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1. The Mauritanian (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse
Votes: 61,763
2. Black Site (I) (2022)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
A group of officers in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences.
Director: Sophia Banks | Stars: Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, Jai Courtney, Pallavi Sharda
Votes: 3,876
3. The Immigrant (2013)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk
Votes: 33,793 | Gross: $2.01M
4. The Visitor (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass
Votes: 44,531 | Gross: $9.42M
5. Camp X-Ray (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.
Director: Peter Sattler | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, Tara Holt
Votes: 42,941 | Gross: $0.01M
6. Superjail! (2007–2014)
TV-MA | 10 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In a surreal world, a large maximum security prison, which houses thousands of dangerous inmates is run by an eccentric warden and his equally odd staff.
Stars: David Wain, Teddy Cohn, Christopher McCulloch, Christy Karacas
Votes: 7,867
7. SOKO München (1978–2020)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the Munich police's major-crimes unit.
Stars: Michel Guillaume, Wilfried Klaus, Hartmut Schreier, Florian Odendahl
Votes: 269
8. The Devil You Know (2019– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
A journalist races to learn the truth when human remains are found in the home of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu.
Stars: Chad Nance, Nate Anderson, Jenna Woodring, Matt Flowers
Votes: 912
9. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring
Votes: 16,805 | Gross: $0.27M
10. No End (1985)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Votes: 5,708
11. Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller, War
An American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee.
Director: Luke Moran | Stars: Luke Moran, Sean Astin, Sara Paxton, Omid Abtahi
Votes: 2,365
12. The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
R | 95 min | Drama, War
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Arfan Usman
Votes: 11,475 | Gross: $0.32M
13. The Daltons (2010–2016)
7 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Daltons are back in jail. And they want out. Real bad. Every episode is a new chance to escape.
Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Maurice LaMarche, Barry Dennen, Brian Cummings
Votes: 283
14. The Healing (2012)
TV-14 | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of people venture into a remote village to ask a mysterious faith healer to cure their ailing loved ones, unaware that through unforeseen consequences, every miraculous "healing" would soon be repaid in kind.
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Vilma Santos, Kim Chiu, Janice De Belen, Pokwang
Votes: 658
15. The Mark of Cain (2007)
R | 87 min | Drama, War
Uses detailed research and explosive new testimonies by soldiers who have served in Iraq to tell an emotional fictional story of two young men very much out of their depth.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Gerard Kearns, Matthew McNulty, Naomi Bentley, Elliot Cowan
Votes: 1,550
16. Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
R | 116 min | Documentary, Crime, War
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, Ken Davis, Anthony Diaz
Votes: 4,115 | Gross: $0.23M
17. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)
TV-MA | 78 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Israel Rivera, Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,180
18. Gunner Palace (2004)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, War
American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country.
Directors: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker | Stars: Bryant Davis, Devon Dixon, Javorn Drummond, Elliot Lovett
Votes: 1,953 | Gross: $0.61M
19. The Deposit (2015)
82 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In Sweden of today, Alex is among a group of people carried in an underground "prison" waiting for their expulsion from the country. We do not know to where, do not know why.
Director: Lisa Aschan | Stars: Vera Vitali, Pernilla August, Issaka Sawadogo, Aliette Opheim
Votes: 416
20. The Seventh Companion (1968)
89 min | Drama, War
The film is set in St. Petersburg, Russia after the Russian revolution of 1917. Based on the eponymous book by Boris Lavrenev. Maj. General Yevgeni Pavlovich Adamov (Popov) was a lawyer in ... See full summary »
Directors: Grigoriy Aronov, Aleksey German | Stars: Andrei Popov, Aleksandr Anisimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pyotr Chernov
Votes: 563
21. Rikers (2016)
70 min | Documentary
RIKERS provides powerful personal testimonies about the culture of violence and corruption that has plagued the notorious New York City jail for over three decades.
