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Movies by Lists - Best of Woman in Prison Movies (59 [92])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
...and the Wild Wild Women [Nella città l'inferno]A harsh study about the grim realities of life in a female prison environment. The story concerns a young girl sent to prison who experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from tough dangerous dames ...1959Renato CastellaniDrama7.2 (571 votes)9520211228
99 WomenOff the coast of Panama, there is an island with a female penal colony, run by a sadistic superintendent. When several prisoners mysteriously die, leading to a breakout and mutiny, an extensive investigation of the horrific events be1969Jesús FrancoCrime, Drama4.7 (1.4K votes)8620211228
Adam's WomanAdam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in 1970Philip LeacockDrama6.3 (174 votes)11620211228
Amazon Jail [Curral de Mulheres]Edgar, a sex trafficker, sends his men to lure groups of women to his estate in the woods, imprisoning them, and selling them. One strong minded woman refuses to be sold and plots an escape, while convincing other girls to join her.1985Oswaldo de OliveiraAction, Crime, Thriller3.8 (732 votes)9920231001
Bangkok HiltonThe story of Kat Stanton, an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan, a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage th...1989Ken CameronDrama, Thriller7.8 (5K votes)020231013
Barb WireWomen's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.1976Jesús FrancoCrime, Drama, Horror, Thriller4.6 (1.2K votes)9020211228
Barbed Wire DollsWomen's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.1976Jesús FrancoCrime, Drama, Horror, Thriller4.6 (1.2K votes)9020211228
Barbed Wire Dolls [Frauengefängnis]Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.1976Jesús FrancoCrime, Drama, Horror, Thriller4.6 (1.2K votes)9020211228
Big Bird Cage, TheGrier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.1972Jack HillAction, Crime, Drama5.9 (2.6K votes)8820220315
Big Bust-Out, The [Io monaca... per tre carogne e sette peccatrici]Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.1972Ernst Ritter von TheumerAction, Thriller4.5 (212 votes)7520211228
Big Doll House, TheBeautiful women prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison, until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with the reluctant help of two male fruit vendors.1971Jack HillAction, Drama, Thriller5.8 (2.7K votes)9520220414
Black Mama, White MamaA black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison and are pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the army.1973Eddie RomeroCrime, Drama, Thriller5.6 (3.1K votes)8720211228
Brokedown PalaceTwo women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.1999Jonathan KaplanDrama, Mystery, Thriller6.5 (22.5K votes)10020211228
CagedA gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly and inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?1950John CromwellCrime, Drama, Film-Noir7.7 (3.9K votes)9620211228
Caged HeatIn a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the warden and the corrupt prison doctor.1974Jonathan Demme (*)Action, Comedy, Drama5.3 (2.5K votes)8320211228
Cárcel de mujeresEvangelina asesina a su amante Alberto. En prisión ella conoce a Dora, la novia de Alberto, quien fue privada de su libertad por los negocios ilicitos de él. Una interesante historia esta a punto de tejerse.1951Miguel M. DelgadoDrama, Crime6.9 (89 votes)8320220315
Chained HeatYoung Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.1983Paul NicholasAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller5.0 (2.5K votes)9520230424
ChasersA hapless Navy sailor is assigned SP duty. The catch: he must escort a beautiful female prisoner on her way to prison for going UA. She in turn will try anything to escape.1994Dennis Hopper (*)Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance5.1 (6.5K votes)10220211228
Condition RedPrison guard falls in love with inmate. She wants him to let her escape.1995Mika KaurismäkiAction, Drama, Thriller4.7 (381 votes)8320240501
East of Berlin [Convoi de filles]nan1978Pierre Chevalier, Jesús FrancoDrama, Thriller, War3.5 (130 votes)8820211228
Escape from Hell [Femmine infernali]A women's prison camp is located deep in the tropical rain forest. Sadistic guards and a warden from hell make life almost unbearable for the inmates, and any infraction of the rules is dealt with swiftly and savagely. The camp do...1980Edoardo MulargiaAdventure, Crime, Thriller4.7 (576 votes)9320230424
Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion [Joshuu 701-gô Sasori]After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.1972Shun'ya ItôCrime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (4K votes)8720211228
Female Prisoner Scorpion - Jailhouse 41 [Joshû sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô]After spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.1972Shun'ya ItôCrime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (2.9K votes)9020211228
Gestapo's Last Orgy, The [L'ultima orgia del III Reich]A Jewish WWII survivor revisits the ruins of a hellish concentration camp, and the memories are still vivid. How did she escape the humiliation, the tortures, and the destruction of human flesh? How did she flee from Gestapo's last o1977Cesare CanevariHorror, War4.4 (1.4K votes)9620211228
Girls in PrisonFramed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is b...1994John McNaughton (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller4.8 (651 votes)8320220822
Girls in PrisonAnne Carson, meeting the seamy side of prison life, finds that everyone thinks she knows where unrecovered bank loot is.1956Edward L. CahnCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller5.2 (300 votes)8820230619
Helga, la louve de StilbergHelga moves the action to South America, where she lords over a castle of female political prisoners, who are stripped and tortured at whim.1978Patrice RhommAction, Drama, Thriller, War3.8 (307 votes)9720211228
Hell Behind the Bars [Perverse oltre le sbarre]A woman murders her boyfriend and steals some diamonds he has smuggled. She gets found out though, and locked in a prison with an evil, sadistic bisexual warden. She sets about planning her escape with some of her fellow inmates.1984Gianni SiragusaAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller3.7 (386 votes)8220240630
Hell's HouseJimmy idolizes bootlegger Matt, and when he refuses to implicate his friend, he is sent to reform school. He befriends Shorty, a boy with a heart condition, and escapes to let the world know about the brutal conditions.1932Howard HigginDrama6.1 (1.3K votes)7220211228
Hotel Paradise [Orinoco - Prigioniere del sesso]Girls kept prisoner under appalling conditions to dig emeralds for an evil tyrant are rescued by revolutionaries disguised as soldiers.1980Edoardo MulargiaAction, Adult, Adventure, Drama4.4 (335 votes)10120240519
House of WhipcordAn old man who lives in an old house conducts a correctional institute for girls. But he does not realize that the date is the present as he's been cooped up in the house. He is assisted by a matron who likes to get the girls into tr1974Pete WalkerHorror5.9 (1.6K votes)10220211228
Ilsa She Wolf Of The SSIlsa is an evil Nazi warden at a death camp that conducts "medical experiments." Ilsa's goal is to prove women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allowed to fight on the front lines.1975Don EdmondsDrama, Horror, Thriller, War5.1 (7.5K votes)9620211228
Ilsa The Wicked WardenAfter the mysterious disappearance of her sister, a desperate young woman goes undercover to infiltrate brutal warden Ilsa's mental health facility for the sexually deviant women.1977Jesús FrancoDrama, Horror4.6 (2.4K votes)9020211228
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil SheiksIn the vast deserts of the Middle East, the lascivious tigress, Ilsa, joins the sex-trafficking ring of a maniacal sheikh who enjoys importing helpless female slaves for his perverse amusement.1976Don EdmondsHorror, Thriller5.0 (2.8K votes)8520220806
Ladies They Talk AboutAttractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.1933Howard Bretherton, William KeighleyDrama6.7 (1.6K votes)6920211228
Lady GangsterDot Burton (Faye Emerson) has acted as a decoy in a bank robbery and fails to get away. Her arrest attracts the attention of Ken Phillips (Frank Wilcox), a former childhood sweetheart who believe her innocent until she confesses. But1942Robert FloreyCrime, Drama, Film-Noir5.8 (619 votes)6220211228
Love Camp 7Two female Army agents go undercover at a Nazi prison camp to get information from a scientist being held there.1969Lee FrostDrama, Thriller, War3.9 (1K votes)9620220806
Lust for FreedomA former female cop is framed by corrupt police, acting in collusion with the local judge, and has to fight her way out of the pen, alone, against tough inmates, and the people in charge.1987Eric LouzilDrama, Thriller, Crime3.8 (496 votes)9220220315
