Top 163 Die Hard in a Prison Films/Shows
by middaymitchleg | created - 04 Feb 2022 | updated - 04 Feb 2022 | PublicPrison Films
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1. The Rock (1996)
R | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer
Votes: 358,197 | Gross: $134.07M
2. 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: 85,299 | Gross: $18.21M
3. Escape Plan (2013)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 257,468 | Gross: $25.13M
4. Lockout (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President's daughter from an outer-space prison taken over by violent inmates.
Directors: James Mather, Steve Saint Leger | Stars: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan
Votes: 100,952 | Gross: $14.33M
5. Con Air (1997)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney
Votes: 319,307 | Gross: $101.12M
6. Half Past Dead 2 (2007 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime
Former WWE & WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg and hip-hop group Tha Dog Pound's Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown push life to the limit in this explosive sequel to the 2002 hit movie Half Past Dead.
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Bill Goldberg, Kurupt, Jack Conley, Robert Madrid
Votes: 2,097
7. Tango & Cash (1989)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.
Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance
Votes: 113,600 | Gross: $63.41M
8. Evasive Action (1998)
R | 91 min | Action, Thriller
Five prisoners on train to prison. Brakes fail, train speeds to LA. One prisoner uncouples cars to save passengers, others hunt him to stop escape.
Director: Jerry P. Jacobs | Stars: Dorian Harewood, Ray Wise, Roy Scheider, DeLane Matthews
Votes: 538
9. Ghosts of Mars (2001)
R | 98 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find that the post has become a charnel house.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Jason Statham
Votes: 57,971 | Gross: $8.43M
10. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello
Votes: 81,929 | Gross: $19.98M
11. Prison Break: The Final Break (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to break out the increasingly vulnerable target.
Directors: Kevin Hooks, Brad Turner | Stars: Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, William Fichtner, Amaury Nolasco
Votes: 27,123
12. Black Sea Raid (2000)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama
Renegade CIA agent Rick Halsey assembles a team of special forces operatives to rescue a Russian nuclear scientist held in a fortified mental institution behind enemy lines.
Director: Jenõ Hódi | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, Marina Mogilevskaya, Aleksei Begas, Michail Bekoev
Votes: 124
13. Assault on Dome 4 (1996 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The mad terrorist Alex Windham takes over a small scientific community on another planet and forces Dome 4's inhabitants to build him some bombs. Windham is unaware, however, that ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Po | Stars: Joseph Culp, Bruce Campbell, Jocelyn Seagrave, Brion James
Votes: 505
14. A Warden's Ransom (2014)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The new female warden of a high-security prison faces challenges when an inmate puts up a bounty to anyone who can break him out of jail.
Director: Mike Elliott | Stars: Diane Neal, Jodelle Ferland, Devon Sawa, Melissa Marie Elias
Votes: 380
15. Death Race (2008)
R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Votes: 218,932 | Gross: $36.32M
16. No Escape (1994)
R | 118 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon
Votes: 22,705 | Gross: $15.34M
17. Fortress (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a future, private underground prison/Fortress, the inmates are computer controlled with CCTV, dream readers and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife are inside but want to escape before birth.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith, Clifton Collins Jr.
Votes: 30,472 | Gross: $6.74M
18. Fortress 2: Re-Entry (2000)
R | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi
7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Beth Toussaint, Willie Garson, Aidan Ostrogovich
Votes: 7,313
19. Timelock (1996)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi
It's the 23rd century, and the world's most dangerous criminal has taken over the maximum security prison on asterod Alpha 4. Caught in the middle are a petty thief and a prison transport pilot.
Director: Robert Munic | Stars: Maryam d'Abo, Arye Gross, Jeffrey Meek, Ricco Ross
Votes: 527
20. Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, 50 Cent, Jin Zhang
Votes: 16,986
21. Desperate Measures (1998)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Conner is an honest police officer who desperately needs to save his son's life. However, after losing all hope, he finds out that a criminal Peter McCabe in jail is his only savior.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 17,862 | Gross: $13.81M
22. Guilty as Charged (2000 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure
The Pentagon sends their top soldier to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of two dozen soldiers.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., James Remar, Duane Davis, Yuji Okumoto
Votes: 455
23. The Human Shield (1991)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, War
An ex-Marine who was hired to train Iraqi soldiers to fight Iran returns to Iraq as a CIA agent to free his brother, who has been imprisoned there by a renegade general.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Tommy Hinkley, Hanna Azoulay Hasfari, Steve Inwood
Votes: 546
24. Spy Game (2001)
R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 167,086 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Maximum Security (1998)
R | 78 min | Action, Crime
A policeman, unjustly sentenced and sent to a maximum security prison, discovers terrorists have planted a nuclear bomb in the prison. The terrorists hope to trick the U.S. into a ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Paul Michael Robinson, John Lazar, Landon Hall, Neil Delama
Votes: 273
26. Half Past Dead (2002)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Matt Battaglia, Ja Rule
Votes: 16,746 | Gross: $15.36M
27. Prison Break (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper
Votes: 579,439
Seasons 1, part of Season 2 rescue and Seasons 3 and 5.
