Best of Woman in Prison Movies
Women in prison film (or WiP) is a subgenre of exploitation film that began in the late 1930s and continues to the present day.
Their stories feature imprisoned women who are subjected to sexual and physical abuse, typically by sadistic male or female prison wardens and guards. The genre also features many films in which imprisoned women engage in lesbian sex.
Their stories feature imprisoned women who are subjected to sexual and physical abuse, typically by sadistic male or female prison wardens and guards. The genre also features many films in which imprisoned women engage in lesbian sex.
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- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsEleanor ParkerAgnes MooreheadEllen CorbyA gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, 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?Caged is a 1950 film released by Warner Bros.[1][2] It tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into a hardened convict.
The movie was adapted by Virginia Kellogg from the story Women Without Men by Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld. It was directed by John Cromwell. - DirectorLewis SeilerStarsIda LupinoJan SterlingCleo MooreA sadistic prison warden takes out her sexual frustration on her women inmates. While a caring physician tries to improve the jail's brutal atmosphere, a pair of rebellious inmates take matters into their own hands.
- DirectorJesús FrancoBruno MatteiStarsMaria SchellLuciana PaluzziMercedes McCambridgeA new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsBob CresseMaria LeaseKathy WilliamsTwo female Army agents go undercover at a Nazi prison camp to get information from a scientist being held there.Love Camp 7 is a 1969 U.S. women-in-prison B-movie directed by Lee Frost and written by Wes Bishop and Bob Cresse, the latter of whom also acts as a sadistic camp commandant.
- DirectorPaul NicholasStarsLinda BlairJohn VernonSybil DanningYoung 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.Chained Heat (alternate title: Das Frauenlager in West Germany) is a 1983 exploitation film in the women-in-prison genre. It was co-written and directed by Paul Nicholas for Jensen Farley Pictures.
- DirectorDon EdmondsStarsDyanne ThorneGregory KnophTony MumoloIlsa 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.Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1974 Nazi exploitation film produced in the USA. The film was directed by Don Edmonds, produced by David F. Friedman and written by Jonah Royston.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsDyanne ThorneLina RomayAngela RitschardAfter the mysterious disappearance of her sister, a desperate young woman infiltrates brutal warden Ilsa's mental health facility for sexually deviant women. Will she escape the hellhole and live to tell the tale?lsa, now a vicious warden, runs a mental-hospital for young women. A girl deliberately "checks" in to the hospital to find out what has happened to her sister who stayed there...
- DirectorDon EdmondsStarsDyanne ThorneMax ThayerJerry DelonyIn the vast deserts of the Middle East, lascivious harem keeper Ilsa joins the sex-trafficking ring of a maniacal sheikh who imports helpless female slaves for his perverse amusement.Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks is a 1976 sexploitation Women in prison film, the first sequel to Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsSirpa LaneGiancarlo SistiRoberto PosseAs 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.Nazi Love Camp 27 (Italian: La svastica nel ventre) is a 1977 Italian Nazi exploitation film by western director Mario Caino starring Sirpa Lane. The film is notable for its truly grim scenes, dramatic plot and hardcore sex scenes.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJuanita BrownErica GavinRoberta CollinsIn a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the crippled female warden and the corrupt prison doctor.Caged Heat (alternate title: Renegade Girls) is an exploitation movie from 1974 of the "women-in-prison" movie genre. Caged Heat was written and directed by Jonathan Demme for the New World Pictures company, headed by Roger Corman. Caged Heat stars the actresses Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Juanita Brown, Rainbeaux Smith, Desiree Cousteau, and Barbara Steele.
John Cale wrote and performed its soundtrack musics, which features the guitar playing of Mike Bloomfield.
