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The Inner Cage (2021)
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Original name: Ariaferma
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:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, existential, tense, philosophical, contemplative, tension, dramatic, suspenseful
Plot:
prison guard, prison, lgbt, prison life, confined, life is a bitch, society, jailed, social misfits, jail, white trash, jail cell, prison warden, prison sentence, loneliness, claustrophobia, isolation, humanity, moral ambiguity, character study, minimalism, morality, waiting, dignity, compassion ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, tense, captivating and thrilling films with plots about isolation, character study, moral ambiguity, redemption, slow burn, prison and claustrophobia mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Inner Cage: The Executioner (2009), Believers (2022), Manners of Dying (2004), Out of Tune (2019), The Pack (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An execution scheduled to be carried out in 12 years creates a hostile and stifling atmosphere among guards in one jail. This has profound effects on the dehumanization of Jae-kyoung, a young, newly appointed guard who nonetheless happens to find ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
prison, security guard, prison warden, execution, coworker, prison life, workplace situations, death penalty, workplace, life is a bitch, problem, dehumanization ...
Place:
korea, south korea
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164
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On a small island somewhere near Japan, three cult members have devoted themselves to the "Deserted Island Program". Calling each other by rank, these people-two men and one women-have been chosen by their superiors to throw off the ...
Style:
psychological, dramatic, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
isolation, woman, male female relationship, social problems, human nature, japanese woman, life is a bitch, lifestyle, social issues, corruption, japanese man, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
japan
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63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kevin Barlow (Roy Dupuis) will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington (Serge Houde), director of the Cantos execution facility, intends to make sure of it. However Barlow chooses to go, be it calmly or fighting to the end, ...
Style:
psychological, intense, existential, tense, philosophical ...
Plot:
prison, death row, execution, death sentence, character study, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, humanity, claustrophobia, power struggle, mature, warden ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Celebrity financier and jet-setter Markus Føns has been taken into custody. Following a brutal assault by a gang of bikers in connection with some of his more shady dealings, Markus opts for voluntary solitary confinement among the prison's ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, semi serious, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison, choir, singing, jail, isolation, jailed, prison life, prison gang, problem, prison sentence, jail cell, confined ...
Similarity:
53%
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454
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Eliú, a country boy, is incarcerated́ in an experimental minors' centre in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest, for a crime he committed with his friend El Mono. Every day, the teenagers perform strenuous manual labour and intense ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
prison life, teenager, guilt, trauma, juvenile detention, prison sentence, teenage boy, confined, jail, prison, prisoner, life is a bitch ...
Place:
colombia
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44%
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, political, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, prison life, prison, injustice, human rights, jailed, confined, military prison, jail cell, prison violence, prisoner, jail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
Style:
realistic, suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prisoner, friendship, jailed, urban, prison life, realism, convict, confined, social problems, maximum security prison, jail ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, contemplative, existential, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, breakdown, character study, rain, trauma, single, transformation, isolation, slow burn, intimate, minimalism ...
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41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Princess is a young illegal immigrant from Nigeria who sells her body on the outskirts of a big city. Like an Amazon on the hunt, protected by her friends, she moves through a pinewood that stretches as far as the sea, an enchanted forest in which ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
sex trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking, female protagonist, illegal immigrant, african, exploitation, resilience, street life, illegal immigration, trauma, poverty ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, Caesar Must Die (Cesare Deve Morire), the scripted documentary shows inmates at a prison in Rome rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, talky, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, hopes, shakespeare, human spirit, actor's life, audition, introspection, confined, criminal heroes, rehearsal, convict ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being transferred from juvenile to adult prison, Mel Blight is taken under the wing of both Mark Shepard, Australia’s most despised criminal, and Warren Murfett, a soon to be paroled inmate. As a paternal triangle grows between them, we see ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, harsh ...
Plot:
prison, jail, jail cell, prison life, prison sentence, jailed, relationships, imprisoned, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, confined, character study ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An apartment on one of Rome's seven hills turns into a film studio for shooting three different stories about cocaine. The story takes place in a circular time-frame, in which each character could be living or could have lived the life of the ...
Style:
psychological, social, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
drug abuse, cocaine, drug, junkie, loneliness, addiction, drug overdose, social issues, multiple storylines, envy, drug addict, drug addiction ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Steve Mackleson is a dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison. We follow, as he navigates his struggle against redemption the system and his inner turmoil, when a young black gang member becomes his unlikely ...