28. 24 (2001–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 197,045
Season 1 has a federal detention center takeover.
Season 3 has a prison takeover.
Season 6 has a prison infiltrator subplot.
29. GoldenEye (1995)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Years after a friend and fellow 00 agent is killed on a joint mission, a secret space based weapons program known as "GoldenEye" is stolen. James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using the weapon.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen
Votes: 270,249 | Gross: $106.60M
30. Hard Rain (1998)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver
Votes: 37,306 | Gross: $19.82M
Police station prison briefly featured in key scene.
31. Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Years after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Xiaoming Huang, Jesse Metcalfe
Votes: 35,282
32. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
Votes: 410,985 | Gross: $195.04M
At very beginning
33. Kill Zone 2 (2015)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While undercover officer Kit is taken prisoner by the syndicate, he befriends his keeper and discovers an organ trafficking ring.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang
Votes: 7,259
34. Lockdown (1990)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Taylor's worst nightmare unfolds after he is framed for murder by the evil Garrett. Wrenched from the comfort of his wife and daughter, Taylor's agony starts when he enters the terrible world of prison.
Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Richard Lynch, Chris DeRose, Chuck Jeffreys, Elizabeth Kaitan
Votes: 96
35. Death Warrant (1990)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson
Votes: 20,789 | Gross: $16.85M
36. Riot (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action
Cop Jack Stone robs a Russian mob bank to end in the same prison as the mob boss killing Jack's wife. An inmate helps him as does a reporter. Lots of fights.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Matthew Reese, Dolph Lundgren, Danielle C. Ryan, Chuck Liddell
Votes: 3,827
37. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier
Votes: 75,697
38. Cell 211 (2009)
113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón
Votes: 70,775
39. Locked Down (2010)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Tony Schiena, Rashad Evans, Vinnie Jones, Dwier Brown
Votes: 2,652
40. Revenger (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former police investigator decides to go to a prison island to revenge the brutal killings of his family.
Director: Lee Seung-won | Stars: Je-Heon Choi, Park Chul-min, Kim Dae-hyun, Park Hee-soon
Votes: 4,752
41. Hard Justice (1995 Video)
R | 88 min | Action
When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: David Bradley, Charles Napier, Yuji Okumoto, Clabe Hartley
Votes: 487
42. Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
Confessions of a Pit fighter is a character driven action film about regret, consequences and the triumph of the human spirit. Eddie Castillo is a quiet man. He has survived seven years of ... See full summary »
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Armand Assante, James Russo, Flavor Flav, John Savage
Votes: 273
43. The Experiment (2010)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Director: Paul T. Scheuring | Stars: Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace
Votes: 57,177
44. Ricochet (1991)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 20,390 | Gross: $21.76M
45. Ring of Death (2008 TV Movie)
R | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Burke Wyatt is an innocent, but condemned man behind prison walls. He's found an outlet for his rage. It's called the Death Match, a killer sport devised by sadistic wardens and authorities... See full summary »
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Johnny Messner, Stacy Keach, Charlotte Ross, Frank Sivero
Votes: 1,074
46. Vendetta (2015)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Detective Mason's wife is murdered by an ex-convict he jailed. He gets arrested intentionally to seek vengeance inside prison, uncovering a criminal conspiracy those involved will kill to protect.
Directors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska | Stars: Dean Cain, Paul Wight, Michael Eklund, Benjamin Hollingsworth
Votes: 3,946
47. Chicago P.D. (2014– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Follows District 21 of the Chicago Police Department, made up of two different groups: the uniformed cops and the Intelligence Unit.
Stars: Jason Beghe, Marina Squerciati, Patrick John Flueger, LaRoyce Hawkins
Votes: 44,879
Seasons 2 and 5.
48. Undisputed (2002)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker
Votes: 34,404 | Gross: $12.76M
49. Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (2006 Video)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian Jail on trumped-up drug charges.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Ben Cross, Eli Danker
Votes: 39,226
50. Undisputed 3: Redemption (2010 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Boyka is back. This time he is fighting in the first ever inter-prison tournament with one knee.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 44,565
51. Undisputed 4: Boyka (2016 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama, Sport
In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for.
