Prison Riot Movies

Hickson lived off the books, running from one place to another to make a living. His only great achievement in life had been to win over his wife...

Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these...

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail...

A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a...

Twenty-five years after the biggest riot in British penal history, this film brings together the ringleaders of the trouble with the prison guards...

Documentary about the 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots in which 33 inmates were killed.

Documentary about Attica prison riot and lawsuits to get compensation for the victims of these events.