O poveste supranaturală stabilită pe culoarul morții într-o închisoare sudică, unde gigantul blând John Coffey posedă puterea misterioasă de a vindeca bolile oamenilor. Când gardianul șef al blocului de celule, Paul Edgecomb, realizează darul miraculos al lui Coffey, el încearcă cu disperare să ajute la împiedicarea execuției condamnatului.
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy.
Doi bărbați leagă o prietenie și învață să colaboreze strâns după ce scapă din închisoare și vor să pună la cale un jaf, dar unul dintre ei ascunde un secret murdar.
Tom Connors este condamnat la Sing Sing, dar crede ca prietenii lui influenți il vor scoate în curând de acolo. Este insa condamnat la nouăzeci de zile fara posibilitatea eliberarii conditionate. Fay, prietena lui sufera un accident, iar gardianul ii permite lui Tom sa o viziteze. În timpul unei lupte cu mafiotul Joe Finn, Fay il impusca pe Finn, iar Tom este acuzat pentru moartea lui. Desi se preda, Tom este condamnat la moarte.
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.