Prison life movies and TV shows – page 4

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 8.2
 716
Capadocia (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Capadocia is a Mexican HBO Latin America television series. It started on March 2, 2008 and its second season was planned for 2010.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Plot: prison, women's prison, prison life, gang war, life turned upside down, dishonesty, corrupt law enforcer, warden, life is a bitch, bribery, uncover truth, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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Wise Guys Never Die (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After being framed for embezzlement, Nick is sent to prison where he meets professional conman Teddy who teaches him everything he needs to know to be a wise guy. After being released from jail, he agress to work with Teddy to get revenge against ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: prison, gambling, cons and scams, partner, friendship, prison life, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry, chases and races, disorder, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.7
 280
Crims (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Straight-laced Luke inadvertently finds himself sentenced to two years in Young Offender Institution Sunnybank View after becoming a bank robber’s getaway driver, along with the bank robber in question, his girlfriend’s brother and so-called ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: prison, juvenile delinquency, prison life, fish out of water, youth, unlikely criminals, disorder, young adult, profanity, misfit, friends, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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More Than Just a Game (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A drama about political prisoners playing soccer at Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela was held.
Style: uplifting, realistic, captivating, sentimental, serious
Plot: prison, racism, fighting the system, human spirit, friendship, against the odds, prison life, injustice, sport team, life is a bitch, society, hopes ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
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 5.0
 1K
Animal 2 (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Now serving a life sentence for murder, James "Animal" Allen returns to fighting for cash in order to help his troubled son on the outside. However, with his newfound fame as a fighter, Animal uncovers a jailhouse conspiracy that threatens ...
Style: serious, realistic, hood, crime drama
Plot: prison, martial arts, false accusation, prison life, frame up, courtroom drama, murder, rivalry, black, jail, muscleman, prison violence ...
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 8.1
 23K
Pardon (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, ...
Style: cynical, sentimental, touching, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: prison, friendship, confined, mistaken identity, prison life, false accusation, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, disorder, dark humor, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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 6.4
 304
Black August (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough, political
Plot: prison, racism, solitary, prison life, confined, against the rules, fighting the system, injustice, militant, price of justice, life is a bitch, society ...
Place: california, usa
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 6.8
 684
Blind Flight (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-91 Civil War.
Style: sincere, serious, thought provoking, captivating, political ...
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, friendship, friendship between men, introspection, captivity, prison life, torture, hopes, confined, culture clash, isolation ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: ireland, middle east, lebanon
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Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: This is a story in jail. A story about learning a "new life”…
Style: entertaining, captivating, semi serious
Plot: prison life, prison, jailed, jail, prison sentence, lifestyle, prison fight, prison riot, prison warden, prison guard, prison gang, jail cell
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 6.5
 1K
Fiore (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Young and in prison for theft, Daphne falls in love with Josh, another inmate. Their love story exists through secret letters and fleeting conversations.
Style: psychological, sincere, sexy, touching, contemplative
Plot: prison, prison life, love, female protagonist, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, love and romance, fall in love, youth, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers (White) is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka (Adkins) ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: boxing, martial arts, prison, kickboxing, tournament, jail, contests and competitions, prison life, martial artist, tough heroes, heroes, convict ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, usa
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 7.6
 102K
The Hurricane (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style: thought provoking, touching, inspirational, factual, motivational ...
Plot: prison, boxing, racism, courtroom, prison life, legal, death penalty, injustice, justice, biopic, african american, discrimination ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1940s ...
Place: new jersey, africa, toronto ontario canada, canada
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 4.2
 66
Sea of Lies (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: murder, false accusation, escape, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, confined, dishonesty, prison, disappearance, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, mexico
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 6.3
 426
Sabu (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, bleak, rough ...
Plot: prison life, friendship, false accusation, culture clash, dishonesty, prison, isolation, survival, introspection, fall in love, life is a bitch, frame up ...
