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Directed by Jamaa FanakaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing filmsActors Ernie Hudson,
Glynn Turman,
Tony Cox,
Ren Woods,
Mr. T,
James HawthorneRating44%
Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone earned his parole from jail by winning a prison boxing tournament. All Gordone wants to do is start a peaceful life, but a condition of his release is that he work for a boxing promoter. Gordone has no interest in boxing and wants to live with his sister and her husband who support his desire to start over. However, when some of his enemies from prison escape and kill his girlfriend, Gordone changes his plans and returns to the ring., 1h51
Directed by Andreï KontchalovskiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Évasion,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Film se déroulant dans un trainActors Jon Voight,
Eric Roberts,
Rebecca De Mornay,
Danny Trejo,
Kyle T. Heffner,
John P. RyanRating71%
The story follows the escape of two men from an Alaska prison, the efforts of a railroad dispatch office to safely stop the out-of-control train they are on, and the hunt by their warden to recapture them. Oscar "Manny" Manheim is a ruthless bank robber and hero to the convicts of Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison. After two previous escape attempts the doors to Manny's cell have been welded shut for three years. A court order compels Manny's nemesis, the vindictive and sadistic Associate Warden Ranken, to release him back into the general prison population. Manny intends to break out a third time with his older brother Jonah Manheim, but is forced to set his escape plan into action in the middle of winter. Ranken employs a serial killer to give Manny the incentive, by stabbing him grievously through his left hand. Jonah fatally stabs the serial killer to death in retaliation, and in turn is severely beaten by the prison guard, leaving him in a high-security hospital wing., 1h36
Directed by Roel ReinéOrigin GermanGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Auto racing films,
Political films,
Road movies,
Dystopian films,
Heist filmsActors Luke Goss,
Ving Rhames,
Danny Trejo,
Sean Bean,
Tanit Phoenix,
Robin ShouRating56%
In 2012, private corporations own and manage the prison systems. Getaway driver Carl "Luke" Lucas (Luke Goss) is arrested after a robbery for his crime boss Markus Kane (Sean Bean) goes wrong. As his accomplices are robbing the bank, two officers casually enter the building. Luke tells them to abort, but they refuse; Luke intervenes, but it results in the death of one of the three accomplices. Luke shoots and kills one of the officers and dumps off his accomplices in order to fulfill Markus's wishes. In doing so, Luke is eventually captured by the police following a high-speed chase and sentenced to serve time on Terminal Island., 1h38
Directed by Steve BuscemiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Willem Dafoe,
Edward Furlong,
Danny Trejo,
John Heard,
Mickey Rourke,
Tom ArnoldRating65%
Ron Decker, a young man convicted for drug possession, is sent to prison where veteran con Earl Copen takes Decker under his wing and introduces him into his own gang. Copen first helps out Decker when three Puerto Ricans attempt to lure him into a cell block to rape him, however Copen sees through their plans and talks to the Puerto Ricans, who quickly abandon interest in Decker., 1h45
Directed by Roel ReinéOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Films set in Africa,
Prison films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Films set in the future,
Auto racing films,
Political films,
Road movies,
Dystopian films,
Chase filmsActors Luke Goss,
Danny Trejo,
Ving Rhames,
Tanit Phoenix,
Dougray Scott,
Frederick KoehlerRating54%
Death Race owner R.H. Weyland (Ving Rhames) has been forced to sell the rights to Niles York (Dougray Scott), a British billionaire who acquired the rights by hostile takeover. York reveals he intends to relocate Death Race to the deserts of Africa as a Transcontinental Race. Before leaving, Weyland arranges Lucas to have surgery to heal the infected and deadly scars on his face sustained from his gruesome crash. With Carl Lucas, also known as Frankenstein (Luke Goss), one win away from gaining his freedom, York coaches Lucas to lose his races and threatens his life if he fails to comply., 1h41
Directed by Lewis TeagueOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Rutger Hauer,
Mimi Rogers,
James Remar,
Joan Chen,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Grand L. BushRating58%
