Movies and TV shows like The Yard

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The Yard (2018)
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The Yard (2018)
Original name: Avlu
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: After a fateful domestic clash, a devoted mother finds herself in prison and fighting to survive in hopes of reuniting with her daughter.
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, queer cinema
Plot: women's prison, drug addict, prison life, prison, women in prison, murder, prison gang, judge, courtroom, police, drug dealing, trust, marriage, teenager, father daughter relationship, chase, danger, confession, witness, muslim, police officer, violence, kidnapping, murder trial, lesbian attraction ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Keyword: dope

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Most similar movies to The Yard

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, psychological and suspense films and TV series with plots about prison, murder, violence, prison life, danger, jail and women's prison mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Yard: Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979), Wentworth (2013), Bad Girls (1999), Orange Is the New Black (2013), The Convict (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. In the United States and United Kingdom it was billed as Prisoner: Cell Block H, and in Canada as Caged Women. The series was ...
Style: soap opera, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, prison life, lgbt, prison escape, working class, dystopia, harassment, strong sexual content, death sentence, fish out of water, government facility, disorder ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: australia
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100%
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Wentworth (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: prison, lesbian, women in prison, prison life, women's prison, protest, power struggle, lesbian relationship, life is a bitch, danger, government facility, survival ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: australia
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73%
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Bad Girls (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: lesbian, women's prison, lesbianism, prison, lgbtq, prison sex, gays and lesbians, sex, nypd, pop culture, sapphic, justice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Style: humorous, clever, offbeat, realistic, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, strong female character, prison, prison life, lesbian relationship, life turned upside down, lesbian love, women's prison, women in prison, lesbian interest, gender ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: idaho, new york state, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Convict (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Successful judge Alicja Mazur, who is known for her severity towards criminals. The woman is unexpectedly accused of a murder she did not commit. She is sent to prison, where she has to survive among the women she previously condemned herself. She ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: criminal, prison, women's prison, women in prison, jail, false accusation of murder, framed for murder, jailed, prison life, frame up, judge, female protagonist ...
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100%
Sen Anlat Karadeniz (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: In the past, the impossible love of Tahir has been told, with Nefes escaping from the persecution of the man whose money was sold in the past and taking refuge in the Black Sea with his child, and his family's great reaction because he ...
Style: captivating, rough, touching, sentimental
Plot: love, domestic violence, kidnapping, torture, escape, courtroom, secret, lawyer, baby, police, strong female character, evil man ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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100%
Brave and Beautiful (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Tahsin is head of the Korludag family, his wealth and great influence in society makes him feared and respected by everyone. There isn’t a place or person in town that he does not control. Tahsin has two children; his son Korhan is a big ...
Style: tense, captivating, touching, sweet
Plot: couples, murder, secret, prison, death, family feud, love and romance, love, rivalry, danger, friendship, revenge ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Stiletto Vendetta (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Three girls in high school made a prank on the fourth girl and caused her to be expelled from the high school with her teacher. After 20 years they got together in a high society environment.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, enigmatic
Plot: secret, trial, murder, uncover truth, love, suicide, suicide attempt, cheating girlfriend, deception, girlfriend, suicide threat, revenge ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Locked Up (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot: lesbian, women's prison, female prisoner, prison guard, prison, life is a bitch, women in prison, female homosexuality, corruption, jail, false accusation, brutality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Oh Mercy! (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense
Plot: french police, murder, police, investigation, police station, crime scene, police officer, corpse, police detective, danger, brutality, violence ...
Time: 2000s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Seven Women in Prison (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Kamiwatari Kotone is a geisha in Kyoto. While she is sleeping after a night of drinking, her fellow geisha is killed. Kotone Kamiwatari is falsely accused of her murder and is sent to prison. There, she is bullied by other prisoners, but Kotone ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: prison, geisha, jail, women's prison, prison life, women in prison, jailed, women, prison sentence, framed for murder, accused of murder, criminal ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Insider (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Even though two brothers are completely separated from each other after the imprisoning of their father and the kidnapping of their twin brother, they meet by coincidence years after when both choose to enter the police academy.
Style: captivating, disturbing, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, death, sting operation, twists and turns, police officer, fall in love, marriage, mafia, interrogation, arrest, chase, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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33%
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Celblok H (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Hairdresser Suus ends up in jail after attempting to murder her husband.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: women's prison, prison, female prisoner, human spirit, jailed, prison sentence, prison life, jail, penal colony, jail cell, women in prison, prison guard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Giants (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Gigantes is a story of fraternal love and hate. Family, drug dealing and police chases in Madrid's Gypsy underground world. The Guerrero brothers have controlled drug dealing between the Peninsula and the rest of Europe for decades. Now they ...
