Released from prison movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant released from prison movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense and captivating films and TV shows about / with released from prison, prison, ex convict, murder, revenge, family relations, gangster, violence, redemption and life is a bitch plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as released from prison: Brothers (2009), Burnt (2015), Reindeer Games (2000), Harmonium (2016), Boy A (2007), A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010), Monarch Cove (2006), False Accusation (2001), A Twelve-Year Night (2018), Délivrez-Moi (2006).
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List of released from prison movies
170K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style:
touching, tense, melancholic, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, presumed dead, war, american soldier, adultery, marine, marital infidelity, brothers, released from prison, murder, dysfunctional family, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dumitru is a two-faceted killer: he kills animals and called a hunter, and kills people, and branded as an assassin. Dumitru is just out of prison, for the first time since the fall of communism. Even on the train taking him home, he is planning to ...
Style:
semi serious, disturbing, suspenseful, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
serial murder, loneliness, released from prison, marriage, husband wife relationship, love, extramarital affair, murder, betrayal, gambler, self loathing, journey ...
Place:
romania
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142K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Style:
culinary, inspirational, exciting, talky, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chef, cooking, food, restaurant, abuse of power, violent behavior, gastronomy, violent man, male chauvinist, psychopath as protagonist, love, bullying ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, y2k
Place:
london, new orleans, paris france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, dark comedy, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, casino, twists and turns, christmas, gambling, manipulation, prison, sex scene, car thief, bank robber, femme fatale, robbery ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, michigan, las vegas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life…
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
sluttiness, tramp, whore, mysterious past, father daughter relationship, released from prison, dark past, old friend, secret, husband wife relationship, marital problem, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
east asia, xian
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40K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
redemption, juvenile delinquency, childhood, haunted by the past, going straight, bullying, melancholy, released from prison, teen angst, rehabilitation, violent, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dark humor, released from prison, childbirth, going straight, family relations, snitch, parents and children, gangster, rivalry, sex, ex convict, winter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oslo norway, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Monarch Cove is a prime time telenovela that premiered on Lifetime Television on November 4, 2006. It ran for 14 episodes, ending on December 16, 2006.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, dramatic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
starting over, destructive relationship, family problems, homecoming, infidelity, wrongfully committed, released from prison, resort, small town, getting home, family drama, wrongful conviction ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story:
A quiet spring morning a man leaves prison after spending most of his adult life there. The man is convicted of murder, not once but twice.
Style:
psychological, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, released from prison, false accusation, investigation, ex convict, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, tense, inspirational ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, politics, prison, released from prison, dictatorship, dictator, political prisoner, violence, biopic, society, rivalry, based on real people ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1983, year 1972, 20th century ...
Place:
south america, uruguay, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After spending a decade in prison, Annie returns to her hometown, and tries to reconnect with her now-adolescent daughter Sophie.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious
Plot:
released from prison, child custody, murder, mother daughter relationship, women's prison, ex convict, island, small town, woman on top, nudity, sex, female nudity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Travis has just been released from prison and it quickly becomes apparent that much has changed while he’s been gone. While girlfriend Candice is on the up and auditioning to star in a Tina Turner musical, daughter Kenisha is struggling in school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex scene, released from prison, mother daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, arrested, family drama, african american protagonist, african american, african american woman, daughter, mother and daughter, brother ...
Place:
london, west end london
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A convict returns to his home town to torturing again his family and face his neighbors trying to destroy the local religious fanatics and their plans to keep money from the village people.
Style:
adult animation, anime, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
clergy, cons and scams, village life, religion, released from prison, family relations, danger, society, brainwashing, theology, violent content, social relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.
Style:
psychological, realistic, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
foster home, sister sister relationship, released from prison, coming of age, juvenile delinquent, estranged father, black, haunted by the past, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, african american, birthday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Detective Kang gets involved with a drug business to pay the medical bill of his comatose wife. Min-woo confesses to Kang that he has killed his wife, who knows his past. Slowly, Kang realizes his wife's incident and Min-woo are connected.
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
ex convict, investigation, police detective, obsession, criminal, police chase, released from prison, corrupt cop, husband wife relationship, infatuation, stalking, obsessive love ...
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and ...
Style:
touching, captivating, suspenseful, serious, crying ...
Plot:
revenge, ex convict, feud, murder, machismo, lawyer, police, fight, false accusation, frame up, released from prison, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2000
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, dark comedy
Plot:
gang, gangster, drug dealing, criminal, released from prison, drug dealer, ex convict, violence, bandit, crime boss, criminal underworld, british gangster ...
Place:
england, britain, liverpool
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
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168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An ex-felon is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for good behavior after a 15-year stint and returns to his newly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood.
Style:
satirical, humorous, exciting, light, feel good ...
Plot:
ex convict, released from prison, second chance, fish out of water, social satire, changing lives, new life, adaptation, family relations, black, city life, social problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, caper, safe, voyeur, home invasion, robbery, surveillance camera, police, gang, heist, ex convict, wiretap ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot:
lawyer, attorney, wrongful conviction, false accusation, courtroom, witness, evidence, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, oakland california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After sixteen years at Her Majesty's Pleasure, Britain's hardest man is released from prison, and into the care of a documentary film crew headed by a Brit-loving American film-maker who follow him for the next week, on an hilarious ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, buddies, society, chaos and mayhem, criminal heroes, prison, criminal, released from prison, criminal underworld, ex convict, corruption, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
friendship, infidelity, heist, family problems, downfall, buddies, haunted by the past, legal, criminal heroes, danger, snow, drug addiction ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery can't expand because Capestro, the man who owns the land next to the cemetery, won't ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, sweet, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
death, family relations, family problems, death in the family, couple relations, couples, eccentric family, love and romance, life is a bitch, dealing with death, released from prison, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france
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87K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style:
emotional, political, sad, factual, talky ...
Plot:
communism, politics, hollywood, biopic, gossip columnist, gossip, communist, cancer, movie business, mccarthyism, screenwriter, lung cancer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 70s, year 1947, 1940s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, kentucky
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Meredith Hendricks happens to be the best cop in her quiet town on Lake Tahoe. When a black-market exotic species dealer named Clint is paroled from prison, something he let loose begins to make its presence known. Swimmers and land-lovers alike ...
Style:
suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, natural horror
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shark, lake, shark attack, sheriff, killer animal, police, jail, released from prison, animal attack, beach, creature feature, creature ...
Place:
nevada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge.
Style:
slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
revenge, accidental death, teenager, homecoming, high school, serial killer, released from prison, single mother, high school teacher, brother sister relationship, brutality, whodunit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
685
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the suburbs of Rome, two disparate lives with only desire for vengeance and redemption in common find their destinies intertwined. Massimo's mind is plagued with images of his wife's violent death at the hands of a criminal gang ...
Style:
suspense, bloody, brutal, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prisoner, revenge, murderer, killer, convict, ex convict, discovery, death, henchman, murder, brother brother relationship, hunter ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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141
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
NOIR chronicles the lives of four people living in a neighborhood plagues by poverty and violence, aspiring to freedom and happiness. Kadhafi, a 26 year old aspiring rapper and ex-member of a street gang, just out of prison, wants to steer clear of ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sentimental, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gang member, organized crime, drug dealer, teenage boy, released from prison, father son relationship, rapper, mother daughter relationship, gang, immigrant, family relations, couples ...
Place:
montreal, canada
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