Movies like Prison Break 2017

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Prison Break (2017)
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Prison Break (2017)
Original name: 破獄
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata had been in charge of those sentenced to life in the prison until last year. Although Sakuma is a dangerous person who had also broken out of jail in Aomori, he submits to Urata who is the only person who had treated him kindly in the past. However, three months after escaping from jail, Sakuma shows up at Urata’s house. He has come to complain about the inhumane Akita prison officers. But he is locked up again after Urata notifies the police during an unguarded moment. A year later, Sakuma is sent to Abashiri Prison and Urata is also ordered to transfer as the prison’s chief warden.
Plot: prison, world war two, prison escape, escape, snow, prisoner, security guard, japanese man, fleeing, japanese woman, jail cell, warden, on the lam, life sentence, japanese police, prison break, bearded man, beard, uniform, suit and tie, man in suit and tie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, independent film, psychological and disturbing films with plots about prison, prisoner, jail cell, escape, world war two, japanese woman and prison escape mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Prison Break: Whistleblower (2019), Girl (2012), White Night (1995), Stuck! (2009), Fast-Walking (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Whistleblower (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret.
Plot: company, hierarchy, corporation, ceo, scandal, corporate corruption, man with glasses, factory, japanese woman, customer, donut, cover up ...
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95%
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Norway, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway
Style: depressing, political, independent film
Plot: prison, anti communist, iron curtain, communism, communist, prisoner of war camp, job, world war two veteran, food, prisoner, snow, punishment ...
Time: 1950s
Place: russia, soviet union
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59%
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Girl (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: "Girls" follows four beautiful women and depicts the troubles found in their love lives and work place. Yukiko Takigawa (Karina) works at a big advertising firm and has a good looking boyfriend. Seiko Takeda is married and has no children. ...
Plot: japanese girl, divorce, japanese woman, thin legs, leggy woman, pretty legs, short skirt, woman wearing a miniskirt, mini skirt, legs
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55%
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White Night (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Directed by Arnon Zadok.
Plot: prison, jail cell, drug rehab, friend, cell mate, drug use, friendship, sex, prisoner, prison warden, drug dealer, all male cast ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Stuck! (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek ...
Style: independent film, neo noir
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, women in prison, lesbian relationship, lesbian, jail, security guard, prisoner, female nudity, guilt, suicide, prison guard, diary ...
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48%
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Fast-Walking (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
Style: political, independent film, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: prison, woman with a gun, blaxploitation, murder, corrupt, revolutionary, security guard, stoner, escape, confined, unlikely partners, militant ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: montana, usa, oregon
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47%
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A young man fights for his freedom after he is accused of groping a girl on train.
Plot: courtroom, prison, lawyer, courtroom drama, moving, cop, misandrist, japanese police, liar, heterosexuality, japanese schoolgirl, public defender ...
Place: japan
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46%
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
Plot: world war two, prison, revolutionary war, military prison, prisoner, freedom, revolution, struggle, prison escape, pow, escape, nazi ...
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40%
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The film is divided into two segments, both set in Europe during WWII.
Plot: world war, fake relationship, wartime life, world war two, wrestler
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Wilderness: Part One (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, psychotronic
Plot: boxing, friendship, criminal, japanese man, life is a bitch, social problems, poor, boxer, social issues, society, poverty, female nudity ...
Time: near future
Place: japan, tokyo
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38%
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Where I Belong (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Izumi (Kento Hayashi) was abandoned by his parents. He now commits burglary, targeting women and the elderly. He is chased by the cops. While on the run, in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture, he helps an injured elderly woman, Suma (Etsuko ...
Plot: cash, pig, mother, fight, pet dog, daughter, old man, car, mobile phone, son, dog, criminal ...
Place: osaka japan
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37%
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Jacktown (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: A young man is charged with statutory rape.
Style: psychotronic, slang, independent film
Plot: juvenile delinquent, riot, loan shark, exploitation, bad girl, statutory rape, prison escape, warden, arrest, refugee, gardener, convict ...
Time: 60s
Place: michigan
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37%
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Attica (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A behind the scenes look of the 1971 prisoners revolt at the Attica prison.
Style: political, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: prison, black, serial killer, prison riot, hostage, rebellion, fighting the system, tough heroes, society, criminal heroes, state affairs, misfit ...