Nazi Love Camp 27 [La svastica nel ventre]As the menacing clouds of WWII spread all over across Europe, a young flaxen-haired Jew woman will witness her idyllic life crumble into pieces as she is rounded up and thrown to forced prostitution at the infamous "joy-camp" 27.1977Mario CaianoDrama, Thriller, War4.6 (343 votes)8620211228
Prison GirlsA prison psychiatrist prepares six female inmates for parole by granting them a weekend furlough, during which each of them has a sexual encounter.1972Tom DeSimoneCrime, Drama4.0 (515 votes)9320231207
Prison HeatFour American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials.1993Joel SilbergCrime, Drama, Thriller4.1 (993 votes)9120240127
Reform School GirlsThey're sexy, they're beautiful, and they're bad. Bad enough to be locked up in Pridemore Juvenile Facility, where there are no windows, no possibility of escape, and no hope.1986Tom DeSimoneCrime, Drama, Thriller5.3 (2.5K votes)9420220315
Riot in a Women's Prison [Prigione di donne]Gorgeous young French tourist Martine gets arrested while on vacation in Italy. After being found guilty of a trumped-up drug possession charge, Martine finds herself incarcerated at a hellish women's penitentiary where the inmates a1974Brunello RondiCrime, Drama5.0 (162 votes)8720220315
SadomaniaA newly-wed couple in love finds a seemingly desolate place to park the car and make love. Soon, they will face the fearsome warden Magda Urtado's cruel reality.1981Jesús FrancoAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller4.8 (1.1K votes)6720211228
Scorpion - Double Venom [Sasori - Joshuu 701-gô]With the law helpless and the authorities unable and unwilling to step in a woman proceeds and takes direct action when as coincidence would have it one of the murdering kidnappers of a her sister becomes a patient in the hospital...1998Ryôji NiimuraDrama, Thriller, Crime5.8 (60 votes)9120240306
Sophie's ChoiceSophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.1982Alan J. Pakula (*)Drama, Romance7.6 (46.6K votes)15020211228
SS Experiment Love CampNear the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the "Aryan" race.1976Sergio GarroneDrama, Thriller, War3.5 (1.3K votes)9420211228
SS Lager 5: L'inferno delle donneDuring the last days of WW2, several female prisoners arrive at Camp 5 to work as sex slaves for officers and guinea pigs for horrific experiments by Nazi doctors who are trying to find a cure for burns. But these women are not going1977Sergio GarroneHorror, War4.1 (598 votes)9620211228
Sweet SugarProstitute Sugar is set up by a corrupt politician. She is convinced of the futility of appealing her case in the courts and signs on to a chain gang run by the notorious Dr. John who performs cruel medical experiments on the people 1972Michel LevesqueAction, Drama5.2 (623 votes)9020211228
Switchblade SistersThe leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.1975Jack HillAction, Crime, Drama6.6 (3.6K votes)9120211228
Ten Violent WomenEight women miners get fed up with their lifestyle and decide to try crime. After successfully pulling off a jewelry store robbery, they are busted by narcs when they try to buy cocaine.1982Ted V. MikelsAction, Crime, Drama3.4 (527 votes)9720231001
Terminal IslandAfter the abolishment of the death penalty, California murderers are dumped on an island to spend the rest of their lives unsupervised. There, two groups are formed, one lead by a psychopath, and another group determined to bring him1973Stephanie RothmanAction, Drama, Thriller5.2 (1.1K votes)8820211228
Tropical InfernoSomewhere in the jungles of South America mercenaries stop a truck which has allegedly loaded fruit. The cargo turns out to be six young women. Apprehended and handed over to the custody of the local women's prison.1978Jesús FrancoAction, Crime, Drama, Horror4.5 (881 votes)7520211228
Virgins from Hell [Perawan di Sarang Sindikat]Two sisters plot for revenge against the drug-lord who murdered their family and took their home, now being used as a base for their experiments on aphrodisiacs. The older sister becomes a prostitute in order to get close to the g...1987Ackyl AnwariAction, Crime, Thriller5.2 (306 votes)9320230830
Werewolf in a Womens PrisonWhen camping with her boyfriend, Sarah is attacked by a werewolf. She wakes up in a corrupt prison only to find out her boyfriend has been torn apart and she is the only suspect.2006Jeff LeroyHorror4.5 (566 votes)8320240504