Director: Todor Chapkanov | Stars: Scott Adkins, Teodora Duhovnikova, Alon Aboutboul, Julian Vergov
Votes: 31,821
52. Blood and Bone (2009)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Director: Ben Ramsey | Stars: Michael Jai White, Julian Sands, Eamonn Walker, Dante Basco
Votes: 35,833
53. Lockdown (2000)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Director: John Luessenhop | Stars: Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P
Votes: 2,734 | Gross: $0.45M
54. The One (2001)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rogue Multiverse agent goes on a manhunt for alternate versions of himself, getting stronger with each kill. Only the last version of himself, an LASD cop, can stop his crusade before he becomes "The One".
Director: James Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
Votes: 96,089 | Gross: $43.91M
Both at beginning and end of film.
55. Caged Animal (2010)
R | 84 min | Action, Drama
Cain's often challenged in prison by wannabes. Cain's later offered a chance to talk with kids from the hood, incl. his own son, so they don't end up in prison.
Director: Ryan Combs | Stars: Ving Rhames, Nipsey Hussle, Gillie Da Kid, Robert Patrick
Votes: 1,714
56. Lock Up (1989)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham
Votes: 46,441 | Gross: $22.10M
57. Extraction (II) (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Thriller
A US Black Ops team is sent to a Chechen underground prison to get 'the brain of terrorism' for intel. It doesn't go as planned.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Jon Foo, Falk Hentschel, Vinnie Jones, Joanne Kelly
Votes: 1,264
58. Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
Director: Teddy Chan | Stars: Donnie Yen, Baoqiang Wang, Charlie Yeung, Bing Bai
Votes: 11,963 | Gross: $0.13M
59. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 241,840 | Gross: $57.76M
60. Spoiler (1998)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When an innocent man is sent to the toughest penal colony in the universe, he vows to escape, return to Earth and be reunited with the daughter he was forced to leave behind.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Gary Daniels, Meg Foster, Bryan Genesse, Jeffrey Combs
Votes: 424
61. Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Romance
A police officer goes undercover to investigate the disappearance of inmates at a prison.
Director: Elvis Restaino | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, Ivan Ivanov, Lisa Stothard, Stefanos Miltsakakis
Votes: 1,348
62. Turkey Shoot (2014)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Thriller
In the near future, a Navy SEAL framed for war crimes is offered a chance for freedom by participating in a TV show that requires him to outwit other professional killers to survive.
Director: Jon Hewitt | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Robert Taylor, Belinda McClory
Votes: 1,419
63. Raze (2013)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Horror
50 abducted women are forced to fight each other using their bare hands.
Director: Josh C. Waller | Stars: Zoë Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Bruce Thomas
Votes: 6,421 | Gross: $0.00M
64. The Champion (IV)
Sci-Fi | Announced
A young man falsely imprisoned for an act of terrorism must fight through the prison's gladiator games to regain his freedom.
Director: Olivier Megaton
65. Absolute Aggression (1996)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the year 2011, the prison system is run by the private sector. Business tycoon R.D. Crowley (Robert Davi) has created a Virtual Reality prison. The prisoner's bodies are locked in ... See full summary »
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Robert Davi, Kayle Watson, Terry Anderson, J. Christian Ingvordsen
Votes: 151
66. Cyber Vengeance (1995)
94 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A high-tech entrepreneur allows wealthy sportsmen to hunt inmates in a virtual-reality prison.
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Robert Davi, Matthias Hues, J. Gregory Smith, Josh Mosby
Votes: 281
67. The Killing Room (2009)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Nick Cannon, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Chloë Sevigny
Votes: 14,916
68. The Unit (2006–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
Stars: Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Audrey Marie Anderson, Robert Patrick
Votes: 23,133
Various Season 1, 3 & 4 jailbreaks.
69. Behind Enemy Lines (1997)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Chris Mulkey, Mark Carlton, Mushond Lee
Votes: 1,053
70. Supercop (1992)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 24,279 | Gross: $16.27M
71. Maximum Conviction (2012)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
Two former black ops operatives are required to transfer two female convicts to a prison. While on their way, unknown assailants attack them.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Steve Austin, Michael Paré, Ian Robison
Votes: 7,357
72. In Hell (2003)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lawrence Taylor, Lloyd Battista, Carlos Gómez
Votes: 21,498
73. Division 19 (2017)
93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
2039: Anonymity/living off the grid is a crime. Punishment is "disappearance". Following the lives of convicts becomes entertainment on TV. A group of young men called Division 19 works against the system.
