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Jackson County Jail (1976)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
Style:
road movie, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison rape, prison, women in prison, murder, injustice, escape, rape, car theft, hitchhiker, car, exploitation, roadblock, psychotic, cross country trip, hicksploitation, rape and murder, on the road, chase, police corruption, thief, rape and revenge, female protagonist, jail, rape victim, heist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, escape, violence, prison and frame up mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Jackson County Jail: Nightmare in Badham County (1976), The Hunted (2003), Black Moon Rising (1986), Framed (1975), The Escapist (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two UCLA coeds have engine trouble in small Southern town. When they spurn the local sheriff's advances he arranges for them to be taken to the women's prison on trivial charges (the judge is a cousin), where they must endure atrocities at ...
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Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. Former Special Operations instructor, L.T. Bonham is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum, his former student, who has 'gone rogue' ...
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
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manhunt, wilderness, survival, conspiracy, hitman, chase, fbi, murder, violence, justice, homicidal maniac, commando ...
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Place:
oregon, kosovo, portland oregon, usa, british columbia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
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exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, heist, chase, fbi, revenge, law enforcement, vengeance, brutality, twists and turns, murder, on the run, crime gone awry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, new jersey, california, los angeles
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100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After she leaves her cheating husband, Susan Reed (Ally Sheedy) embarks on a cross-country road trip where she falls victim to a series of mishaps that land her behind bars in the redneck Macon County Jail. Once inside, she's subjected to ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, unfaithful, murder, on the run, hitchhiker, revenge, raped woman, orgasm, fired from the job, small town, prison ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Director Phil Karlson harks back to the no-nonsense, no-thrills directness of his 1950s "B" pictures in Framed. Joe Don Baker plays Ron, a high-rolling gambler that always seems to loose his big scores. Framed by the film's villains ...
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neo noir, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, false accusation, frame up, police corruption, political corruption, vengeance, nightclub, violence, wrongful imprisonment, gambler, revenge, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
tennessee
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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
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boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after drink driving and killing a man. The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where the other female inmates are sadistic crack-selling ...
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prison, women in prison, sadism, sexual abuse, sex, prison rape, exploitation, rape, women's prison, prostitute, prison escape, erotica ...
Time:
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40%
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 ...
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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 ⇓
39%
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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:
campy, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
frame up, murder, chase, confined, law enforcement, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, on the run, dishonesty, death row, wrongfully committed, prison life ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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:
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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 ⇓
39%
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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
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boys' night
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Time:
80s
Place:
arizona
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38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former female cop is framed by corrupt police, acting in collusion with the local judge, and has to fight her way out of the pen, alone, against tough inmates, and the people in charge.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing, rough ...
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Time:
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37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. ...
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boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
texas, usa, mexico, alabama, latin america
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37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The bikers are the heroes and the lawmen are the villains in this vintage action drama. The Spirits are a motorcycle club who ride the highways and country roads of Michigan; while they look rough, wear beat-up denim and favor Harley Davidsons, the ...
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Place:
usa, detroit
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37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials and that's where the fun begins.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, sexy, erotic
Plot:
women's prison, women in prison, depravity, lesbian rape, false accusation, injustice, frame up, sexual relations, confined, law enforcement, life is a bitch, wrongfully committed ...
Time:
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Place:
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Films like Double Jeopardy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, escape, on the run, betrayal, twists and turns, suspense, framed for murder, fugitives, manhunt, death row, uncover truth, u.s. marshal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
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36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak
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boys' night
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gangsters, gang, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, murder, false accusation, police corruption, dishonesty, legal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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36%
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, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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boys' night
Plot:
chase, gang, murder, dishonesty, heist, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, gangsters ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, cia, frame up, agent, suspense, twists and turns, tough cop, on the run, mole, corruption, law enforcement, escape ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, chicago illinois, san francisco, usa, manhattan new york city
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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.
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boys' night
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. The foul foursome embark on a savage rape, murder, and robbery spree. Vitali even abducts and defiles frightened hapless lass Giuliana Caroli. ...
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boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who will mistake him for an easy mark. Fiery Sarah O'Rourke rides the same coach, handcuffed to lawman Bill Speakes and headed for the hangman. In a ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Former TV documentary filmmaker Mel Stuart tries to inject an acceptable degree of verisimilitude in Mean Dog Blues. A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey (Gregg Henry) finds himself on a Southern chain gang. Captain ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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