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Dog Pound (2010)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
Style:
sincere, tense, sexy, realistic, serious, cerebral, independent film, social, crime drama, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, prison, juvenile prison, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, accidental killing, male pubic hair, prison life, reformatory, sodomy, juvenile detention, youth, going straight, male nudity, life is a bitch, isolation, society, redemption, confined, rebelliousness, social relations, petty criminal, hopes, violence spree, gang ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
montana
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and bleak films with plots about juvenile delinquency, prison, youth, society, coming of age, gang and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dog Pound: Starred Up (2013), Offender (2012), Scum (1979), American History X (1998), R: Hit First, Hit Hardest (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, naked man, violence, prison life, juvenile delinquent, nudity, prison guard, hot guys, male nudity, therapist, nude young male ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
ethiopia, ireland, britain, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
male nudity, robbery, prison life, confined, vigilantism, vengeance, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, chase, urban, prison, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style:
tense, serious, controversial, independent film, grindhouse ...
Plot:
boy, rebellion, corruption, rape, criminal, prison, humiliation, youth, prison life, juvenile delinquent, racism, revenge ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, male pubic hair, friendship, gang, confined, warden, murder, violence, muslim, racial slur, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, crime drama, crying ...
Plot:
prison, mentor, friendship, prison life, criminal, confined, teaching the ways of the world, jail, gang, drug, anger, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, disturbing, serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison life, prison, violence spree, fish out of water, life is a bitch, downfall, corrupt officer, haunted by the past, misfit, confined, law enforcement, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Style:
tense, realistic, bleak, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, prison, violence, gang, murder, transvestite, prison gang, marijuana, survival, prison rape, drug, mentor protege relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, paris france, puerto rico ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
prison, vengeance, juvenile delinquent, violence, juvenile delinquency, youth, bullying, prison escape, gangster, rivalry, prison rape, brat pack ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, south america, illinois, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A teenager prisoner awaits his release when two weeks before that happens he's told that his mother is returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a Sociology student, Ana, working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Style:
serious, rough, touching, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
forced sexual contact, prison warden, teenage love, redemption, power relations, family relations, parents and children, unfulfilled love, confined, society, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
100%
807
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is dominated by violence and latent aggression. Oppression and ...
Style:
emotional, rough, serious, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
male rape, juvenile delinquency, isolation, prison, confined, prison life, criminal heroes, society, youth, gay, sexual frustration, jail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany, central europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, surreal, art house, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
deaf, sign language, boarding school, deaf mute, sex scene, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, unwanted pregnancy, bullying, male nudity, troubled youth, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, kiev ukraine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, life is a bitch, youth, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, harsh, rough, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, mafia, prison life, gangster, cruelty, male nudity, organized crime, male objectification, convict, prison gang, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
france, marseille, europe, paris france, california
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26%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cerebral ...
Plot:
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Time:
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26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
teenage boy, brutality, skinhead, men's rights, blood, criminal, prison riot, abuse, juvenile delinquent, beaten up, punishment, threat ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial ...
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serious, disturbing, realistic, touching, neorealism ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, sicily, europe, milan italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
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337
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Peter, a frustrated suburban teenager, prefers to hang out by the railroad tracks with his friends and get rid of boredom. When the young men throw the switch one day just for fun, a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions occurs. A train derails ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspense, bleak
Plot:
prison, train, going straight, teenage life, redemption, confined, kids in trouble, hopes, youth, false accusation, society, prison life ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
prison, injustice, hip hop, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, musician's life, redemption, prison life, youth, society, murder, life sentence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, touching, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
hopes, going straight, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, juvenile delinquency, youth, dishonesty, asian, pregnant teenager, poverty, homeless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, street gang, coming of age, youth gang, gang, bullying, friendship, parents and children, urban ghetto life, high school life, urban ghetto, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
24%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style:
depressing, rough, atmospheric, serious, political ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prostitution, street kid, child abuse, boy, sex with a minor, coming of age, 10 year old, child rape, children, nude boy, violent, loneliness ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
brazil, south america, latin america, rio de janeiro, sao paulo brazil ...
Similarity:
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22K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, disturbing, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
youth, nudity, sex scene, hip hop culture, sex with a stranger, society, teenager, juvenile delinquency, hip hop, female nudity, making love, brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A 19-year-old is coming out of prison and trying to build a new life but he can't deal with his guilt.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy
Plot:
teenage boy, hopes, prison life, bare chested male, male pubic hair, nudity, guilt, youth, starting over, redemption, self discovery, going straight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, bleak, crime drama ...
Plot:
redemption, death row, prison, gang, gangster, brutality, justice, adaptation, human spirit, hopes, journalism, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, future, 80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
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:
rough, disturbing, emotional, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, lesbian, women in prison, gay african american, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, society, youth, confined, gang, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Colombia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
World-weary arthur Fernando has returned to his native Colombia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a ...
Style:
meditative, thought provoking, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
gay, murder, man boy relationship, poverty, vengeance, gang, lgbt, homosexual, drug dealing, teenage life, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, south america, usa, tokyo ...
Similarity:
24%
483
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote Aboriginal community, 10 year old Daniel yearns to be a gangster, like the male role models in his life. Skipping school, getting into fights and running drugs for Linden, who leads the main gang in town.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
youth, australian aboriginal, gang, drug dealing, social relations, small town, life is a bitch, society, introspection, indigenous people, school, ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new south wales
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, controversial, brutal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, pedophile, teenage boy, male prostitution, sexual abuse, lgbt teen, juvenile delinquent, childhood, pedophilia, mentor, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
long island, new york, new jersey, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
Style:
rough, serious, hood, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, found footage, ghetto, urban, tough heroes, social decay, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, society, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
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