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Assassin Club (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
Style: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot: assassin, killer, murder, hitman, race against time, cat versus mouse, struggle for survival, serial killer, problem, murderer, killings, agent ...
Time: 2020s
Place: paris france, rome italy, barcelona, lisbon portugal
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The continuing escapades of the Suicide Squad.
Style: entertaining, funny, laugh out loud, intense, dark comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, fight scenes, supernatural ability, super villain, female warrior, villain turns good, violence, extreme violence, alien creature, graphic violence, giant monster, evil genius ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, washington d.c., america, south america, louisiana
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 2.5
 790
Shapeshifter (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A maximum-security prison goes into serious lockdown mode when a shape-shifting demon with an insatiable taste for human flesh unleashes its fury on the inmates and guards. Jennifer Lee Wiggins, Ocean, Vaz Andreas, Thomas Downey, Chris Facey, Marat ...
Style: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot: prison, survival, danger, confined, vengeance, supernatural, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, isolation, werewolf, murder, demon ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.1
 329
Supermax (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures and supernatural odds.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, rough, epic
Plot: supernatural, prison, creature, one man army, last man standing, characters killed one by one, brutality, left for dead, showdown, amazon, superhero, television crew ...
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 5.9
 719K
Suicide Squad (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Style: entertaining, absurd, intense, psychotronic, saga ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: villain, superhero, mission, super villain, dark hero, comic book, female warrior, creature, villainess, fight scenes, villain turns good, sarcasm ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: usa, washington d.c., louisiana, pentagon
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 5.9
 469
We Are Angels (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Italian television series.
Style: buddy comedy
Plot: escaped prisoner, priest, escape, prisoner, forgery, pretending to be someone else, maximum security prison, misadventure
Place: latin america
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Johnny Greyeyes (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Johnny GreyEyes is a girl from an injun family. Since her childhood she was abused by her father and one day she killed him. She was arrested and convicted by the court to a long term in local prison. Where she finds the woman, another inmate, who ...
Plot: lesbian, women in prison, native, thirty something, prison, female nudity, lesbianism, robbery, women's prison, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, brother ...
Place: toronto ontario canada
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 5.0
 1K
NetForce (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. ...
Style: tech noir, serious, realistic, bleak, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, die hard, hacker, hacking, spy, evil computer, cyberpunk, heist, artificial intelligence, internet, police dog, computer cracker ...
Time: future, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, new york, baltimore, washington d.c. ...
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Mercenary for Justice (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, escapades, vengeance, hostage, danger, mercenary, rivalry, chases and races, martial arts, rescue, brutality, spy ...
Place: miami, athens greece, cape town south africa
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns ...
Style: bleak, tense, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, robbery, against the rules, rise to the top, prison, prison escape, gangster, mob boss, romancing a criminal, heist, biopic ...
Time: 60s, year 2008, y2k, 2000s, 1950s ...
Place: france, paris france, canada, montreal, africa ...
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In the Name of the Father (1993)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style: political, sentimental, inspirational, dramatic, factual ...
Plot: prison, terrorist, lawyer, father son relationship, courtroom, terrorism, trial, biopic, legal, justice, politics, courtroom drama ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, britain, nepal ...
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 4.6
 17K
Half Past Dead (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This movie tells the story of a man who goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, gangster, tough heroes, secret agent, vengeance, gang, stolen money, save the day, danger, confined, law enforcement, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
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 6.6
 2K
Apprentice (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Qatar
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Aiman is a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory’s top prison. Aiman lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a ...
Style: hood
Plot: prison, death penalty, secret, car accident, mentor, haunted by the past, death sentence, death row, chaos, gadget, prison warden, jail cell ...
Place: singapore
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Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the ...
Style: light, humorous, surreal, funny, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: prison, dysfunctional family, electric chair, escapades, cons and scams, false accusation, mistaken identity, prison life, heist, danger, misfit, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: tennessee
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 5.9
 30K
Fortress (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of the movie. The prison is a futuristic one run by a private ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, cyber, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, mind control, dystopia, isolation, overpopulation, maximum security prison, androids and robots, prison escape, dystopian future, escape, heroes, prison life ...
Time: future, near future, year 1992, year 2017
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The Longest Night (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 268 min.
