Jailed Birds: Women in Prison Films
by mike_sean | created - 10 Apr 2011 | updated - 06 Dec 2016 | PublicAn exploitation sub-genre that erupted in the late sixties and continues to this day. While female prison pictures have been around since the 1930s, earlier efforts were usually cautionary melodramas that bore little resemblance to the blatantly sexualized fare of the seventies.
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1. 99 Women (1969)
Unrated | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A 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.
Directors: Jesús Franco, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Maria Schell, Luciana Paluzzi, Mercedes McCambridge, Herbert Lom
Votes: 1,594
2. The Detention Girls (1969)
X | 77 min | Drama, Thriller
A pretty young college student is arrested during a demonstration. She is taken to a notorious detention center, where she is subjected to sexual harassment by lesbian inmates and guards, ... See full summary »
Director: John Rappoport | Stars: Dolly Abrams, Jennifer Early, Larry Hunter, Mary Lamay
Votes: 20
3. Caged Desires (1970)
X | Crime, Drama
Maggie, a naive sixteen-year-old sent to prison, becomes the subject of a power play between rival cellmates, Cat and Brucie, over which one will be her "johnnie." She finds friendship with Angel, a previous victim of the women's pursuit.
Director: Donald A. Davis | Stars: Barbara Peeters, Connie Barney, Susan Francis, Lu Tomeny
Votes: 9
4. Caged Woman (1970)
60 min | Drama
New inmates arriving at a brutal womens prison are shown exactly what's expected of them by a succession of mean, and horny, male and female guards and other inmates.
Stars: Bill Jones, Tess Drake, Nan Beal, Mary Steige
Votes: 27
5. The Big Doll House (1971)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Beautiful 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.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, Judith Brown, Brooke Mills
Votes: 3,096 | Gross: $10.00M
6. Women in Cages (1971)
R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.
Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan, Pam Grier
Votes: 1,939
7. The Big Bird Cage (1972)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Grier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Candice Roman, Teda Bracci
Votes: 3,016
8. The Hot Box (1972)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.
Director: Joe Viola | Stars: Carmen Argenziano, Andrea Cagan, Margaret Markov, Rickey Richardson
Votes: 392
9. The Big Bust-Out (1972)
75 min | Action, Thriller
Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
Director: Ernst Ritter von Theumer | Stars: Tony Kendall, Monica Teuber, William Berger, Gordon Mitchell
Votes: 321
10. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe, Yôko Mihara
Votes: 4,873
11. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Yukie Kagawa, Kayoko Shiraishi
Votes: 3,376
12. Sweet Sugar (1972)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Prostitute 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Levesque | Stars: Phyllis Davis, Ellaraino, Timothy Brown, Pamela Collins
Votes: 808 | Gross: $0.04M
13. Women in Chains (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
Female parole officer poses as an inmate in a women's prison in order to investigate murder, abuse and living conditions.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Ida Lupino, Belinda Montgomery, Lois Nettleton, Jessica Walter
Votes: 187
14. Black Mama White Mama (1973)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig, Lynn Borden
Votes: 3,639 | Gross: $0.19M
15. Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
R | 81 min | Crime, Drama
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
Director: Rino Di Silvestro | Stars: Anita Strindberg, Eva Czemerys, Olga Bisera, Jenny Tamburi
Votes: 290
16. The Bamboo House of Dolls (1973)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Birte Tove, Lieh Lo, Hsieh Wang, Terry Liu
Votes: 613
17. Caged Heat (1974)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In 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.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Juanita Brown, Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Ella Reid
Votes: 2,989 | Gross: $0.10M
18. Riot in a Women's Prison (1974)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Brunello Rondi | Stars: Martine Brochard, Marilù Tolo, Erna Schurer, Katia Christine
Votes: 198
19. Women Behind Bars (1975)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Thriller
A small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but things become even more interesting when his moll murders him and is slammed behind bars ... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Nathalie Chape, Roger Darton
Votes: 750
20. Jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho: Sei-jigoku (1975)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A group of juvenile delinquents are transferred to a new prison, where the corrupt staff takes advantage of the vulnerable inmates, and fight for dominance and backstabbing is the inmates' only way to survive.
