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Doing Hard Time (2004)
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, murder, prison life, vigilantism, vengeance, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, law enforcement, redemption, confined, police investigation, dishonesty, drug dealing, death in the family, gang, ghetto, jail, african american, black, martial arts, chases and races, rivalry, police corruption, criminal's revenge, hopes ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, gang, dishonesty, deadly and murder mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Doing Hard Time: Lockdown (2000), An Innocent Man (1989), Winner Takes All (1998), Guilty by Association (2003), Purgatory (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
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100%
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 ...
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
prison, police corruption, vengeance, gang, survival, frame up, lone hero, gunfight, mistaken identity, drug dealing, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
california, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, police investigation, buddies, rise and fall, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, life is a bitch, drug dealing, partners against crime, criminal heroes, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, kentucky
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, redemption, investigation, police corruption, friendship, tough law enforcer, police investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, partner, going straight ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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411
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
women in prison, prison, women's prison, female nudity, frame up, falsely accused, sexploitation, framed for a crime, imprisonment, fighting the system, life is a bitch, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
446
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
vigilantism, downfall, police corruption, soldier, vengeance, gangster, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, gang, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, south america, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A former kingpin of the streets, Miles “Cain” Skinner is doing life in prison. He is feared and respected among the inmates. When Cain learns that his sentence will be shortened only by brain cancer, his urgency to change his ways goes into ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
life sentence, prison life, prison, terminal illness, tough heroes, parents and children, hopes, family problems, life is a bitch, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"From the day I was born I had to fight to survive. I fought everyone and everything that came in front of me. On the streets, confessions are made in Blood. They say that when you confess your sins, only then can you be redeemed. This is my ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underground fighting, martial arts, prison, tough heroes, rivalry, vengeance, starting over, vigilantism, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, redemption, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed man, James is released only to find that his own son has ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, starting over, redemption, criminal heroes, murder, gangster, haunted by the past, society, social misfits, parent child relationship, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Snap, Crackle, and Pop are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach. Pop, also known as Killa, is the alpha dog. He has Crackle and Snap set up a big drug deal that's going to put him on easy street. But Crackle and Snap have their own ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, gang, vengeance, criminal's revenge, partner, frame up, heist, prison, dishonesty, undercover, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, hood ...
Plot:
murder, gang, racism, vengeance, vigilantism, fall in love, criminal heroes, dishonesty, moral dilemma, starting over, introspection, crime gone awry ...
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
hood, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, urban, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, police corruption, murder, false accusation, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, gangster, going straight, starting over, on the run, police investigation, gang, hitman, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, buddies ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
216
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Now serving a life sentence for murder, James "Animal" Allen returns to fighting for cash in order to help his troubled son on the outside. However, with his newfound fame as a fighter, Animal uncovers a jailhouse conspiracy that threatens ...
Style:
realistic, serious, hood, crime drama
Plot:
prison, martial arts, prison life, false accusation, frame up, courtroom drama, murder, rivalry, jail, black, muscleman, prison violence ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, vigilante, mafia, murder, gangster, gang, law enforcement, rebellion, legal, on the run, blind ambition, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Musical, Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.
Style:
hood, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, urban, hip hop, drug dealing, vengeance, rivalry, social decay, murder, tough heroes, gangster, partner, criminal ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gang, criminal's revenge, rivalry, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, love, prison, police ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female fighter, good versus evil, drug abuse, woman with a gun, female fight, gangster, violent content, righting the wronged, criminal heroes, fighting crime, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ray Trueblood, member of a street gang, is framed by an enemy of a rival gang, Billy "Spider" Masters. Ray is accused of killing a cop and he has to escape leaving behind his little brother, Donny. Ten years later Ray returns to his ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, frame up, criminal's revenge, vengeance, dishonesty, criminal heroes, family relations, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, false accusation, woman with a gun, violent content ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun ...
Style:
bloody, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, martial arts, prison, gunfight, fistfight, karate, convict, corruption, undercover agent, government agent, leadership, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, betrayal, criminal's revenge, gangster, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, drug dealing, addiction, law enforcement, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gang, nudity, partner, violent content, strong violent content, profanity, witnessing a crime, police investigation, vengeance, drug dealing, chases and races ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Michael, a Vietnam vet with two kids, pulls off a bank heist with his gang, which includes the bank's manager. To ensure the loyalty of everyone involved, Mike makes a special set of keys, so that the hiding place for the loot can only be ...
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, safecracking, kung fu, family relations, kidnapping, heist, missing person, gang, family life, vengeance, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In this uncompromising vision of the gritty Korean underworld, a crystal meth dealer with a tragic past is forced to team up with a renegade cop to take down a powerful crime lord. Reminiscent of the Hong Kong action films of the 80’s but full of ...
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police corruption, snitch, criminal's revenge, dealer, drug abuse, criminal heroes, law enforcement, drug dealing, gangster, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
busan, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
100%
596
Genre: Action
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand to hand combat and use it against any wrong doers who dare to cross his path.
Style:
rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
martial arts, assassination, vengeance, murder, rivalry, frame up, police corruption, good versus evil, dishonesty, vigilantism, violence, vigilante ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, hitman, vigilantism, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, partners against crime, vengeance, urban ghetto, drug dealer, black, crime fighter ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
Style:
dark, crime drama, tension, independent film, noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker gang, biker, gang, bike, revenge, vigilante, outlaw, violence, anti hero, retribution, police corruption, broken family ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop to ...
Style:
hood, grim, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
urban, ghetto, hip hop, gang, arms dealing, black, kids in trouble, african american, police, poverty, troubled youth, rap ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
small town, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch, mistaken identity, moral ambiguity, sexual assault, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
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100%
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