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Justice Drama, Thriller, prison film
In November 2001, Mohamedou Ould Slahi is in Mauritania, two months after the September 11 attacks. A Mauritanian policeman tells Mohamedou that Americans want to have a talk with him. Mohamedou agrees to go with them.
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Drama, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, prison film
Wade Porter is a blue-collar worker living with his fiancée Laura and their son Michael. One night, they hear a burglar in the house while they're sleeping. Wade chases him out of the house and hits him in the head with a baseball bat, uni…
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Martial-Arts, action film, martial arts film, prison film
Several months after the events of the previous film, Yuri Boyka is now a free man and has a manager named Kiril. Boyka still fights in underground matches in Kyiv, Ukraine. In a match, Boyka accidentally kills his opponent Viktor and begi…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, an undercover agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Command (CID), masquerades as First Sergeant Frank White to broker an illegal arms trade with a self-proclaimed freedom fight…
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Komödie, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film
After three years in prison following the events of the previous film, Cruella de Vil has been cured of her desire for fur coats by psychologist Dr. Pavlov and becomes a changed woman. She is released on probation but warned that if she br…
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Action, War Film, drama film, war film
In 1944, as the air war over Europe enters a deadly phase with increasing losses of Allied bombers, the 332d Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen), consisting of African-American USAAF fighter pilots, after enduring racism throughout their r…
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Action, action comedy film, action film, contemporary Western film, crime film, thriller film
After leading an operation gone terribly wrong, former LAPD narcotics detective Ray Owens moves to the small town of Sommerton Junction, Arizona, where he settles down as sheriff of Sommerton County. Commanding his small force of deputies …
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Drama, Forensic, War Film, drama film, war film
In late 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, U.S. Army intelligence officer First Lieutenant Thomas Hart (Farrell) is captured by German forces. While interrogating Hart, the Germans coerce him to divulge intelligence by ta…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Marital Tragedy, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
Fifteen-year-old Astrid Magnussen lives in Los Angeles with her free-spirited artist mother Ingrid. Too young to remember her father, she relies heavily upon her self-centered mother who is in a relationship with Barry, a writer. When Ingr…
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Action, Sitcom, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film
In Los Angeles, Franklin Maurice Hatchett is a fast-talking, foul-mouthed, small-time car wash hustler and ticket scalper who owes money to a local mobster named Carmine. The police are informed of his crimes by investigating news reporter…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, action film, thriller film
British international terrorist and narcotics kingpin Charles Rane, whose career has been dubbed as "The Rane of Terror" by the media, is arrested by the FBI and local authorities in Miami, just as he is about to undergo plastic surgery in…
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Aaron Hallam, a special forces operator, successfully assassinates a Serbian military leader in the Kosovo war, receiving a Silver Star but suffering from mental trauma due to the death and destruction he witnessed. In Oregon's Silver Fall…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, prison film, teen film
Three young men arrive at a borstal by prison van: Carlin, who has taken the blame for his brother's theft of scrap metal; Angel for stealing a car; and Davis for escaping from an open institution. Each is allocated a room; Angel and Davis…
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Knights Tale, Mysterie, Occult Horror, Sword And Sorcery, action film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword-and-sandal film, thriller film
In the 13th century Villach, three women are accused by a priest of witchcraft, and are first hanged before being drowned. The priest performs a ritual on the three women using a book inscribed from the Key of Solomon so they can never ret…
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Accident, Action, action film, disaster film
In upstate New York, barrels of volatile toxic waste are loaded onto trucks to be illegally disposed of at a site in New Jersey. The trucks enter a tunnel beneath the Hudson River along with other commuters, including struggling playwright…
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American football film, Crime, Drama, Sport, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Sean Porter works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles. He is frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their life problems when they are released from the center, such as street gangs and drug dealings. Porter d…
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Social Drama, drama film, prison film
Butch, Davis and Angel are teenagers who have been sentenced to Enola Vale juvenile detention center in Montana. Correctional officer Sands does their initial intake, focusing on Butch, who has been imprisoned for attacking and blinding a …
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Action, action film, cyberpunk, prison film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2034, computer programmer Ken Castle invents self-replicating nanites that replace brain tissue and allow humans to control other humans' actions and see through their eyes. The first application of Castle's "Nanex" technology is a virt…
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Anti-War Film, Christmas film, War Film, comedy film, drama film, war film
Stalag 17 is a German prisoner-of-war camp "somewhere on the Danube" during World War II. One of its compounds holds 630 American airmen (all of whom are sergeants) and is overseen by camp warden Oberst von Scherbach. In December 1944, the…
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Action, Military Film, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
Colonel James Braddock is a US military officer who spent years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp which he escaped 10 years ago. After the war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that travels to Ho Chi Minh City …
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
Federal Marshal William O'Niel is assigned to a tour of duty at the titanium ore mining outpost Con-Am 27, operated by the company Con-Amalgamated on the Jovian moon of Io. Conditions on Io are difficult; gravity is 1/6 that of Earth's wit…
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Justice Drama, drama film, historical film, prison film
In 1981, a new IRA inmate, Davey Gillen, is admitted to the Maze Prison and is categorised as a "non-conforming prisoner" for his refusal to wear the prison uniform outfit. He is sent to his cell naked except for a blanket. His cellmate, G…
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Crime, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, parody film, prison film
After serving three prison sentences, repeat offender John Lyshitski plots revenge on Judge Nelson Biederman III, a tough judge who presided over each of his trials, passing him stiff sentences. John calls the courthouse to determine when …
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Action, action film, boxing film, drama film, martial arts film, prison film, thriller film
Heavyweight boxing champion George 'The Iceman' Chambers is convicted of rape and sentenced to six to eight years at Sweetwater, a new prison in the Mojave desert. The high-security facility is populated by hardened criminals. Unaware of t…
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