Two later features, Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994) and Caged Heat 3000 (1995), made use of the Caged Heat name and the women-in-prison situation, but are unrelated movies. - DirectorJesús FrancoStarsLina RomayPaul MullerMonica SwinnWomen'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.Frauengefängnis (released in the United States as Barbed Wire Dolls) is a 1975 Swiss film directed by Jesus Franco. It is part of the women in prison cycle of violent sexploitation films that flourished in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- DirectorJack HillStarsRoberta CollinsPam GrierJudith BrownBeautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.The Big Doll House is a 1971 women in prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates throughout daily life in a gritty, unidentified supra-tropical prison. Later the same year the film Women in Cages featured a similar story and setting, much the same cast, and was shot in the same abandoned prison buildings. A non-sequel follow-up, titled The Big Bird Cage, was released in 1972.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsAjita WilsonAndrea GuzonUrsula BuchfellnerA 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.A couple of newlyweds, Olga and Michael, are traveling along the desert and accidentally trespass on the property of Magda Urtado (Ajita Wilson), who is the director of a boot camp of sorts, where the women are treated as slaves and are half naked at all times. Magda keeps Olga in captivity while Michael is free to go, but later on in the film he plans an escape for Olga. She goes to work with the other girls out in the hot desert, and from there the plot just goes out in all different directions. There are a couple subplots in which a few of the workers are sent out to be hookers, one where a worker participates in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and one where the Governor (Antonio Mayans, billed as Robert Foster) is having trouble getting it on with his wife so he buys a couple of the workers to help him perform. There is also a scene where the Governor is finally able to have sex with his wife, but only while watching one of the females be raped by a dog. Director Jess Franco also stars in the movie as an obviously gay man.
- DirectorCesare CanevariStarsAdriano MicantoniDaniela PoggiMaristella GrecoA Jewish woman who survived the horrors of a concentration camp revisits the ruins of the camp, along with a former SS officer, and recollects the humiliation, the torture, and the constant abuse she went through.Last Orgy of the Third Reich (Italian: L'ultima orgia del III Reich) is a 1977 Italian Nazi exploitation film directed by Cesare Canevari.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsSusan HemingwayKarine GambierHoward VernonSomewhere 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.Women in Cellblock 9 (Original title Frauen für Zellenblock 9) is a 1977 Swiss film directed by Spanish director Jesus Franco, starring Howard Vernon and Karine Gambier. Its main theme is women in prison.
Unlike most of Franco's work this remains banned in the United Kingdom due to large amounts of sexual violence, and as one of the lead actresses in many of the sex scenes was 16 at the time the film was made. - DirectorEddie RomeroStarsPam GrierMargaret MarkovSid HaigA Black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison, then pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the Army.Black Mama, White Mama is a 1973 women in prison film with elements of blaxploitation, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero.
- DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierAnitra FordCandice RomanGrier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre. It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film The Big Doll House. The film was written and directed by Jack Hill, and stars Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Anitra Ford, and Carol Speed
- DirectorOswaldo de OliveiraStarsElizabeth HartmannMaurício do ValleSandra GraffiEdgar, 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.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiFumio WatanabeYukie KagawaAfter 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.Female Convict #701: Scorpion (女囚701号 さそり Joshuu 701 Go - Sasori?) is a film based on a manga by Tōru Shinohara in the "Women in Prison" sub-genre of Pinky violence Pink films made by Toei Company in 1972. The first in a series, the film starred Meiko Kaji and was Shunya Itō's directorial debut.
- DirectorTom DeSimoneStarsLinda CarolWendy O. WilliamsPat AstA new group of girls arrives at Pridemore Juvenile Facility, where the brutal warden plays favoritism with a few, and treats the rest like animals. But one girl is not taking this horrible treatment lying down.Reform School Girls is a 1986 American film directed by Tom DeSimone, starring Wendy O. Williams, Pat Ast, and Sybil Danning. It depicts a reform school for girls that is operated by a sadistic and evil warden, Sutter, and her henchwoman Edna.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsJudith BrownRoberta CollinsJennifer GanAmerican women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.Women in Cages is a 1971 film in the women in prison sexploitation sub-genre, co-produced by Roger Corman and directed by Gerardo de León. It was prominently featured in the Planet Terror portion of the 2007 film Grindhouse.