Place: japan
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 4.8
 322
Tracks (2005)
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: train, prison, juvenile delinquency, going straight, redemption, confined, teenage life, youth, false accusation, prison life, human spirit, hopes ...
Place: usa, new jersey
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The Wild Soccer Bunch 4 (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, Bahamas
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After his victory over the team "The horrific Beasts," "The Beast Football Club" are in top form and mature in every game. But they need one more win to get the "Pott", the highest award of football freestyle. And to do ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: sport team, underdog, prison, ambition, unemployment, survival, prison life, friends, contests and competitions, victory, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 7.8
 3K
Three Walls (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for ...
Style: serious, contemplative, tense, bleak, touching ...
Plot: prison, introspection, prison life, criminal heroes, hopes, redemption, twists and turns, murder, death row, family problems, prisoner, escaped prisoner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Emmanuelle in Hell (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Emanuelle goes undercover into a prison to expose the corrupted officials who are brutalizing the inmates. Emanuelle is shocked by the horrors and humiliation the prisoners are subjected to, but when her true identity is discovered, she finds ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot: women's prison, women in prison, prison, sexploitation, female masturbation, voyeurism, female exploitation, female nudity, woman in danger, exploitation, hidden identity, working undercover ...
Time: 80s
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 6.7
 427
Killer Diller (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: blues, ambition, prodigy, musician's life, partner, misfit, criminal heroes, prison life, fish out of water, autism, piano, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, missouri
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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Big Bang Love tells the story of two young prisoners from different backgrounds whose bond transcends their pasts. This stunning, imaginative film has been adapted from Masaki Ato's homoerotic graphic novel. Two beautiful young men become ...
Style: serious, rough, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, murder, gays and lesbians, gay, friendship, prison life, investigation, lgbt, murder investigation, gay asian, gay interest, surrealism ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.7
 2K
The 13 Roses (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, touching, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, injustice, woman in danger, false accusation, social decay, life is a bitch, betrayal, idealism, society, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain
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 6.2
 6K
Jamesy Boy (2014)
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, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot: prison, friendship, prison life, criminal, teaching the ways of the world, confined, jail, gang, drug, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lawyer, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story: The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style: serious, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, rescue, uncover truth, social differences, false accusation, love affair, against the odds, hopes, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, pakistan, asia, middle east
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Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: At long last, Madea returns to the big screen in TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL. This time America's favorite irreverent, pistol-packin' grandmomma is raising hell behind bars and lobbying for her freedom...Hallelujer!
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prison, madea, farce, prison life, criminal, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, elderly, fish out of water, friendship, black ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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 7.2
 3K
Crying Fist (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Audience: manly
Plot: juvenile delinquency, boxing, ex athlete, confined, ambition, society, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, prison life, underdog, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
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Interrogation (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, bleak, controversial, thinking ...
Plot: prison, communism, false accusation, humiliation, hopelessness, forced confession, injustice, prison life, society, confined, life is a bitch, cell ...
Time: year 1982, post world war two, 80s
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, central europe
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 4.2
 3K
Locked Down (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. With the help of Irving, a former mixed martial arts ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, martial arts, mixed martial arts, captivity, frame up, prison warden, corrupt cop, law enforcement, contests and competitions, investigation, prison life, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.7
 55K
Down by Law (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Style: independent film, road movie, black and white, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot: prison, friendship, prison escape, on the road, pimp, swamp, misfit, fight, character study, gangster, crime gone awry, escape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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 6.5
 1K
Leo (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, sincere ...
Plot: released from prison, infidelity, prison, going straight, life is a bitch, family problems, love affair, prison life, confined, husband wife relationship, hot and sexy, pregnancy ...
Time: 60s
Place: mississippi
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The Big Doll House (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Female prisoners in a Phillippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women--along with the help of two men--plot an escape.
Style: grindhouse, art house, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: exploitation, women's prison, women in prison, sexploitation, erotica, blaxploitation, female prisoner, female nudity, lechery, fugitives, woman in danger, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
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