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 6.5
 42K
White Boy Rick (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style: suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fbi, informant, drug traffic, father son relationship, buddies, culture clash, teenager, gangsta, mobster, biopic, drug, urban ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 2014, year 2017, year 1988 ...
Place: las vegas, ohio, michigan, detroit
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 7.3
 139K
Good Time (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Style: neo noir, suspense, independent film, brutal, captivating ...
Plot: prison, brother brother relationship, loneliness, stolen money, on the run, hospital, brother, mentally challenged person, mental disorder, robbery, promise, game playing ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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 7.1
 497
Konsul (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For con men, the game of trickery is at least as important as any monetary reward they might seek. In this wry Polish film, a con-man (Piotr Fronczewski) has just been released from prison. A real artist of conmanship, he starts back at his old ...
Plot: true crime, con man, con game, charisma, parole, consulate, scam, blackmail, fake, duplicity, holocaust survivor, forger ...
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Telling Secrets (1993)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't be traced back to her. The detective investigating the murder soon realizes her role in ...
Style: detective
Plot: serial killer, gas station, printing, true crime, dea, escape, police officer, accountant, delivery man, staircase, hugging, engagement ...
Place: spain
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Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Plot: heist, criminal, old woman, betrayal of trust, con artists, jewelry, mansion, old lady, parole, rolls royce, convict, art collection ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, england, london
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 7.3
 260
Panchagni (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The movie revolves around Indira, who is serving life sentence in the jail. She has been charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord who killed a young tribal woman after raping her.
Plot: feminist, indian woman, murder, anger, attraction, happiness, dysfunctional family, love, parole, unemployment, death of mother, activist ...
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, clever, witty, funny ...
Plot: prison, robbery, heist, fighting the system, goofy hero, couples, petty criminal, unlikely criminals, misfit, couple relations, hapless, cons and scams ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, 50s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: persia, turkey, quebec
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 7.8
 102K
A Prophet (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style: harsh, tense, bleak, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison, mafia, gangster, prison life, cruelty, organized crime, coming of age, prison gang, racial slur, jail, guilt, respect ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france, marseille
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 5.4
 8K
Possession (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: coma, identity crisis, couple relations, life turned upside down, brother brother relationship, obsession, disorder, supernatural, accident, murder, false identity, automobile ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
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 6.2
 1K
Pinero (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and ...
Style: disturbing, stylized, factual, intense, sincere ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, writers, biopic, rise and fall, lifestyle, rising to stardom, ambition, drug, drug addiction, prison, society ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, 70s
Place: new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, puerto rico, manhattan new york city ...
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The Pact of Silence (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: investigation, psychopath, supernatural ability, mentally unstable, obsessive quest, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, dishonesty, hidden identity, clergy, obsession ...
Place: brazil, paris france, europe, france, latin america
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 8.7
 106K
Oz (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorizes their mutual enemies.
Style: rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison life, prison, life is a bitch, confined, violence spree, rape, homosexual rape, gay, rapist, strong sexual content, gang violence, racism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york
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The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
Style: biting, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, sex, lgbt, coming of age, gay man has sex with a woman, lgbtq, satire, pregnancy, age difference, dark humor, death, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: louisiana, canada, las vegas, los angeles, palm springs california ...
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Midnight Express (1978)
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, realistic, suspense, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: prison, torture, brutality, injustice, lawyer, escape, drug, court, escape attempt, trial, prison break, jail ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978, year 1972, year 1975 ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece
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Love the Hard Way (2001)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, bleak, romantic drama ...
Plot: couples, love and romance, student life, cons and scams, destructive relationship, college, lie, dancing, police, friendship, friend, secret ...
Time: year 2001
Place: new york, usa
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Lone Star State of Mind (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Earl and Baby, two young lovers with a plan to escape their small Texas town. But when Baby's dim-witted cousin Junior gets tangled up in a whole heap of trouble, Earl has just 48 hours to save the day, rescue Junior and keep his promise to get ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: stupidity, debt, misfit, partner, babies and infants, small town life, heist, friends, male female relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, bowling ...
Place: texas, los angeles, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
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 6.5
 8K
Lonesome Jim (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Failing to make it on his own, 27-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
Style: touching, emotional, stylized, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: small town, dysfunctional family, coma, single parent, homecoming, alienation, introspection, writers, love and romance, hopes, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa, new orleans
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The Longest Yard (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' ...
Style: inspirational, intense, suspense, talky, witty ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, american football, football, underdog, prison escape, cheerleader, farce, greed, crime gone awry, unlikely friendships, prison life, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida, usa, america, georgia
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 7.2
 16K
City of Men (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style: tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: friendship, street gang, slum, betrayal, coming of age, favela, relationships, best friend, character study, brutality, storytelling, adaptation ...
Time: year 2008, year 2007, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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 7.5
 274K
Blow (2001)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style: depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug addiction, drug lord, drug abuse, drug dealing, friendship, drug, drug dealer, drug cartel, rise and fall, addiction, gangster, drug use ...
Time: 70s, year 2001, 20th century, 80s, near future ...
Place: latin america, colombia, california, mexico, usa ...
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 5.3
 4K
Another You (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognize George as the missing millionaire ...
Style: black comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: beer, sanitarium, con man, hustler, manipulation, partner, misfit, odd couple, femme fatale, friendship, dishonesty, forgery ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa, beverly hills, california
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And God Created Woman (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out of prison, but soon decides to seduce James Tiernan, ...
Style: sexy, realistic, intense, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: couples, prison, female protagonist, marriage of convenience, femme fatale, love and romance, infidelity, sexual relations, opposites attract, unlikely couple, rise to the top, love triangle ...
Time: 80s
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 7.7
 54K
Adam's Apples (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, humorous, black comedy, psychological ...
Plot: church, priest, religion, funeral, skinhead, racial slur, belief, cynic, prejudice, disability, existentialism, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, saudi arabia, indonesia
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 4.8
 39K
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth... a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler... teams up with ...
Style: fairy tale, light, humorous, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: dog, dalmatian, animal, puppy, talking animal, pets, children, released from prison, chase, happy ending, parole officer, disorder ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: england, paris france, europe, big ben london, london ...
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 7.4
 201K
The Judge (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style: touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, small town, trial, jury, courtroom drama, homecoming, legal, judge, court, murder trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: indiana, boston, peru, massachusetts, usa ...
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 6.4
 178K
Need for Speed (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But ...
Style: exciting, realistic, road movie, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: car chase, car, street racing, car race, race, ford mustang, race against time, frame up, cross country, justice, racing, driver ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, new york, detroit ...
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 5.5
 645
Cellmates (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville, dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses ...
Style: not serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: prison, redemption, racism, society, hopes, confined, fight, transformation, unlikely friendships, isolation, friendship, showdown ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas, mexico, latin america
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 7.4
 7K
Any Day Now (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style: thought provoking, sad, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, adoption, gay adoption, lgbt, gay couple, down syndrome, homosexual, gay slur, gay parent, district attorney, disability ...
Time: 70s, year 2012, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.4
 260
Players (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Three young ex-cons track down criminals as a part of a new FBI program.
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nypd, hustler, fbi, ex convict, special agent, partner, partners against crime, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, cons and scams, con game ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 5.6
 10K
The Samaritan (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, prison, paternity revealed, parole officer, crime boss, father daughter relationship, dishonesty, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, cons and scams, twists and turns, one last job ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, brazil, toronto ontario canada
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