Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) is voor het eerst veroordeeld voor een aantal drugsdelicten en belandt achter de tralies. Hij komt er al snel achter dat het gevangenisleven ruw en meedogenloos is waar alleen de sterksten overleven. Na een aantal bedreigingen wordt Ron in bescherming genomen door Earl (Willem Dafoe). Earl is een legende in de gevangenis die bij iedereen respect afdwingt en alle regels naar zijn hand weet te zetten. Ondanks hun verschillende achtergronden worden de twee vrienden en proberen ze elkaar te steunen.
Nee, helaas is Animal Factory nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Phil Parmet | Director of Photography |
| Production | Julie Yorn | Producer |
| Editing | Kate Williams | Editor |
| Directing | Steve Buscemi | Director |
| Production | Steve Buscemi | Producer |
| Sound | John Lurie | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Novel |
| Writing | John Steppling | Screenplay |
| Production | Elie Samaha | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Stevens | Producer |
| Production | Allan Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barry Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edward Bunker | Co-Producer |
| Production | Tim Moore | Line Producer |
| Production | Tracee Stanley | Co-Producer |
| Production | Danny Trejo | Co-Producer |
| Art | Steve Rosenzweig | Production Design |
| Art | Roswell Hamrick | Art Direction |
| Art | Christine Wick | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Parmet | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrienne Bearden | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Derek Becker | Key Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Kelley Cribben | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Holly Hagy | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Tim Moore | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | John Rusk | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sherman Ward | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Morgan Miller | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharon Potts | On Set Dresser |
| Art | Joseph Siwinski | Set Dresser |
| Art | Kia Steave-Dickerson | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Michael Zadresny | Property Master |
| Crew | Karen Wainwright | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Donn Warr Lewis | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Ron Meza | Sound |
| Sound | Ye Zhang | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Daniel Ward | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Wahnon | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Reilly Steele | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Warren Shaw | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Warren Shaw | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jac Rubenstein | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | James H. Nau | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Brian Vancho | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Steven Visscher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | James Marchione | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Sylvia Menno | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | George McCartin | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Bobby Johanson | ADR Engineer |
| Sound | Joe Dohner | Foley Recording Engineer |
| Sound | Ryan Collison | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Matt Casale | Boom Operator |
| Sound | David Boulton | ADR Engineer |
| Sound | Gregory Michael Barna | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lorraine Crossman | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roseanne Fiedler | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Sheila Jaffe | Casting |
| Production | Georgianne Walken | Casting |
| Sound | Lynn Geller | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Jon Pearlman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dale King | Executive Producer |
| Crew | John Perretti | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Bob Coletti | Stunts |
| Crew | Charles Page | Stunts |
| Crew | Elliot Santiago | Stunts |
| Camera | Mike O'Shea Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mike O'Shea Jr. | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Michael Leonard | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Michael Kleiman | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Production | Harriet Snyder | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Lee Davis | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Marinakis | Key Hair Stylist |
| Visual Effects | Jeffrey Cox | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Tina Pacheco | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Lisa J. Levine | ADR Editor |
| Production | Sam Gish | Extras Casting |
| Production | Susan Gish | Extras Casting |
| Production | Kristin Hogan-McLaughlin | Extras Casting |
| Production | Maureen Norton | Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
| Sound | Nic Ratner | Music Editor |
