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 5.7
 3K
Lowriders (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, hood, hispanic
Plot: ex convict, stealing a car, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, car chase, breaking and entering, released from prison, car, husband wife relationship, love, brother brother relationship, mechanic, friendship ...
Place: los angeles
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 6.4
 933
Gloria Mundi (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, his spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sales assistant on a trial basis. But, one night, Nicolas is assaulted ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, talky, melancholic, suspense ...
Plot: taxi driver, childbirth, ex convict, poverty, working class, egoism, ex husband, horny woman, drug, police, prison, murder ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: marseille, france, europe
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 7.7
 7K
Autumn (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot: starting over, love affair, homecoming, released from prison, life is a bitch, hopes, society, love and romance, family relations, reconciliation, parents and children, fighting illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: black sea, turkey
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 2.8
 416
Bloodbrothers (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 30-year-old Jon is released after seven years in prison and decides to put all his criminal activities behind him and start a new life.
Plot: released from prison, starting over, ex convict, one last job, art theft, cocaine, heist, library, brother brother relationship, criminal, prison
Place: eastern europe
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Malice in Wonderland (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab, she wakes with amnesia in a world that's a million miles from home - Wonderland. We follow ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, fairy tale ...
Plot: imaginary, alice in wonderland, memory loss, taxi, fish out of water, escapades, hopes, on the run, magic, female protagonist, danger, driver ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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 6.5
 2K
Chrystal (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Man (played by: Billy Bob Thornton) is still in shock many years after a devistating accident takes the life of his only son and perminantly injures his wife. After all of these years the man finaly comes home to his still married wife (Played by: ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot: life is a bitch, haunted by the past, starting over, dysfunctional family, homecoming, death in the family, family in crisis, addiction, grief, american south, missing child, white trash ...
Time: year 2004
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 7.9
 57K
Head-On (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.
Style: psychological, depressing, bleak, breathtaking, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: suicide attempt, marriage, immigrant, culture clash, love story, relationships, loneliness, sex, love affair, drug, self esteem, self destructing ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A new vigilante, Batwoman, is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. The dynamic duo must discover her true identity.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, anime, suspense ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: superhero, batman, revenge, good versus evil, justice, fighting crime, heroic mission, righting the wronged, supernatural, escapades, supernatural ability, save the day ...
Time: 2000s
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Gettin' Square (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, action comedy ...
Plot: going straight, criminal heroes, starting over, crime gone awry, buddies, hopes, nothing goes right, friendship, prisoner, heist, prison, chef ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Out for a Kill (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, good versus evil, organized crime, gangster, prison, murder, chinese mafia, revenge, prisoner, violence, law enforcement ...
Place: china, paris france, hong kong, asia, new haven connecticut ...
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Indra: The Tiger (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Indra opens in a village in Andhra Pradesh showing the rivalry between two families. A police officer wishing to end this hostility comes up with the proposal of marriage between the two families which ultimately is used by Shivraj as a trap to ...
Plot: massacre, revenge, violence, hindu, muslim, decapitation, river, flashback, uncle niece relationship, homecoming, filicide, family feud ...
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 7.1
 475
Guru Sishyan (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Guru Sishyan (Tamil: குரு சிஷ்யன்; English: Teacher, Student) is a 1988 Tamil film directed by SP. Muthuraman, featuring Super Star RajiniKanth in the lead role along with Prabhu. This was the first movie for Gouthami, playing ...
Plot: released from prison, wrongful conviction, captive, framed for murder, two man army, taxi driver, miscarriage of justice, treasure, death row, murder of parents, corrupt cop, friend ...
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 6.9
 435
Rocker (1972)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In Hamburg, West Germany, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs. Very authentic movie about life in Hamburg in the early 1970s. Rock’n’roll, sex, drugs, 70s ...
Plot: motorcycle, gang, skin, hipster, father son conflict, red light district, probation, stealing a car, loss of brother, underage drinking, teenage boy, beer ...
Place: hamburg germany, germany, northern germany
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 7.6
 245K
21 Grams (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style: mind bending, emotional, bleak, gloomy, depressing ...
