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Plot Summary:
Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide charge that has put him on death row. This tense movie, made in Canada, has the feel of a biographical documentary.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
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White Night (1995)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Arnon Zadok.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Escape from Segovia (1981)
Plot Summary:
Narrates the escape of 29 political prisoners, led by ETA, from Segovia prison. Based on actual events.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
Plot Summary:
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison is a 1977 Italian drama directed by Lino Del Fra.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: political
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Silent Scream (1990)
Plot Summary:
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage (1991)
Plot Summary:
This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing), arrested and locked up behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free (1988)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a man fighting with all his might for his life and his freedom. Eleuterio (”El Lute”) embarks upon an action-packed future, fuelled by the notions of freedom and dreams of living just as his countrymen, ever-growing in his mind. Nothing and no-one can stop him. After escaping the Puerto de Santa María prison, the reunion with his family is just the beginning of what will become an endless escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 120 min
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Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
Plot Summary:
Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid '30's. When he refused to sign his skydiving accomplishment as a citizen of the USSR, he was not tried but simply sent to prison. His horrific imprisonment, beating and torture culminated with his being sent to the Gulag for many years. He was in the Soviet Union, according to the film, for a total of 45 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags:
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Women of San Quentin (1983)
Plot Summary:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
Plot Summary:
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Natalee Holloway (2009)
Plot Summary:
On May 30, 2005, on a high school graduation trip to Aruba, she disappeared without a trace.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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Crossed Over (2002)
Plot Summary:
Based on the book Crossed Over: A Murder/A Memoir by Beverly Lowry, Crossed Over tells the true story of a woman, Beverly Lowry, who after the tragic hit-and-run death of her teenage son, sinks into a deep depression. Lowry and her supportive husband struggle to cope with this devastating loss. Lowry forms an unusual friendship with the first and only woman executed while on death row in Texas, Karla Faye Tucker, a friendship that puts great pressure on her marriage. Through this friendship, she is able to come to terms with unresolved personal issues and rediscover the simple joy in living and her marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, thought provoking, emotional, realistic
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Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982)
Plot Summary:
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Born Again (1978)
Plot Summary:
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Brian Banks (2018)
Plot Summary:
An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: inspirational, realistic, disturbing, factual, thought provoking, touching, emotional, hood
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Roe vs. Wade (1989)
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Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Rosewater (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison. Making his directorial debut, Jon Stewart tells the tale of Bahari's months-long imprisonment and interrogation in this powerful and affecting docudrama featuring a potent and performance by Gael García Bernal recounting Bahari's efforts to maintain his hope and his sanity in the face of isolation and persecution-through memories of his family, recollections of the music he loves, and thoughts of his wife and unborn child.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, tense, captivating, political, social, novela, powerful
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Plot Summary:
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, black and white, retro, thought provoking, crime thriller, sincere, uplifting
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Marie (1985)
Plot Summary:
A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, talky, eighties
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Trial by Fire (2018)
Plot Summary:
The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: depressing, emotional, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, factual, compassionate, dark
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Attica (1980)
Plot Summary:
A behind the scenes look of the 1971 prisoners revolt at the Attica prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: political, rough, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tension, suspense
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A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder. The case attracts a lot of attention, turning it into a media sideshow.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, tense, emotional, suspense, thought provoking, serious, sincere, sad, compassionate
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Just Mercy (2019)
Plot Summary:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching, inspirational, enigmatic, motivational, emotional, educational
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The Hurricane (1999)
Plot Summary:
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, inspirational, factual, motivational, epic, political, twisted, sincere, uplifting
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Denial (2016)
Plot Summary:
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: factual, intellectual, costume drama, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, political, novela, anamorphic
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Too Young the Hero (1988)
Plot Summary:
WWII drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic
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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Plot Summary:
Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once - by three men never heard of again.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, motivational, inspirational, neo noir, non fiction, crime drama
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Papillon (1973)
Plot Summary:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: inspirational, psychological, grim, realistic, depressing, visually stunning, philosophical, uplifting, epic, dark
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In the Name of the Father (1993)
Plot Summary:
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: political, sentimental, inspirational, touching, dramatic, factual, sincere, thought provoking, emotional, realistic