Directors: Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin | Stars: Tariq Barnes, Barry Campbell, Hector Custodio, Candie Hailey-Means
Votes: 35
22. We Are Not Ghouls (2022)
92 min | Documentary
US Air Force JAG Attorney Yvonne Bradley was assigned to defend a man held at Guantanamo Bay. Believing Guantanamo held "the worst of the worst", her world was turned upside down once she ... See full summary »
Director: Chris James Thompson | Stars: Yvonne Bradley, Clive Stafford Smith, Darrel Vandeveld, Janet Hamlin
Votes: 87
23. The Last War Crime (2012)
Drama, History, Thriller
Epic political fantasy drama, envisioning what would have happened if Dick Cheney had been indicted for ordering torture, which was used to get the false confessions to make a fraudulent ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Garrett | Stars: Deanna Hurst, Richard Tanner, Grey Wolf, Troy Conrad
Votes: 20
24. The Confession (VI) (2016)
96 min | Documentary
A man returns from Bagram in Afghanistan and Guantanamo to tell the story.
Director: Ashish Ghadiali | Stars: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Colin Powell
Votes: 64
25. The Guantanamo Trap (2011)
90 min | Documentary
The Guantanamo Trap tells the stories of four people whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre.
Director: Thomas Wallner | Stars: Diane E. Beaver, Gonzalo Boye, Matt Diaz, Murat Kurnaz
Votes: 42
26. Angel in Handcuffs (1952)
70 min | Drama, Romance, War
An impecunious employee embezzles a large sum of money to save his ailing sweetheart.
Director: Antonis Papadantonakis | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Koulis Stoligas, Nana Douka, Malvina Kavounopoulou
Votes: 16
27. Holiday Camp: How Is Your Liberation Bound Up with Mine? (2002 Video)
48 min | Documentary, History, News
Directors: Carl Kuddell, Jennifer Lyons-Reid, Thorsten Winsel | Stars: Rebecca Bear-Wingfield, Ghassan Hage, Deborah Kelly
28. Abusive Border Patrol Agents w/Nun Chucks at NM Checkpoint (2009 Video)
28 min | Short
Star: Steven L. Anderson
30. Enemy Alien (2011)
70 min | Documentary
A Japanese American filmmaker finds echoes of his own family's World War II internment in post-9/11 arrests of Muslim immigrants and joins the struggle to free Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Aderer
31. Horse Soldiers of 9/11: The Mission Continues - Taliban Capture & Release (2015)
17 min | Documentary, Short
In her exclusive, war reporter Alex Quade, reveals the original story behind the Special Operations Forces' capture of one of the Taliban-5. Alex Quade persuaded the elite Operators to go ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Quade | Stars: Paul Beck, Max Bowers, Joe Jung, Mark Mitchell
32. Seeking Asylum (2002 Video)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Mike Piper | Stars: Jack Thompson, Malcolm Fraser, Philip Ruddock
33.
Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Episode:
The Last Resort
(2000)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Terry investigates a troubled child reform camp that is more like a prison.
Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Rachael Leigh Cook, John Ritter
Votes: 486
34.
Viva & Barnes Law Podcast (2020– )
Cosby, Texas Sues Biden; Jan 6 Change of Venue; Rolf Kaestel, SCOTUS Decisions & MORE
(2021 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: David Freiheit, Robert Barnes
35.
I-Witness (1999– )
Episode:
Purgatoryo
(2011)
TV-14 | Documentary
The 1987 Constitution mandates that a criminal case must be decided within 90 days, but 54-year-old Matias Domequil has been in Manila City Jail for nine years waiting for his verdict. With... See full summary »
Director: King Mark Baco | Stars: Howie Severino, Carlo Liao, Carol Mercado, Hector A. Elizares
36.
Baghdad Central (2020)
Episode:
Episode 1
(2020)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, History
Former policeman Muhsin is grieving after the loss of his wife and son and tending his chronically ill daughter Mrouj when he learns that his elder daughter Sawsan is missing and had been living a hidden life.
Director: Alice Troughton | Stars: Waleed Zuaiter, Leem Lubany, July Namir, Nahar Ramadan
Votes: 121