Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "prison-labor"

1. Oz (1997–2003)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.

Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters

Votes: 106,994

2. Papillon (I) (2017)

R | 133 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan

Votes: 86,631 | Gross: $2.34M

3. Life (I) (1999)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.

Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes

Votes: 54,936 | Gross: $63.84M

4. The Osiris Child (2016)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.

Director: Shane Abbess | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Isabel Lucas, Luke Ford

Votes: 9,256

5. Brubaker (1980)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander

Votes: 19,480 | Gross: $37.12M

6. The Last Castle (2001)

R | 131 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A court-martialed General rallies together twelve hundred inmates to rise against a corrupt and sadistic warden.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton

Votes: 85,423 | Gross: $18.21M

7. Joe Kidd (1972)

PG | 88 min | Drama, Western

An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud

Votes: 21,255

8. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

R | 114 min | Drama

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff

Votes: 28,497 | Gross: $4.89M

9. Women in Cages (1971)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.

Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan, Pam Grier

Votes: 1,947

10. Escape from Planet Earth (2012)

PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet, Earth.

Director: Cal Brunker | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry

Votes: 26,920 | Gross: $57.01M

11. Sweet Sugar (1972)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama

Prostitute Sugar is set up by a corrupt politician. She is convinced of the futility of appealing her case in the courts and signs on to a chain gang run by the notorious Dr. John who ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Levesque | Stars: Phyllis Davis, Ellaraino, Timothy Brown, Pamela Collins

Votes: 812 | Gross: $0.04M

12. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,738

13. Flash Gordon (1936)

Passed | 245 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.

Directors: Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson

Votes: 2,667

14. Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Music, Musical

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughn Taylor

Votes: 9,875 | Gross: $4.00M

15. Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey, Ted de Corsia

Votes: 426

16. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)

R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan

Votes: 692

17. El Condor (1970)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Marianna Hill

Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $0.70M

18. You and I (2011)

R | 100 min | Drama

Two teenage girls, Janie who is American and Lana who is Russian, fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Mischa Barton, Shantel VanSanten, Anton Yelchin, Alex Kaluzhsky

Votes: 2,430

19. Dressed to Kill (1946)

Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon

Votes: 6,937

20. Island of Fire (1990)

R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercenaries is being assembled.

Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tony Ka Fai Leung

Votes: 3,935

21. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Approved | 102 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond

Votes: 2,471

22. Born American (1986)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A trio of vacationing American students cross the border from Finland to the USSR during the Cold War and are soon imprisoned after a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala

Votes: 2,192 | Gross: $3.39M

23. À Nous la Liberté (1931)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical

Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier

Votes: 4,977

24. At War (2018)

113 min | Drama

After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.

Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey

Votes: 2,210 | Gross: $0.00M

25. I Live for Your Death (1968)

R | 94 min | Western

Mike Sturges and his younger brother, Roy, are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to extract revenge on their enemies.

Director: Camillo Bazzoni | Stars: Steve Reeves, Wayde Preston, Guido Lollobrigida, Mimmo Palmara

Votes: 422

26. Long Days of Vengeance (1967)

123 min | Western

After three years of hard labor, Ted Barnett escapes from prison to seek revenge on the three men who framed him.

Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Francisco Rabal, Gabriella Giorgelli, Conrado San Martín

Votes: 516

27. The Hoose-Gow (1929)

Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short

Swept up in a police raid, Stan and Ollie are sentenced to jail and land in a jail labor camp. The governor visits, accompanied by two flappers, where the duo accidentally create rice pudding for a food fight.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Phil Bloom, Robert Bolder

Votes: 1,332

28. Bespredel (1989)

102 min | Crime, Drama

A drama from the life of the prisoners in a regular jail in Soviet Union.

Director: Igor Gostev | Stars: Andrey Tashkov, Anton Androsov, Aleksandr Mokhov, Lev Durov

Votes: 1,400

29. Devil's Canyon (1953)

Approved | 92 min | Western

In 1897 Arizona, an ex-marshal is sent to the territorial prison where many of his enemies, among guards and inmates alike, are eager for a chance at payback.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Stephen McNally, Arthur Hunnicutt

Votes: 489

30. Con Games (2001 Video)

R | 88 min | Action

An ex-soldier is hired to infiltrate a corrupt jail.

Director: Jefferson Edward Donald | Stars: Eric Roberts, Tommy Lee Thomas, Martin Kove, Jody Nolan

Votes: 387

31. Pagbabalik ng lawin (1975)

120 min | Action, Adventure

Fernando Poe Jr. goes back to his swashbuckling role days in a FJP Productions.

Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Tina Revilla, Max Alvarado, Vic Diaz

Votes: 12

32. Live by the Fist (1993)

R | 77 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jerry Trimble, George Takei, Ted Markland, Laura Albert

Votes: 185

33. Les Milles (1995)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A World War II drama where people, many of whom opposed to Nazism, get on board a train from France that could lead them to freedom.