Women In CagesAmerican women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.1971Gerardo de LeonAction, Crime, Drama5.1 (1.6K votes)8120211228
Women in Cellblock 9Somewhere in the jungles of South America mercenaries stop a truck which has allegedly loaded fruit. The cargo turns out to be six young women. Apprehended and handed over to the custody of the local women's prison.1978Jesús FrancoAction, Crime, Drama, Horror4.5 (882 votes)7520211228
Women's PrisonLife at a 1950s women's maximum security prison where the warden and the guards are as brutal as the inmates.1955Lewis SeilerCrime, Drama, Film-Noir6.5 (864 votes)8020211228
Womens Prison MassacreA vehicle transporting dangerous male prisoners crashes near a women's prison run by a corrupt warden. The male prisoners take over the prison and proceed to rape, torture and kill the female inmates.1983Bruno Mattei, Gilbert RousselAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller4.7 (1K votes)8920211228
Bad Girls Dormitory1986Tim KincaidAction, Drama, Horror3.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Concrete Jungle1982Tom DeSimoneCrime, Drama, Thriller4.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Femmine in fuga1984Michele Massimo TarantiniAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller5.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Return to Paradise1998Joseph RubenDrama, Romance, Thriller6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Caged Heat 30001995Aaron OsborneAction, Sci-Fi3.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Love Child1982Larry PeerceCrime, Drama, Romance5.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Time Served1999Glen PitreDrama, Thriller3.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Slammer Girls1987Chuck VincentComedy4.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Bikini Chain Gang2005Fred Olen RayComedy4.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Joshû shokeinin Maria: Gekijô-ban1995Shûji KataokaCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller4.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Go for Broke2002Jean-Claude La MarreComedy4.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Sins of the Realm2003Lloyd A. SimandlFantasy, Action, Adventure3.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars1995Henri CharrCrime, Drama3.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Atrapadas1984Aníbal Di SalvoCrime, Drama4.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Prison of Secrets1997Fred GerberCrime, Drama6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Thunder County1974Chris RobinsonCrime, Drama3.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Violenza in un carcere femminile1982Bruno MatteiAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller4.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Last Dance1996Bruce BeresfordDrama, Thriller5.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Swamp Women1956Roger CormanAdventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller3.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Johnny Greyeyes2000Jorge ManzanoDrama5.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Against Their Will1994Karen ArthurAction, Crime, Drama5.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 692008Keith J. CrockerHorror, War3.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Die Insel der blutigen Plantage1983Kurt Raab, Peter KernAdventure, Drama, Thriller4.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Sugar Boxx2009Cody JarrettCrime, Drama3.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Paradise Road1997Bruce BeresfordDrama, History, War6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Mo'Nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate2007James Yukich, Gary BinkowComedy6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Crime of Innocence1985Michael MillerDrama6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Elsa Fräulein SS1977Patrice RhommHorror, Thriller, War3.6 (Unkn) Excluded
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know1969Robert Hartford-DavisCrime, Drama4.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Nü er gu1995Jin XieCrime, Drama7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Zendan-e zanan2002Manijeh HekmatDrama6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
A Prisão1980Oswaldo de OliveiraAdult, Crime, Drama4.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom1994Cirio H. SantiagoAction, Crime, Thriller3.6 (Unkn) Excluded