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The Convict (2021)
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Original name: Skazana
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 is kept alive by a teenage daughter and a desire to take revenge on those who set her up.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
women in prison, prison, criminal, prison life, frame up, jailed, jail, false accusation of murder, framed for murder, revenge, judge, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, female judge, prison gang, female protagonist, problem, struggle for survival, false accusation, jail cell, prison sentence, guilty verdict, accused of murder, framed for a crime, falsely accused ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and disturbing films and TV series with plots about prison, prison sentence, criminal, jail, prison life, jailed and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Convict: Seven Women in Prison (2017), Locked Up (2015), The Yard (2018), Block B - Under Arrest (2015), Celblok H (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic, suspense ...
Plot:
geisha, women in prison, prison, false accusation, confined, women's prison, jail, prison life, women, framed for murder, prison sentence, jailed ...
Place:
japan
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
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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, suspense, disturbing, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
women's prison, prison guard, lesbian, women in prison, female prisoner, corruption, prison, female homosexuality, lgbtq, dishonesty, jail, brutality ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 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, tense, suspense, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
women's prison, prison life, drug addict, women in prison, prison, murder, lesbian attraction, prison gang, judge, courtroom, marriage, police ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
prison, imprisoned, women's prison, jailed, women in prison, jail, prison sentence, prison life, problem, framed for murder, accusation, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
40%
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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 life, jail cell, prison sentence, jail, penal colony, women in prison, colony ...
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37%
563
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:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
corruption, prison warden, jail, reformatory, prison, prison guard, jail cell, prison riot, prison life, prison fight, prison gang, criminal ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Women establish a sisterhood as they spend time together behind bars.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, women, confined, sisterhood, women's prison, prison life, problem, jail cell, prison sentence, criminal, imprisoned, jailed ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Cadu, a public defender who sees his life change after being mistaken for a drug dealer.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
prison, jailed, crime boss, prison life, jail, white lie, mistaken identity, criminal, drug lord, maximum security prison, jail cell, drug dealer ...
Place:
bolivia, miami
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min.
TV show
Story:
Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009)
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
jail, false accusation, prison gang, prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, jailed, corruption, wrongful imprisonment, prison warden, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
Plot:
prison, prison violence, prison gang, male objectification, gang, humiliation, convict, prison life, confined, prisoner, jailed, bandit ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Five female prisoners forge a unique bond after a deadly accident... until corruption and turf wars within a ruthless prison threaten to destroy them.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, emotional, intense, tense
Plot:
women's prison, power struggle, survival, corruption, organized crime, betrayal, violence, female friendship, abuse of power, sisterhood, moral ambiguity, anti hero ...
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23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Reeling from tragedy, a nondescript house cleaner embarks on a murderous streak as she searches for her missing husband and reckons with old wounds.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murderer, cleaning lady, killing, dark past, confronting the past, murder mystery, social problems, secret past, criminal, secret identity ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, escape, jailed, jail, prison life, prison escape, injustice, prison break, social problems, falsely accused, prison sentence, jail cell ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Stella is a young, cute, libertine, tough, confident, intelligent, cunning Icelandic lawyer with a flexible moral compass who takes on mysterious and often dangerous cases and only loves rules when she's breaking them.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
bisexual woman, conspiracy, corruption, lawyer, attorney, female protagonist, defense attorney, murder, problem, criminal, politics, lgbt ...
Place:
reykjavik iceland, iceland, china
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of a young man falsely accused of rape and sentenced to six years in a maximum security prison. He must rely on survival skills and an unlikely bond with an infamous inmate to prove his innocence and regain his freedom.
Style:
tense, captivating, crime drama, art house
Plot:
false accusation of rape, rise and fall, prison, maximum security prison, jail, jailed, false accusation, prisoner, accusation, social injustice, falsely accused, framed for a crime ...