Director: Sébastien Grall | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler, Philippe Noiret

Votes: 312

34. The Feeble Files (1998 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Feeble, an observant alien who does menial pointless work for the Ministry of Galactic Uncertainty, accidentally becomes the key player in rebels' plans to take down OmniBrain, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Jonathan Woodroffe, Mike Woodroffe | Stars: Robert Llewellyn, Peter Tuddenham, Laurel Lefkow, Alec Linstead

Votes: 35

35. The Pique Poquette of Paris (1966)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short

Inspector Clouseau and his sidekick, Sergeant Deux-Deux, are assigned to apprehend a four-armed pick-pocket named Spider Pierre, who promptly picks the pocket of Clouseau. Clouseau and ... See full summary »

Director: George Singer | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Paul Frees, Joan Gerber

Votes: 89

36. Rikollinen nainen (1952)

110 min | Drama, Romance

A happy and spirited lady is being courted by two gentlemen. Eventually she marries the other and leads a content family life - until through unlikely events she ends up in a prison, suffering from amnesia.

Director: Teuvo Tulio | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Eija Karipää, Tauno Majuri, Kurt Ingvall

Votes: 119

37. À l'ombre de la République (2011)

100 min | Documentary

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Directors: Stéphane Mercurio, Edie Laconi | Stars: Marine Calazel, Jean-Marie Delarue, Xavier Dupont, Lucie Montoy

Votes: 21

38. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: Feasting with Panthers (1974)

TV-G | 89 min | Music, Musical

Oscar Wilde's five years at hard labor in Reading Gaol where he was imprisoned for being a sodomite.

Directors: Adrian Hall, Rick Hauser | Stars: Robert Black, Robert J. Colonna, Timothy Crowe, William Damkoehler

Votes: 20

39. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: The Buffalo Man (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Convict labor is used at the ranch during harvest time. The men are treated sadistically by their guard, especially an ex-slave who served in a special unit during the Civil War.

Director: Joe Mazzuca | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 89

40. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Judgment (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After Enterprise lends aid to a group of accused rebels, Captain Archer faces a tribunal and charges of conspiring against the Klingon Empire.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,704

41. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode: The Prophecy (1984)

TV-PG | 53 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

John has been taken prisoner at Nottingham and makes a friend in fellow prisoner Mark, who, after Robin has found an opportunity to free John and his new found friend, decides to join the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Young | Stars: John Abineri, Michael Praed, Stuart Linden, Clive Mantle

Votes: 154

42. Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006)
Episode: The Memory of Water (2004)

TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While working on restoring an Elizabethan garden, Rosemary witnesses the owner's cousin commit suicide only to later see him alive and well at an open-air market.

Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Tom Beard, Carolyn Backhouse

Votes: 264

43. The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode: The Evil That Men Do (1963)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

Garth takes on a parolee that The Virginian has an interest in who has been in an orphanage or prison since he was a baby. He has trouble adjusting to life outside prison and Garth is worried about Betsy's growing interest in him.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, James Drury

Votes: 136

44. Conspiracy? (2004– )
Episode: The CIA and the Nazis (2004)

Documentary

Reveals how over 4,000 former Nazis went to work for the U.S. government without the public's knowledge.

Stars: Tom Kane, James Critchfield, Reinhard Gehlen, Tim Getman

Votes: 21

45. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero (2022)

TV-14 | 63 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 20,047

46. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Lies You're Told About American Slavery (2017)

11 min | Documentary

Since slavery is black blot on the reputation of the United States and a brutal practice it stands to reason that there would be a substantial revisionist history effort on the subject as ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

47. The Boondocks (2005–2014)
Episode: A Date with the Booty Warrior (2010)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Having conquered his prison rape phobia, Tom volunteers a field trip to a super max prison as part of a Scared Stiff program. But when a riot breaks out, Tom has to get the kids and his posterior out in one piece.

Directors: Young Chan Kim, Seung Eun Kim, Kim Sung-hoon | Stars: Regina King, John Witherspoon, Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams

Votes: 472

48. Military History Visualized (2016– )
Episode: World War Management 101 (2017)

11 min | Documentary

So you want to have a world war and send all your young men into battle. Then who's going to to grow the food to feed them and who's going to make all the guns and bombs because soldiers are inherently unproductive.

Star: Bernhard Kast

49. Wendover Productions (2015– )
Episode: 22 Problems Solved in 2022 (2022)

29 min | Documentary

For those who just lived through it, 2022 was a horrible year. But many, many good things happened that we will benefit from for year or decades. Here are 22 of them.

Star: Sam Denby

50. Wendover Productions (2015– )
Episode: How Florida Got So Weird (2022)

21 min | Documentary

How long ignored swamp land became the ultimate vacation destination or ideal home for just about everyone looking for leisure.

Star: Sam Denby