Going straight movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant going straight movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, harsh, melancholic and psychological films and TV shows about / with going straight, hopes, prison, redemption, life is a bitch, friendship, violence, family relations, gangsters and drugs plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
going straight
TOP 10 movies tagged as going straight: A Gang Story (2011), The White Sound (2001), The Chaperone (2011), Pure (2002), Boy A (2007), 28 Days (2000), Breakout Kings (2011), The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), Run (2013), Gettin' Square (2003).
Best films
List of going straight movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, twist ending, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
going straight, gangsters, friendship, hopes, organized crime, buddies, prison, friends, gang, gypsy camp, criminal heroes, introspection ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, lyon
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lukas, a young schizophrenic man, has to deal with a new town, a new relationship, and the paranoia in his head.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious
Plot:
schizophrenia, going straight, mental illness, paranoia, sibling relationship, human nature, friendship, haunted by the past, insanity, brother sister relationship, hippie, addiction ...
Place:
germany, spain, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An ex-con on the run from his criminal past, hides out from those he ratted on by chaperoning a field trip to New Orleans.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, not serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
going straight, crime gone awry, on the run, nothing goes right, disorder, chase, family relations, parents and children, redemption, heroes, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, life is a bitch, prostitute, dysfunctional family, drug addiction, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, friendship ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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38K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 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, disturbing, heartbreaking, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, childhood, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, redemption, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, melancholy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, manchester
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52K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs ...
Style:
touching, realistic, compassionate, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
alcohol abuse, addiction, drug addiction, drug addict, wedding, rehabilitation, dysfunctional family, going straight, drugs, siblings relations, doctors and patients, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Driven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped, and tired of following protocol and resorting to outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli are ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, dramatic
Plot:
convict, wanted, expert, team, partners, fugitives, chase, going straight, escape, law enforcement, track down, manhunt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso ...
Style:
tense, stylized, talky, lyrical, captivating ...
Plot:
gangsters, going straight, father son relationship, violence, dysfunctional family, pianist, musician, family relations, follow your dream, hopes, teachers and students, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, china
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2K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
RUN is a fast-paced, action/thriller, which centers on a street smart, 17-year-old named Daniel who practices Parkour and is both hero and thief.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
parkour, teenage life, young heroes, heroes, youth, parents and children, hopes, family relations, going straight, high school, survival, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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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:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
going straight, starting over, criminal heroes, friendship, buddies, hopes, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, prisoner, heist, prison, chef ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A parolee battles a gangster for the affections of a reclusive movie star.
Style:
melancholic, brutal, dark, visually appealing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, fall in love, violence, love and romance, organized crime, mentor, going straight, twists and turns, runaway, crime boss, dishonor among criminals, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hidden from her: ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
going straight, starting over, adoption, redemption, longing, custody, rehabilitation, drug dealing, family relations, life is a bitch, single parent, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Style:
uplifting, touching, rough, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
going straight, life is a bitch, family relations, society, parents and children, hopes, street kid, urban ghetto life, gang, blaxploitation, gangsters, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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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
Plot:
prostitute, going straight, prison, haunted by the past, downfall, starting over, redemption, looking for love, drug abuse, heist, life is a bitch, rehabilitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, florida ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot:
addiction, going straight, friendship, self discovery, obsession, alcohol abuse, dysfunctional family, love affair, downfall, hopes, rehabilitation, writer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, semi autobiographical
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fall in love, going straight, latin, hidden identity, moral dilemma, dishonesty, love and romance, life is a bitch, youth, disorder, swashbuckler, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, puerto rico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Miles Montego has it all - cars, boats, good looks, mansion, money, women, but more importantly, he has a past.
Style:
christian film, uplifting, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
christianity, faith, christian, going straight, criminal, religious conversion, fall in love, human spirit, haunted by the past, redemption, hopes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Style:
psychological, sexy, emotional, melancholic, rough ...
Plot:
sex scene, captive, redemption, nymphomaniac, drugs, unfaithful girlfriend, promiscuous woman, friendship, sex addict, psychology, going straight, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, usa, mississippi
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, bilingual
Plot:
family relations, lgbt, gay, transsexual, homecoming, going straight, starting over, family problems, estrangement, redemption, dysfunctional family, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Style:
feel good, harsh, sincere, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
community service, heist, working class, petty criminal, misfit, moral dilemma, going straight, fish out of water, thief, one last chance, society, buddies ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland, london, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Style:
stylized, harsh, serious, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, rap, rapper, ghetto, gang, urban ghetto life, music, redemption, rags to riches, going straight, hip hop culture ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, stylized, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, mob hit, gangsters, prison, psychiatrist, going straight, introspection, family problems, buddies, hopes, doctors and patients ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for ...
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robber, betrayal, vengeance, greed, bank robbery, stolen gold, going straight, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, on the run, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 60s, 1880s
Place:
california, mexico, texas, usa, latin america ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator, a runaway prostitute, a desperate woman drowning in debt, a rising musician, and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the same hospital, at a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, anthology
Plot:
going straight, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, testimony, pregnancy, society, gang, change of heart, dishonesty, urban ghetto life, frame up, changing lives ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
hopes, one more chance, starting over, going straight, haunted by the past, family relations, single parent, parents and children, domestic violence, past, motherhood, jail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
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5K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
addiction, prison, redemption, drug overdose, road trip, loneliness, life is a bitch, going straight, rock star, musician's life, custody, estranged son ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, london, tokyo, vancouver, ontario canada ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
Style:
captivating, serious, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
redemption, sexual abuse, bishop, going straight, youth, prostitute, hopes, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, addiction, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl, decided the family should go ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sexy
Plot:
lawyer, dysfunctional family, criminal, family life, going straight, convict, criminal heroes, right and wrong, doubts and hesitations, manipulation, porn, exploitation ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania
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6K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, rough, captivating
Plot:
racism, adoption, interracial relations, rise to the top, self discovery, going straight, lifestyle, parents and children, machismo, rivalry, rebelliousness, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the ...
Style:
touching, sad, sweet, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, animals, orphan, afterlife, childhood, disney, talking animals, angel, heaven, friendship, death, good versus evil ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
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