In August 2007, Grindhouse director Quentin Tarantino said of the film, "I'm a huge, huge fan of Gerry de Leon.... [the film] is just harsh, harsh, harsh," he said, and described the final shot as one of "devastating despair. - DirectorEdoardo MulargiaStarsAnthony SteffenAjita WilsonCristina LayAbused female prisoners at an all-women's prison camp in the tropics plot revenge against their sadistic overseers.Escape from Hell (also known as Femmine infernali) is a 1980 thriller distributed by Troma Entertainment.
A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary.
This film has been banned in Britain since its release. - DirectorMichel LevesqueStarsPhyllis DavisEllarainoTimothy BrownProstitute 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 who work for him.
- DirectorStephanie RothmanStarsDon MarshallPhyllis DavisEna HartmanAfter 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 him down.
- DirectorTim KincaidStarsCarey ZurisTeresa FarleyNatalie SavageInmates at a women's prison run by a corrupt warden and her gang of sadistic guards plan a breakout.
- DirectorTom DeSimoneStarsJill St. JohnTracey E. BregmanBarBara LunaWhen an unsuspecting woman, who was setup by her boyfriend to carry a stash of cocaine, is sentenced to three years in prison, she struggles to survive against the corrupt warden and the vicious inmates.The Concrete Jungle is a 1982 American film directed by Tom DeSimone and featuring Jill St. John and Tracey E. Bregman.
- DirectorSergio GarroneStarsMircha CarvenPaola CorazziGiorgio CerioniNear the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the "Aryan" race.
- DirectorSergio GarroneStarsPaola CorazziRita MannaGiorgio CerioniDuring 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 going to die without a fight... Can they stay alive until the closing Red army comes to their rescue?
- DirectorPatrice RhommStarsMalisa LongoPatrizia GoriClaude JannaHelga moves the action to South America, where she lords over a castle of female political prisoners, who are stripped and tortured at whim.
- DirectorMichele Massimo TarantiniStarsSuzane CarvalhoRossana GhessaGloria CristalThe young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in a Brazilian prison. Whilst there she is brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison doctor believes she's innocent and tries to help her.
- DirectorGianni SiragusaStarsAjita WilsonRita SilvaLinda JonesA 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.
- StarsNicole KidmanDenholm ElliottHugo WeavingNicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott star in a 1989 miniseries about a young woman in a Thai prison for carrying her boyfriend's heroin.Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned.
- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsVince VaughnAnne HecheJoaquin PhoenixTwo friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in Malaysia for drug possession.Return to Paradise is a 1998 film directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson and starring Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix and Vince Vaughn. Return to Paradise is a remake of a French film released in 1989, Force majeure. Return to Paradise was released a year before Brokedown Palace and is noted for being similar, in that it also concerns a young American trapped in a Southeast Asian legal system, and difficult choices that must be made by that foreigner's traveling companions.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsClaire DanesKate BeckinsaleBill PullmanTwo women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.Brokedown Palace (1999) is an American film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Because it presents a critical view of the Thai legal system, most scenes were filmed in the Philippines; however, some panoramas and views were filmed in Bangkok. Its title is taken from a Grateful Dead song written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter from their 1970 album American Beauty.
- DirectorAaron OsborneStarsLisa BoyleKena LandZaneta PolardIt's the year 3000 AD. The world's most dangerous women are banished to a remote asteroid 45 million light years from earth. Kira Murphy doesn't belong; wrongfully accused of a crime she did not commit, she's thrown in this interplanetary prison and left to her own defenses. But Kira's a fighter, and soon she finds herself in the middle of a female gang war; where everyone wants a piece of the action... and a piece of her! "Caged Heat 3000" takes the Women-in-Prison genre to a whole new level... and a whole new galaxy!Caged Heat 3000 (1995) stars Lisa Boyle (aka Cassandra Leigh) as an inmate on an asteroid prison. Includes futuristic touches such as electric bra torment and cattle prod-like sticks.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonWilliam KeighleyStarsBarbara StanwyckPreston FosterLyle TalbotAttractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.Ladies They Talk About is a 1933 Pre-Code women in prison film about a woman sent to San Quentin. Based on the play Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles, the film stars Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lillian Roth.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsBarbara MarkhamPatrick BarrRay BrooksAn insane couple take over the operation of an old jail and seek out young women who they believe have escaped justice. A beautiful young French model becomes their latest victim and must attempt escape or face an almost certain death.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsAmy MadiganBeau BridgesMackenzie PhillipsThe true story of Terry Jean Moore, a young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. In prison she gets pregnant by a jailer and has to fight to keep her child.Love Child is a 1982 biopic based on the life of Terry Jean Moore. The film stars Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, and Mackenzie Phillips.
