Movies like Riot 1969
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Riot (1969)
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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:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, prisoner, judiciary, escape, prison riot, friendship, friends, captivity, graphic violence, life is a bitch, fugitives, prison life, rebellion, confined, rebelliousness, partners, buddies, criminal heroes, hunting, desert, hostage, excavation, suicide, dream ...
Time:
60s
Place:
arizona, usa, minnesota
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about prison, confined, chases and races, escape, criminal heroes, rivalry and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Riot: Cisco Pike (1971), La Fuga (2001), Civil Brand (2002), The Chamber (1996), Prison on Fire (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroin addict, corruption, pimp, marijuana, police investigation, police corruption, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, partners, drug dealing, addiction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
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95%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
fugitives, prison, on the run, criminal heroes, starting over, confined, couple relations, couples, prison life, destiny, society, escape ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution. At the core of the story is Frances, who finds ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, friendship, injustice, juvenile delinquency, hopes, human spirit, social decay, prison life, fighting the system, life is a bitch, misfit, legal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, ku klux klan, death sentence, legal, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, courtroom, lawyer, death row ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 60s, 20th century, year 1967
Place:
usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, heroic bloodshed, gangsters, prison escape, favoritism, escape, injustice, friends, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes, confined ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is befriended by ...
Style:
campy, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
women in prison, prison, lust, wrongful conviction, women's prison, lesbian, exploitation, lgbt, sex, murder, prison riot, false accusation ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, prison, criminal, revenge killing, affair, erotica, escape, rivalry, confined, vengeance, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in a prison, a death row inmate has a secret and the warden will go to any lengths to get it. Things dont go as planned as you would expect. A good action film with alot of good fight scenes and an interesting twist at the end.What we have ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, death row, criminal heroes, false accusation, partners, life is a bitch, confined, frame up, wrongfully committed, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, prison, vietnam war, prison escape, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, murder, assassination, secret organization, confined, heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, europe, asia, vietnam, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, heroic bloodshed, jail, tough heroes, friends, unlikely partners, vengeance, rivalry, confined, partners, fugitives, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Films like Carlito's Way
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom, witness, kidnapping, prison, murder, power relations, restaurant, injustice, rebellion, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, legal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, criminal heroes, on the run, partners, manhunt, rivalry, track down, confined, heroes, law enforcement, vengeance, fugitives ...
Time:
80s
Place:
arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, prison, violence spree, vengeance, confined, murder, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, tough heroes, gang, heroes, revenge ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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, cult film
Plot:
prison, gangsters, jail, prison escape, prison life, criminal, gang, imprisonment, heist, fugitives, confined, rise and fall ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully.
Style:
disturbing, surreal, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
prison, erotica, lesbian, women's prison, women in prison, sex, brutality, adaptation, justice, adolescence, exploitation, teenage life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two prisoners escape with the help of their jailer to search for a treasure that is supposedly buried with a dead millionaire.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
thief, bribe, buried treasure, ghost, buried alive, runaway, dark humor, treasure hunt, confined, on the run, prison life, captivity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, hostage, graphic violence, gangsters, track down, heroes, law enforcement, fighting crime, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
friendship, heist, infidelity, buddies, downfall, family problems, haunted by the past, criminal heroes, legal, drug addiction, gangsters, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, uncover truth, track down, betrayal, dishonesty, small town, twists and turns, police shootout, memory loss, graphic violence, police officer, police officer killed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, escape, on the run, racism, prison, prison escape, interracial relations, racial prejudice, single mother, manhunt, fistfight, sheriff ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, dishonesty, gangsters, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge, graphic violence, criminal heroes, prison visit, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Après quinze ans passés derrière les barreaux, Bruno, qui prône la révolution prolétarienne, s'évade. Ce dernier veut continuer la lutte, faire sortir ses camarades de prison, libérer les masses du joug capitaliste. Tous ses anciens ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
betrayal, drug dealing, on the run, police investigation, terrorism, confined, manhunt, imprisonment, crime boss, prison, hostage, hiding place ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the heat of the night, a man from faraway plays the piano. In the local hillside prison, a bitter double-crossed convict stares at the city life over the roofs. A revenge is brewing in his mind; the blood-thirsty killer prepares his escape. Vares ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, prison, drug dealing, vengeance, couples, prisoner, murder, private investigator, prison escape, womanizer, male nudity, beer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, frame up, cons and scams, vengeance, criminal's revenge, going straight, false accusation, suspense, brutality, life is a bitch, bully, escape ...
Place:
arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, gangsters, on the road, cons and scams, on the run, partners, law enforcement, dishonesty, rivalry, misfit partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, train, race against time, save the day, ransom, tunnel, mind game, confined, law enforcement, extortion, railway ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, terrorism, vietnam war, conspiracy, general, military, cult, disaster, assassination, hostage, ransom demand, prison escape ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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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 ⇓
82%
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