Style:
suspense, intense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
maximum security prison, prison warden, prison, character study, redemption, prison life, jailed, jail, jail cell, prison sentence, prison fight, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, organized crime, corruption, jail, imprisoned, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, criminal underworld, gangster, false accusation ...
Place:
japan, the philippines
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Germany, Uruguay
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Living the mundane existence of a professional bodyguard, always in the shadows of his clients, Ruben decides to make a change that will finally give him a personal connection outside of his solitary world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
bodyguard, introspection, mental illness, estrangement, human nature, assassination attempt, politician, losing-it hero, loyalty, identity crisis, loneliness, morality ...
Time:
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
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35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
prison, obsession, character study, isolation, loneliness, bureaucracy, surveillance, confined, obsessive love, privacy invasion, power, secret life ...
Place:
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460
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A well-known Neapolitan writer returns to his hometown after a long absence and encounters an old friend known as Caracas. Caracas, once a neo-fascist skinhead, is now converting to Islam.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
homecoming, integration, muslim, character study, back in hometown, life, changing lives, lifestyle change, ethical dilemma, neo fascism, moral ambiguity, introspection ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy, southern italy, naples italy
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
desperation, debt, society, life is a bitch, rivalry, money, violence, redemption, escapades, life philosophy, adaptation, poverty ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A prisoner soon has his guard questioning his own world-view.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, tension, intense, existential ...
Plot:
prisoner, security guard, prison, character study, power, confined, power struggle, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, isolation, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Banshee: Origins is a series of webisodes based on the American drama television series produced by Cinemax called Banshee. The series offers flashbacks in-between the time where Lucas Hood was arrested and when Sheriff Lucas Hood first arrived in ...
Style:
serious, tense, disturbing, thrilling, exciting ...
Plot:
prison, prison guard, prison sentence, prison life, imprisonment, jail, liberation, prison warden, released from prison, jail cell, jailed, vigilante ...
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101
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Eunha, who is a stateless person, is imprisoned for charged with murder. A warmhearted, coolheaded correctional officer goes through turbulent changes of his emotions after he meets the woman. The movie depicts the extraordinary love between the two ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
prison, prisoner, prison life, jail, prison sentence, tragic love, prison warden, confined, love story, relationships, male female relationship, jailed ...
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30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a German town, teacher Irene leads an inconspicuous, boring, lonely life. One day, a man rings at her door and slips in. It's an armed convict from the prison next door, escaped with a leg wound. He now makes her a prisoner in her own home. ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, crime drama, dark, intense ...
Plot:
captivity, confined, psychological manipulation, hostage, home invasion, claustrophobia, stockholm syndrome, moral ambiguity, prison escape, mature, slow burn, character study ...
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30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a small mountain valley in Italy, the former criminal Cesare discovers the corpse of his nephew Fausto.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
isolation, murder mystery, investigation, murder, murder investigation, murder suspect, life is a bitch, male protagonist, murderer, criminal, suspicion, suspicion of murder ...
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29%
80
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
hotel, human nature, haunted by the past, couples, introspection, self discovery, society, isolation, loss, confined, character study, uncertainty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
8 men in a holding cell with a homeless man who claims to be god
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, existential, philosophical ...
Plot:
devil, jail, god, god complex, prison, sodomy, character study, confined space, humanity, religion, police station, urban ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in a rural fishing village in southern Japan, this is the story of Erika, a celebrated former anchorwoman now back in her hometown campaigning for a seat in the national party, and Yohei, an insecure fisherman-in-training. The two are worlds ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, survival, power, fishing village, isolation, stranded, problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, relationship vs career, island ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Father and son try to rebuild their relationship after they have a paragliding accident and end up being stuck in an opening.
Style:
tension, tense, emotional, suspense, psychological
Plot:
survival, father son relationship, accident, bonding, family drama, trapped, reconciliation, paragliding, man versus nature, struggle, confined space, claustrophobia ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film dealt with the story of an Indian army officer guarding a picket alone in Kashmir, and his friendship with a Pakistani soldier.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, military, soldier, society, interracial friendship, escapades, friendship between men, danger, camaraderie, border patrol, compassion, character study ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As his tenure as President of Italy nears its end, Mariano De Santis faces wrenching decisions-both political and deeply personal. Amid these moral quandaries, he must confront his own conscience and seek guidance from those closest to him, ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, serious, political drama
Plot:
moral dilemma, character study, grief, italian politics, loneliness, legacy, redemption, family secret, midlife crisis, slow burn, widower, bureaucracy ...
Place:
italy
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