- DirectorJoel SilbergStarsRebecca ChambersLori Jo HendrixKena LandFour American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials.
- DirectorGlen PitreStarsCatherine OxenbergJeff FaheyLouise FletcherWhen a boy kills his abusive stepfather in self-defense, his mother takes the blame and gets sentenced to a long prison term. The warden is corrupt and forces hot inmates to work as strippers in a local nightclub. Is it a way out?
- DirectorChuck VincentStarsDevon JenkinJeffrey HurstVeronica HartA young girl is framed for a crime she didn't commit and sent to the state penitentiary, which is run by a crooked warden and a corrupt staff. A reporter manages to get herself sent to the prison so she can expose the brutal conditions and prove the girl's innocence.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRichard DenningJoan TaylorAdele JergensAnne Carson, meeting the seamy side of prison life, finds that everyone thinks she knows where unrecovered bank loot is.Girls in Prison is a 1956 drama/sexploitation women in prison film about a young woman who is convicted of being an accomplice to a bank robbery and is sent to an all-female prison. The film was directed by Edward L. Cahn, and stars Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, and Mae Marsh. American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with Hot Rod Girl.
- DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsDiane McGeeHarvey ChaoBahni TurpinFramed 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 befriended by other "lifer" inmates who help her out when Aggie finds herself marked for murder by an unknown source who thinks she knows more about the murder than she does.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsBeverly LynneNicole SheridanVoodooJessie, a waitress in a sleazy bar, is framed for robbing the place and gets a five-year stretch in prison. The prison is run by a corrupt warden and a butch-lesbian head guard, and the inmates are dressed in bikinis and sent out to work on a chain gang busting rocks. Jessie has to fend off horny guards and lesbian inmates while forming a plan to escape and find the real robber.
- DirectorJack HillStarsRobbie LeeJoanne NailMonica GayleThe leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.Switchblade Sisters is a 1975 action and exploitation film detailing the lives of high school-aged female gang members. It was directed by Jack Hill and stars Joanne Nail, Robbie Lee and Monica Gayle. A personal favorite of Quentin Tarantino, the film was re-released in 1996 under Tarantino's Rolling Thunder Pictures label. This version of the film features a commentary by both Hill and Tarantino. The film's tagline is "So Easy to Kill, So Hard to Love."
- DirectorShûji KataokaStarsNoriko AotaTetsuo KurataKôji ShimizuAbout a woman framed for a crime she didn't commit sentence to prison. While in prison, she finds herself being blackmailed into helping a government organization put away criminals that are above the law. If she cooperates she gets to see her son.
- DirectorRyôji NiimuraStarsAtsuki KatôMiho KiuchiChiharu KomatsuWith 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 at which she works. She is sent to prison for her crime, but that is just the beginning of her ordeal.
- DirectorJean-Claude La MarreStarsPras MichelMichael A. GoorjianLisaRaye McCoyTwo guys are robbed of a winning lottery ticket at a diner. The robber, Belinda, is arrested with the ticket hidden. To get the ticket back, the two guys dress as women and get arrested.Go for Broke is a 2002 urban comedy film, written by Jean-Claude La Marre, who also directed and co-produced the film, which stars Pras, Michael A. Goorjian, LisaRaye, Kira Madallo Sesay, and Bobby Brown.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMeryl StreepKevin KlinePeter MacNicolSophie 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.Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American romantic drama film that tells the story of a Polish immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn. The film stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol. Alan J. Pakula directed the movie and wrote the script from a novel by William Styron, also called Sophie's Choice.
- DirectorLloyd A. SimandlStarsRena LesnarDaniela KrhutovaLucie VondráckováA group of pincess have to be rescued from kidnappers so that a new king can select his bride.