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense
Plot: drug, money, mafia, power, brotherhood, business, rivalry, drug traffic, smuggling, family relations, danger, society ...
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Camp: A Prison Story (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min.
TV show
Story: Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009)
Style: suspense, tense
Plot: jail, false accusation, prison gang, prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, jailed, prison warden, falsely accused, maximum security prison, prison sentence ...
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Eyewitness (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Eyewitness is a gripping, fast-paced thriller seen through the eyes of two teenagers whose clandestine meeting unravels into a nightmare of murder, corruption and gang warfare.
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay teenager, murder, police corruption, lgbt, nordic, secret, witnessing a crime, teenager, friendship, pursuit ...
Place: oslo norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Kara Ekmek (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Asiye is young and beautiful girl who works as a manicurist in a small beauty salon. She lives in a poor neighborhood with her family and wants to get married as soon as possible in order to get rid of her step mothers evil tongue. When she learns ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: murder, revenge, mercilessness, mob boss, crime boss, mafia, chase, organized crime, youth, brutality, rivalry, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Thin Blue Line (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, police academy, investigation, partner, youth, officers and cadets, death, society, danger, friendship, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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29%
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Fallen Angel (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 205 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the Roth Trilogy of novels by Andrew Taylor, Fallen Angel tells the story of Rosie Byfield, a clergyman's daughter, who grows up to be a psychopathic killer. It has an unusual narrative that moves backwards in time as it uncovers the ...
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, detective ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, psychopath, life is a bitch, betrayal, weakness, murder, danger, flashback, violence, murder mystery, clergy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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
Plot: prison, prison sentence, imprisoned, jailed, jail, women in prison, prison life, framed for murder, life is a bitch, accused of murder, female protagonist, accusation ...
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29%
Beautiful to Die For (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Eva, a police inspector returns to the quiet village where she grew up to be next to her sister Rachele, a single mother. She finds herself investigating the mysterious disappearance of Gioia, an aspiring showgirl.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: crime investigation, police, partners against crime, who done it, uncover truth, murder mystery, heroes, evidence, vengeance, police detective, partner, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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29%
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Il re (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Bruno applies his own personal idea of justice inside his prison while outside of it his life is far from ordered. When his kingdom unexpectedly comes under threat, he finds himself fighting the most difficult war of his life.
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating
Plot: corruption, jail, reformatory, prison life, prison warden, prison fight, jail cell, prison riot, prison guard, problem, jailed, prison brawl ...
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29%
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Killing Time (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Killing Time is an Australian television drama series on TV1 subscription television channel which first screened in 2011. It is based on the true story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser. In New Zealand it screens on Prime Television. The ten part ...
Style: realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, serious
Plot: rise and fall, lawyers and clients, confined, disgraced, legal, prison, ambition, introspection, drug abuse, society, rivalry, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Down Time (2001)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Slim Williams, a small-time dealer, is poised to make his big score with his partner Paulie. But the easy deal becomes a nightmare when Slim is caught in deadly police sting and ends up in a maximum-security penitentiary. Sold out by his partner, ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, rough, hispanic ...
Plot: prison gang, prison, drug addict, jail, gang, power, racism, revenge, police, grudge, murder, voice over narration ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Serve and Protect (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
TV show
Story: Fresh off the Academy, talented rookie officer Alicia joins the police station in Distrito Sur. While she learns the ropes from veteran detective Miralles and streetwise agent Batista, she will try to find out the truth about her mother's death.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, telenovela
Plot: police, police detective, fighting crime, partners against crime, murder investigation, partner, cold case, murder, uncover truth, police partner, police investigation, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Stranger Inside (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility
Style: emotional, disturbing, rough, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot: prison, lesbian, women in prison, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, drug dealing, youth, gang, society, juvenile delinquency, confined ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Respect (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The protagonist of the story, Ercüment Çözer rebels against disrespect and rudeness that we tend to avoid, ignore and eventually forget. Ercüment Çözer is a sociopath obsessed with the idea of respect. However, this time, he is not alone on ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot: murder, violence, vigilante, serial killer, businessman, revenge, corruption, danger, who done it, police investigation, partner, evidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Juvenile Justice (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: judge, court, courtroom, police, legal system, criminal justice, law enforcement, law enforcer, female judge, court case, lawsuit, lawman ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Wicked City (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: “Wicked City” follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed to solve a serial murder case.
Style: erotic, suspense, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, police, murder investigation, murder, police detective, lapd, hollywood, danger, violence, couples, friendship, uncover truth ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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