Director: Kôyû Ohara | Stars: Hitomi Kozue, Meika Seri, Maya Hiromi, Rie Ozawa
Votes: 142
21. True Story of Woman Condemned Continues (1975)
70 min | Crime, Drama
A woman who was gang raped is sent to prison after taking revenge on some of her rapists. Their, she witnesses firsthand the corruption and abuse the inmates go through, but her revenge is not over yet.
Director: Kôyû Ohara | Stars: Hitomi Kozue, Mihoko Arikawa, Kumi Natsuki, Machiko Aoki
Votes: 75
22. Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
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.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Monica Swinn, Roger Darton
Votes: 1,505
23. The Muthers (1976)
R | 83 min | Action, Drama
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy
Votes: 839
24. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan
Votes: 688
25. Shin jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho: Rengoku (1976)
67 min | Crime, Drama
After Mayumi kills her cheating man and his mistress she is on her way to prison. The hard time starts with a complimentary cavity search.
Director: Kôyû Ohara | Stars: Hitomi Kozue, Yuri Yamashina, Hiroshi Chô, Hisashi Kawamura
Votes: 46
26. Shin joshû Sasori: 701-gô (1976)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nami Matsushima's sister goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, Nami is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome.
Director: Yutaka Kohira | Stars: Yumi Takigawa, Yûsuke Natsu, Yoko Konno, Ichirô Nakatani
Votes: 182
27. Presídio de Mulheres Violentadas (1977)
87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Wrongly convicted for the death of a guard during a robbery, Tininha arrives at the women's prison and is soon the target of a dispute between Rafaela, the cruel and corrupt director, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Luiz Castellini, Antonio Polo Galante | Stars: Esmeralda Barros, Hugo Bidet, Meiry Vieira, Glaucia Maria
Votes: 50
28. Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Somewhere 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.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Susan Hemingway, Karine Gambier, Howard Vernon, Cesar Anahory
Votes: 1,043
29. Reformatório das Depravadas (1978)
80 min | Drama
Frau Gelli runs a reform school for young women from wealthy families with social behavior issues. In order to educate them, Frau Gelli imposes a violent discipline, in which she is ... See full summary »
Director: Ody Fraga | Stars: Lola Brah, Jussara Menezes, Roque Rodrigues, Nicole Puzzi
Votes: 32
30. Jailhouse Wardress (1981)
84 min | Drama
After the fall of the Third Reich, all Nazi SS officers ran away in Latin American countries. They created special laboratories to create beautiful women for satisfaction of their sexual desires. The main warden is a cruel woman.
Directors: Alain Deruelle, Jesús Franco | Stars: Didier Aubriot, Eugénie Laborde, Michael Bates, Monica Swinn
Votes: 200
31. Bare Behind Bars (1980)
X | 87 min | Adult, Crime, Drama
In 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.
Director: Oswaldo de Oliveira | Stars: Maria Stella Splendore, Neide Ribeiro, Márcia Fraga, Danielle Ferrite
Votes: 969
32. Escape from Hell (1980)
93 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Abused female prisoners at an all-women's prison camp in the tropics plot revenge against their sadistic overseers.
Director: Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Ajita Wilson, Cristina Lay, Cintia Lodetti
Votes: 645
33. Caged Women (1980)
Not Rated | 80 min | Adventure, Action
Delinquent women are shipped to an island prison run by the sadistic warden Carla. Forced into situations of sexual perversion and violence and torture, the prisoners band together to try to overthrow Carla and escape the island.
Director: Erwin C. Dietrich | Stars: Karine Gambier, Brigitte Lahaie, Nadine Pascal, France Lomay
Votes: 575
34. Human Experiments (1979)
R | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.
Director: Gregory Goodell | Stars: Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis, Ellen Travolta, Lurene Tuttle
Votes: 883
35. Hotel Paradise (1980)
101 min | Action, Adult, Adventure
Girls kept prisoner under appalling conditions to dig emeralds for an evil tyrant are rescued by revolutionaries disguised as soldiers.