- DirectorErnst Ritter von TheumerStarsTony KendallMonica TeuberWilliam BergerSeven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
- DirectorHenri CharrStarsAnnie WoodGail ThackrayJenna BodnarA sympathetic detective helps reunited sisters (Annie Wood, Gail Harris) out of trouble as they avenge their mother's death.
- DirectorAníbal Di SalvoStarsLeonor BenedettoBetiana BlumCamila PerisséSilvia is incarcerated in a corrupt women prison and forced to participate in drug distribution. When she refuses she is punished and her sister murdered. She will try to get free and get her revenge.
- DirectorFred GerberStarsStephanie ZimbalistFinola HughesGary FrankA wife and mother is sent to prison for a monetary crime. Against the advice of her husband, she tries to raise awareness of the corruption going on there.Prison of Secrets is a 1997 television film directed by Fred Gerber. The film is based on a true story and focuses on a female prison inmate who fights for women's rights while still in jail.
- DirectorJeff LeroyStarsVictoria De MareEva DerrekVinnie BilancioWhen 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.
- DirectorTed V. MikelsStarsSherri VernonDixie LaurenSally Alice GambleEight 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.Ten women who take part in a million dollar jewelry heist are tossed into a women's prison where brutal lesbian guards subject them to degradation and brutality.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBeau BridgesJohn MillsJane MerrowAdam (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 Australia. The Governor of the colony, Sir Philip MacDonald (Sir John Mills), has a scheme in mind to settle Australia by allowing convicts to marry and by giving them land, and Adam is the perfect choice to prove his scheme is viable. He is partnered with Bess (Jane Merrow), a young Irish lass, and together they endure the hardships of the Australian outback.Adam's Woman is a 1970 Australian-American historical drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow and John Mills. An American sailor ashore in Liverpool is wrongly convicted and sent to the penal colony in Australia where he enters into a battle of wills with the Governor.
- DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsAnna MagnaniGiulietta MasinaCristina GaioniA 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 to smaller submissive women who are totally lost in prison life.
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsMickey RooneyTed CassidyCarol LocatellFour women escape from a prison and wind up stranded in a swamp with a lecherous redneck after them. Meanwhile, an federal agent tracks a ring of heroin smugglers through the same swamp.
- DirectorEric LouzilStarsMelanie CollWilliam J. KulzerJudi TrevorA 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.LUST FOR FREEDOM, starring adult actress Crystal Breeze (under the name Lisa Stagno) provides the ultimate women in prison film. Set in a town overrun with corrupt, evil prisoners and the twisted wardens and guard who oversee them, this film mixes realistic prison scenes with heart-stopping, brutal action, and lesbian affairs.
- DirectorBruno MatteiStarsLaura GemserGabriele TintiMaria RomanoPhotojournalist Emanuelle goes undercover into a woman's prison, where she discovers and experiences the abuse, torture and humiliation the inmates are subjected to.Laura Gemser (of the EMANUELLE series) ostensibly reprises her Emanuelle persona in this exploitation classic. Here, Emanuelle is a reporter going undercover at a prison notorious for its brutal treatment of prisoners to expose its human rights violations for Amnesty International. Posing as Laura Candel, a prostitute, Emanuelle is incarcerated and is immediately shocked at not only the treatment of the prisoners, but also the borderline psychotic behavior of her inmates. Unfortunately, things get worse when Emanuelle's true identity is discovered by the prison warden, who subjects Emanuelle to the torture that she had come to discover.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi WatanabeAfter 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.Female Convict #701: Scorpion (女囚701号 さそり Joshuu 701 Go - Sasori?)[2] is a film based on a manga by Tōru Shinohara in the "Women in Prison" sub-genre of Pinky violence Pink films made by Toei Company in 1972. The first in a series, the film starred Meiko Kaji and was Shunya Itō's directorial debut.
