Acusat de l'assassinat de la seva dona, Andrew Dufresne, després de ser condemnat a cadena perpètua, és enviat a la presó de Shawshank. Amb el pas dels anys aconseguirà guanyar-se la confiança del director del centre i el respecte dels seus companys de presó, especialment del cap de la màfia dels suborns.
L'any 2035, el condemnat James Cole es proposa de mala gana per ser enviat en el temps per descobrir l'origen d'un virus mortal que va acabar amb gairebé tota la població de la terra i va obligar els supervivents a entrar en comunitats subterrànies. Però quan Cole és enviat per error al 1990 en lloc del 1996, és arrestat i tancat en un hospital psiquiàtric. Allà coneix la psiquiatra Dra. Kathryn Railly i el pacient Jeffrey Goines, fill d'un famós expert en virus, que pot tenir la clau del misteriós grup canalla, l'Exèrcit dels 12 Micos, que es creu que és el responsable de desencadenar la malaltia assassina.
A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.
Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
Malcolm Little (1925–1965) va néixer a Omaha (Nebraska). El seu pare, ministre baptista, va morir sent ell nen, i la seva mare va acabar en un psiquiàtric quan el Ku Klux Klan va incendiar casa seva. Després de ser rebutjat per l'exèrcit, va caure a la delinqüència i va anar a parar a la presó. Allí es va convertir a l'Islam i va canviar radicalment la seva vida, aviat es va convertir en un carismàtic líder del moviment d'alliberament de la comunitat negra nord-americana.
Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a civil servant, is framed as a murderer and imprisoned in a women's prison.
A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.
Fred Madison, un músic de Jazz, rep una sèrie de misterioses cintes de vídeo en què apareix amb la seva dona Renée dins de casa seva. A l'última, que Fred veu tot sol, al costat d'ell apareix la seva dona morta.
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Un grup de 20 homes es presenten com a voluntaris per participar en un experiment científic promogut per l’exèrcit. Cadascú rebrà 4.000 marcs per exercir durant catorze dies les funcions de zeladors o presoners a una presó simulada, seguint diverses regles predeterminades que exclouen l'ús de la violència i supervisats per un equip d'investigadors. Entre els voluntaris hi ha un periodista infiltrat a la recerca d'un bon reportatge. Aviat es generen els primers conflictes i ràpidament es perd el control dels esdeveniments, posant en perill la integritat i la seguretat dels presos.
Matthew Poncelet, un jove condemnat a la pena capital per l'assassinat de dos adolescents, reclama des de la presó l'ajuda de la germana Helen. Durant la setmana prèvia a la data fixada per a l'execució, la germana intentarà que el condemnat aconsegueixi l'absolució i la pau espiritual. Tot i això, en aquesta nova ocupació, la germana Helen sentirà una profunda inquietud no només per l'espantosa agonia que suposa el compte enrere, sinó també per les famílies de les víctimes.
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.
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, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage.