Here we've displayed a list of the best Cell films : Oldboy(2003), A Man Escaped(1956), Cool Hand Luke(1967), Papillon(1973), Inside Man(2006), Lady Vengeance(2005), Law Abiding Citizen(2009), Into the Abyss(2011), Cube(1997), Bronson(2008), The Criminal Code(1931), Pardon Us(1931) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
South Korea
2003
118 Minutes
Min-sik Choi Ji-tae Yu Gang Hye Jeong Dae-han Ji Dal-su Oh Byeong-ok Kim Seung-shin Lee Jin-seo Yoon
drunk kidnapper friend police officer prisoner suspenseful thrilling shocking new york city cell jail restaurant secret kidnapping imprisonment money chases loneliness mystery pursuit
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
Action
France
1956
102 Minutes
François Leterrier Charles Le Clainche Maurice Beerblock Roland Monod Jacques Ertaud Roger Treherne Jean Paul Delhumeau Jean-Philippe Delamare Jacques Oerlemans Klaus Detlef
prisoner of war cellmate guard tense somber cool prison cell lyon, france fort escape war nazism freedom adventure quest 1940s
A captured French Resistance fighter during WWII engineers a daunting escape from a Nazi prison in France.
Drama
USA
1967
129 Minutes
Paul Newman George Kennedy J.D. Cannon Lou Antonio Robert Drivas Strother Martin Jo Van Fleet Wayne Rogers Anthony Zerbe Ralph Waite Harry Dean Stanton
prisoner warden guard police officer mother brash cool moving bleak amusing gritty florida prison farm hideout country road church cell prison rebellion escape
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1973
150 Minutes
Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe Robert Deman Woodrow Parfrey Bill Mumy George Coulouris Ratna Assan William Smithers
convict forger prisoner doctor indian nun gritty brutal dark fiery tense emotional french guiana prison camp cell jungle colombia devil's island imprisonment escape
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2006
129 Minutes
Denzel Washington Clive Owen Jodie Foster Willem Dafoe Chiwetel Ejiofor Kim Director Christopher Plummer Florina Petcu Jay Charan Bernie Rachelle
detective bank robber hostage banker negotiator broker tense suspenseful bank new york city cell heist investigation deception stand-off hostages quest mystery rivalry 2000s
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
South Korea
2005
114 Minutes
Lee Yeong-ae Min-sik Choi Nam Il-woo Kim Byeong-ok Kim Bu-seon Mi-ran Ra
murderer thief daughter teacher police officer criminal striking emotional gutsy prison bakery cell house korea wrongful conviction murder retribution justice revenge discovery
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2009
108 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Gerard Butler Colm Meaney Bruce McGill Leslie Bibb Michael Irby Gregory Itzin Regina Hall Emerald Angel Young Christian Stolte Annie Corley
vigilante terrorist prosecutor prisoner prison life government official tense uneasy brutal gripping suspenseful gritty philadelphia pennsylvania government building big city cell home retribution investigation
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Germany
2011
107 Minutes
werner herzog filmmaker candidate emotional texas cell capital punishment criminal justice system crime rivalry
Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
1997
90 Minutes
Maurice Dean Wint Nicole De Boer Nicky Guadagni David Hewlett Wayne Robson Andrew Miller Julian Richings
ex-cop architect genius thief physicist autistic person tense bleak eerie offbeat maze prison cell confinement puzzle mathematics survival conspiracy theories mind games escape
Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.
Biography, Drama
UK|Cayman Islands|Denmark|USA
2008
92 Minutes
Tom Hardy Kelly Adams Luing Andrews Katy Barker Amanda Burton Mark Devenport Paul Donnelly Andrew Forbes Jon House Matt King James Lance
prisoner fighter prison guard promoter wife teacher brutal unrestrained gritty england prison cell solitary confinement prison life michael peterson solitary confinement crime criminal justice system alter ego underdog
A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
95 Minutes
Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings Boris Karloff DeWitt Jennings Mary Doran Ethel Wales Clark Marshall Arthur Hoyt John St. Polis Paul Porcasi
young man district attorney daughter cellmate guard informant bleak gripping intense club prison car cell murder prison life difficult decision father/daughter relationship solitary confinement romance fall
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Comedy
USA
1931
55 Minutes
bootlegger partner warden daughter cellmate prisoner playful madcap prison office cell school field dentist's office prison life prison break prohibition impersonation friendship escape
Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.
Drama
USA
1940
77 Minutes
John Garfield Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien Burgess Meredith Henry O'Neill Jerome Cowan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Margot Stevenson Willard Robertson Edward Pawley
gangster prisoner warden girlfriend rival attorney brooding fiery confident passionate sing sing correctional facility new york state cell yard courtroom prison life organized crime egoism rehabilitation jailbreak
An arrogant mobster, sentenced to a long prison term in Sing Sing, becomes a changed man when given a chance by the fair and progressive warden.
Drama
UK
1962
85 Minutes
Patrick McGoohan Sylvia Syms Walter Macken Dermot Kelly Jack Cunningham Hilton Edwards Philip O'Flynn Leo McCabe Norman Rodway Marie Kean Pauline Delaney
guard prisoner warden doctor mistress colleague brooding melodramatic dark dublin ireland prison cell prison life capital punishment adultery forbidden love morality discovery wretched excess
In Ireland, a newly hired prison guard has to deal with the realities of prison work and to face the grim issue of death-row executions.