- DirectorHoward HigginStarsBette DavisPat O'BrienJunior DurkinJimmy 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.Hell's House is a 1932 American drama film directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsSharon StoneRob MorrowRandy QuaidA lawyer assigned to the clemency case of a woman on death row finds himself forming a deep friendship with her while he tries to prevent her impending execution.Last Dance is a 1996 film starring Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid and Peter Gallagher. The prison where the film was shot is in Ridgeland, South Carolina.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsMarie WindsorCarole MathewsBeverly GarlandAn undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp.Swamp Women (1955) was one of the first films directed by Roger Corman. This adventure/crime/horror film follows undercover police officer Lee Hampton who joins three female convicts and escapes from prison. The escape is part of a larger plot to uncover a cache of diamonds hidden deep within the swamps of Louisiana. This film is sometimes also known as Cruel Swamp or Swamp Diamonds. The film is now in the public domain.
In July 1993 the film was featured in the movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 under the title Swamp Diamonds. - DirectorRobert FloreyStarsFaye EmersonJulie BishopFrank WilcoxActing as a decoy in a bank robbery Dot get arrested. But before going to jail she manages to steal the $40, 000 loot from her accomplices. Her arrest attracts the attention of her former sweetheart Ken who believes her innocent.Lady Gangster is a 1942 American film directed by Robert Florey and based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison.
- DirectorJorge ManzanoStarsGail MauriceColumpa BobbJonathan FisherAs her younger brother schemes to commit robbery, a jailed American Indian finds love with another woman.This award-winning film is a dramatic story about a Native American woman dealing with the day-to-day pressures of incarceration at a women's prison. Johnny (Gail Maurice) has been in prison since the violent murder of her father. Losing contact with her natural family, she progressively forms her own while falling for her cell mate Lana. As her release date approaches, Johnny tries her best to bridge the gaps between her natural family, her new family, and her relationship with Lana.
- DirectorAckyl AnwariStarsEnny BeatriceYenny FaridaHarry CapriTwo 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 gang.A gang of gorgeous, leather-clad biker babes take on Mr. Tiger and his drug dealing henchmen. They are captured and thrown into the hell of a women's prison camp where they become the playthings of a vicious lesbian wardress. Then they discover they are to be used as guinea pigs in a fiendish experiment... Can nothing save the Virgins From Hell?
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsJudith LightStacy KeachChelcie RossBehind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money and illegal favors have become the norm until one woman decides to battle the system. Leading a group of inmates on a risky life-or-death struggle for justice, a ten year silence is finally broken, exposing the twisted truth to the world and enabling the prisoners the freedom to live without fear.AGAINST THEIR WILL: WOMEN IN PRISON tells the story of the lawless world of women's prisons and the abusive guards that rule them. One woman decides to battle the system, rallying her fellow inmates in a fight against a corrupt system. Alice Needham and Stacey Keach star. Karen Arthur directs.
- DirectorKeith J. CrockerStarsSteve MontagueTatyana KotMinerva BorackEnter Stalag 69, where torture is just the Beginning for this bloody band of Nazi Butchers! Germany, 1945. Stalag 69, a POW camp ruled by the sadistic SS commandant Helmet Schultz, is nothing but a blood-soaked playground for this perverse Nazi monster who uses his American, Russian, and British prisoners in cruel and ghastly biochemical weapons experiments. When a group of young, wanton USO girls are captured and fall into the hands of Schultz and his battalion of butchers, the brutality is turned up and the unsuspecting girls are gored, gouged and ground up - all for the pleasure of Schultz and his SS brothers and sisters. Now it's up to the rag-tag survivors of the camp to strike back against their captors and Escape from Stalag 69, alive or on a slab!This takeoff on the Nazi exploitation films of the 1970s is set inside a POW camp ruled by a ruthless German commander. The prison's female prisoners are the object of his twisted desires, but the tables turn when they hatch a bloody plan for escape. Explicit violence, plentiful nudity, and Third Reich imagery combine to make a film just as shocking as its forebears.
- DirectorBruno MatteiGilbert RousselStarsLaura GemserGabriele TintiUrsula FloresFour escaped male convicts seize control of a women's prison and proceed to terrorize the inmates, one of whom is reporter Emanuelle, incarcerated on trumped-up charges.While four male convicts are being held temporarily in a women's prison, they succeed in taking a group hostage and demand their freedom. The district attorney retaliates by forming a select squad to eliminate the troublemakers and a bloody battle ensues.
- DirectorKurt RaabPeter KernStarsUdo KierBarbara ValentinTet AntiquieraA women's prison on a tropical island is a hellhole where the inmates are raped, tortured and otherwise abused by the evil commandant and brutal guards. However, one of the guards falls in love with a beautiful inmate, and decides to help her and all the other prisoners escape.On a beautiful, isolated South Pacific island, a brutal ex-Nazi prison camp commandant and his sadistic followers have seized control from the native inhabitants.Having eliminated the native adult males, the commandant and his henchmen rule the remaining female population with forced hard labor and torture by day, and forced fulfillment of their carnal pleasures by night.The natives only hope for escape from this "Plantation in Hell," lies with the youngest guard, Hartman, who finds himself falling in love with the beautiful young native girl, Cora.Together they lead a desperate, bloody uprising for freedom and escape.
- DirectorCody JarrettStarsGeneviere AndersonThela BrownLinda DonaSexy reporter Valerie March goes undercover inside Sugar State Woman's Prison to expose a prostitution ring run by the sleazy and seductive warden.Sugar Boxx is a 2009 "women-in-prison" movie directed by Cody Jarrett.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsGlenn CloseFrances McDormandPauline CollinsA group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager Imogene Roberts.
- DirectorGary BinkowJames YukichStarsMo'NiqueComic sensation and internationally known movie star, Mo'Nique brings her unique brand of humor to the most unlikely of places - a women's correctional facility in Ohio. With shades of Johnny Cash's Folsom prison special, Mo'Nique ventures where no female comedienne has ever gone before - The Ohio Reformatory for Women. "I Coulda Been Your Cellmate" is both comic genius and an emotional roller coaster.Comic sensation and internationally known movie star, Mo'Nique brings her unique brand of humor to the most unlikely of places - The Ohio Reformatory for Women. You won't believe Mo'Nique's jaw-dropping bold humor, and the stories will leave you awestruck. You'll laugh, you'll cry...you'll hope you never have to go to prison!
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsAndy GriffithDiane LaddSteve InwoodA family seeks justice after their daughter is assaulted in jail and the law does nothing to protect her.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsMiroslavaSara MontielKaty JuradoEvangelina 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.
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsTom BerengerErika EleniakWilliam McNamaraA 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.Chasers is a 1994 comedy film directed by Dennis Hopper. It is about a pair of United States Navy SPs (Tom Berenger and William McNamara) who must escort a beautiful prisoner (Erika Eleniak), and the troubles they encounter.
- DirectorPierre ChevalierJesús FrancoStarsBrigitte ParmentierJean-Marie LemaireHenri LambertGerman officer Erich von Strasse fought somewhere in Africa, was wounded and returned to Berlin with the Iron Cross and the glory of the hero. After a little vacation, he had to go to the Russian front. Suddenly, a brothel in Berlin, he met Renata, girl he met before the start of his military career. Eric found out that her family hid in her house a Jew, for which his father went to prison, and Renata at the insistence of the Gestapo officer has signed a contract to enter into a kind of "woman's auxiliary unit" has turned into a brothel.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsJames RussoCynda WilliamsPaul CalderonPrison guard falls in love with inmate. She wants him to let her escape.A prison guard in the women’s section of a maximum security facility finds his life in jeopardy after helping a young woman escape–Her lover is… A prison guard in the women’s section of a maximum security facility finds his life in jeopardy after helping a young woman escape–Her lover is waiting to kill him once she reaches the outside, and the guard must save himself from what could be a fatal love triangle.
