Here we've displayed a list of the best Imprisonment films : Oldboy(2003), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills(1996), Room(2015), In the Name of the Father(1993), Papillon(1973), Stalag 17(1953), Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer(2007), The Magdalene Sisters(2002), The Count of Monte Cristo(1934), The First Circle(1991), Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985), Comrades(1986) ... ...
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.
Documentary
USA
1996
150 Minutes
Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky Jessie Misskelly Sr. Jason Baldwin Damien Wayne Echols Christopher Byers Michael Moore Steven Branch Pam Echols Domini Teer
teen boy adult friend father girlfriend judge bleak disheartening tennessee court murder trial satanism false accusations imprisonment mystery discovery 1990s
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
Drama
Canada|Ireland|UK|USA
2015
118 Minutes
Brie Larson Jacob Tremblay Joan Allen Sean Bridgers Tom McCamus William H. Macy Megan Park Amanda Brugel
mother son young boy charming brooding creative emotional intense room united states real world imprisonment kidnapping confinement escape mother/son relationship love life curiosity discovery
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Drama
Ireland|UK
1993
132 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson John Lynch Corin Redgrave Beatie Edney Daniel Massey Alison Crosbie
thief father barrister judge friend police detective disturbing powerful inspiring ireland courtroom prison pub injustice imprisonment false accusations father/son relationship terrorism patriotism wretched excess
A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
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.
War
USA
1953
120 Minutes
William Holden Otto Preminger Robert Strauss Don Taylor Harvey Lembeck Richard Erdman Peter Graves Neville Brand Sig Ruman Michael Moore Peter Baldwin
prisoner of war spy guard pilot sergeant nazi engaging gripping suspenseful tense germany prison camp world war ii prisoners of war loyalty imprisonment escape mystery quest 1940s
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Documentary, Music
USA
2007
93 Minutes
Anita O'Day Buddy Bregman Leonard Feather Will Friedwald Russell Garcia Johnny Mandel
jazz singer friend critic musician inspiring engaging chicago stage anita o'day drug addiction poverty performance struggle imprisonment rise underdog 1960s
A tribute to jazz diva Anita O'Day, completed just weeks before her death in November 2006.
Drama
Ireland|UK
2002
119 Minutes
Geraldine McEwan Anne-Marie Duff Nora-Jane Noone Dorothy Duffy Eileen Walsh Mary Murray Britta Smith Frances Healy Eithne McGuinness Rebecca Walsh Eamonn Owens
teen girl mother superior nun rebel orphan inmate bleak disturbing ireland convent school orphanage church imprisonment sexism abuse religion pregnancy rape growing up
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Adventure
USA
1934
113 Minutes
Robert Donat Elissa Landi Louis Calhern Sidney Blackmer Raymond Walburn O.P. Heggie Irene Hervey Georgia Caine Walter Walker Lawrence Grant Luis Alberni
prisoner count villain fiancée spirited gutsy rousing gripping paris italy island revenge fortune imprisonment rags to riches adventure revenge rivalry transformation 1810s
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Drama
Ireland
1991
189 Minutes
joseph stalin security head prisoner diplomat scientist gripping dark emotional profound labor camp russia embassy moral dilemma communism espionage technology imprisonment temptation sacrifice quest
When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
Drama
Brazil|USA
1985
119 Minutes
William Hurt Raul Julia Sonia Braga José Lewgoy Nuno Leal Maia Antonio Petrim Denise Dumont Milton Gonçalves Patricio Bisso Herson Capri Nildon Parrente
political prisoner gay man woman convict warden fascinating tender prison argentina politics imprisonment homosexuality fantasy storytelling unlikely friendship transformation discovery 1980s
A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
Drama, History
UK
1986
160 Minutes
Robin Soans William Gaminara Philip Davis Robert Stevens Michael Hordern
minister landowner laborer organizer protester farmer fascinating passionate rousing emotional tolpuddle, england farm small town labor strike tolpuddle martyrs agriculture imprisonment worker's rights political activism sacrifice
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Documentary
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Jonathan Stack
prisoner warden parole officer fascinating shocking prison louisiana imprisonment justice race relations human nature transformation quest 1990s
Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
Drama
UK|Germany|USA
2000
123 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Kate Winslet Joaquin Phoenix Michael Caine Billie Whitelaw Patrick Malahide Amelia Warner Jane Menelaus Stephen Moyer
love interest doctor worker government official priest marquis de sade dark witty passionate france insane asylum imprisonment torture writing seduction sex murder temptation fall 18th century
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Stan Laurel Ray McCarey Oliver Hardy Don Dillaway Mary Carr Tom Kennedy Grady Sutton Jacquie Lyn Billy Gilbert C. Montague Shaw Muriel Evans
soldier friend father grandfather groom banker campy madcap playful military base jail battlefield small town church bank child custody war friendship abandonment imprisonment
Two war veterans help an orphaned child find her grandfather.