Time: 70s, year 1971
Place: new york, usa
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36%
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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
Plot: prison, biopic, military prison, prison violence, prison life, jail, confined, maximum security prison, prison sentence, imprisoned, prisoner, life is a bitch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Zebras in Wyoming (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: A prisoner soon has his guard questioning his own world-view.
Plot: imprisonment, security guard, locked in, defiant, captivity, justice, prisoner, philosophy, police
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35%
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Rolling Man (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: While he is serving time in prison, a man's wife dies and his children disappear. When he gets out of prison, he starts to search for his kids
Plot: prison, pub, lost child, motor home, car race, jail cell, tourist, hitchhiker, prisoner, singer, accident, jealousy ...
Time: 70s
Place: southern usa
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34%
Women Unchained (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: They will do anything to get to Mexico... and freedom. From the moment the riot started and the guard is killed, there's no going back for the women of Cell Block 3. The eruption of violence following their escape leaves a trail of death and ...
Style: independent film
Plot: blaxploitation, female fight, women, fugitive, exploitation, on the road, prison escape, car chase, escape, women in prison, prison, freedom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Moon and Thunder (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When Yasuko (Eriko Hatsune) was a child, her mother left their home. She grew up not knowing what an ordinary family is. Satoshi's (Kengo Kora) mother was the girlfriend of Yasuko's late father. One day, Satoshi appears in front of ...
Style: melancholic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot: absent mother, orphan, love interest, unrequited love, love story, love and romance, love affair, romantic relationship, forbidden love, abandoned, japanese woman, nude ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Der Pirat (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: psychopath, marijuana, drug traffic, jail cell, drug, hiv, heroin, police, death, prison, gunshot
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
Plot: prison, autobiography, bare chested male, world war one, corporal punishment, world war two, hung upside down, chain gang
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Hungarians (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A group of landless Hungarian peasants accept work as migrant-laborers on a farm in northern Germany where the wages are good, and the wives and family are allowed to accompany them. Though it is in the midst of World War II, they are relatively ...
Plot: world war two, humiliation, peasant, pow
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32%
The Sea and Poison (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Downed American fliers in WW II are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in medical experiments.
Style: retro
Plot: world war two, mental disorder, nurse, torture, bomber, vivisection, air force, doctor
Time: 1940s, year 1945
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Year of the Tiger (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A prison inmate escapes from his wrecked penitentiary during Chile's February 2010 earthquake.
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: prison, escape, violence, brutality, prison escape, free will, devastation, freedom, tsunami, escaped prisoner, convict, crash ...
Time: year 2010
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Family of Strangers (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, security guard, murder of wife, brother sister relationship, hanging, elevator, matricide, fornication, man with glasses, schoolgirl, wheelchair bound, obituary ...
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30%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Escapes (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Political prisoners imprisoned in Yugoslavia will try to escape from prison by digging a channel under the ground and join the partisans.
Plot: world war two, partisan, prisoner, fight, traitor, cold, escape, hunger, political prisoner, sick, girl, prison ...
Place: former yugoslavia
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30%
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The Snow Goose (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Based upon Paul Gallico's delicate novel, Patrick Garland's Golden Globe winning The Snow Goose is a stark and hauntingly beautiful drama set amongst the striking scenery of the Essex salt marshes during the early years of WWII. A bearded ...
Style: tear jerker, period drama
Plot: world war two, wildlife, bird, goose, father daughter relationship, snow, rite of passage, disability, nature, coming of age, tragedy, nursing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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
Plot: prison, power relations, battle of the sexes, confined, gender, chaos and mayhem, prison life, female warden, women's prison, prisoner
Time: 80s
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29%
Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant ...
Plot: samurai, harlot, easy woman, loose woman, affair, revenge, unfaithfulness, cheating, japanese wife, con artists, getting home, japanese woman ...
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29%
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Fumiko's Legs (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When older man Tsukakoshi asks Unokichi to paint it is of his mistress, the geisha Fumiko. Tsukakoshi loves the feet and legs part of Fumiko's anatomy. The fetishism gives the art student a commission to put his talent to use.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: foot fetish, fetish, geisha, problem, painter, fetishist, japanese man, love affair, artist, male female relationship, relationships, drawing ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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