Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ex-prisoner"

1. Invictus (2009)

PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng

Votes: 168,138 | Gross: $37.49M

2. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

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

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto, Robert Hobbs

Votes: 29,233 | Gross: $8.32M

3. The Horror of Dolores Roach (2023)

18+ | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

When Dolores Roach is released after an unjust prison sentence, she reunites with an old friend who lets her work as a masseuse. When the promise of her newfound stability is threatened, Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.

Stars: Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, K. Todd Freeman, Kita Updike

Votes: 5,767

4. Stroszek (1977)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg

Votes: 15,393

5. The Black Cat (1934)

Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Horror, Romance

American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop

Votes: 13,048 | Gross: $0.51M

6. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A former gangster reenters the criminal underworld after his brother suspiciously commits suicide.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 9,006 | Gross: $0.36M

7. Ratboy (1986)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Larry Hankin

Votes: 783

8. Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography

Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.

Director: Brett Harvey | Stars: Cheech Marin, Craig Balkam, Danielle Trejo, Danny Trejo

Votes: 1,294

9. Home (XV) (2020)

100 min | Drama

An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

Director: Franka Potente | Stars: Jake McLaughlin, Kathy Bates, Aisling Franciosi, Derek Richardson

Votes: 760

10. The Circle (2000)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin

Votes: 6,706 | Gross: $0.67M

11. Malcolm (1986)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi

A socially awkward and mechanically gifted man becomes involved in a quirky and unconventional crime.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies, Chris Haywood

Votes: 2,859 | Gross: $0.54M

12. Infidus (2015)

80 min | Crime, Drama

Barabba must save his brother from a life of crime, no matter what the cost. Meanwhile, Massimo's wife is killed in a snuff film. Unified by violence, Barabba and Massimo's destinies are on collision course.

Director: Giulio De Santi | Stars: Mino Bonini, Massimo Caratelli, Maurizio Zaffino, Stefania Bonini

Votes: 654

13. Fire Will Come (2019)

86 min | Crime, Drama

Amador returns home to his aging mother after serving a sentence for arson. He tries to adapt to daily farm life and coping with the villagers' memories of his past actions.

Director: Óliver Laxe | Stars: Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez, Inazio Abrao, Elena Mar Fernández

Votes: 3,667

14. Landscape After Battle (1970)

109 min | Drama, History, Romance

The film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury the tormentors they find alive. They are ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Stanislawa Celinska, Aleksander Bardini, Tadeusz Janczar

Votes: 890

15. Tenko Reunion (1985 TV Movie)

110 min | Drama, History, War

In 1950, five years after their release from internment, the women return to Singapore for a reunion, unaware of the intrigue that is to involve them in treachery and murder.

Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Veronica Roberts, Elizabeth Chambers

Votes: 155

16. The Hunter (2010)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the ... See full summary »

Director: Rafi Pitts | Stars: Rafi Pitts, Javad Nazari, Mitra Hajjar, Malek Jahan Khazai

Votes: 1,598

17. Fast Talking (1984)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.

Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Steve Bisley, Tracy Mann, Peter Hehir, Denis Moore

Votes: 153 | Gross: $0.00M

18. Wine of Morning (1955)

114 min | Drama

Have you ever wondered about Barabbas, the man whom the mob chose instead of Christ? How he became a murderer and an outlaw? What happened to him after Pilate released him and condemned Jesus Christ to die on his cross?

Director: Katherine Stenholm | Stars: Al Carter, Joan DeVolk, Katherine Helmond, George Hennix

Votes: 66

19. Bathing Franky (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

When an ex-con falls under the spell of a backyard magician, the illusion is shattered.

Director: Owen Elliott | Stars: Henri Szeps, Maria Venuti, Shaun Goss, Bree Bain

Votes: 145

20. When We Are All Sleep (2009)

107 min | Drama

Chakameh who has lost both her husband and child in a car accident meets a guy who recently been released from prison. While she is under pressure from the lawyers to compromise with the ... See full summary »

Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Alireza Jalali-tabar, Hesam Navab Safavi, Shaghayegh Farahani

Votes: 1,032

21. The Forbidden Christ (1951)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, War

Back in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother who has been shot by a German firing squad after being given away by a villager. But nobody wants to... See full summary »

Director: Curzio Malaparte | Stars: Raf Vallone, Rina Morelli, Alain Cuny, Anna Maria Ferrero

Votes: 274

22. Yodok Stories (2008)

TV-14 | 83 min | Documentary, Music

Today, more than 200.000 men, women and children are locked up in North Korea's concentration camps. Systematic torture, starvation and murder is what faces the inmates. Few survive many ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Fidyk | Stars: Kim Hyok, Kim Joung-Soon, Lee Min-bok, Ahn Myong-Chol

Votes: 230

23. Wyjscie awaryjne (1982)

89 min | Comedy

When her daughter unexpectedly gets pregnant, authoritative mother Jadwiga, who is a local government official, starts looking for a fictional husband. To make matters worse, she only finds a guy with a criminal record.

