Movies like Outlaw 1999

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Outlaw (1999)
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Outlaw (1999)
Original name: Ormai è fatta!
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The movie is based on the autobiography of Horst Fantazzini. Son of an anarchist, he was known in Northern Italy as "the gentleman bandit" because he robbed banks with no violence, using only a toy gun. After a number of trials and escapes, in the summer of 1973 he is held in the Fossano jailhouse in Piedmont when he tries to escape once again. This time things turn for worse and he has to use a real gun and take two policemen as hostages.
Plot: cash, prison escape, hostage situation, bank robber, anarchist, prison guard, unlikely friendships, prison break, prison, hostage
Time: 70s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, humorous and semi serious films with plots about prison, prison escape, gangster, jail, prison life, prison guard and police mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Outlaw: McVicar (1980), Stockholm (2018), Bank Shot (1974), Brubaker (1980), Escape from Segovia (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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McVicar (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, independent film
Plot: prison, prison escape, jail, prison life, angry, football hooligan, skinhead, shipwreck, gang, imprisonment, criminal, gay interest ...
Time: year 1980, 60s
Place: england, london, europe
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Stockholm (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages ...
Style: dark comedy, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: stockholm syndrome, hostage, bank, bank robber, hostage situation, criminal as protagonist, negotiation, criminal, ransom, american abroad, husband wife relationship, chief of police ...
Time: 90s, 70s, year 1973
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Bank Shot (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
Style: cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: bank, bank robbery, bank robber, robbery, humour, judiciary, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, chase, gang ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 7.1
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Brubaker (1980)
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, suspense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: prison, corruption, prison warden, prison escape, abuse of power, undercover, brutality, fighting the system, abuse, justice, liberal, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place: louisiana, arkansas, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Escape from Segovia (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Narrates the escape of 29 political prisoners, led by ETA, from Segovia prison. Based on actual events.
Plot: prison, capitalism, francisco franco, nazi, fascism, gulag, journalist, eta terrorist group, franco regime (francoism), terrorism, political prisoner
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Carandiru (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Carandiru, a story based on real facts and on the book written by the doctor Drauzio Varella, starts when he decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo, Carandiru, ...
Style: bleak, compassionate, captivating, touching, rough ...
Plot: prison, aids, doctor, prison life, fighting the system, gay, life is a bitch, fighting illness, protest, regret, lgbt, solitary ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 90s
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
The Longest Yard (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' ...
Style: inspirational, intense, suspense, talky, witty ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, american football, football, underdog, prison escape, cheerleader, farce, greed, crime gone awry, unlikely friendships, prison life, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida, usa, america, georgia
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67%
The Boys of Cellblock Q (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The Boys of Cellblock Q is set within the bowels of the Sunnyvale Labor Farm. Without the presence of women, the prisoners indulge in regular trysts with one another, make full use out of the jail's supply of priests, turn the eyes several ...
Style: independent film
Plot: gay, nudity, bare chested male, cell mate, male nudity, prison, prison break, gay crush, brawl, blackmail, cocaine, prison guard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Righteous Ties (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An eccentric but faithful mafia, Chi-sung is sent to prison for his part in a gang fight. But when his parents are attacked by a rival mob and his own people take no action, he realizes that a decade of loyalty towards the gang has become futile. ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, satirical, tense
Plot: revenge, prison escape, competitor, battles, gangster, betrayal by friend, gang member, fight, gang, escaped prisoner, mafia, gang war ...
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The Last Rampage (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: prison escape, runaway, escape, fleeing, jail, criminal, serial killer, prison break, arizona desert, escaped prisoner
Time: 70s
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Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: This is a story in jail. A story about learning a "new life”…
Style: entertaining, captivating, semi serious
Plot: prison life, prison, jailed, jail, prison sentence, lifestyle, prison fight, prison riot, prison warden, prison guard, prison gang, jail cell
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Prison Break (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, japanese police, security guard, snow, japanese woman, fleeing, world war two, prisoner, warden, life sentence, escape ...
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The Crazysitter (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two semmingly precious children. But when she decides to sell them for a quick profit, she gets more than she bargained for. A wildy clever family comedy in the ...
Style: independent film, family comedy
Plot: youth, prison break, babysitter, fraternal twins, prison escape, family relations, ex convict, twins, odd couple, cigarette smoking, dominatrix, nanny ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Scoumoune (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: world war two, prison, organized crime, casino, gang warfare, mobster, attempted kidnapping, police officer, killing, dead body, shootout, friend ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: paris france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Duration: 120 min.
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Time: 70s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 119 min.
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49%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: hearing, murder, confession, police, police raid, prison, circus, burglar, psychological manipulation, wedding ceremony, psychological torture, police interrogation ...
Time: 70s
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The Stockholm Syndrome (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This is the true story of the failed bank robbery-cum-hostage taking in a bank at the square Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, in September 1973. The Stockholm Syndrome is named after this incident.
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Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: pilot, airplane, abduction, hostage, journalist, ransom, airport, reporter, money, husband wife relationship, hijacking, passenger ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
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47%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: light, realistic, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
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Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
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47%
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Style: feel good, touching, compassionate, inspirational, witty ...
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46%
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Holy Year (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The last film of Jean Gabin.
Plot: prison escape, hijacking, airplane, police, escape, disguise, priest, prison, pilot, flight attendant
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: poliziottesco
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, stylized, clever ...
Plot: caper, robbery, new year, jewel theft, couples, unlikely couple, love and romance, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, on the run, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s, 60s, year 1973, year 1968, year 1972 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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