Director: Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Ajita Wilson, Cristina Lay, Stelio Candelli
Votes: 334
36. Hellhole Women (1981)
Unrated | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Ajita Wilson, Andrea Guzon, Ursula Buchfellner, Antonio Mayans
Votes: 1,167
37. The Concrete Jungle (1982)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When 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.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman, BarBara Luna, June Barrett
Votes: 821
38. Amazon Jail (1985)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
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.
Director: Oswaldo de Oliveira | Stars: Elizabeth Hartmann, Maurício do Valle, Sandra Graffi, Lígia de Paula
Votes: 798
39. Ten Violent Women (1982)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eight 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.
Director: Ted V. Mikels | Stars: Sherri Vernon, Dixie Lauren, Sally Alice Gamble, Georgia Morgan
Votes: 535
40. Violence in a Women's Prison (1982)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Photojournalist Emanuelle goes undercover into a woman's prison, where she discovers and experiences the abuse, torture and humiliation the inmates are subjected to.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Maria Romano, Ursula Flores
Votes: 989
41. Caged Fury (1983)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama
North American and Asian women are brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers in an evil Filipino POW camp
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Bernadette Williams, Jennifer Lane, Taaffe O'Connell, Catherine March
Votes: 193
42. Chained Heat (1983)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Young 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.
Director: Paul Nicholas | Stars: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning, Tamara Dobson
Votes: 2,631 | Gross: $6.15M
43. Women's Prison Massacre (1983)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four 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.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Gilbert Roussel | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ursula Flores, Maria Romano
Votes: 1,221
44. Escape from Hellhole (1983)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A Punjabi girl getting tricked into living with a big time pimp who abducts virgins and forces them to submit to his hymen busting ways.
Director: Maman Firmansyah | Stars: Gudi Sintara, Dicky Zulkarnaen, Siska Widowati, Ramli Ivar
Votes: 130
45. Randale (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Girls in a reform school are tormented violently by the headmistress . . . until they can take no more
Director: Manfred Purzer | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Jocelyne Boisseau, Konrad Georg, Michaela Feldmeier
Votes: 28
46. Condemned to Hell (1984)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Silvia 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.
Director: Aníbal Di Salvo | Stars: Leonor Benedetto, Betiana Blum, Camila Perissé, Mirta Busnelli
Votes: 68
47. Detenute violente (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Julia, a medical student, infiltrates a prison to find the witness to what she believes was her sister's killing. In the midst of violent inmates and corrupt officials, her inquiry risks to end suddenly - by her own death.
Director: Gianni Siragusa | Stars: Ajita Wilson, Rita Silva, Linda Jones, Alessandro Freyberger
Votes: 239
48. Hell Behind the Bars (1984)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Gianni Siragusa | Stars: Ajita Wilson, Rita Silva, Linda Jones, Alessandro Freyberger
Votes: 368
49. Women in Fury (1984)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The 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.
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Suzane Carvalho, Rossana Ghessa, Gloria Cristal, Henri Pagnoncelli
Votes: 500
50. Red Heat (1985)
R | 104 min | Thriller
An American woman visiting her fiancée in West Germany is caught up with a defecting spy and captured by those in the East. After brutal interrogation she is placed in a prison along with ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Collector, Ernst Ritter von Theumer | Stars: Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, Sue Kiel, William Ostrander
Votes: 885
51. Bad Girls Dormitory (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Inmates at a women's prison run by a corrupt warden and her gang of sadistic guards plan a breakout.
Director: Tim Kincaid | Stars: Carey Zuris, Teresa Farley, Natalie Savage, Rick Gianasi
Votes: 452
52. The Naked Cage (1986)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman falsely convicted of a bank robbery is sent to a prison run by a corrupt warden. She struggles to survive the harsh prison life, where violent bullying, sexual assault and drug addiction run rampant.
Director: Paul Nicholas | Stars: Shari Shattuck, Angel Tompkins, Lucinda Crosby, Stacey Shaffer
Votes: 886 | Gross: $3.14M
53. Reform School Girls (1986)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Carol, Wendy O. Williams, Pat Ast, Sybil Danning
Votes: 2,988 | Gross: $2.51M
54. Vendetta (1986)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama
A sexy stuntwoman gets herself thrown into prison to avenge the death of her sister.