Director: Roman Zaluski | Stars: Bozena Dykiel, Jerzy Michotek, Maria Gladkowska, Andrzej Golejewski

Votes: 539

24. Normalno zivljenje (2012)

86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Returning from prison, Peter falls into debt pursuing a relationship with the prostitute Ana and her pimp Gringo. To pay back the money owed, Peter proposes that Ana and Gringo visit his ... See full summary »

Director: Dimitar Anakiev | Stars: Iva Babic, Irfan Besirevic, Walter Dragosavljevic-Rutar, Primoz Ekart

25. Am Ende kommen Touristen (2007)

85 min | Drama

A civil service worker befriends an elderly concentration camp survivor.

Director: Robert Thalheim | Stars: Alexander Fehling, Ryszard Ronczewski, Barbara Wysocka, Piotr Rogucki

Votes: 1,114

26. Inside HMP Frankland: Evil Behind Bars (2022 TV Special)

90 min | Documentary

Documentary exploring life inside HMP Frankland, the men's maximum security prison in County Durham, which has housed some of the most notorious criminals in Britain, including Peter Sutcliffe, Ian Huntley and Delroy Grant.

Director: Madeleine Dodd | Stars: Simon DeSilva, Gary Christopher Jones, Danny Kirrane, Leroy Smith

Votes: 7

27. A Kind of Sisterhood (2015)

75 min | Documentary

Follows female political prisoners in Armagh and Maghaberry jails, told in their own words.

Directors: Michele Devlin, Claire Hackett | Stars: Raymond Murray, Rosina Brown, Nell McCafferty, Jackie Upton

Votes: 11

28. Quinto patio (1970)

94 min | Drama, Crime

A poor amateur singer is deeply in love with his boss's daughter, but the spoiled girl rejects him because he has no fortune.

Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Manuel López Ochoa, Jacqueline Andere, Norma Lazareno, Rogelio Guerra

Votes: 13

29. Tatsu (1994)

114 min | Crime, Drama, Music

The story of the former hippie, who served five years for his convictions and who is trying to understand modern life, has his own - now former - friends.

Director: Vyacheslav Lagunov | Stars: Margarita Pushkina, Oksana Pototskaya, Vyacheslav Bukharov, Nikita Semyonov-Prozorovskiy

Votes: 9

30. Dr. Kent Hovind Q&A (2015– )

Reality-TV

Christian evangelist Kent Hovind answers e-mails sent in by viewers.

Stars: Kent Hovind, Mary Tocco-Hovind, Bernie Dehler

Votes: 26

31. Mir v drugom izmerenii. Stress (1993)

87 min | Drama

The protagonist is a teenager, who took on the blame of his favorite girl and was convicted for a road accident. The cruel life of the penal colony, the first post-release months could not exterminate the best human qualities in him.

Director: Mikhail Konchakivsky | Stars: Aleksey Zhirov, Vladimir Samoylov, Tatyana Nazarova, Sergey Fokin

Votes: 13

32. Duraki umirayut po pyatnitsam (1990)

96 min | Action, Crime

Police officer - Andrei, getting out of prison, where he spent three years, convicted on false charges, visiting an old friend, finds him dead .

Director: Rudolf Fruntov | Stars: Vasiliy Mishchenko, Oksana Fandera, Igor Yankovskiy, Andrey Gusev

Votes: 70

33. Prison Night (2015 TV Special)

100 min | Documentary

Prisons. Why do we have such a dark fascination for them? Is it the fear of confinement? Sharing a cell with a serial killer? Or being tortured by sadistic guards? Whatever it is, the drama... See full summary »

Directors: Rob Davis, Robert Davis | Stars: Julian Barratt, Joe Arpaio, Shaun Attwood, Charles Bronson

34. Steklyannyy labirint (1990)

97 min | Drama

After celebrating a birthday, the students of a vocational school went looking for adventure. Later that night, in a drunken frenzy, they climbed into the zoo and accidentally killed a deer - and sobered up. Now they are facing prison.