War
UK|New Zealand|Japan
1983
124 Minutes
David Bowie Tom Conti Ryuichi Sakamoto "Beat" Takeshi Kitano Jack Thompson Johnny Ohkura Alistair Browning James Malcolm Chris Broun Grant Bridger Colin Francis
soldier prisoner of war translator military officer sergeant homosexual cool disturbing gutsy pow camp japan world war ii cultural differences torture homosexuality imprisonment honor underdog discovery 1940s
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Victor Mature Richard Conte Shelley Winters Fred Clark Berry Kroeger Debra Paget Betty Garde Tommy Cook
police detective murderer girlfriend lawyer thief brutal chilling dark suspenseful new york city hospital prison murder theft investigation imprisonment escape fall pursuit mystery
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
99 Minutes
Aldis Hodge Greg Kinnear Sherri Shepherd Melanie Liburd Tiffany Dupont Gino Vento Xosha Roquemore Mystie Smith Jose Miguel Vasquez Dorian Missick Monique Grant
football player convict wrongly accused police officer assistant district attorney family member inspiring emotional confident moving football field house prison courtroom law office wrongfully accused shattered dreams wrongful conviction imprisonment self-confidence
A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.
Drama
Italy
2003
90 Minutes
Luigi Iacuzio Federica Bonavolonta Francesco Pirozzi Sergio Solli Marina Suma Italo Celoro Lucia Ragni Francesco Di Leva Domenico Balsamo Ferdinando Triola Vincenzo Pirozzi
inmate criminal father dying person girlfriend brother dark gritty profound italy prison family home reunion crime mortality imprisonment death homecoming fall sacrifice
After ten years in jail, Matteo, returns home in order to sign some legal papers tied to the imminent death of his father. But the real reason Matteo returns is to face the ghosts of his ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1975
126 Minutes
Roger E. Mosley Paul Benjamin Madge Sinclair Alan Manson Albert P. Hall Art Evans James Brodhead John Henry Faulk Vivian Bonnell Dana Manno Timothy Pickard
blues singer musician prisoner friend engaging intense louisiana texas prison stage leadbelly performance racism imprisonment blues music underdog discovery 1940s
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, History
UK|South Africa|France
2013
146 Minutes
Idris Elba Naomie Harris Tony Kgoroge Riaad Moosa Jamie Bartlett Lindiwi Matshikiza Deon Lotz Terry Pheto
nelson mandela south african man revolutionary president prison guard prison official emotional fascinating inspiring south africa jail farm village political rally south africa apartheid anti-establishment imprisonment freedom revolution
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Drama
India
1984
180 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar Rishi Kapoor Amrita Singh Prem Chopra Amrish Puri
husband wife friend daughter ex-convict gripping engaging emotional india city house apartment prison imprisonment revenge murder justice love quest pursuit
Mohan Kumar's diligence and honesty lands him in trouble with Balwant Singh Kalra, Jugal Kishore Ahuja, and Mr. Bhandari. Together the trio frame and imprison Mohan and make him watch ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Warren William Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Bert Roach Marion Martin Montagu Love Doris Kenyon
d'artagnan porthos aramis athos princess twin rousing thrilling melodramatic paris bastille palace countryside prison king louis xiv deception rebellion love triangle secret imprisonment
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Drama, History
South Korea
2017
132 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang So Ji-sub Song Joong Ki Lee Jung-hyun Su-an Kim Kyeong-ho Yoon Seung-hwan Shin Seong-il Park
korean person prisoner japanese soldier rebel leader officer bleak brutal disturbing frenetic frightful shocking island prison japan labor camp ship imprisonment uprising power
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.
Drama
UK|Norway|USA
1971
100 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Espen Skjonberg James Maxwell Alfred Burke Eric Thompson John Cording Matthew Guinness Alf Malland
prisoner guard foreman doctor brooding solemn uneasy labor camp siberia construction site prison survival soviet union imprisonment punishment escape underdog 1950s
Ivan Denisovich Shukhov has been sentenced to a camp in the Soviet gulag system. He was accused of becoming a spy after being captured briefly by the Germans as a prisoner of war during ... See full summary »
Western, Drama
USA
1961
141 Minutes
Marlon Brando Karl Malden Katy Jurado Pina Pellicer Slim Pickens Ben Johnson Sam Gilman Larry Duran Timothy Agoglia Carey Miriam Colon Elisha Cook Jr.
outlaw bandit partner sheriff stepdaughter deputy gritty quirky tense mexico bank desert prison monterey, calif. betrayal bank heist imprisonment showdown prison break romance
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Tyrone Power Jonathan Hale Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold Lloyd Nolan Charley Grapewin Lionel Atwill Marc Lawrence
henchman gangster father girlfriend boss inmate gritty emotional new york city office jail crime imprisonment father/son relationship reputation betrayal quest love transformation fall
The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.
Biography, Drama
West Germany|Czechoslovakia
1986
122 Minutes
Barbara Sukowa Daniel Olbrychski Otto Sander Adelheid Arndt Jürgen Holtz Doris Schade Hannes Jaenicke
marxist lover pacifist philosopher wife politician intricate passionate berlin prison political rally protest world war i social injustice murder imprisonment rosa luxemburg sacrifice underdog 1920s
After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.