After stealing diamonds in a robbery, diamond thief Frank Warren is betrayed by his best friend Sam and his fiancée Noelle, who turns him into the authorities. Frank is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at Camp Holliday, an experimental prison where each convict is given an electronic collar containing an explosive device which is electronically connected to another inmate. If any inmate tries to escape from Camp Holliday and is separated from the collar-mate by more than 100 yards, their collars will explode. Frank learns the inmate he is connected to is Tracey Rigg and Tracey and Frank both escape with their collars intact. On the run from the authorities, Tracey and Frank find they are being pursued by Sam and Noelle, believing Frank will lead them to the diamonds, which he has hidden., 1h54
Directed by Raoul WalshOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Prison films,
Films about psychiatry,
Gangster filmsActors James Cagney,
Virginia Mayo,
Edmond O'Brien,
Margaret Wycherly,
Steve Cochran,
Ford RaineyRating80%
Arthur "Cody" Jarrett (James Cagney) is a ruthless, deranged criminal gang leader. Although married to Verna (Virginia Mayo), Cody is overly attached to his equally crooked and determined mother, "Ma" Jarrett (Margaret Wycherly), his only real confidante (Cody's father died in an insane asylum). Cody suffers from debilitating headaches, and Ma consoles him--even sitting him on her lap and giving him a shot of whiskey with the toast, "Top of the world," an expression she uses more than once., 3h
Directed by Taylor HackfordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Prison films,
Films about drugs,
Hip hop films,
Gangster filmsActors Damian Chapa,
Jesse Borrego,
Benjamin Bratt,
Enrique Castillo,
Delroy Lindo,
Victor RiversRating79%
Miklo is a man of Mexican and Caucasian ethnicity who grew up in El Pico Aliso barrio in east Los Angeles. Upon moving back home from Las Vegas, Nevada, Miklo goes to stay with his two cousins Paco and Cruz. Miklo tells Cruz that he wants to join their gang Vatos Locos. While Paco is initially skeptical, Miklo later proves himself when he performs an attack on a rival gang, Tres Puntos. Afterwards he is made a member of Vatos Locos., 1h52
Directed by Don SiegelOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Évasion,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Clint Eastwood,
Patrick McGoohan,
Fred Ward,
Jack Thibeau,
Larry Hankin,
Paul BenjaminRating75%
On January 18, 1960, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz, having been sent there after escaping from several other prisons. He is sent in to meet the warden (Patrick McGoohan), who curtly informs him that no one has ever escaped from Alcatraz. Eventually he meets his old friends, bank robber brothers John and Clarence Anglin (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), and he makes the acquaintance of the prisoner in the cell next to his, car thief Charley Butts (Larry Hankin). Morris befriends numerous other inmates, including English (Paul Benjamin), a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white men in self-defense; the eccentric Litmus (Frank Ronzio) who keeps a pet mouse and calls himself Al Capone, and the elderly artist and chrysanthemum grower Doc (Roberts Blossom)., 1h53
Directed by Rob MarshallOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
Action,
Musical,
CrimeThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Prison films,
Films about sexuality,
Théâtre,
Erotic films,
Sexploitation films,
Musical films,
Women in prison films,
Films about capital punishment,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicalsActors Renée Zellweger,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Richard Gere,
Queen Latifah,
John C. Reilly,
Christine BaranskiRating71%
In 1927, Roxie Hart sees star Velma Kelly perform ("All That Jazz") at a Chicago theater. Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband Charlie and sister Veronica, who were in bed together. A month later, Casely admits to Roxie that he has no showbiz connections and just wanted her body. Enraged, she shoots him dead. She convinces her husband Amos to take the blame, telling him she killed a burglar in self-defense. As Amos confesses to the detective, Roxie fantasizes that she is singing a song devoted to her husband ("Funny Honey"). However, when the detective brings up evidence that Roxie and Casely were having an affair, Amos recants; Roxie furiously admits what really happened and is arrested. Ambitious District Attorney Harrison announces he will seek the death penalty.