TV show
Story: Armed forces surround a psychiatric prison in order to abduct an incarcerated serial killer — but aren't prepared for the battle that ensues.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: criminal, murder, prison, serial killer, siege, assault, prison gang, surrounded, jail, resistance, jailed, mentally unstable ...
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 6.6
 42K
The Informer (2019)
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, organized crime, police, prison gang, violence, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, danger, brutality, ex convict, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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 7.7
 8K
Superjail! (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: Superjail! is an American animated television series produced by Augenblick Studios the first season and Titmouse, Inc. the second and third season. The series follows the events that take place in an unusual prison. The pilot episode aired on ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, not serious, surreal ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: prison, chaos and mayhem, androids and robots, prison life, sadism, confined, imaginary, criminal, prison warden, time travel, disorder, chaos ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s
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 5.1
 4K
Riot (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Copper Jack Stone purposefully orchestrates a bank robbery in order to be thrown into prison with the notorious Russian kingpin Balam. Balam is more than just a mob criminal; he's a very cunning and dangerous lord who controls the police force ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison riot, prison, russian mafia, murderer, vengeance, jailed, murder, confined, mafia, bandit, criminal gang, mafioso ...
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The French Dispatch (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The staff of a European publication decides to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Style: anthology, funny, visual, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: journalist, magazine, artist, chef, bicycle, voice over narration, police, journalism, unrequited love, chase, hostage, absurdism ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, post world war two, year 1975, 60s ...
Place: kansas, france
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 7.3
 441K
No Time To Die (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: James Bond is retired and living a peaceful life, but after a visit from Felix Leiter, Bond must follow the trail of a dangerous new villain with never before seen technology.
Style: exciting, epic, suspense, thrilling, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: james bond, spy, agent, espionage, 007, cia, cia agent, secret service, british intelligence, master criminal, british secret service, infection ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: jamaica, london, havana cuba, italy, england ...
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, stylized, predictable ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, president, martial arts, military, superhero, bodyguard, terrorism, gi joe, betrayal, revenge, comic book, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., seattle, north korea, germany, big ben london ...
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 7.1
 413K
Furious 7 (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Style: exciting, entertaining, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: chases and races, revenge, car chase, car, race, chase, car race, racing, danger, street racing, classic car, funeral ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, tokyo, dominican republic, los angeles, peru ...
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Corrective Measures (2022)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world's most treacherous superpowered criminals, where tensions among the inmates and staff heighten, leading to anarchy that engulfs the prison ...
Style: disturbing, tense, exciting, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: prison, jail, prison violence, prison riot, super villain, prison guard, supernatural power, prison gang, prison life, villain, super powers, jailed ...
Time: future
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 5.0
 829
A Violent Man (2022)
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: disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: prison, jailed, prison life, gang, father daughter relationship, criminal gang, prison fight, jail, prison violence, prison warden, jail cell, prison riot ...
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 4.4
 4K
Black Site (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot: jail, officer, prison, top secret, terrorist, cat versus mouse, race against time, prison riot, escaped prisoner, prison escape, battles, prison gang ...
Place: istanbul turkey
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 6.9
 265
The Daltons (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: The Daltons are back in jail. And they want out. Real bad. Every episode is a new chance to escape.
Style: entertaining, satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: prison, jail, brother brother relationship, prison escape, escape attempt, escape plan, prisoner, escape, prison warden, prison guard, warden, arrest ...
Time: 19th century
Place: nevada
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 7.3
 399K
Face/Off (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's ...
Style: exciting, suspense, stylized, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, revenge, prison, fbi, transformation, violence, master criminal, hidden identity, switching bodies, murder, undercover, death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 4.3
 3K
Inmate Zero (2020)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The film follows a group of doctors, guards and violent prisoners on St Leonards Island in the north Atlantic, who must unite when a rampant disease threatens the high security units.
Style: suspenseful, scary, disturbing, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: zombie, infestation, undead, zombie outbreak, island prison, disease, quarantine, experiment gone awry, medical malpractice, colony, social isolation, death ...
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The President's Man (2000)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: To many, Joshua McCord (Chuck Norris) is a charismatic Asian studies professor. To the President of the United States, he's America's greatest secret weapon; a covert operative charged with only the most sensitive and dangerous missions.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rescue mission, hostage, race against time, save the day, daring rescue, escapades, chases and races, danger, head of state, state affairs, undercover, missing person ...
Time: 90s
Place: colombia, washington d.c., brazil, latin america
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