- DirectorPatrice RhommStarsMalisa LongoOlivier MathotPatrizia GoriTo improve the morale of the German officers, a train with beautiful girls is arranged to entertain them when on leave.Taking place during the latter half of World War II, just as the Third Reich is beginning to crumble, ELSA FRAULEIN SS is a somewhat perverse exploitation/thriller about an SS sanctioned madam, the titular Elsa. Presiding over a brothel situated on a train that travels around the Fatherland, Elsa and her girls use sex to ferret out traitors to the Reich. However, though Elsa has been given the rank of Colonel and was appointed by Hitler himself, she finds that her rule is crumbling as fast as the Reich itself. Enmeshed in a kinky relationship with a disgruntled SS Major, Elsa suspects that one of her girls is actually a French Resistance spy and that her lover may be helping her.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsMadeleine HindeRenée AshersonDennis WatermanA traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.The Smashing Bird I Used to Know is a 1969 British drama/sexploitation film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Madeleine Hinde, Maureen Lipman, Patrick Mower and Dennis Waterman. As with other Hartford-Davis films, The Smashing Bird I Used to Know contains elements from different genres including psychological drama and social commentary. It is best known however as a sexploitation piece featuring nudity, attempted rape and lesbianiam. The film features the first screen credit of the then 15 year-old Lesley-Anne Down in a supporting role.
- DirectorJin XieStarsWei ZhaoLa-La ChiuTsui-Wan LeeThis is a story about seven female prisoners each with different backgrounds, living within the one prison. At the beginning of the story, a new inmate Ding Qing Er arrives with tears streaming down her face, but told that it's too late to cry. The story continues to slowly reveal the lives of the female prisoners, and each of their struggles to have ended up where they are today. There's the mother who's husband keeps giving false promises of taking her and her child to America; the prostitute who was raped; the lesbian who was given up and betrayed by the Red Army; among others, and there's also Qing Er, who is in jail for theft after stealing costly medicine from the hospital for her dying husband. Through the lead of each other and also the kind hearted guards, they learn to form an unbreakable bond, and a way of dignity.
- DirectorManijeh HekmatStarsRoya NonahaliRoya TeymourianPegah AhangaraniSpanning 18 years in an Iranian women's prison, this follows two women: the new prison warden, a tough as nails devout Muslim who has served in the army on the Iraqi front, and a young midwife, Mitra, who is serving her sentence for killing her mother's abusive husband. In the early years, Mitra is repeatedly punished as the warden tries to break her. This includes punishment for delivering a baby in the prison cell while all of the prison staff has taken shelter during an Iraqi bombing. The warden's attitude starts to change after 8 years, when Mitra tries to protect a new inmate from rape at the hands of her older cellmates. When the baby comes back in 1991 as a 17 year old delinquent, Sepideh, the warden respects Mitra enough to protect the girl.Focusing on lives of women in contemporary Iran, this mini-film series presents portraits of strong women negotiating their space and freedom in a narrow world of strict social conventions.
Co-presented by Asia Society and the Global Film Initiative - DirectorOswaldo de OliveiraStarsMaria Stella SplendoreNeide RibeiroMárcia FragaIn a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.Bare Behind Bars (released in Brazil as A Prisão) is a 1980 sexploitation film directed and written by Oswaldo de Oliveira., The film, which was intended as a spoof of the common "women in prison" genre, stars Maria Stella Splendore, Marta Anderson and Danielle Ferrite. The story concerns a group of lesbian inmates who are sexually abused by a sadistic female prison warden. The film features gratuitous nudity and sex scenes.
- DirectorEdoardo MulargiaStarsAnthony SteffenAjita WilsonCristina LayGirls kept prisoner under appalling conditions to dig emeralds for an evil tyrant are rescued by revolutionaries disguised as soldiers.(Italian: Orinoco - Prigioniere del sesso) film with Ajita Wilson
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsJewel ShepardPamella D'PellaSusan HarveyA CIA agent attempts to save a captured princess and return her to her father.
- DirectorBrunello RondiStarsMartine BrochardMarilù ToloErna SchurerYoung French tourist Martine gets falsely accused of drug possession in Italy. She's imprisoned in a brutal women's prison where inmates face abuse from staff and other prisoners. A riot erupts, intensifying the ordeal.
- DirectorTom DeSimoneStarsJacqueline GirouxAnnik BorelTracy HandfussA prison psychiatrist prepares six female inmates for parole by granting them a weekend furlough, during which each of them has a sexual encounter.