Here we've displayed a list of the best Jail films : The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1967), Oldboy(2003), Green Book(2018), Rio Bravo(1959), Blood Diamond(2006), 3-Iron(2004), The Blues Brothers(1980), Veer-Zaara(2004), The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939), Rushmore(1998), Remember the Night(1940), Blow(2001) ... ...
Western
Italy|Spain|West Germany|USA
1967
161 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach Lee Van Cleef Aldo Giuffré Chelo Alonso Mario Brega Luigi Pistilli Rada Rassimov
stranger bandit criminal killer union soldier bounty hunter amusing brutal gritty tense bleak gripping desert jail small town abandoned town southwest u.s. prison camp greed theft
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA|China
2018
130 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Mahershala Ali Linda Cardellini Sebastian Maniscalco Dimiter D. Marinov Mike Hatton P.J. Byrne Joe Cortese Maggie Nixon Von Lewis Jon Sortland
pianist driver bodyguard bouncer musician emotional touching amusing creative moving stage club car jail bar racism unlikely friendship unlikely allies travel music
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Western
USA
1959
141 Minutes
John Wayne Dean Martin Ricky Nelson Angie Dickinson Walter Brennan Ward Bond John Russell Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Estelita Rodriguez Claude Akins Bob Steele
sheriff drunk crippled man rancher gunslinger gambler amusing tense mushy gutsy rio bravo hotel jail ranch saloon frontier justice gambling false accusations romance alcoholism
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Adventure, Drama
USA|Germany|UK
2006
138 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Jennifer Connelly Djimon Hounsou David Harewood Arnold Vosloo Caruso Kuypers Michael Sheen Basil Wallace Ntare Mwine Stephen Collins Jimi Mistry
mercenary fisherman journalist rebel doctor soldier thrilling dark emotional gripping somber south africa motel jail mountain sierra leone diamond investigative journalism journey revolution
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Romance, Drama
South Korea|Japan
2004
87 Minutes
Seung-yeon Lee Hyun-Kyoon Lee Hyuk-ho Kwon Ju Jin-mo Choi Jeong-ho Lee Ju-suk Mun Sung-hyeok Park Ji-ah Jang Jae-yong Lee Da-hae Park Se-jin
abused wife husband drifter cop loner dreamy dark moving offbeat mansion house jail south korea domestic violence loveless marriage affair heroism jealousy on the run rescue
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
Musical, Comedy, Action
USA
1980
133 Minutes
John Belushi Dan Aykroyd James Brown Cab Calloway Ray Charles Carrie Fisher Aretha Franklin Henry Gibson John Candy Murphy Dunne Steve Cropper
cab calloway musician police officer woman nun ex-girlfriend amusing madcap frenetic unrestrained spirited illinois jail car hotel bar shopping mall blues debt car chase
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Romance, Drama
India
2004
193 Minutes
Shah Rukh Khan Rani Mukherji Preity Zinta Kiron Kher Divya Dutta Boman Irani Anupam Kher Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Manoj Bajpayee Zohra Segal
prisoner indian pilot emotional jail bus legend life secret transformation
Veer-Zaara is a saga of love, separation, courage and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.
Drama
USA
1939
116 Minutes
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Edmond O'Brien Alan Marshal Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Katharine Alexander George Zucco Fritz Leiber
gypsy bishop beautiful woman monster hunchback deacon suspenseful passionate heartwarming touching paris church courtroom notre dame cathedral cathedral jail love corruption rescue framed
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Comedy
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Jason Schwartzman Bill Murray Olivia Williams Seymour Cassel Brian Cox Mason Gamble Sara Tanaka Stephen McCole Ronnie McCawley Keith McCawley Connie Nielsen
teenager teacher friend enemy father quirky heartwarming high school house library jail theater hospital young love deception jealousy coming of age obsession teen angst forbidden love
The extracurricular king of Rushmore Preparatory School is put on academic probation.
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Crime, Biography, Drama
USA|Mexico
2001
124 Minutes
Johnny Depp Penélope Cruz Franka Potente Rachel Griffiths Paul Reubens Jordi Mollá Cliff Curtis Miguel Sandovar Ethan Suplee Ray Liotta Kevin Gage
drug lord wife friend pablo escobar father cool bleak hedonistic california jail colombia drug trafficking drug addiction marriage crime family dysfunction wretched excess fall 1970s
The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.
Romance, Drama
Germany|USA
2008
123 Minutes
Kate Winslet Ralph Fiennes David Kross Lena Olin Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara Hannah Herzsprung Volker Bruch Jeanette Hain Moritz Grove
student lawyer old flame criminal dark emotional germany courtroom jail train auschwitz romance nazism trial suicide coming of age love mystery discovery 20th century
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
Crime, Drama
USA
1997
155 Minutes
Pam Grier Samuel L. Jackson Robert Forster Bridget Fonda Michael Keaton Robert De Niro Michael Bowen Chris Tucker LisaGay Hamilton Tommy "Tiny" Lister Hattie Winston
flight attendant arms dealer agent detective bondsman friend gritty amusing thrilling los angeles airport household jail shopping mall smuggling investigation murder deception betrayal quest
A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.
