În 1947, Andy Dufresne, un tânăr bancher, a fost condamnat la închisoare pe viață pentru uciderea soției sale și a iubitului ei. În ciuda faptului că este nevinovat, el este închis în Shawshank, cel mai sever penitenciar din statul Maine. Acolo îl întâlnește pe Red, un negru dezamăgit, reținut timp de douăzeci de ani. Astfel începe o mare poveste de prietenie între cei doi bărbați...
Un tată cu dizabilități intelectuale trebuie să-și dovedească nevinovăția după ce este despărțit de fiica lui și încarcerat pentru uciderea copilei unui comandant.
În viitorul apropiat, jocurile de strategie ajung la un cu totul alt nivel: jucătorii nu mai controlează entități virtuale, ci chiar oameni în carne și oase, în lupte pe viață și pe moarte. Kable este cel mai bine cotat jucător din competiția Slayers. Cu fiecare mișcare a sa urmărită de milioane de oameni, marea provocare a lui Kable este să-și recapete controlul asupra propriei vieți și să răstoarne sistemul care l-a transformat într-un sclav.
Condamnată pe nedrept și închisă pentru uciderea soțului ei, o femeie plănuiește răzbunarea supremă atunci când descoperă că acesta încă e în viață.
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
After spending seventeen years in prison unfairly, a talented songwriter seeks revenge on the men who sank her and killed her family.
The story of Amber McCall as she attempts to uncover evidence to exonerate her friend, L.J. Burrows. A low-budget spin-off series of Prison Break made exclusively for mobile phones with each episode being approximately 2 minutes long. Although the story of this mobisode series revolve around the conspiracy that put Lincoln Burrows in jail, the series does not feature any of the actors from the TV series. Additionally, these episodes were not written by the team of writers from the TV series and the TV series does not acknowledge the events that occurred in this spinoff.
The story of a teenager wrongfully charged with theft and jailed at Riker's Island prison for over 1,000 days.
This true-crime series details the fascination with Christina Boyer. Boyer became a household name for her telekinesis as a teenager and the alleged murder of her own infant daughter in Boyer’s early 20s, a crime she maintains she did not commit. The series details the unlikely band of amateur sleuths obsessed with setting her free.
On Wings of Eagles is a NBC TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Richard Crenna and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The TV series was adapted from Ken Follet's novel of the same name. The plot is set during the Iranian revolution. During the takeover of Iran, the king is overthrown, and two executives of Electronic Data Systems are imprisoned on false charges. The head of the company, Mr. Perot, travels to Tehran to negotiate for their release. Meanwhile, a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel, Arthur Simons, is hired to develop a rescue plan at any cost.
In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Diemen's Land where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with Sylvia, the Warden's daughter. Meanwhile, back in England, an imposter lays claim to the young man's inheritance.
Love, lust, murder, mystery, suspense...all the makings of a great dramatic story. The catch? It’s not a fictional story. It’s real life. This serialized documentary series follows the journey of alleged wrongfully convicted prisoners fighting for their freedom. We will navigate these cases in an effort to uncover the truth with the highest possible stakes – the lives and freedom of innocent people locked up for life, and the duty to honor the lives of those lost. This series takes an in-depth look into three criminal cases through the unique POV of Ryan Ferguson, who at 19 years old was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number is a TV movie centering on the story of Argentine newspaper publisher Jacobo Timerman's experiences and torture in a secret prison.
