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Imprisoned (2015)
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Original name: Presos
Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica, Colombia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate.
Style:
psychological, emotional, tense, intense, realistic
Plot:
prisoner, prison, family drama, young girl, confined, family conflict, secret relationship, taboo, prison life, female protagonist, moral dilemma, isolation, sacrifice, desperation, trust, redemption, guilt, empathy, betrayal, forgiveness, intimacy, coming of age, privacy invasion, longing, hopes ...
Place:
costa rica
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, tense and psychological films with plots about moral dilemma, redemption, family drama, guilt, small town, urban and betrayal mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Imprisoned: Ilayaraja (2019), Flight 404 (2024), Sinsitivity (2003), The Letters (2006), The Corridor (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Behzad, who has been in prison for manslaughter for a long time, has a son who does not know about him. When he is introduced, the son goes through a conflict. Then, as a family, they go to the victim's family seeking consent so Reza would be ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, tension, contemplative
Plot:
prison, execution, family drama, parent child relationship, family conflict, forgiveness, moral dilemma, retribution, justice, humanism, bittersweet, empathy ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
guilt, redemption, moral dilemma, accident, social realism, empathy, escape, survival, urban, desperation, grief, forgiveness ...
Place:
ireland, south africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
family drama, second chance, redemption, guilt, trauma, family secret, healing, uncle niece relationship, bittersweet, moral dilemma, intimate, forgiveness ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, dramatic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
prison guard, investigation, prisoner, liar, lie, uncover truth, life is a bitch, hidden truth, loss, tragedy, father daughter relationship, getting home ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
daughter, parent child relationship, marriage crisis, family drama, loss, desperation, custody battle, parents, social issues, grief, moral dilemma, hopes ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage.
Style:
emotional, intense, tension, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
wedding, family drama, marriage, guilt, sacrifice, murder, courtroom, tradition, honor, family honor, revenge, justice ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
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45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, Greece, Latvia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, reflective, tense, intercultural
Plot:
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germany, latvia
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142
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
family drama, family secret, secrets, small town, friendship, outsider, isolation, motherhood, betrayal, racism, intimate, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
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342
Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
young lovers, pregnancy, family relations, couples, youth, society, teenage life, love, teenager, grownups, responsibility, life turned upside down ...
Time:
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Place:
costa rica, latin america
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Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, bleak, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
alcoholism, addiction, mishap, self destructing, character study, redemption, regret, heartbreak, young adult, personal growth, desperation, loss ...
Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
37%
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, sentimental, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, family honor, redemption, male protagonist, grief, forgiveness, moral dilemma, responsibility, mourning, loyalty, police chase ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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139
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ela, 15, has a love affair, which results in her being sent to a re-education center.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
female protagonist, teenager, coming of age, young love, forbidden romance, resilience, loss of innocence, teen angst, hopes, empathy, character study, rebellion ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, intense, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
athens greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Saudi family is following strict instructions from their grandfather to remain confined in the desert during the early 1990s. A series of events shakes the family's foundation and they find them in a struggle between life and death.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
desert, isolation, family conflict, survival, family drama, tradition, confined, loneliness, moral dilemma, resilience, family secret, claustrophobia ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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