Director: Mark Osepyan | Stars: Oleg Fomin, Boris Shuvalov, Yevgeniy Titov, Gennady Sayfulin

Votes: 27

35. Pimpalation: Return of the Trill (2006)

60 min | Documentary, Music

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Director: Ariel Santschi | Stars: Bun B, B.G., Jonathan Sway Calloway, Chamillionaire

Votes: 13

36. Worth of a Soul (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 33 min | Family

Three souls from the United Kingdom hang in the balance and Franklin Graham shares an important Gospel message of truth and love for the UK.

Star: Franklin Graham

37. Long Time No See, Ronnie (1984 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary

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Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Roger Cardwell, Ronald Biggs, Jack Slipper, John Underwood

38. Cutting Loose (2010)

40 min | Documentary, Short, News

An American prison artist pits creativity against negativity to make it on the outside.

Director: Joanne Caputo

39. No Going Back (1981)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Short Australian documentary filmed in South Australia about an ex-prisoner's social adjustment to the world outside of a correctional facility.

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ellen Freeman, Chris Haywood, Richard Moir, Jennifer Scott-Roberts

40. Pauvre Martin (1962 TV Movie)

Drama

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Director: Jean-Marie Coldefy | Stars: Clément Bairam, Michel Benoist, Jean Gaven, Bernard Lajarrige

41. One Last Chance (1983)

32 min | Documentary, Short

Short half-hour Australian documentary about probation officers, parole and the probation system in South Australia. Sponsored by the South Australian Department of Correctional Services.

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Elizabeth Alexander, Sandie Lillingston, Brenton Whittle

42. Gospodnya ryba (1991)

83 min | Comedy

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Director: Vyacheslav Kolegaev | Stars: Nataliya Korchagina, Moisey Vasiliadi, Evgeniy Gerchakov, Viktor Pimenov

43. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Tod am Sonntag (1982)

59 min | Crime, Drama

On Sunday morning Gerda Brand, the cleaning lady of Karl and Trude Scostak, found the corpses of both old persons who have been killed with an ax.The police is asking the people for any information about the case.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Wolfgang Zerlett

Votes: 32

44. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Derricks toter Freund (1995)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Arno Beckmann was speaking with his friend Martha Hauser by phone when suddenly somebody rings the doorbell.Arno asks who is behind the door and is killed by three shots through the ... See full summary »

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Christiane Hörbiger

Votes: 48

45. Homicide (1964–1977)
Episode: We'll Both Remember Angie (1973)

Action, Crime, Drama

A letter bomb is put into Joe Maloney's letter box to kill him, but Det. Sgt. Bob Delaney picks up the bomb and takes it and Maloney's 6 year old daughter inside the house. The bomb explodes killing them both.

Directors: Bill Catmull, Igor Auzins | Stars: Alwyn Kurts, Leonard Teale, Michael Preston, George Mallaby

46. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Here's Joey Jackson (1981)

Adventure, Drama, Family

A blackmailer is extorting money from a popular talk show host and the Hobo tries to expose the criminals and gain the attention of the police.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Jack Carter, Linda Sorensen, Marvin Goldhar

Votes: 11

47. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Second Chance (1980)

Adventure, Drama, Family

The Hobo discovers a drug smuggling operation. He's only able to bring this to the attention of an ex-con who doesn't want to get involved, but the smugglers wind up involving him anyway--as the fall guy.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Philip Akin, Michael Cole, Sean McCann

Votes: 16

48. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Small Pleasures (1983)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Todays theme is Small Pleasures.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: London, Matsu Anderson, Daniel Buccos, James Edmond

Votes: 14

49. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Terms of Estrangement (1994)

Crime, Drama, Family

Kimberly is kidnapped and held captive by unstable Rick Jennings, a man from sheriff Brock's past who wants revenge for what Jimmy did to him. A psychological game between the two begins.

Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 68

50. Crimes That Shook the World (2006– )
Episode: The Vienna Strangler (2006)

Documentary, Crime

The story of Austrian, Johann "Jack" Unterweger (1950-1994), who wrote a book about his criminal past while serving a life term in prison for assault. In 1974, Unterweger murdered 18-... See full summary »

Director: Ross Harper | Stars: Walter Bruschweiler, Max Edelbacher, Ernst Geiger, Manfred Hochmeister

Votes: 19