Jail Movies

In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the complex forces of racism and greed currently at...

Psychiatrists interview criminals and victims together to see how they got where they are in space and time. Their stories are told in flashbacks.

After a prison leader grants an interview before his release, a reporter investigates the course of events that led to this inmate's untimely death.

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island...

A father killed his son. In a state of alcoholic delirium, a young man murdered his friend. A 21 year-old boy shot a policeman. Faced with their...

Three women are in enclosed psychological zones that function as both refuge and jail.

Scottish man Jimmy Anderson, released from jail in the middle east over unpaid debt disputes, reunites with his wife Lillian after over a year's...

A young woman tries to make a documentary about women who have relatives in prison, but she finds difficulties trying to get the testimonials.

Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable...

One of the Three Kings and Santa Claus spend Christmas in jail, talking about what their future will be like in a world like this.