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Silent Grace (2001)
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Silent Grace (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell - on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based - was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland - not just by the more celebrated male prisoners - but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.
Style: psychological, captivating, realistic, thrilling
Plot: prison, anglo irish relations, ira, women's prison, female prisoner, jail cell, cell mate, prison life, jailed, female protagonist, problem, jail, prison sentence, imprisoned, political prisoner, girl, young, irish republican army, female director
Place: ireland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and realistic films with plots about prison, jail, prison life, female protagonist, life is a bitch, prison sentence and jailed mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Silent Grace: Women in Chains (1972), Block B - Under Arrest (2015), Clink (2019), Five Years (2013), The Inner Cage (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Women in Chains (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: 1972 ABC Movie of the Week. Lady parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality, but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: prison, women's prison, undercover, parole officer, women in prison
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Block B - Under Arrest (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: "Block B - Under Arrest" is the story of Bea Kroeger, who is charged with attempted murder of her husband. During the pre-trial detention in the prison Tempelhof they must fight for their place in the pecking order among the inmates ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
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Clink (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Women establish a sisterhood as they spend time together behind bars.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: prison, prison life, women's prison, jail cell, women, female protagonist, life is a bitch, women in prison, jailed, criminal, prison sentence, problem ...
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Five Years (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.
Style: captivating, psychological
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The Inner Cage (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A prison drama where an old mobster and a prison guard must find a way to coexist so that imprisonment can become less so, and perhaps reveal the paradox that is behind the very concept of captivity.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
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Asbest (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story: Momo, a young soccer player who ends up innocently behind bars. In Berlin jail he now has to assert himself and is put under pressure by his uncle, the clan leader Amar.
Style: thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic
Plot: female protagonist, nazism, racial discrimination, nazi, holocaust, nationalism, problem, tragic past, neo nazi, troubled past, life is a bitch, woman ...
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The Hammer (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
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Prisoner (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: jailed, jail, prison life, prison escape, falsely accused, social problems, jail cell, prison sentence, prison, false accusation, escape, wrongful imprisonment
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So Evil, So Young (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A teenage girl is wrongfully accused of theft and is sent away to a harsh reform school.
Style: noir, grindhouse, realistic, serious
Plot: prison, women's prison, juvenile delinquent, tough heroes, gays and lesbians, dishonesty, youth, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, juvenile delinquency, confined, fugitives ...
Time: 60s
Place: ireland
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Jailbirds (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In order to save the man she loves from jail, Mathilde takes his place by helping his break-out. While she exclusively relies on him to survive in this prison setting, Mathilde has not heard from him since her imprisonment. Isolated, with her son as ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental
Plot: doctor, suicide, female nudity, prison life, women's prison, prison, mother son relationship, salvation, self sacrifice, rivalry, danger, fighting the system ...
Time: 21st century
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The Quiet Girl (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, powerful ...
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Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: ireland
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Women of San Quentin (1983)
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: realistic, serious, rough, bleak
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
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Style: captivating, dramatic, serious, exciting
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Celblok H (2014)
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Duration: 42 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
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A Violent Man (2022)
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TV show
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TV show
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Genre: Drama
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Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
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