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women in prison film
The film is narrated by Gillian Kaites, an undercover detective who witnesses the murder of her fiancé/partner during a drug bust that has gone wrong. Gillian takes a road trip afterwards and is kidnapped by the corrupt Georgia County poli…
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comedy film, prison film
The warden of John Dillinger Memorial Penitentiary begins a series of prison reforms that cut down on the fun and games that the prisoners had been enjoying and eventually the convicts decide a little revenge is in order.
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Action, Adventure, Military Film, War Film, action film, war film
During the Vietnam War an American patrol engages in a firefight with a strong force of NVA regulars. The Americans fight their way into a cave containing gold that is in the territory of aboriginals who kill the NVA as well as a few Ameri…
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Action, Drama, Thriller, action film, drama film, women in prison film
Laurie Collins (Chase) is an attractive and highly successful stuntwoman in the motion picture industry. Her job on one film takes her to a small town not far from where her younger sister Bonnie Cusack (Michelle Newkirk) lives. Because of…
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comedy film
On the day they are to marry three sisters, the Stooges learn that their prospective father-in-law, a jail warden, has fallen victim to the machinations of a criminal gang that has taken control of the jail and incarcerated him. The Stooge…
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Drama, drama film, film noir, prison film
left|thumb|150px|Bette Davis and Pat O'BrienWhen orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder, Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections…
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Drama, war film
The story opens in 1941 in Warsaw, Poland, with Dymitr Mirga (Horst Buchholz), a prominent Romani violin player, entertaining a group of Germans—German military and SS officers—in a restaurant. The Germans enjoy the entertainment and assur…
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martial arts film, prison film
Jimmy Boland (Don Wilson) has been sentenced to a California maximum-security prison for a murder that he didn't commit. When he sees some black prison inmates sodomizing his friend, he flies into a rage and kills the gang leader. The pris…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, prison film
Tommy Gordon (John Garfield), a cocky, arrogant career thief, is nailed by New York City authorities after pulling a big heist. He is sentenced to a minimum seven years at the state prison in Ossining, aka Sing Sing, on the shores of the H…
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drama film, prison film
In the early 20th century, respected French surgeon Dr. Charles Gaudet is sentenced to ten years imprisonment to the infamous French penal colony on Devil's Island for treating Gustave LeBrun, a fugitive revolutionary. His appeal rejected,…
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musical film, prison film
crime film, drama film, prison film, thriller film
T.M. Pryor, a former cop, escapes from a prison in Louisiana where he is currently serving out a sentence for killing his wife's lover. Despite the fact that his parole hearing is only two weeks away Pryor is desperate to be at his son's h…
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crime film, drama film, prison film
A man is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job, then wrongly arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
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crime film, drama film, prison film
A death row inmate uses his prison-law studies to fight for his life.
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Action, Ghost-Movie, horror film
Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16-year-old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death, leading his misguided parents to send him to Driftwood, an "Attitude Adjustment Camp for Troubled Yout…
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War Film, war film
In the final days of World War II, Allied forces approach Manila. The occupying Japanese army turns on the locals.
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drama film, prison film
The film opens with the prologue: July 1941—five months before Pearl Harbor, but already the coming events were casting their shadows before. At sea, Tom Adams orders two Japanese men into his speedboat after seeing them climbing into a ro…
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Tragic Comedy Film, War Film, comedy drama, drama film, prison film, war film
During the 1940 Battle of France, Rosemary Brown (Patricia Roc), an English novice nun, is apprehended by French soldiers who have mistaken her for a fifth columnist. She is sentenced to face a firing squad, but the Germans arrive and she …
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LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film
17-year-old, Valerie Smith, newly graduated from high school, heads off on a road trip to San Francisco with her friend Joleen. They have just started out when Joleen's car breaks down, but one of Joleen's friends, Buddy (Sam Bottoms) pull…
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drama film
Brian Keenan, a humourless bearded Irish academic, has moved to Beirut in the mid 1980s and works as an English teacher. As he leaves for work one day, four armed men in a car kidnap him and he is incarcerated. Keenan wakes up, almost nake…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, film noir, prison film
In a death row cell block nine inmates are scheduled for execution. Then "Killer" John Mears (Rooney) comes along. His viciousness infects the environment and his plans to break out of prison are the catalyst for tragedy.
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comedy film
A mobster is murdered by his ex-wife (Dee Booher, credited as Queen Kong), who then spends the rest of the film trying to kill his girlfriend Angelica (Judy Landers). Having been tricked into signing papers that put all of the mobster's ho…
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crime film, drama film, prison film
Regina, a death row prisoner, raises questions about her guilt when she recalls the murder of her husband, James, through a series of confessions and flashbacks. Colin, a prison guard, with a media interest, is intrigued by the beautiful R…
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crime film, drama film, women in prison film
Erica Hayden is a young expectant mother wrongly implicated in a crime and sent to prison for five years. Erica learns that she must find a guardian for her daughter or her daughter will become a ward of the state. Frank Cole, the warden, …
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