Highest-Rated Movies about 'Inmate', Sort by Popularity

Lion's Den (2008), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), Redemption (2004), Serbuan Maut 2: Berandal (2014), The Glass House (1972), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), Cell 211 - Celda 211 (2009), Hunger (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Inmate movies.

#16. The Dark Horse (1932)

Storyline: Zachary Hicks is nominated at the Progressive party's convention even though he has little chance of winning the governorship. Kay suggests the party bosses hire Hal Blake (whom she loves) as campaign manager. Hal is in jail for falling behind in his alimony payments to Maybelle, but Kay convinces the politicians to seem him in prison, Impressed with the speech they hear him deliver to a cellmate, the committee pays Hal's fine and back alimony payments. Hal takes on the campaign and several marital arrangements.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: political candidate, political consultant, inmate, opponent, ex-wife, secretary, amusing ...

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#17. Two Way Stretch (1960)

Storyline: Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. With only a few days' sentence left, and the perfect alibi, what could possibly go wrong?—Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: inmate, accomplice, cellmate, prison official, con artist, witty, endearing ...

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#18. Johnny Apollo (1940)

Storyline: Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: henchman, gangster, father, girlfriend, boss, inmate, gritty ...

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#20. Escape Plan (2013)

Storyline: Ray Breslin's an expert on building security. After reviewing every high security prison, his skills are challenged. He's set up, and sent to one of the toughest (security-wise) prisons - one he designed, himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

Plot Keywords: inmate, tough guy, prison guard, intense, unrestrained, gripping, solitary confinement ...

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#21. Man of La Mancha (1972)

Storyline: This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is the mad, aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures. Backed by his faithful sidekick Sancho Panza, he duels windmills and defends his perfect lady Dulcinea (who is actually a downtrodden whore named Aldonza).—Reid Gagle

Plot Keywords: don quixote, prostitute, niece, writer, inmate, amusing, charming ...

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#22. Last Light (1993)

Storyline: Prison guard Fred Whitmore (Forest Whitaker), who was raised in a violent household, can't let go of his childhood. He hides his pain from his family, and, as a result, distances himself from his wife, Hope (Lynne Moody). Denver Bayliss (Kiefer Sutherland), a death row inmate, must endure the maltreatment of the wardens during his final days. As the execution approaches, Denver and Fred realize they have plenty in common, and they form an unexpected life-changing bond.

Plot Keywords: prison guard, inmate, warden, wife, son, powerful, uneasy ...

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#23. On the Yard (1979)

Storyline: Landing himself in a state penitentiary, Juleson (John Heard), a con artist, fails to adjust to the intricate social order of the prison system. Juleson's independent way of thinking does little to impress his fellow inmates and runs him afoul of Chilly (Thomas Waites), the leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the prison. Facing a group of cold-blooded killers on his own, Juleson discovers firsthand what individualism can bring to a loner behind bars.

Plot Keywords: inmate, con artist, leader, killer, guard, psychiatrist, melodramatic ...

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#24. Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Storyline: Another in a unrelated series of Warner's penitentiary tours in three different decades. This one is California's notorious Folsom Prison prior to its 1944 reformation make-over. Ben Rickey, the prison's sadistic old-school warden who believes that the prison system if for punishment rather than reformation, rules Folsom with an iron-hand. He highly resents his university-trained assistant, Mark Benson, who does not share Rickey's beliefs. Rickey, hoping the results will be disastrous, gives Benson permission to try his modern method. He tolerates Benson's innovations until convict "Red" Pardue is killed by another prisoner. Benson blames Rickey, who had refused Pardue protection after he had reported an escape attempt. Benson resigns and Rickey brings back his concentration-camp program. Chuck Daniels, a hardened convict, then stage his long-planned prison break. A bloody riot ensues in which Rickey is murdered and the escapees are accidentally killed by a dynamite blast while taking revenge on a treacherous convict.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: warden, prison guard, prisoner, prison official, sergeant, inmate, brooding ...

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#25. Malang (2020)

Storyline: Advait (Aditya Roy Kapoor), a young introvert, visits Goa where he meets Sara (Disha Patani), a free-spirited girl from London who has come to India for the first time to live life unshackled, like a vagabond (Malang). Extreme opposites of each other, they both live it up together. All goes well until life turns upside down. Five years later, this incident circles back to SHO Agashe (Anil Kapoor), vigilante killer cop and Michael Rodrigues (Kunal Kemmu), a righteous cop. What is the connection between Advait, Sara, Agashe and Michael? Malang answers all these questions.

Plot Keywords: police captain, police officer, drug addict, pregnant woman, inmate, dead person, brooding ...

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#26. San Quentin (1937)

Storyline: Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: captain, singer, brother, inmate, prison official, gritty, engaging ...

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#27. Mean Machine (2001)

Storyline: Disgraced ex-England captain (Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan) is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. Whilst in jail, he doesn't recieve any favours because of his celebrity status in the outside world. He is out numbered and many prisoners constantly barrage him with insults for letting down his country in a crucial World Cup game. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. These prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards. The prisoners are lead by Danny and the whole of the prison, guards aside, are behind them. Game on......

Plot Keywords: con artist, inmate, prisoner, teammate, prison guard, teamwork, amusing ...

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#28. Return to Sender (2004)

Storyline: Charlotte Cory is a young woman convict on Death Row who has built up a friendship with Frank Nitzche through mail correspondence, whilst her attorney desperately tries to appeal the verdict before Charlotte's time runs out. With only days to spare Frank realizes that he has fallen in love with Charlotte and discovers that there is much more to the tragic circumstances of her imprisonment than he first thought - her life is now in his hands. Frank races to solve the puzzle that will reveal the truth, and tell the secrets that both he and Charlotte have been concealing, before it's too late.—Andrew Brown

Plot Keywords: inmate, lawyer, brother-in-law, pen pal, judge, woman, melodramatic ...

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#30. House of Numbers (1957)

Storyline: Arnie Judlow, an inmate at San Quentin prison serving a life sentence for murder, devises a daring plan with his wife and his brother Bill to help him escape, part of which involves Bill and Arnie's wife posing as a married couple and moving to a house near the prison. Although the plan appears to go smoothly at first, it soon runs into a few snags--the couple move next door to a suspicious prison guard who knows Arnie and, more importantly, Bill and his brother's wife begin to find themselves attracted to each other.—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: inmate, wife, brother, warden, prison guard, engaging, tense ...

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