Drama
UK
2003
94 Minutes
Ian Hart Linus Roache Mohammed Chamas Nayef Rashed Lynn Farleigh Bassem Breish Ziad Lahoud Brian Devlin Aine Ni Mhuiri Paddy Rocks
teacher journalist hostage moving powerful tense beirut, lebanon ireland cell lebanon hostage crisis friendship imprisonment british-irish relations rescue 1990s
The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-91 Civil War.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|China
2019
129 Minutes
Bruce Willis James McAvoy Samuel L. Jackson Sarah Paulson Anya Taylor-Joy Spencer Treat Clark Charlayne Woodard Adam David Thompson Luke Kirby
vigilante psychiatrist superhero villain paraplegic dark thrilling suspenseful emotional uneasy tense mental institution cell hospital room mental illness heroism rivalry good versus evil superhuman abilities rivalry
Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.
Drama
USA
1966
88 Minutes
Leonard Nimoy Michael Forest Paul Mazursky Gavin MacLeod Robert Ellenstein
thief murderer gay man prison guard prisoner brooding gripping spirited creative prison cell prison life homosexuality love triangle power struggle self-destruction rivalry fall 1940s
A small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.
Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Jim Caviezel James Faulkner Olivier Martinez Joanne Whalley-Kilmer John Lynch Yorgos Karamihos Antonia Campbell Hughes Alessandro Sperduti Manuel Cauchi Noah Huntley Kenneth Spiteri
apostle captive prisoner writer roman roman soldier dark brutal inspiring emotional gritty tense rome prison cell city market religious beliefs storytelling prison
Luke travels Roma looking for apostle Paul, turned in Nero's prisoner, to tell his story before his execution.
War
USA
1944
99 Minutes
captain lieutenant sargeant judge japanese soldier patriotic brutal gripping tokyo courtroom prison cell world war ii imprisonment trial patriotism bombing courage rivalry rise
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Willem Dafoe Edward Furlong Seymour Cassel Mickey Rourke Steve Buscemi Tom Arnold John Heard Danny Trejo Jake La Botz Mark Boone Junior Edward Bunker
young man convict sexual predator guard judge transvestite gritty raw touching tense prison cell cafeteria court classroom unusual friendship prison life protection unlikely criminal survival
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Drama
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Barton MacLane Joe Sawyer Veda Ann Borg James Robbins Joe King Gordon Oliver Garry Owen Marc Lawrence
captain singer brother inmate prison official gritty engaging tense nightclub san quentin penitentiary cell apartment street prison life escape brother/sister relationship performance riots romance quest
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Peter Graves Jean Parker Milburn Stone Warren Stevens Jack Kelly Sylvia Findley James Bell Victor Perrin Hal Baylor Harry Bartell
convict reporter girlfriend hostage police officer priest dark melodramatic gripping prison hideout warehouse cell prison break hostage situation crime money law and order escape revenge
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Western
USA
1953
87 Minutes
prisoner union soldier prison guard confederate soldier cellmate prison official bleak brutal gritty prison new mexico cell prison life wrongful conviction civil war reconstruction discovery transformation sacrifice 1860s
A man is framed and sent to toughest prison in the territory.
Drama
Denmark|USA|UK
2004
109 Minutes
Connie Nielsen Aidan Quinn Kelly Preston Sara-Marie Maltha Randy Colton Mark Ryan Mark Holton Tim Daly
inmate lawyer brother-in-law pen pal judge woman melodramatic tense suspenseful prison courtroom house cell death row kidnapping prison life secrets truth murder investigation
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Germany|Taiwan|Canada|USA|UK
2014
88 Minutes
Scarlett Johansson Morgan Freeman Min-sik Choi Amr Waked Julian Rhind-Tutt Pilou Asbæk Analeigh Tipton Nicolas Phongpheth Jan Oliver Schroeder Luca Angeletti
boyfriend drug smuggler student thug captor neurologist confident cool intense apartment bedroom car cell airplane street drug trafficking super powers brain tissue survival escape
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Drama
USA
1996
90 Minutes
James Woods Robert Sean Leonard Ellen Greene Cara Buono Robert John Burke Steve Forrest John Bedford Lloyd Lili Taylor
killer prison guard judge warden cop writer dark chilling creepy leavenworth prison courtroom cell kansas minnesota carl panzram henry lesser psychology serial murders memoir prison life
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1962
65 Minutes
Florence Carrez Jean-Claude Fourneau Roger Honorat Marc Jacquier Jean Gillibert Andre Regnier Michel Herubel Philippe Dreux Marcel Darbaud E.R. Pratt Michael Williams
bishop teen girl monk peasant witness brooding solemn profound france courtroom cell public execution joan of arc trial heresy religion faith death sentence sacrifice mystery
Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.
Adventure
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Louis Hayward Patricia Medina John Sutton Charles Irwin Ted de Corsia Rex Evans Malú Gatica George Givot Robert McNeeley
physician fiancée sea captain pirate first mate military official spirited brash west indies ship cell port harbor piracy false accusations devotion impersonation duplicity murder quest
In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set-up.
Comedy
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Humphrey Bogart Warren Hymer Claire Luce
prisoner partner inmate parolee ex-boyfriend love interest cheeky lighthearted amusing prison town mission street cell prison break friendship prison life blackmail baseball framed
When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.
Western
USA
1935
60 Minutes
cowboy miner brother thief canadian mountie melodramatic rousing thrilling ontario, canada mountain forest prison cell crime thievery brother relationship showdown morality murder plot
A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the gang, the gang orders his death--and tells his brother to kill him.