Movies and TvShows featuring "missing-prisoner" theme.

Andy Dufresne is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. In prison, he forms a friendship with Red and helps fellow inmates. He perseveres through brutality, sexual assault, and corruption. Andy builds a library and launders money for the warden. He is hopeful for his release until his friend Tommy is killed to prevent his testimony. Andy confronts the warden and escapes to freedom.

The Crucified Lovers is a film set in 17th-century Japan depicting a dramatic and romantic story. The plot revolves around a bowing merchant who becomes involved with a young painter after his designer wife is suspected of having an affair. As the story unfolds, the protagonist finds himself in a web of suspicion, betrayal, and intrigue, leading to a desperate attempt to escape with his lover.

During the Spanish Civil War in 1938, a group of prisoners in a concentration camp are given the opportunity to make a propaganda film. As they struggle to work together amidst personal conflicts and cultural differences, they find solace in the creation of art.

The Warden is a tense drama set in a prison in 1960s Iran. Amidst political turmoil and a prisoner execution, a warden must confront his own demons and make hard choices.

A portrait of a brutal Pinochet military dictatorship made during a three month visit to Chile in 1985 by David Bradbury. The footage reveals a country torn with civil strife and political unrest; military intimidation of the population; indiscriminate arrests: murder torture and disappearances were facts of Chilean life.