Director: Bruce Logan | Stars: Karen Chase, Sandy Martin, Kin Shriner, Roberta Collins
Votes: 609
55. Lust for Freedom (1987)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
A 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.
Director: Eric Louzil | Stars: Melanie Coll, William J. Kulzer, Judi Trevor, Howard Knight
Votes: 583
56. Women in Heat Behind Bars (1987)
70 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The lovely Shinobu is arrested and thrown into Asahi Female Prison for being an unwilling accomplice in a jewelry store robbery. She's to serve her sentence in the infamous Cell Block 21, a dismal area full of tough, sex-starved women.
Director: Junichi Suzuki | Stars: Shinobu Wakana, Rena Hatta, Yûko Chiba, Maria Himeno
Votes: 95
57. Star Slammer (1986)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two women who have been unjustly confined to a prison planet plot their escape, all the while having to put up with lesbian guards, crazed wardens and mutant rodents.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Sandy Brooke, Suzy Stokey, Ross Hagen, Marya Gant
Votes: 1,337
58. Slammer Girls (1987)
R | 80 min | Comedy
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Devon Jenkin, Jeffrey Hurst, Veronica Hart, Henri Pachard
Votes: 169
59. Ling ye (1981)
82 min | Action, Drama
Three women captured and imprisoned by a gang of white slavers lead a bloody rebellion, aided by a detective investigating the gang.
Director: Pasan Leung | Stars: Eva Bisset, Gigi Bovee, Emma Yeung, Hok-Nin Lau
Votes: 92
60. Jailbird Rock (1985)
R | 90 min | Musical
A young dancer protecting her mother from her abusive stepfather is forced to shoot him. She is convicted and sent to prison. The inmates hatch an escape plan, part of which is to put on a musical show to cover the attempted breakout.
Director: Phillip Schuman | Stars: Robin Antin, Valerie Richards, Robin Cleaver, Rhonda Aldrich
Votes: 70
61. Purgatory (1988)
Unrated | 89 min | Action, Drama
Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison.
Director: Ami Artzi | Stars: Tanya Roberts, Julie Pop, Hal Orlandini, Adrienne Pearce
Votes: 374
62. Caged Fury (1990)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action
Discontent leads to a daring escape plan in a women's prison where the inmates are all lingerie clad models and the lesbian warden demands unusual favours for early parole.
Director: Bill Milling | Stars: Kascha, Gregory Scott Cummins, Elizabeth Hicks, Sydney Coale
Votes: 1,267
63. Caged in Paradiso (1989)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
A group of women falsely imprisoned in an island fortress plan to escape.
Director: Mike Snyder | Stars: Irene Cara, Peter Kowanko, Paula Bond, Joseph Culp
Votes: 105
64. Haunted Jail House (1989)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Jane is being killed in a jailbreak, then she's released as a ghost 15 years later.
Directors: Sai Hung Fung, Jing Wong | Stars: Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Pauline Yuk-Wan Wong, Loletta Lee, Siu-Fung Wong
Votes: 107
65. Caged Women (1991)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American tourist Janet Cooper goes on vacation in a remote South American country. After being arrested by a corrupt policeman and convicted of a trumped-up drug possession charge, Janet is imprisoned in an isolated castle.
Director: Leandro Lucchetti | Stars: Pilar Orive, Isabel Libossart, Elena Wiedermann, Christian Lorenz
Votes: 326
66. Chained Heat 2 (1993)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An innocent woman is sent to a Czech prison, where the sadistic warden and guards rape and perform bizarre sex acts on the prisoners.