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23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Zambrano is a young criminal with the only hope of joining the legendary prison American football team known as The Dogs of Santa Martha. His hopes end up involving him with organized crime since The Dogs, who are also known as The 4th Company, a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
football team, football, prison, juvenile delinquency, criminal, jailed, life is a bitch, teenage life, prison life, teenager, prison sentence, jail ...
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, disturbing, suspense, anthology ...
Plot:
cocaine, spy, criminal, drug lord, danger, drug, drug cartel, bandit, drug traffic, smuggler, organized crime, chaos ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story:
Convinced of her daughter's innocence in a homicide, a devoted mother soon uncovers unsettling truths as the line between victim and perpetrator blurs.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, uncover truth, accusation, mother and daughter, family relations, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, male female relationship, framed for a crime, criminal, problem ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
women in prison, corruption, revenge, prison life, female protagonist, criminal, imprisoned, miscarriage of justice, court, jail, prison sentence, prison ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
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838
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
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, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
prison, innocent, problem, prison sentence, jail, prison life, imprisoned, jailed, social problems, life is a bitch, football player, organized crime ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman accused of murder must prove her innocence by exposing the secrets of her past.
Style:
exciting, suspense, realistic, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
murder, dark past, murder investigation, secret revealed, protagonist as suspect, innocence, troubled past, framed for murder, crime investigation, false accusation of murder, framed for a crime, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
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Story:
A woman named Mavi tries to kill the man who she thinks is her brother's killer (Ali) on their wedding day , although Ali is not his killer , he stayed in prison for 12 years to protect the real killer , his brother Cemal.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, dysfunctional family, family drama, prison, framed for murder, falsely accused, false accusation of murder, family problems, prisoner, brother brother relationship, family secret, life is a bitch ...
Place:
cappadocia turkey
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21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive? A tense story of punishment and principles, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, crying
Plot:
prison, redemption, prison guard, prisoner, guilty conscience, jail, blackmail, suicide, mental illness, guilt, forgiveness, maximum security prison ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Lorena, Frida, Lisset and Montse, four friends who are in prison serving a sentence. One of them is accused unjustly. In the prison where they are held there is a massive escape and they escape. After their escape, the fugitives take refuge in a bar ...
Style:
soap opera, exciting, realistic, dramatic, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, prison sentence, fight, imprisoned, love affair, jail cell, women in prison, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, relationships, jail ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religions or cults, religious faith, religious fanatic, problem, religious fanaticism, religious cult, life is a bitch, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, religion, black cast, naked breasts ...
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20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological
Plot:
criminal, crime boss, husband and wife, organized crime, life is a bitch, male protagonist, criminal underworld, criminal gang, gang, sex scene, black ops, drug ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
20%
379
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Uruguay, Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When a renowned criminal lawyer sees one of the people she loves most become a victim of the Brazilian penitentiary system, she must decide whether to cross the line that separates her between looking for justice or committing an unforgivable crime.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
courtroom drama, criminal lawyer, prison, reformatory, prison sentence, legal, female lawyer, moral dilemma, attorney, guilty verdict, fight for justice, accusation ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
20%
175
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
The series begins one night at the height of the bachelor party of Eyal Malka on the family yacht, one of the largest crime families in Israel. Until they board the yacht and assassinate all the men and soldiers of the family. The women of the Malka ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
crime family, revenge, israeli, mafia, family drama, women, female protagonist, widow, murder, assassination, dysfunctional family, political conspiracy ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A retired policeman and a former criminal, must face their past when their daughters' lives are suddenly put at risk in this gangster thriller shining a light on the dark and dangerous activities of the Warsaw Mafia.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
murder, father daughter relationship, murderer, killing, partner, kids in trouble, family relations, forensics, relationship problems, family secret, teamwork, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A veteran detective who is about to retire unfolds a breathtaking psychological warfare with a mysterious man who follows his path while hiding his identity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, detective
Plot:
homicide detective, blackmail, falsely accused, mysterious man, murder, killing, framed for murder, crime investigation, false accusation of murder, murderer, murder investigation, investigation ...
Similarity:
20%
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