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Prison Cell 211 (2025)
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Original name: Celda 211
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
Caught in a prison riot, a human rights lawyer poses as an inmate to survive. As he blends in, chaos and personal loss unveil the darkness within him.
Style:
tense, brutal, suspense, dark, intense, political
Plot:
prison, riot, survival, lawyer, violence, hostage, undercover, fear, mexican border, power struggle, loss, human rights, identity, moral ambiguity, social commentary, trauma, gang, justice, corruption, claustrophobia, isolation, grief, realism, revenge, escape ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and intense films and TV series with plots about moral ambiguity, violence, revenge, corruption, survival, investigation and urban mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Prison Cell 211: Boli (2021), Shaitan (2023), Wake in Fright (2017), Puerta 7 (2020), Rivers of Fate (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 60 min.
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