Drama, History
UK|USA|France
2014
128 Minutes
David Oyelowo Tom Wilkinson Carmen Ejogo Giovanni Ribisi Alessandro Nivola Cuba Gooding Jr. Tim Roth Oprah Winfrey Common Lorraine Toussaint Andre Holland
martin luther king jr. lyndon baines johnson protester police officer southerner racist brooding dark emotional alabama washington, d.c. white house street jail bedroom civil disobedience civil rights violence racism courage
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Drama
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
93 Minutes
James Garner Joan Hackett Walter Brennan Harry Morgan Jack Elam Henry Jones Bruce Dern Willis Bouchey Gene Evans Walter Burke Dick Peabody
gunslinger sheriff deputy outlaw criminal sidekick amusing lighthearted colorado small town jail law and order gold rush gunfight showdown rivalry underdog 19th century
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia
1993
108 Minutes
Elijah Wood Courtney B. Vance Robbie Coltrane Jason Robards Ron Perlman Dana Ivey Anne Heche James Gammon Paxton Whitehead Tom Aldredge Curtis Armstrong
boy slave father con artist young girl partner engaging suspenseful emotional st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river woods jail raft slavery father/son relationship on the run kidnapping huckleberry finn race relations
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
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.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Julie Christie Wilfred Pickles Mona Washbourne Ethel Griffies Finlay Currie
clerk friend hero waitress police officer quirky england cemetery restaurant playground jail imagination escape friendship wedding aspirations singing adventure escape discovery
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|Germany
2003
109 Minutes
Charlize Theron Christina Ricci Bruce Dern Scott Wilson Pruitt Taylor Vince Lee Tergesen Annie Corley Marco St. John
prostitute john girl judge disturbing brutal florida bar roller skating rink court jail aileen wuornos true crime prostitution capital punishment revenge wretched excess 1990s
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA
2015
117 Minutes
Paul Rudd Michael Douglas Evangeline Lilly Corey Stoll Bobby Cannavale Judy Greer Abby Ryder Fortson Michael Peña David Dastmalchian Tip "T.I." Harris Wood Harris
protégé thief superhero villain co-worker love interest brooding confident intense office laboratory apartment jail helicopter house super powers rivalry comeuppance fighting romance
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2006
151 Minutes
Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom Keira Knightley Bill Nighy Geoffrey Rush Stellan Skarsgård Buddy Dolan Jack Davenport Naomie Harris Kevin R. McNally Jonathan Pryce
pirate monster captain jack sparrow fiancé fiancée father madcap amusing thrilling high seas ship island wedding jail blood debt damnation wedding heart battle quest
Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany
2007
113 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Ryan Gosling David Strathairn Rosamund Pike Embeth Davidtz Billy Burke Bob Gunton Valerie Dillman Monica Garcia Zoe Kazan Xander Berkeley
lawyer engineer judge murderer boss defendant suspenseful intricate tense powerful courtroom office jail home unhappy marriage murder infidelity court battles investigation control
An attorney intending on climbing the career ladder toward success finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he is trying to prosecute.
Comedy
USA
1945
91 Minutes
surveyor mother son brother grandmother escaped convict outlandish madcap unrestrained rural community household dining room bank jail hillbillies family poison murder prison break impersonation
A pollster stumbles on a family of murderous hillbillies, and joins in their search for hidden treasure.
Comedy
USA
2001
103 Minutes
Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter Erik Stolhanske Brian Cox Marisa Coughlan Lynda Carter John Bedford Lloyd Jim Gaffigan
state trooper governor drug smuggler prankster police officer love interest hysterical madcap lighthearted charming vermont police station small town car woods jail drug smuggling politics police work friendship
Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime.
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
Japan
1975
85 Minutes
Sonny Chiba Gerald Yamada Doris Nakajima Tony Cetera Teijo Shikeharo King Stone Masishi Ishibashi Akira Shioji Yuseph Osman Angel Cordero Etsuko Shihomi
assassin martial artist billionaire daughter sibling convict spirited brutal uplifting jail japan hong kong boat kidnapping betrayal protection brother/sister relationship violence martial arts revenge
After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karate master decides to protect the daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate that's after her inheritance.
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.
Documentary
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Michele Goodwin Lynn Paltrow Dr. David Grimes Carole Joffe Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Andrea F. Friedman
woman doctor police detective politician priest shocking rousing brooding united states hospital jail office birth reproduction civil rights government policy rivalry pursuit underdog 2010s
Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Crime, Drama
Denmark
2010
99 Minutes
Pilou Asbæk Tobias Lindholm Roland Møller Dulfi Al-Jabouri Omar Shargawi Jacob Gredsted Kim Winther Jorg Beutnagel Lars Jensen Johnny Nielsen Claus Saric Pedersen
fish muslim ward engaging prison jail bars rules assault escape
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward... See full summary »