Director: S.A. Halewood | Stars: Alison Doody, Linus Roache, Lotte Verbeek, Clarke Peters
Votes: 3,384 | Gross: $0.00M
74. Dogboys (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Thriller
Corrupt officers track men for sport with dogs.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Bryan Brown, Dean Cain, Tia Carrere, Ken James
Votes: 473
75. The Living Daylights (1987)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 105,858 | Gross: $51.19M
Honorable mention
76. The Running Man (1987)
R | 101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown
Votes: 167,710 | Gross: $38.12M
Honorable mention
77. Death Race 2 (2010 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames
Votes: 34,651
78. Death Race 3: Inferno (2013 Video)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas, a.k.a. Frankenstein, is a superstar driver in the brutal prison yard demolition derby known as the Death Race. He is only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames
Votes: 21,149
79. Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy (2018 Video)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure
With the U.S. down on its knees, suffering from complete societal collapse and rampant anarchy, the nefarious Weyland Corporation has created a vast and impenetrable prison-city called "the... See full summary »
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Lucy Aarden, Nicholas Aaron, Jasette Amos, Victoria Ananieva
Votes: 5,166
80. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elite unit, led by an ex-homicide cop, which is linked to the Miami-Dade Police Department, uses all possible resources and skills at their disposal to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami.
Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Rex Linn
Votes: 61,206
Features various prison busts and escapes.
81. Submerged (2005 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
Chris Kody, the world's best mercenary, is freed from prison -- but there's a catch. Kody must use his lethal weapons and fighting skills to stop a group of terrorists who have taken over a nuclear sub.
Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Steven Seagal, Christine Adams, William Hope, Nick Brimble
Votes: 5,189
82. The Escapist (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Frank is 14 years into a life sentence when he decides to break out of the London prison to set things right with his ill junkie daughter. He plans an ingenious escape requiring 4 inmates with different skills.
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge
Votes: 17,401 | Gross: $0.01M
83. The Expert (1995)
R | 92 min | Action
Johnny's sister is brutally attacked and murdered by a sadistic serial killer. At the trial, he is sentenced to be electrocuted, but a bleeding heart liberal has the sentence commuted to a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rick Avery, William Lustig | Stars: Jeff Speakman, James Brolin, Michael Shaner, Alex Datcher
Votes: 733
84. Let Us Prey (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside.
Director: Brian O'Malley | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge
Votes: 10,747
Police station jail.
85. Anything for Her (2008)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Director: Fred Cavayé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger, Lancelot Roch, Olivier Marchal
Votes: 9,772
86. The Prison (2017)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Crime
A troubled ex-cop imprisoned for a hit-and-run accident discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate who has been running a crime syndicate with the help of the warden and guards which provides them 100% alibi.
Director: Hyeon Na | Stars: Kim Rae-won, Han Suk-kyu, Jeon Bae-soo, Hyun Bong-sik
Votes: 2,177 | Gross: $0.21M
87. Boa (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
As a result of a drilling accident, a giant man-eating boa constrictor is released into a maximum security prison in Antarctica.
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Dean Cain, Elizabeth Lackey, Mark Sheppard, Dean Biasucci
Votes: 1,843
88. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 59,112
Various episodes set inside planet/outer space prison bases.
89. Breakout Kings (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A squad of U.S. marshals team up with cons (former fugitives) to work together on tracking down prison escapees in exchange for getting time off their sentences.
Stars: Domenick Lombardozzi, Brooke Nevin, Malcolm Goodwin, Jimmi Simpson
Votes: 16,421
90. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,871,029 | Gross: $534.86M
Set in a police station prison at one point as well as revolving around a ship carrying various prisoners.
91. Sniper 2 (2002 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, War
Sgt. Beckett's last mission sends him to a remote war-torn wasteland between Eastern Europe and Asia to assassinate a repressive terrorist leader. Once the job is done, Beckett and his spotter find escaping more difficult than anticipated.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Tom Berenger, Bokeem Woodbine, Erika Marozsán, Tamás Puskás
Votes: 6,621
92. The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Karl Thomasson finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson, and get revenge, on the brash football jocks responsible.
Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Treat Williams, David Jensen, Barbara Jane Reams, Brian Simpson
Votes: 1,935
At beginning flashback
93. The Expendables 3 (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of his associates.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 196,214 | Gross: $39.32M
Prison train sequence
94. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer, the Governor offers him the chance to run his own task force: Five-0.
Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Taylor Wily, Daniel Dae Kim
Votes: 78,673
Various episodes
95. Human Target (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A unique bodyguard protects his clients by secretly infiltrating their lives in order to draw out and eliminate threats.
Stars: Mark Valley, Chi McBride, Jackie Earle Haley, Indira Varma
Votes: 18,777
Various season 2 episodes
96. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney
Votes: 319,916 | Gross: $73.34M
97. Traitor (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Stars: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Archie Panjabi, Saïd Taghmaoui
Votes: 59,111 | Gross: $23.53M
98. Escape from L.A. (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer
Votes: 80,562 | Gross: $25.48M
99. S.W.A.T. (2017– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. sergeant and his team of highly-trained men and women as they solve crimes in Los Angeles.
Stars: Shemar Moore, Jay Harrington, David Lim, Patrick St. Esprit
Votes: 32,623
Various episodes
100. 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: 3,921
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