Movies like The Defiant Ones

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The Defiant Ones (1986)
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The Defiant Ones (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escapechained to each other.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, singing, escape, racism, on the run, prison, prison escape, dungeon, interracial relations, police, helicopter, single mother, sheriff, swamp, racist, manhunt, racial prejudice, prison warden, fistfight, racial slur, freight train, fugitive, pursuit, truck accident, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to The Defiant Ones

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about chases and races, murder, prison, escape, chase, on the run and prison escape mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Defiant Ones: Morgan's Ferry (2001), Prison on Fire II (1991), The Sugarland Express (1974), Choice of Arms (1981), Breakout Kings (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Morgan's Ferry (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three escaped convicts hide out in the home a reclusive woman as they wait to catch a ferry.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Plot: dangerous attraction, on the run, fall in love, criminal heroes, confined, couples, isolation, woman in danger, danger, manhunt, escaped prisoner, farmhouse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Prison on Fire II (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Ching is a prisoner in a Honk Kong jail that has a large population of Mainland Chinese prisoners. Ching escapes to see his young son, who he has been put in an orphanage. He surrenders himself to authorities, but the vengeful chief of security, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, jail, triad, partner, violent content, tough heroes, friends, chases and races, rivalry, vengeance, confined ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Choice of Arms (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, gangster, on the run, basement, chase, escape, heist gone wrong, prison escape, violent behavior, prison break, murder, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france, paris france, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Breakout Kings (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Driven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped, and tired of following protocol and resorting to outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli are ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, thrilling ...
Plot: wanted, fugitives, convict, going straight, chase, law enforcement, expert, manhunt, partner, unlikely partners, prison, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 5.7
 4K
Wisdom (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Style: political, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank, robbery, chase, brat pack, bank robbery, bank robber, destiny, gang, lovers on the run, cannon, love, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 5.2
 118
Turn of Faith (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mob drama starring Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, Mia Sara and Costas Mandylor.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, buddies, family business, clergy, dishonesty, organized crime, partner, friends, gangster, strip club, baseball bat
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Bonnie & Clyde: The Real Story (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Bonnie Parker is estranged from her husband while still only just barely eighteen. Clyde Barrow, a handsome charmer who is in love with Bonnie, is a small-time thief, 'borrowing' cars to teach Bonnie to drive. He falls in with WD Jones, ...
Style: rough, serious, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: criminal heroes, partner, on the run, chase, love and romance, heist, violence spree, murderous pair, outlaw, bank robber, criminal, serial killer ...
Time: 1930s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: private investigator, private detective, murder, hollywood, manipulation, police detective, chase, fighting crime, law enforcement, reluctant partners, on the run, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.9
 208
The Manhunt (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's accused of stealing the two horses. Unable to prove ownership, the young man is then sentenced ...
Style: spaghetti western, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, partner, prison life, frame up, false accusation, life is a bitch, heroes, protagonist as suspect, manhunt, fugitives, confined, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: partner, buddies, law enforcement, police, female detective, reunion
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.2
 142
Hard Choices (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is convicted of murder and sent to prison. A female ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: prison, escape, on the run, murder, kids in trouble, drug dealing, love and romance, law enforcement, fall in love, youth, chases and races, society ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.7
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The Ceremony (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man (Robert Walker) has an affair with his condemned brother's (Laurence Harvey) girlfriend (Sarah Miles) while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Style: noir, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, mistaken identity, death row, prisoner, escape, intrigue, life is a bitch, confined, investigation, chases and races, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: tangier morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Payback (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An escaped convict tracks down the cop who put him away.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, prison, murder, confined, rivalry, law enforcement, isolation, showdown, convict, escaped prisoner, danger, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Inside Out (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: For the last thirteen years AJ (Triple H) has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport). Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: daring rescue, chases and races, tough heroes, starting over, danger, woman in danger, heroes, forced into action, hopes, wrestling, violent content, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
This Thing of Ours (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, organized crime, master criminal, chases and races, cosa nostra, partner, criminal heroes, dishonesty, betrayal, crime gone awry, bank ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 5.9
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Riot (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, gulag, judiciary, nazi, prisoner, prison escape, escape, prison break, prison riot, chases and races, confined, fugitives ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: arizona, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Fled (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to ...
Style: exciting, intense, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, hacker, on the run, police chase, reluctant partners, manhunt, undercover, partner, prison, rivalry, frame up, prison life ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 46K
Lock Up (1989)
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: suspense, intense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, prisoner, prison life, revenge, torture, tough guy, self sacrifice, electric chair, life is a bitch ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Animal Factory (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Style: realistic, tense, bleak, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot: prison, friendship, murder, violence, prison gang, transvestite, prison escape, drug, adaptation, depression, redemption, prison rape ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, paris france, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 7.4
 10K
Straight Time (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, crime gone awry, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, bank, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: prison, escape, college, car accident, manslaughter, courtroom, on the run, fugitive, girlfriend, injustice, stock broker, estrangement ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: new york, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 7.1
 13K
The Chase (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. When it is learned that local baddie Bubber Reeves has escaped prison, Rogers' son is concerned because he is having an affair with Reeves' ...
Style: suspense, retro, neo noir, technicolor, crime drama ...
Plot: racism, social commentary, manhunt, small town, adultery, lynch mob, drunkenness, sheriff, murder, vigilantism, on the run, escaped prisoner ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.2
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Red Letters (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A college professor reluctantly hides an escaped female convict who tries to get him to help prove her innocent of a murder.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: college, prison, law enforcement, dishonesty, obsession, destructive relationship, amateur detective, murder, escaped prisoner, nudity, life is a bitch, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, mojave desert
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 4.1
 853
Ready 2 Die (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.7
 719
Outlaw Country (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family relations, gang, parents and children, love and romance, danger, society, violent content
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 8.1
 188K
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, rough, intense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: prison, escape, freedom, prison break, rebelliousness, death, prison escape, dignity, escape attempt, prison life, fugitive, prisoner ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1967, 60s
Place: florida, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.0
 2K
Live! (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: moral dilemma, criminal heroes, rescue, danger, odd couple, on the run, pursuit, hunter, profanity, woods, partner, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.5
 223
Out-of-Sync (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, hood ...
Plot: drug dealing, hip hop, police, gambling, law enforcement, dishonesty, love triangle, false accusation, cons and scams, on the run, going straight, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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