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Brigitte Nielsen, Paul Koslo, Kimberley Kates, Kari Whitman
Votes: 1,485
67. Prison Heat (1993)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials.
Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Rebecca Chambers, Lori Jo Hendrix, Kena Land, Toni Naples
Votes: 1,004
68. Against Their Will (1994 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Behind 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Judith Light, Stacy Keach, Chelcie Ross, Tonya Pinkins
Votes: 220
69. Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994)
R | 72 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A CIA agent attempts to save a captured princess and return her to her father.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jewel Shepard, Pamella D'Pella, Susan Harvey, Chanel Akiko Hirai
Votes: 451
70. Big Sister 2000 (1995)
Not Rated | 90 min | Sci-Fi
Julie Strain is the tyrannical interrogator who commands the dark forces of the future. They abduct an innocent woman played by Heather Baker (Raw Energy) and enslave her inside an ... See full summary »
Directors: Donald G. Jackson, Scott Shaw | Stars: Heather Baker, Julie Strain, William Smith, Nicholas Celozzi
Votes: 97
71. Caged Heat 3000 (1995)
80 min | Action, Sci-Fi
It'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 ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Osborne | Stars: Lisa Boyle, Kena Land, Zaneta Polard, Don Yanan
Votes: 408
72. Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A sympathetic detective helps reunited sisters (Annie Wood, Gail Harris) out of trouble as they avenge their mother's death.
Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Annie Wood, Gail Thackray, Jenna Bodnar, Dean Howell
Votes: 469
73. Under Lock and Key (1995)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug lord's prison connections make this a dangerous and deadly assignment for undercover FBI agent Danielle Peters.
Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Wendi Westbrook, Barbara Niven, Taylor Leigh, Stephanie Ann Smith
Votes: 337
74. Caged Women II (1996)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nicole Clark, a young beautiful and talented aspiring singer finds that living in a big city is not all its "cracked up to be". After being sexually harassed by her record Producer and then... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Rogers | Stars: Patty Bender, John E. Blazier, Charlie Britman, Stephen J. Cohen
Votes: 66
75. Caged Hearts (1995)
R | 94 min | Drama
Kate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of their defense attorney, they devise a ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Carrie Genzel, Tane McClure, Nick Wilder, Dink O'Neal
Votes: 183
76. Sasori in U.S.A. (1997)
86 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
The women's prison film Scorpion's Revenge tells the tale of Nami, who, as the film begins, is sentenced to life in prison. The brutal activities inside the prison are masterminded both by ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Gotô | Stars: Yoko Saito, Shizuka Ochi, Michael Hegedus, Tetta Sugimoto
Votes: 53
77. Scorpion: Double Venom (1998)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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... See full summary »
Director: Ryôji Niimura | Stars: Atsuki Katô, Miho Kiuchi, Chiharu Komatsu, Ichiho Matsuda
Votes: 61
78. Time Served (1999 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When 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?
Director: Glen Pitre | Stars: Catherine Oxenberg, Jeff Fahey, Louise Fletcher, Bo Hopkins
Votes: 346
79. Prison-a-Go-Go! (2003)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy
A women-in-prison action comedy featuring girls running amok! Multiple Shower Scenes! Kung Fu Food Fights! Mutant Zombies! Evil Scientists, Prominent Product Placement, and Mud Wrastlin!
Director: Barak Epstein | Stars: Rhonda Shear, Mary Woronov, Laurie Walton, Travis Willingham
Votes: 338
80. Bikini Chain Gang (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
Jessie, 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Beverly Lynne, Nicole Sheridan, Voodoo, John Henry Richardson
Votes: 461
81. Anime perse (2006 Video)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Three women are sent by steamboat to an undisclosed jungle prison called "The Home of Lost Souls". Here they experience the usual beatings, whippings, cat fights and humiliations.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Yvette Yzon, Dyane Craystan, Amelie Pontailler, Jim Gaines
Votes: 221
82. Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre (2007 Video)
124 min | Adult, Horror
Director: Andreas Bethmann | Stars: Lina Romay, Natascha Farrel, Manoush, Thomas Kercmar
Votes: 159
83. Hellhole: Inmate 611 (2007 Video)
Director: Toshikazu Katsu | Stars: Chisato Amate, Yoshimi Asada, Keiko Hata, Shinzô Hotta
Votes: 12
84. Sugar Boxx (2009)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama
Sexy reporter Valerie March goes undercover inside Sugar State Woman's Prison to expose a prostitution ring run by the sleazy and seductive warden.
Director: Cody Jarrett | Stars: Geneviere Anderson, Thela Brown, Linda Dona, Kitten Natividad
Votes: 363
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