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Plot Summary:
Mahanathi story is about an average man who loses his children, life and properties to overcome a hardship.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: dark, sad, crying, weeping, cult film
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Paul (1974)
Plot Summary:
After 7 years spent in jail Paul (Paul Lyss) is free again. With his old crew he celebrates his return.Nothing really changes and soon he finds himself spaced out drunk at some posh party and eventually ends up wielding a big gun.Hand held Camera movements in best Dogma-95 style and nervous cut makes it an interesting 70's euro crime flick.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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The Father (1971)
Plot Summary:
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Mafia Girls (1969)
Plot Summary:
A crime syndicate in Miami Beach extorts politicians by filming them at sex parties.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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Hot Nights in Frankfurt (1966)
Plot Summary:
A crime-drama directed by Rolf Olsen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (1985)
Plot Summary:
David gets released from prison after long 22 years and he reaches the church to confess. He says to the priest that, he would kill 3 people. The priest informs this to the police. David starts his revenge by killing the DSP and escapes fooling Inspector Shankar. The flashback shows that, David and Rosy were married and had a happy life, but Rosy is raped by the powerful trio of Politician, Doctor and DSP. Rosy commits suicide. The trio easily wins the case by falsely implicating David and he gets sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife. He leaves his only son Shankar to his close friend Velappan. Now Shankar is already a police officer when david gets released after 22 years. He then kills Dr.Unnikrishnan. David is supported by Sharadha, the love of Shankar. The climax shows whether David attains his target of killing the politician and thus completing his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags:
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Death Occurred Last Night (1970)
Plot Summary:
A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, mentally retarded woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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Prison of Secrets (1997)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of this uncooperative attitude gets the maximum sentence, 10 years in a women's jail wing. Model husband Larry, who wasn't informed of her dumb schemes is left running her appeal, the household and spoiled daughter who now feels abandoned. Since most inmates are junkies or prostitutes, sergeant Ed Crang and fellow corrupt jailers can run a 'favors in kind exchange'. For rebels, it gets worse. Larry however has his own radio show, so it all hangs on gathering proof.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
Plot Summary:
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, poliziottesco
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Haven (2004)
Plot Summary:
During a weekend, two shady businessmen flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. But their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime that changes the nation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Spain
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, emotional
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Gunaa (1991)
Plot Summary:
Guna (Kamal Hasan) is a mentally affected person and gets treatment in a mental asylum, and another mental person in the asylum tells him the story of a fictitious character named Abirami and registers in his mind that she is an angel and she is going to marry you on full moon day.After coming out of the asylum, he believes the story to be true and searches for his Abirami. One day he mistakes a rich girl (Roshini), in a temple as Abirami and kidnaps her and takes her to a lonely damaged house situated at the top of the hill resort called Kodaikanal. Though, the girl first hates.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: sad, tragic ending
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Moondram Pirai (1982)
Plot Summary:
Moondram Pirai starring by kamal haasan and sridevi kappor. he movie begins with a young girl Bhagyalakshmi (Sridevi) who meets with an accident thus succumbing to amnesia. This condition makes her lose her memory of her entire teenage and adulthood leaving her as a physically grown up woman but with the memory and intelligence of a seven year old. Circumstances cheat her into Prostitution, where in the brothel, she meets Srinivas (Kamal Haasan) who understands that she has been tricked into the trade.He rescues her to take her to his home in Ooty and begins to lead life with.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: sad, tragic ending, tragic, cult film
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A Violent Man (2022)
Plot Summary:
Steve Mackleson is a dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison. We follow, as he navigates his struggle against redemption the system and his inner turmoil, when a young black gang member becomes his unlikely new cell mate and a daughter he has never met, finally requests to meet her estranged father, face to face.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Camp: A Prison Story (2006)
Plot Summary:
Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009).
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense
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Rise (2014)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a young man falsely accused of rape and sentenced to six years in a maximum security prison. He must rely on survival skills and an unlikely bond with an infamous inmate to prove his innocence and regain his freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, art house, crime drama
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Down Time (2001)
Plot Summary:
Slim Williams, a small-time dealer, is poised to make his big score with his partner Paulie. But the easy deal becomes a nightmare when Slim is caught in deadly police sting and ends up in a maximum-security penitentiary. Sold out by his partner, Slim is forced to learn the rules of survival behind bars - forget what you know. Inside these walls, there are no laws.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, detective, hispanic, cult film
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Five Thirteen (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to protect his young daughter from an unforgiving ex. But the justice that awaits him on the streets is far worse than anything Mike had experienced in prison. His older brother Tre begrudgingly agrees to one last "delivery", attempting to free Mike and his new girlfriend from the grips of the criminal underworld. What transpires is a wild misadventure where multiple lives unknowingly intersect, and where decisions are made that will haunt everyone forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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Women's Prison (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young woman about to get married discovers all too late that her spouse has mafia connections, when violence breaks out during her wedding. Caught up in the crossfire Lynn gets arrested and thrown into a women's prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Screwed (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on Thompson's book of the same name, the project stars James D'Arcy (Master & Commander), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust). The story revolves around former soldier Sam Norwood who takes a job as a prison officer when he returns from Iraq and becomes exposed to the underworld of prison culture - including corrupt guards and drug trafficking.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: rough, disturbing, tense, serious, sincere, bleak, captivating, emotional, realistic, cult film
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Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush—fully expecting to be tracked down and killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, sexual, black comedy, dark comedy, sexy
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The Naked Kiss (1964)
Plot Summary:
A former prostitute discovers that her philanthropic fiance is involved in perversion.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, controversial, noir, dark, surreal, disturbing, art house, grindhouse, tense, independent film
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Chandni Bar (2001)
Plot Summary:
Chandni Bar, a film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar depicts the gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, social, cult classic, sexual, independent film
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Virumaandi (2004)
Plot Summary:
A reporter researching the death penalty in India is recounted the story of a farm owner Virumandi whose role in a clan feud between Naicker and Kothalla Devar leads him to death row. As the story unfolds, there is a riot in the jail, and the only one who can get the reporter safely out of the prison is Virumandi.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, feel good, non-linear
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Hero (1987)
Plot Summary:
Sakthivelu Nayakar (Kamal Hassan), the protagonist, is born to an anti-government union leader. The child Velu is tricked by the police into locating his father.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: epic, sad, intense, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Manmadhan Ambu (2010)
Plot Summary:
Madhan is convinced that Ambu is unfaithful and refuses to pay detective Mannar when he reports otherwise. Wanting to make money to help a friend, Mannar cooks up stories about Ambu's infidelity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags:
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Panchathantiram (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ram is a playboy pilot. His marriage to Mythili disintegrates after a series of misunderstandings. To cheer him up, his buddies arrange for a steamy evening with a prostitute Maggie, but things go wrong and the men are stuck with a dead body and a load of diamonds. The corpse disappears, and Ram's efforts to cover up the event are thwarted by a pesky father-in-law of one of the friends who thinks Maggie was Ram's wife.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, feel good
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Starred Up (2013)
Plot Summary:
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, depressing, suspenseful, harsh, intense, captivating, rough, brutal
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Too Young to Die? (1990)
Plot Summary:
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: emotional, retro, neo noir, sad, cult classic, teen, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Papanasam (2015)
Plot Summary:
A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspense thriller
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Brubaker (1980)
Plot Summary:
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspense, factual, harsh, serious, captivating, political, tense, psychological, edutainment
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Hey Ram (2000)
Plot Summary:
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: realistic, bleak, serious, patriotic, exciting, suspenseful, freeze frame, contemplative, period piece, cult film