Behind Prison Walls

Main Street Lawyer

Story of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.

1939

I Was a Convict

In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they a

1939

Solitary

There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from both President Obama and the Pope

2016

Happy Day

A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled political prisoners. The everyday life of the prisoners consists of interrogations, psy

1976

The Quare Fellow

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meti

1962

Within the Law

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always stayin

1923

The Red Lily

Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor o

1924

Apprentice

When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chie

2016

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected pre

2013

Room 8

Thrown to rot in a narrow and gloomy cell of a hideous Soviet prison, a weary new inmate struggles to come to terms with the new reality. Within the g

2013

Fences

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to r

2016

Escape in the Desert

Escaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.

1945

Tarima

An unconventional love story between a man who lost his passion and a weather-beaten homosexual torn between his forbidden love and his devotion to hi

2010

Little Mister Jim

After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.

1947

Two Women

"Two Women" - Cecilia is in hospital after being subjected to an attempt on her life. Her husband is called to the hospital. Cecilia deliriously menti

1947

The Conviction of Kitty Dodds

An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.

1993

The Cap

A baseball crazed 12 year old gets, and loses, a prized cap. A father struggles for dignity in his son's eyes. Based on Morley Callaghan's short story

1985

Brother's Shadow

Jake Groden is the black sheep of his family. Ankle deep in fish guts, he serves out his parole in Alaska. Then, after a decade of self-imposed exile,

2006

Hateship Loveship

A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's pran

2014

Starred Up

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive t

2014