabinieri, marriage, catholic, catholic church, camorra, mobster ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
Place:
barcelona, naples italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A cruel world of the Yugoslavian prison during 1980s, based on real events about a man who gets life sentence for committed crime.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
prison, life sentence, jail, jailed, maximum security prison, prisoner, prison life, criminal, prison sentence, confinement indoors, confined, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia
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28K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, inspirational, f word
Plot:
prison, theater, african american, jail cell, jailed, prison life, theatre play, falsely accused, problem, false accusation of murder, accused of murder, prison sentence ...
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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: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, surreal, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison escape, escape, prison, escape artist, jailed, island prison, escaped prisoner, maximum security prison, prison guard, runaway, criminal, prison sentence ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
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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: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Hairdresser Suus ends up in jail after attempting to murder her husband.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
women's prison, prison, female prisoner, human spirit, jailed, prison life, jail cell, prison sentence, jail, penal colony, women in prison, colony ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Steve Mackleson is a dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison. We follow, as he navigates his struggle against redemption the system and his inner turmoil, when a young black gang member becomes his unlikely ...
Style:
suspense, intense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
maximum security prison, prison warden, prison, character study, redemption, prison life, jailed, jail, jail cell, prison sentence, prison fight, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
A doctor volunteers to carry out AIDS prevention work at the largest prison in Latin America, Carandiru, in São Paulo. There he lives with reality behind the bars, which includes violence, overcrowding of cells and poor facilities. But despite all ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
prison life, doctor, prison, volunteer, jailed, society, jail, prisoner, prison violence, prison gang, confined, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Brian Wicklow is jailed after a killing spree so macabre that he has become one of Britain's most notorious murderers. Vilified by the popular press and despised by fellow inmates, his notoriety is compounded by the fact that detectives, ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, prison, killing, murderer, murder investigation, jailed, crime investigation, serial murder, criminal, killing spree, prison sentence ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Bermuda
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This is a story in jail. A story about learning a "new life”…
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, comedy drama, realistic ...
Plot:
prison life, prison, fish out of water, jail, prison sentence, jailed, prison guard, prison warden, lifestyle, jail cell, prison fight, prison gang ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, escape, jailed, jail, prison life, prison escape, injustice, prison break, social problems, falsely accused, prison sentence, jail cell ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Successful judge Alicja Mazur, who is known for her severity towards criminals. The woman is unexpectedly accused of a murder she did not commit. She is sent to prison, where she has to survive among the women she previously condemned herself. She ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
women in prison, prison, criminal, prison life, jail, framed for murder, false accusation of murder, jailed, frame up, prison sentence, falsely accused, female judge ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
escape plan, maximum security prison, jail, escape, escaped prisoner, prison, jailed, escape from custody, prisoner, running from police, escape attempt, prison life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Triad leader Roller and life-sentence inmate Scar maintain the balance of power as the bosses of the prison they're incarcerated at. Life at the prison gets disrupted by the arrival of new inmate Mak, who has run-ins with both Scar and Roller. ...
Style:
light, captivating, entertaining, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
escape, prison, gang, jailed, prison escape, jail, bandit, prison gang, escape from custody, prison life, organized crime, escapades ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Cadu, a public defender who sees his life change after being mistaken for a drug dealer.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
prison, jailed, crime boss, prison life, jail, white lie, mistaken identity, criminal, drug lord, maximum security prison, jail cell, drug dealer ...
Place:
bolivia, miami
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbt teen, gay relationship, high school, gay teenager, closeted gay, detention, jail, gang, young adult, jailed, criminal, prison violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a humble farmer who becomes President of Mexico. When he is falsely accused of fraud and incarcerated, he must fight back against the corrupt system behind the scheme and clear his name for the sake of his country and family.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, political thriller, intense ...
Plot:
political repression, political intrigue, confined, political persecution, president, wrongful imprisonment, corruption, politician, jail, jailed, political prisoner, politics ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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4K
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Copper Jack Stone purposefully orchestrates a bank robbery in order to be thrown into prison with the notorious Russian kingpin Balam. Balam is more than just a mob criminal; he's a very cunning and dangerous lord who controls the police force ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, russian mafia, murderer, vengeance, jailed, prison riot, confined, mafia, murder, mafioso, gang, bandit ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min.
TV show
Story:
Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009)
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
jail, false accusation, prison gang, prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, jailed, corruption, wrongful imprisonment, prison warden, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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10K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, inspirational
Plot:
confined, wrongful conviction, prison, lawyer, mind game, life sentence, scheme, prisoner, legal, jailed, jail, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When call girl Cindy (Joslyn James, notorious from the golfing scandal) gets busted under the new 36 Strikes Law, she receives the maximum sentence of "Life in Prison without Parole". Desperate to beat the rap, Cindy agrees to become a ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, sex comedy
Plot:
female fight, women's prison, prison, female nudity, sex scene, women in prison, fight club, female wrestler, female protagonist, prostitute, female boxer, boxing ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.
Style:
anime, disturbing, captivating, tense, adult animation ...
Plot:
prison fight, fight, prison brawl, scuffle, warrior, combat, fistfight, battles, jailed, fight club, prison, ambition ...
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