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Alcatraz (2018)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber and a gangster, attempt to escape from the infamous Alcatraz Island.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
captive, prison, attempted escape, risk, hostage, brutality, freedom, imprisonment, court, prisoner, murder, criminal, bible, prison fight, brother sister relationship, convict, jail cell, escape attempt, prison warden, prison guard, true crime, alcatraz, gun, shot to death, held at gunpoint ...
Time:
year 1946, 1940s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, disturbing and serious films with plots about murder, prison, violence, criminal, death, convict and brutality mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Alcatraz: Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017), The Utah Cabin Murders (2019), Enemies of the State (2010), A Sense of Freedom (1981), Convict (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, alcatraz, escape, prison life, freedom, jail, island, prison warden, harassment, prison guard, convict ...
Time:
year 1960, 20th century, year 1979, year 1961, year 1962 ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, canada
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
prison, revenge, maximum security prison, kidnapping, prison guard, prison warden, murder, prisoner, extreme violence, violence, boxer, police shootout ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 196 min.
Story:
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, grim, moody
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alcatraz, prison, escape attempt, confined, biopic, island prison, desperation, isolation, violent, hopelessness, realism, survival ...
Time:
1940s
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100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two sisters fight for survival when masked intruders invade their vacation cabin.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, sadistic ...
Plot:
redneck, travel, vacation gone wrong, masked killer, murder, xmas, sadistic killer, sisters, sadist, sister, murderer, killing ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A police detective consults with incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to help him catch The Green River Killer. Based on terrifying true life elements which inspired Silence of the Lambs. In 1984, police in Washington State are investigating a spate ...
Style:
psychological thriller, clever, atmospheric, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
maniac, fbi, murderer, true crime, unsolved crime, homicide detective, mysterious villain, mind game, investigation, murder investigation, homicidal maniac, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Crime thriller inspired by the story of Jiri Kajinek, which is considered the first bounty hunter in the Czech Republic. Thanks to his escape from the prison fortress Mirov it became a legend and the most wanted man in Europe. Five weeks while ...
Style:
suspense, captivating
Plot:
prison, criminal, lawyer, prison escape, legal, crime boss, court, law and order, jailed, prison life, prison fight, true crime ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Sense of Freedom is a 1979 British crime film directed by John Mackenzie for Scottish television. The film starred David Hayman and featured Hector Nicol & Fulton Mackay, is a based on the book of the true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
prison, angry, british gangster, imprisonment, skinhead, true crime, sick, brutality, anger, criminal, rage, funeral ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland
Similarity:
43%
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:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a ...
Style:
slasher, atmospheric, retro, disturbing, cult classic ...
Plot:
prison, ghost, night, prison guard, haunting, revenge, prisoner, prison life, jail, execution, imprisonment, prison warden ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1964
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, revenge, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, vengeance, prisoner, prison life, tough guy, electric chair, jail, self sacrifice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, emotional, breathtaking, surprise ending ...
Plot:
hospital, chase, escape, father son relationship, leukemia, terminal illness, criminal, psychopath, police officer, villain played by lead actor, child in peril, boy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, brutality, torture, injustice, lawyer, escape, prison life, prison escape, drug, drug smuggling, court, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970, year 1978, year 1975 ...
Place:
turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece, istanbul turkey, europe ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A 17-year-old girl uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, emotional, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school shooting, violence, killing, high school, death, father daughter relationship, mass murder, bullying, social misfits, heroes, true crime, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, violence, police, organized crime, undercover, prison gang, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, ex convict, danger, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, violent, criminal, prisoner, violence, police, blood, forensic, killing, murderer, killing spree ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
europe, dover england, london
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Style:
intense, tense, exciting, rough, inspirational ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, military prison, military, murder, fighting the system, prison riot, convict, prison escape, manipulation, sacrifice, chess ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west point, iraq, new jersey
Similarity:
40%
203
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Vadim Uporov is desperate to escape from the Gulag. He tries and tries - again and again...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gulag, jail, escaped prisoner, prison life, prisoner of war camp, captive, young man, convict, fleeing, hopes, frame up, prisoner ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
Style:
brutal, realistic, tense, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, convict, prison riot, jail, aryan brotherhood, prison gang, fighting the system, male nudity, brutality, court, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971.
Style:
political, cult classic, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison escape, jail, prison, prison riot, dungeon, fight scenes, ghetto, gang, prison life, confined, state affairs, criminal heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A criminal holds a wealthy family hostage.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
hostage, home invasion, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, mind game, justice, psychopath, fugitive, sniper, father daughter relationship, extramarital affair, family in danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
utah, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A post-apocalyptic thriller about a heartbroken man and his new friends who must together battle marauders in order to survive in a new lawless world.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, rough ...
Plot:
heroes, survival, friendship, murder, hopes, apocalypse, redemption, dark hero, hostage, survivor, father daughter relationship, gunfight ...
Place:
mississippi, iowa, illinois
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt seduce bored, restless, small town mom Joyce Mitchell who aids and abets their audacious jailbreak.
Style:
talky, touching, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison escape, prison, prison life, punishment, friends, freedom, convict, heroes, framed for murder, justice, society, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, tense, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
father daughter relationship, gunfight, mafia, danger, self sacrifice, struggle for survival, criminal gang, hiding, obsession, hopes, hitman, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
georgia, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A hit man on the run and a woman with a secret try to evade teams of assassins headed by the lethal and relentless Mr. Gray.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
hitman, assassin, secret, on the run, fight scenes, secret identity, murder, death, chase, revenge, society, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, obsession, danger, master criminal, rivalry, woman in danger, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bay area, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician begins experiencing terrifying visions when she moves into the house where the Manson Family committed their infamous crimes.
Style:
disturbing, bloody, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot:
mass murder, charles manson, serial killer, psycho killer, murder, killing, cold blooded killer, serial murder, cold blooded murder, bloody violence, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
Time:
90s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
beverly hills
Similarity:
39%
109K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Style:
sexy, philosophical, neo noir, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
cocaine, drug cartel, lawyer, greed, drug traffic, brutality, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, violent, betrayal, gratuitous violence, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, peru, texas, usa, london ...
Similarity:
39%
269K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, clever, twist ending, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
prison, prison escape, revenge, outsmarting, escape plan, betrayal, resourceful, escape, prisoner, maximum security prison, prison break, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, usa, miami, new orleans, colorado ...
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
641
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While on vacation in rural Wisconsin, five friends seek refuge in a lone building after their vehicle crashes in a vicious snowstorm. With no cell service, the group splits up to find help but when they reunite, one of them is found dead.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
friends, murder, vacation, fleeing, murder investigation, murder mystery, group of friends, murderer, criminal, secret, fear, isolation ...
Similarity:
39%
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