Films and TV shows set in a prison

A tense, twisty cat-and-mouse ride that keeps you leaning forward, rooting for clever men against a vast conspiracy.

A sprawling, humane ensemble drama that balances bleak institutional cruelty with warm, funny, deeply human character studies.

Claustrophobic and relentless, it pulls you into a pressure cooker of shifting alliances where every kindness hides a threat.

A garish, merciless pressure cooker that turns playground games into moral horror and keeps you braced for the next elimination.

A tense, grim true-crime drama that burrows into you with its prison setting and unsettling psychological duel.

A tense, gritty prison drama that keeps you on edge as a notorious hitman navigates dangerous hierarchies and constant threats.

It is a relentless, claustrophobic descent into prison life, filled with brutality, scheming, and raw human vulnerability.

A relentless parade of grotesque muscle-bound brawls that feels like a fever dream of pure fighting spectacle.

A propulsive, anxious chase that keeps you leaning forward, driven by a father's raw grief and the dread of what the truth might cost.

It is a relentless, high-stakes descent into a brutal and unforgiving dystopian nightmare.

A sleek, playful cat-and-mouse caper that glides through Paris with charm, clever disguises and a steady tug of personal stakes.

A grim, claustrophobic look at prison life that weighs heavily on you, with raw performances and moral dilemmas that linger.

Claustrophobic and brutal, it keeps you tense with shifting alliances and sudden violence inside a corrupt prison world.

A twisty, high-stakes melodrama where revenge and romance collide, keeping you hooked with constant betrayals and cliffhangers.

A tense, grim infiltration thriller that keeps you on edge with its claustrophobic prison setting and constant threat of discovery.

A tense, emotionally charged legal drama that keeps you rooting for justice against a flawed system.

A tense, emotionally charged look at prison life where power struggles and survival keep you on edge.

A slow, suffocating true-crime drama that traps you in prison routine and quiet desperation, building dread through mundane details.

A harrowing, meticulously detailed account that feels like a somber historical reckoning, dissolving the distance between viewer and atrocity.

A long, emotional rollercoaster of betrayal and payback, powered by catchy music and big feelings.

A gleefully crude, high-energy farce that turns petty scheming into absurdly tense set-pieces, making you cringe and laugh at the same time.

A sweeping, somber costume drama that immerses you in a slow-burning tale of injustice and calculated revenge, with a melancholic grandeur.

It is a chaotic, hyper-violent, and bizarre ride through a ridiculously over-the-top institutional nightmare.

A slow, suffocating plunge into the machinery of justice that leaves you tense and heartsick long after each episode.

A gentle, humane look at confinement that finds warmth and quiet comedy among unlikely companions, leaving you moved more than tense.

A slow-burning, earnest look at troubled teens in a Naples detention centre, balancing tension and tenderness as they confront their pasts.

A sober, talk-heavy courtroom drama that weighs history and guilt, with flashes of chilling testimony and quiet human moments.

A harrowing, slow-burning immersion into injustice that leaves you shaken and angry long after each episode ends.

A brooding, brutal ride through biker brotherhood, where every loyalty is tested and violence always comes home to roost.

A grim, claustrophobic watch that keeps you tense and uneasy, with flickers of grim humour among hard-edged women fighting to survive.

A tense, twisty crime melodrama where dangerous romance and revenge keep every episode charged with threat.

A brooding, action-packed vigilante drama with flashbacks and moral struggles, balancing dark intensity with earnest heroics and romance.

A grim, claustrophobic plunge into prison life that weighs on you long after each episode ends.

A grim, tightly wound crime drama that pulls you into a town where every favor has a price and violence simmers just beneath the surface.

A sobering, methodical true-crime documentary that quietly exposes how a system can be fooled by a man who wants to confess.

A slow, oppressive descent into a small town's secrets, where every frame drips with dread and quiet tragedy.

A relentless parade of grotesque fighters and escalating showdowns that feels like a sweaty, pulpy comic book brought to violent life.

A slow, meticulous plunge into a real legal nightmare that leaves you unsettled and questioning the system.

A pulpy, fast-moving crime saga full of betrayals, larger-than-life characters, and melodramatic twists that keep you hooked.

A profane, gory monster mash with surprising heart, balancing chaotic action and crude jokes against moments of genuine pathos.

Patient, cold-lit and talky, it builds dread through bureaucracy and quiet conversations until resistance feels like a hard-won, costly choice.

A grim, propulsive thriller that keeps tightening the screws, pitting a desperate underdog against polished, ruthless power.

A twisty, darkly witty thriller that keeps tightening its screws as ordinary people make terrible choices.

A bright, bouncy space adventure that makes teamwork feel exciting and hopeful without ever getting too heavy.

A tense, sweeping crime saga that pulls you into a dangerous world of ambition and survival, with high emotional stakes.

A slow, cerebral period drama that feels like piecing together a fragmented memory, unsettling and intimate.

A pulpy, high-stakes melodrama that keeps you hooked with constant twists, secret identities and simmering revenge.

A brisk, eerie mystery that hops between eras, keeping you hooked with its central puzzle and shadowy conspiracies.