Movies like The Last Castle
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The Last Castle (2001)
82K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Style:
intense, exciting, tense, rough, inspirational, clever, sincere, feel good, bad ending, entertaining ...
Plot:
prison, military, fighting the system, general, murder, military prison, prison escape, prison life, prison riot, manipulation, sacrifice, convict, rebellion, power struggle, confined, rebelliousness, american football, father daughter relationship, corporal punishment, respect, prison warden, abuse of power, graphic violence, warden, court ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new jersey, iraq
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Most similar movies to The Last Castle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and intense films with plots about mentor, runaway, storytelling, murder, violence, dialogue and corruption mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Last Castle: Brubaker (1980), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Rules of Engagement (2000), Stone (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Style:
realistic, factual, harsh, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, corruption, abuse of power, prison escape, fighting the system, prison warden, undercover, brutality, suspense, abuse, justice, liberal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
california, louisiana, new jersey, arkansas, southern usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, suspenseful, tense, sad ...
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, american football, iraq war, flashback, thanksgiving, cheerleader, military, soldier, mission, war veteran, patriotism, hostile takeover ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 1937, 21st century
Place:
texas, dallas texas, los angeles, baghdad iraq, vietnam ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Plot:
vengeance, prison, justice, investigation, vigilantism, suspense, master criminal, fighting the system, lawyer, murder, mind game, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, suspense, escape, alcatraz, island, prison life, freedom, jail, confined, partners, runaway ...
Time:
60s, year 1960, 20th century, year 1961, year 1962 ...
Place:
san francisco, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.
Style:
tense, political, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, vietnam war, courtroom, war, army investigation, military, courtroom drama, marines, twists and turns, court, court case, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
middle east, usa, washington d.c., iraq, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Law Abiding Citizen
42K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, manipulation, suspense, infidelity, deception, seduction, redemption, twists and turns, couples, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, detroit, usa, michigan
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gunfight, suspense, siege, police station, survival, criminal's revenge, violence, police, master criminal, unlikely partners, undercover cop ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, bloody, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, boarding school, high school, terrorist, siege, preparatory school, father son relationship, friendship, swat team, childhood, violence, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, future, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, new jersey, virginia, florida, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
44K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style:
intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, prison life, suspense, revenge, torture, tough guy, self sacrifice, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
21K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Style:
harsh, intense, emotional, stylized, brutal ...
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, prison, prison escape, prison violence, murder, vengeance, redemption, prison life, violence, corruption, warden ...
Place:
latin america, hong kong, california, ireland, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Shooter similar movies
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
intense, brutal, clever, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, gunfight, gang, lone hero, gangsters, prison gang, criminal heroes, mafia, tough guy, vengeance, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
247K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, twist ending, entertaining, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
prison, prison escape, escape, revenge, escape plan, survival, lone hero, prisoner, outsmarting, suspense, torture, ship ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, future, 21st century
Place:
morocco, usa, california, louisiana, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style:
intense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly, boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, prison, war, jungle, survival, rescue, suspense, soldier, captivity, military life, missing person ...
Time:
80s, year 1972, year 1977, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, california, laos, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, tricky, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, military, justice, court, u.s. navy, marines, suspense, army investigation, court martial, suicide ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, thought provoking, tense, political ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom, lawyer, alcatraz, court, prison escape, justice, murder, legal, escape attempt, suspense, courtroom drama ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1938
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, sad, dark, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
military, military life, suspense, war, tank, bravery, friendly fire, medal of honor, gulf war, lawyer, iraq war, politics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
iraq, middle east, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is ...
Style:
tense, psychological, intense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
prison, gang, police corruption, frame up, gunfight, suspense, mistaken identity, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, prison life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, san francisco, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
339K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, corruption, fbi, military, one man army, revenge, swat team, cover up, assassination, false accusation, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, iraq, philadelphia, boston, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style:
intense, touching, serious, factual, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, war, jungle, civil war, soldier, rescue mission, gunfight, navy seal, genocide, violence, u.s. navy, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, iraq, nigeria, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
232K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
clever, exciting, tense, realistic, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, intelligence agency, secret service, cia agent, terrorist, government agency, bomb, conspiracy, secret agents ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, jordan, syria, virginia, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Movies similar to No Escape
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Style:
psychological, rough, thought provoking, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, psychology, confined, experiment gone awry, human nature, violence, brutality, torture, moral ambiguity, bullying, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
58K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, twists and turns, religion, islam, conspiracy, undercover, suspense, bomb, spy, cia, faith ...
Time:
year 1978, 21st century
Place:
london, africa, middle east, israel, sudan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
127K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, investigation, terrorist, military, islamic terrorism, fbi, special agents, al qaeda, gunfight, mission, bomb, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, iraq, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
drug lord, drug dealing, father son relationship, agent, prison, suspense, drugs, organized crime, secret service, family relations, police investigation, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, missouri, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Style:
campy, feel good, unusual plot structure, tear jerker, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, escape, martial arts, prison, prison escape, survival, jungle, war, vietcong, rat, fight ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Enemy of the State similar movies
69K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, tricky, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, survival, jail, confined, trapped, prison guard, hostage, gangsters, prison escape, prison riot, rebellion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
160K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Japan, France, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, rough, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cia, mentor, terrorist, working undercover, suspense, undercover, secret agents, conspiracy, political corruption, cold war ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
china, washington d.c., saigon, cyprus, munich germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
36K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Japan, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Get swept up in the action as an armored car driver (Christian Slater) tries to elude a gang of thieves (led by Morgan Freeman) while a flood ravages the countryside. Hard Rain is "a wild, thrilling, chilling action ride" filled with close ...
Style:
intense, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, evacuation, small town, heist, rain, suspense, flood, chase, redemption, justice, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, new orleans, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, emotional, thought provoking, breathtaking ...
Plot:
chase, hospital, convict, suspense, terminal illness, leukemia, escape, life & death, swat team, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. Captured and thrown in jail, they find it's not fun ...
Style:
stylized, harsh, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
prison, torture, violence, suspense, kgb, stereotypes, politics, false accusation, confined, life is a bitch, state affairs, prison life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, finland, new jersey, ussr, helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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