Redemption movies and TV shows – page 6
Best films
List of redemption movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, touching, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, small town, mentally challenged, mental illness, self discovery, responsibility, brothers, character study, coming of age, life philosophy, life & death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 70s, 60s
Place:
iowa, texas, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, rivalry, african american, motorcycle, singer, music, redemption, dysfunctional family, rock band, possessiveness, skinny dipping, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, minnesota, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national ...
Style:
epic, atmospheric, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, rape, robbery, flashback, redemption, haunted by the past, friendship between men, cynicism, bandit, motorcycle, culture clash ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, weeping, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, death sentence, redemption, friendship, moral dilemma, guilt, drug addiction, drug, courage, lawyer, death row ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
malaysia, southeast asia, new york, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
dog, mental illness, neighbor, friendship, writers, gender, artist, love story, depression, gay, single mother, waitress ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, maryland, baltimore ...
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308K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, motivational, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
american football, career, single mother, love story, football, passion, workplace romance, sex scene, wedding, starting over, selfishness, sports agent ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, cuba
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1.0M
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style:
intense, christmas special, clever, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
hostage, one man army, gunfight, heist, tough guy, christmas, police, terrorism, terrorist, skyscraper, robbery, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, haunted by the past, bomb, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, redemption, assassination, anti hero, ex cia agent ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Suranne Jones plays a woman found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who, upon release from prison, is determined to see her sister who was adopted.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
redemption, starting over, vengeance, female killer, life is a bitch, hopes, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, mature, family secret, adoption ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
yorkshire
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198
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, sincere, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, redemption, parents and children, starting over, hopes, family relations, friendship, empathy, realism, character study, isolation, independence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The lives of a Hollywood actress battling drug addiction, a teen with a violent past, a teacher fighting to keep a dream alive, and a cop caught in a love triangle are brought together by fate.
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film, tense, touching ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, hopes, love triangle, haunted by the past, dedicated educator, youth, hollywood, rehabilitation, trauma, celebrity, recovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
Style:
atmospheric, mysterious, serious, horror comedy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
death, violence, social problems, high school, victim, school, vigilantism, murder, bullying, teenager, revenge, bully comeuppance ...
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Han Hyo-joo plays a surgeon whose father is a famous comic book creator. One day Dad goes missing and she rushes to his workshop to look for him, and instead finds a strange man bathed in blood. She gets kidnapped by the bloody man, which is where ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, romantic drama, dorama, exciting ...
Plot:
parallel world, surrealism, parents and children, heroes, happy ending, fantasy world, fall in love, alternate reality, supernatural, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, twists and turns ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lucjan Bohme is a ruthless debt collector working in a post-industrial Silesian town. In the land of unemployment and misery, he's got a lot of work and no mercy at all. Until something happens.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
redemption, debt collector, lovers reunited, self discovery, moral dilemma, collector, life is a bitch, debt, ex girlfriend, rivalry, society, desperation ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The lives of an action star wannabe, a frustrated family man, and a guilt-ridden boyfriend, intertwine in three tales of sex, violence, redemption, murder, and unthinkable twists all taking place in the City of Angels; Los Angeles, California.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, dark, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, redemption, violence, couples, couple relations, sexual relations, disability, twists and turns, sex, danger, rivalry, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Mother's Prayer, starring Robin Givens (Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys), Johnny Gill (legendary R&B singer), Shirley Murdock (Man of Her Dreams) and Jermaine Crawford (HBO's The Wire), tells the compelling, heartwarming ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
hopes, redemption, estrangement, family life, family relations, self discovery, last wish, family in crisis, family problems, love and romance, family drama, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 72 min.
TV show
Story:
To carry out her dad's wish and discover her roots, Dai Tian-qing embarks on a journey around Taiwan and finds love and redemption on the way.
Style:
psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, family drama, father daughter relationship, self discovery, love interest, couples, in love, male female relationship, travel, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships ...
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Peter "Koza" Baláz is a former Olympic boxer. He and his partner, Misa, live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Misa learns that she is expecting a child and decides to terminate her pregnancy. In ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
boxing, redemption, pregnancy, athlete's life, on the road, realism, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet, poverty, desperation, male protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, croatia, serbia, slovakia
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A rocker makes a pact to kill himself on his 37th birthday. 12 weeks before the release of his final album and the end of his life, he meets and falls in love with a woman who has a dark secret of her own.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot:
redemption, introspection, bittersweet, fall in love, musician's life, haunted by the past, love and romance, music band, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, suicide, rock star ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
Style:
funny, christmas special, humorous, talky, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, ghost, muppets, childhood, redemption, christmas carol, lost love, charles dickens, puppetry, scrooge, greed ...
Time:
19th century, year 1992, 1840s, 90s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, usa, europe
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298
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
faith, redemption, christian, parents and children, family relations, haunted by the past, hopes, introspection, lifestyle, estrangement, twentysomething life, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, stylized, tense, serious ...
Plot:
revenge, manhunt, gangster, murder, redemption, assassin, father son relationship, organized crime, mobster, mafia, fbi, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, peru, usa, bronx new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates ...
Style:
demonic, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
church, demonic possession, good versus evil, supernatural, mind game, nazi, redemption, archeological dig, exorcism, transformation, war crime, missionary ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
Place:
africa, kenya
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
romantic, touching, inspirational, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, teenage love, love, first love, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, southern usa, virginia
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316
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Max is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For Xmas, Max offers him Rose, a call-girl found on the street whom she’s very fond of. Despite the complicated situation, Toni’s gonna have a hard time ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, bittersweet, unlikely couple, family relations, parents and children, starting over, hopes, love and romance, society, urban, father daughter relationship, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of notorious outlaw Taylon Flynn, a man hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory. His plans go awry upon the discovery of the sordid life his estranged daughter is forced to live. To save her, he must summon the inner demons he ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, wild
Plot:
texas ranger, old west, redemption, estranged daughter, rescue, criminal, danger, murder, family relations, female nudity, vengeance, revenge ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, emotional, sad, depressing ...
Plot:
death row, prison, rape, death sentence, nun, death penalty, violence, prison life, court, murder, redemption, catholic ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting--profoundly or fleetingly--through each other's lives. Running the emotional gamut from disturbing to humorous, Altman's portrait of the contemporary ...
Style:
philosophical, sexy, cerebral, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, marriage crisis, destruction of property, waitress, sex, redemption, bare butt, dysfunctional marriage, female nudity, cellist, earthquake, infidelity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, usa
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