Plot: life is a bitch, guilt, tragedy, grief, drug addiction, multiple storylines, drug addict, drug, loneliness, loss, mathematician, hit and run ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico, persia
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 7.4
 16K
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style: disturbing, realistic, sentimental, bleak, depressing ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama
Plot: heroin, coming of age, innocence lost, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, prison, drug dealer, downfall, dysfunctional family, family relations, teenager, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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 5.3
 680
Pleasant Days (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Peter returned from prison in his native city, in the hope that it will begin happy days. With surprise he learns that his sister became a foster mother to the newborn boy, but a real mother of the child - extravagant and slutty Maya wants to take ...
Style: erotic, hot
Plot: shaved pussy, women, nudity, incest, sexual attraction, ex convict, childbirth, bondage, sex talk, brother sister relationship, newborn, baptism ...
Place: hungary
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 6.9
 258
Virgil Bliss (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Fresh out of a long stretch in prison, Virgil Bliss (Clint Jordan) vows to go straight in this gritty, character-driven drama. But finding a job, a wife and a sense of purpose doesn't come easy when you're living in a halfway house ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, independent film
Plot: prostitute, going straight, prison, redemption, downfall, starting over, haunted by the past, hopes, rehabilitation, unlikely criminals, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, florida, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Yakuza Torture History - Lynching (1969)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film is divided into three parts - the first two taking place in feudal Japan, the last segment being more "modern" and set in the late 1960's. All three deal with those that have broken the Yakuza code, and their subsequent ...
Style: anthology, grindhouse, banned
Plot: yakuza, violent, police officer, ancient, violence, sadism, shooting, damage, criminal organization, driving, female yakuza, released from prison ...
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 8.6
 4K
Mahanadhi (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Mahanathi story is about an average man who loses his children, life and properties to overcome a hardship.
Style: sad, dark, crying, weeping
Plot: child trafficking, prison, jail, corruption, daughter, con man, father daughter reunion, false accusation, prostitution, widower, mother in law son in law relationship, wrongful imprisonment ...
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 6.9
 2K
The Boys (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day ...
Style: disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, tense, realistic ...
Plot: prison, murder, dysfunctional family, psychopath, redemption, drinking, violence, caper, exodus, australian aboriginal, prison sex, family relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia, oceania
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If... Dog... Rabbit (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Style: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, gas station, parole officer, profanity, escape, disorder, family relations, prison, store, heist, family life, cons and scams ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Stranger in the House (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal in this suspensful, nonstop thriller!
Style: suspenseful, independent film, mind bending, rough, serious ...
Plot: redemption, assassination plot, jewelry, insurance investigator, home invasion, dishonesty, fugitives, criminal heroes, confined, murder, heist, isolation ...
Time: victorian era
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Four Days in September (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the ...
Style: realistic, political, talky, suspenseful, manga ...
Plot: military coup, dictator, terrorist, kidnapping, politics, freedom, communism, revolution, drinking, brazilian military dictatorship, secrets, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 60s, year 1967, year 1969 ...
Place: brazil, latin america, mexico city, algeria, portugal ...
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 7.5
 372K
Jackie Brown (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style: suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, stewardess, greed, heist, airport, robbery, deception, flight attendant, blaxploitation, bail bondsman, female protagonist, ex convict ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.4
 60K
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
Style: black comedy, psychological, dark comedy, art house, cult classic ...
Plot: alienation, prison, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, bowling, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, gambling, relationships, blackmail, debt, strip club ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york state, new york, usa
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 7.0
 22K
The Boxer (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old ...
Style: political, dramatic, realistic, bleak, romantic drama ...
Plot: boxing, love, boxer, prison, politics, fighter, terrorism, redemption, struggle, trouble, martial arts, conflict ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, london
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Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style: humorous, feel good, cult classic, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: blues, car chase, chase, music, dancing, buddy, prison, on the road, starting over, rivalry, orphan, buddies ...
Time: 90s
Place: louisiana, usa, chicago
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 5.8
 67
One Way Out (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a man gets out of prison, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. However, when he gets home he finds that his brother is in danger and the family farm is in foreclosure. He plans to take revenge on those responsible, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: gangster, revenge, murder, released from prison, ex convict, heist gone wrong, one last job, heist, caper, garage
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 6.3
 37K
Evita (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Style: intense, lyrical, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, biopic, redemption, ambition, female protagonist, hopes, rock ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, year 1996 ...
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, spain, south america ...
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 5.4
 1K
Bank Shot (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
Style: cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: bank, bank robbery, bank robber, robbery, humour, judiciary, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, chase, gang ...
Time: 70s
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