Best Women's Prison Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best women's prison movies and TV series? These 46 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Wentworth 2013 ★ 8.0
Orange Is the New Black 2013 ★ 7.6
Lady Vengeance 2005 ★ 7.5
The Reader 2008 ★ 7.5
ClaireBell 2025 ★ 8.3
The Edge of Heaven 2007 ★ 7.2
Vera Drake 2004 ★ 7.2
Bad Boys for Life 2020 ★ 7.1
The Next Three Days 2010 ★ 7.1
The Jail: The Women's Hell 2006 ★ 7.6
The Yard 2018 ★ 7.5
Harmony 2010 ★ 7.6
Prisoner 1979 ★ 7.6
White Oleander 2002 ★ 7.0
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion 1972 ★ 7.0
Caged 1950 ★ 7.1
Death Proof 2007 ★ 6.8
Four Minutes 2006 ★ 6.8
Double Jeopardy 1999 ★ 6.6
The Convict 2021 ★ 6.8
Madea Goes to Jail 2009 ★ 6.5
The Concrete Jungle 1982 ★ 6.0
House of Whipcord 1974 ★ 5.9
Hard Cell 2022 ★ 5.2